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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of West Monroe.

Our newspaper information for West Monroe is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 6 papers that were published in the immediate area of West Monroe. In addition, the list contains another 29 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded West Monroe. In total, we've identified 35 papers within Less than 2 miles<1> of West Monroe.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for West Monroe.  

Newspapers Published In West Monroe ...

We know of 6 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of West Monroe:

  • The Citizen (from 1980)
  • The Ouachita Citizen (from 1983)
  • The Ouachita Citizen (from 1927)
  • The Ouachita Democrat (from 1887)
  • The West Monroe Citizen (from 1925)
  • The West Monroe Union (from 188?)

Newspapers Neighboring West Monroe ...

The following newspapers were published within Less than 2 miles<1> of West Monroe.

The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from West Monroe.

  • Published In Monroe  ...
    • We know of 29 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Monroe. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Monroe
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within Less than 2 miles<1> of West Monroe. This extended list includes all the papers from Monroe. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for West Monroe

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Monroe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Monroe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5183, Longitude: -92.1477