Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Washington.
Our newspaper information for Washington 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Washington. In addition, the list contains another 134 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Washington. In total, we've identified 136 papers within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Washington.
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 Washington.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.
Newspapers Published In Washington ...
The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Washington:
- Cadet (from 1831)
- The first year of publication was in 1831, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Cadet
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88067096
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17347300
- Washington Republican (from 1813)
Newspapers Neighboring Washington ...
The following newspapers were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Washington.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Washington.
- Published In Natchez ...
- We know of 108 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Natchez. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Natchez
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Washington. This extended list includes all the papers from Natchez. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Washington.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
- Published In Vidalia [Concordia Parish] ...
- The Concordia Eagle (from 1873)
- The Concordia Intelligencer (from 1841)
- The Vidalia Herald (from 1869)
- The Vidalia Times (from 1983)
- Published In Hamburg [Franklin County] ...
- The Hamburg Gazette (from 1900)
- Published In Ferriday [Concordia Parish] ...
- The Ferriday Post (from 1983)
- Published In Waterproof [Tensas Parish] ...
- The Waterproof Enterprise (from 1904)
- Published In Fayette [Jefferson County] ...
- Fayette Advertiser And Jefferson County Advocate (from 1839)
- Fayette Watch-Tower (from 18??)
- Jefferson Buzz-saw (from 1899)
- Jefferson County Chronicle (from 1986)
- Jefferson Journal (from 1857)
- The Bond-Payer (from 1841)
- The Fayette Chronicle (from 1866)
- The Gazette (from 1861)
- The Jefferson Weekly Journal (from 1858)
- The Jefferson Whig (from 1840)
- The Southern Watch Tower (from 1843)
- The Standard (from 1865)
- Published In Rodney [Jefferson County] ...
- Southern Telegraph (from 1834)
- The Rodney Phoenix And Jefferson Gazette (from 1852)
- The Rodney Telegraph (from 1838)
- Published In Saint Joseph [Tensas Parish] ...
- Tensas Gazette (from 1886)
- The North Louisiana Journal (from 1871)
- The Tensas Gazette (from 1852)
- The Tensas Parish Gazette (from 186?)
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- Washington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Washington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5789, Longitude: -91.3005 In this case, the coordinates for Washington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |