Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Baton Rouge.

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

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baton Rouge. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Baton Rouge. Our list contains 31 papers that were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Baton Rouge.

Newspapers Neighboring Baton Rouge ...

The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 km] of Baton Rouge.

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

Published In Chester ...
- Chester Reporter (from 1869)
  - Years of publication: 1869 to 1971
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Chester Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84027854
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10720368
- Chester Standard (from 1853)
  - Years of publication: 1853 to 1869
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Chester Standard
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93067635
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27734624
- News And Reporter (from 1971)
  - Years of publication: 1971 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the News And Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93067700
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27950965
- Palmetto Standard (from 1851)
  - Years of publication: 1851 to 185?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Palmetto Standard
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85027006
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12865074
- Public Opinion (from 1891)
  - Published during 1891
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Public Opinion
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92065425
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25209461
- The Chester Bulletin (from 1882)
  - Years of publication: 1882 to 1899
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chester Bulletin
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92065412
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25174344
- The Chester News (from 1917)
  - Years of publication: 1917 to 1971
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chester News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86063781
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13610021
- The Druggist (from 1886)
  - Published during 1886
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Druggist
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92065420
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25174457
- The Lantern (from 1897)
  - Years of publication: 1897 to 1913
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lantern
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93067630
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27665111
- The Palmetto Standard (from 1895)
  - The first year of publication was in 1895, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Palmetto Standard
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97064662
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36223300
- The Semi-Weekly News (from 1913)
  - Years of publication: 1913 to 1917
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Semi-Weekly News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93067629
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27469595
- The Semi-Weekly Standard (from 1868)
  - Years of publication: 1868 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Semi-Weekly Standard
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85027007
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12865144
- The State Bulletin (from 1879)
  - Years of publication: 1879 to 1882
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The State Bulletin
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92065427
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25209501
Published In Union [Union County] ...
- Progress (from 1900)
  - Years of publication: 1900 to 1924
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91066488
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23442174
- The New Era (from 1897)
  - Years of publication: 1897 to 1898
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The New Era
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92065606
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26473788
- The Review (from 1929)
  - Years of publication: 1929 to 1931
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Review
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92065648
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26739536
- The Union County News (from 1966)
  - Years of publication: 1966 to 1987
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Union County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93067837
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28385645
- The Union Daily Times (from 1918)
  - Years of publication: 1918 to current
  - Issues available online: 341
  - Scanned issues: December 14, 1918 to December 30, 1922
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Union Daily Times
  - Holdings: LCCN SN86071063
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13088988
  - ISSN Number: 2471-0563
- The Union Standard (from 1906)
  - Years of publication: 1906 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Union Standard
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93067625
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27358858
- The Union Times (from 1894)
  - Years of publication: 1894 to 1918
  - Issues available online: 817
  - Scanned issues: September 7, 1894 to July 11, 1918
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Union Times
  - Holdings: LCCN SN93067853
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28467779
  - ISSN Number: 2471-2027
- The Union Times (from 1917)
  - Years of publication: 1917 to 1918
  - Issues available online: 8
  - Scanned issues: October 24, 1917 to March 19, 1918
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Union Times
  - Holdings: LCCN 2014226285
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 883395051
- The Vindicator (from 1899)
  - Published during 1899
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Vindicator
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93067973
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 29916593
- The Weekly Union Times (from 1871)
  - Years of publication: 1871 to 1894
  - Issues available online: 872
  - Scanned issues: June 13, 1873 to August 31, 1894
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Weekly Union Times
  - Holdings: LCCN SN84026918
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10744641
  - ISSN Number: 2471-0644
- Union Daily Progress (from 1925)
  - Published during 1925
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Union Daily Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92065669
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26848700
- Union Weekly Progress (from 1925)
  - Years of publication: 1925 to 1929
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Union Weekly Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86063745
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13640884
Published In Whitmire [Newberry County] ...
- The Courier & Citizens Journal (from 1990)
  - Years of publication: 1990 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Courier & Citizens Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93067800
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28268397
- The Whitmire Courier (from 1989)
  - Years of publication: 1989 to 1990
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Whitmire Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93067776
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28268363
- The Whitmire News (from 1934)
  - Years of publication: 1934 to 1936
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Whitmire News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92065598
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26368750
- The Whitmire News (from 1949)
  - Years of publication: 1949 to 1989
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Whitmire News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92065600
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26322008
Published In York [York County] ...
- Enquirer-Herald (from 2006)
  - Years of publication: 2006 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Enquirer-Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2013228782
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 71250732
- York News (from 1913)
  - Years of publication: 1913 to 1918
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the York News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92065627
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26641752

Off-the-Road Links ...

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Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Baton Rouge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Baton Rouge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6971, Longitude: -81.3440 In this case, the coordinates for Baton Rouge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).