Louisiana Newspaper Project Parish Indexes Compiled by Linda Schneider and Sheila Lee Louisiana Newspaper Project Special Collections LSU Libraries Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Updated July 2012 CONTENTS Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………….. iii List of Parishes ………………………………………………………………………………… iv-v List of Cities and Towns……………………………………………………………………….. 1-3 Parish Index …………………………………………………………………………………… 1-105 INTRODUCTION This Louisiana Newspaper Project Parish/Chronological Indexes and Louisiana Family Trees include more than 1760 Louisiana newspapers that are inventoried and cataloged by the Louisiana Newspaper Project (LNP) for Louisiana repositories since 1986. It consists of four parts: Pt. I: Parish index Pt. II: Chronological index Pt. III: Indexes for: 1) Louisiana Civil War Newspapers. 2) Louisiana French Newspapers. 3) Louisiana Black newspapers. Pt. IV: Louisiana Newspaper Family Trees Parish index is arranged alphabetically by 64 parishes of Louisiana. Under each parish, newspapers are then chronologically listed by the extant year of publication (the earliest extant issues). One asterisk at the end of the title indicates it’s the current journal of parish, double asterisks for the previous journal; asterisk at the end of the date indicates the extant issue(s) are not found in any Louisiana repositories but at other state’s library or at some publisher’s office or private collector. Chronological index is arranged chronologically by extant year of publication. Each newspaper also has the same information as the Parish index. This index is designed as an easy and quick reference to find Louisiana extant newspapers that were published in various parishes. It is also available at the LNP website: The WebIndex of the Louisiana Newspaper Project: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/lnp/. For the detail bibliographical and local holdings information at each repository please see the Louisiana Newspaper Project Printout (3rd ed. 2001) or access to the national online OCLC Connexion Browser, the OCLC First Search: WorldCat and the Library of Congress’ Chronicling America: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ for the most updated information. Newspaper Family Trees provide graphic relations for newspapers with more complicated publishing history, like title changes, merging, etc. It is also available at the LNP website: Family trees for Louisiana Newspapers http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/lnp/ft/. Sheila Lee July 2012 iii LIST OF PARISHES Today there are 64 parishes in Louisiana. Under each parish listed are cities or towns that have newspapers included in this index. Following the name of each parish is the date it was established. Each current parish seat is underlined. Acadia (1886) Bossier (1843) Concordia (1807) Grant (1869) Lafayette (1823) Church Point Barksdale Field Ferriday Colfax Lafayette Crowley Bellevue Vidalia Machen Youngsville Rayne Benton Montgomery Bossier City De Soto (1843) Pollock Lafourche (1807) Allen (1912) Plain Dealing Grand Cane Larose Kinder Logansport Iberia (1868) Lockport Oakdale Caddo (1838) Mansfield Jeanerette Thibodaux Oberlin Oil City New Iberia Shreveport East Baton Rouge Lincoln (1873) Ascension (1807) Vivian (1810) Iberville (1807) Ruston Donaldsonville Baker Plaquemine Vienna Gonzales Calcasieu (1840) Baton Rouge White Castle Port Vincent DeQuincy Port Hudson Livingston (1832) Lake Charles Scotlandville Jackson (1845) Denham Springs Assumption (1807) Maplewood Zachary Eros Livingston Napoleonville Sulphur Jonesboro Maurepas Pierre Part Vinton East Carroll (1877) Vernon Port Vincent Westlake Lake Providence Springfield Avoyelles (1807) Jefferson (1825) Springville Bunkie Caldwell (1838) East Feliciana (1824) Carrolton Cottonport Columbia Clinton Grand Isle Madison (1838) Marksville Jackson Gretna Richmond Cameron (1870) Wilson Kenner Tallulah Beauregard (1912) Cameron Metairie DeRidder Evangeline (1910) Morehouse (1844) Catahoula (1808) Basile Jefferson Davis (1912) Bastrop Bienville (1848) Harrisonburg Mamou Elton Arcadia Jonesville Ville Platte Jennings Natchitoches (1807) Gibsland Trinity Lake Arthur Campti Mount Lebanon Troyville (now Franklin (1843) Welsh Natchitoches Ringgold Jonesville) Winnsboro Sparta Wisner La Salle (1908) Claiborne (1828) Jena Haynesville Olla Homer Tullos Orleans (1807) St. Charles (1807) St. Tammany (1810) Webster (1871) Algiers Boutte Covington Minden Lafayette City Good Hope Folsom Springhill New Orleans Hahnville Mandeville Norco Slidell West Baton Rouge (1810) Ouachita (1807) St. Rose Tangipahoa (1869) Port Allen Calhoun Amite City Monroe St. Helena (1810) Hammond West Carroll (1877) West Monroe Greensburg Independence Floyd Kentwood Oak Grove Plaquemines (1807) St. James (1807) Ponchatoula Belle Chasse Bringier Roseland West Feliciana (1824) Braithwaite Convent Bayou Sara Dalcour Lutcher Tensas (1843) St. Francisville Point a la Hache Saint Michel St. Joseph Vacherie Pointe Coupee (1807) Terrebonne (1822) Winn (1852) New Roads St. John the Baptist Houma Dodson Pointe Coupee (1807) Schriever Winnfield Garyville Waterproof Rapides (1807) La Place Alexandria Lucy Union (1839) Cheneyville Bernice Glenmora St. Landry (1807) Farmerville Lecompte Eunice Pineville Opelousas Vermilion (1844) Washington Abbeville Red River (1871) Gueydan Coushatta Kaplan Richland (1868) St. Martin (1807) Delhi Breaux Bridge Rayville St. Martinville Vernon (1871) Fort Polk Sabine (1843) Leesville Many New Llano St. Mary (1811) Simpson Berwick St. Bernard (1807) Franklin Washington (1819) Arabi Morgan City Bogalusa Chalmette Patterson Franklinton St. Bernard LNP PARISH INDEX PARISH CITY TITLE (* current parish journal; PUB. DATES EXTANT DATES LSU LSU FORMATS (- for negative ** old parish journal; @ in CA, BEG. END BEG. END HOLDINGS film; CA for Chronicling America; LaNeAP for La. Chronicling America) Newspaper Access Program) Acadia Rayne Rayne signal** 1886 1888? 1886 1887 1886-1887 -1205 Rayne Acadia sentinel 1886 1892? 1886 1887 1886-1887 -1702 Crowley Crowley signal** 1888? 1930 1888 1930 1888-1925,1927,1929-1930 -1205 and OR Crowley Daily signal (Crowley, La.) 1898 1922 1898 1922 1898-1921 -0633 Crowley Crowley mirror 18?? 19?? 1900 1900 none none Rayne Rayne tribune** 1894 1954 1903 1954 1903-1905,1924-1954 -0370 Crowley Rice belt news 18?? 19?? 1904 1904 none none Crowley Crowley daily signal 1922 1974 1922 1974 1923-1974 -0633 and 5970 and OR Crowley Acadian 1923? 1930? 1923 1923 1923 -1205 Crowley Acadian-signal 1930 1946 1930 1946 1930-1945 -1205 Church Point Church Point news 1939? present 1941 present 1941-1943, 1947-2003, 2005 -0371 Crowley Weekly Acadian 1946 1954 1946 1954 1946-1948,1951-1954 -1205 Rayne Rayne Acadian-tribune** 1954 present 1954 present 1954,1959-1979,1981- -0370 present Crowley Crowley post herald 1966? 1974 1967 1974 1968,1970-1974 -3163 Rayne Rayne independent* 1967 present 1967 present 1967-present -3100 Crowley Crowley post-signal 1974 present 1974 present 1974-2004 -0633 Friday, September 07, 2012 Page 1 of 105 PARISH CITY TITLE (* current parish journal; PUB. DATES EXTANT DATES LSU LSU FORMATS (- for negative ** old parish journal; @ in CA, BEG. END BEG. END HOLDINGS film; CA for Chronicling America; LaNeAP for La. Chronicling America) Newspaper Access Program) Allen Kinder Kinder gazette** 1910 19?? 1910 1914 1910-1914 5934 and 5935 Oberlin Oberlin news 1913 19?? 1913 1914 1913-1914 5935 Oakdale Oakdale journal (Oakdale, La.)** 1913 present 1914 present 1914-1915,1918- -0353 1923,1925,1927,1930- present Oakdale Oakdale American 1922? 1938 1936 1936 1936 OR Kinder Kinder progress 1953? 1961 1958 1960 1958-1960 -1691 Kinder Crossroads examiner 1961 19?? 1961 1963 1961-1963 -5930 Kinder Kinder news 1964 1979 1965 1979 1965-1979 -2869 and OR Kinder Kinder courier news 1979 1993 1979 1993 1979-1993 -2869 Kinder Kinder courier (Kinder, La. : 1993)* 1993 1994 1993 1994 1993-1994 -2869 Kinder Kinder courier news (Kinder, La. : 1994)** 1994 present 1994 present 1994-present -2869 Friday, September 07, 2012 Page 2 of 105 PARISH CITY TITLE (* current parish journal; PUB. DATES EXTANT DATES LSU LSU FORMATS (- for negative ** old parish journal; @ in CA, BEG. END BEG. END HOLDINGS film; CA for Chronicling America; LaNeAP for La. Chronicling America) Newspaper Access Program) Ascension Donaldsonville Lafourche gazette (Donaldsonville, La.) 1826 18?? 1826 1826 1826 6081 and Mrdf 571 (CD-R) Donaldsonville Planters' advocate (Donaldsonville, La.) 183? 18?? 1840 1841 1840 -5670 Donaldsonville Louisianais (Donaldsonville, La.) 184? 18?? 1845 1845 none none Donaldsonville Vigilant (Donaldsonville, La.:1845) 1845? 1858? 1845 1854 1846-1847,1849-1850 OR Donaldsonville Coast journal** 1854? 18?? 1855 1857 none none Donaldsonville Drapeau de l'Ascension 1858 1861 1860 1860 none none Donaldsonville Drapeau (Donaldsonville, La.:1865)** 1865 1870? 1865 1868 1868 (Feb. 1) Mrdf 571 and OR (RP) Donaldsonville Ascension Republican** 1870? 18?? 1871 1871 1871 (Mar. 11) Mrdf 571 (CD-R) and OR (RP) Donaldsonville Donaldsonville chief (Donaldsonville, 1871 present 1871 present 1871-1886,1889-1890,1904- -0120 La.:1871)** present Donaldsonville Ascension leader** 1871? 18?? 1871* 1872* none none (U.Texas and Asc. Cths.) Donaldsonville Triune-Democrat 1877 1??? 1877 1877 1877 -5630 Donaldsonville Vigilant (Donaldsonville, La.:1877) 1877 1??? 1877 1877 1877 -5716 Donaldsonville Ascension Democrat 188? 1??? 1885 1886 1886 -5910 Donaldsonville Donaldsonville times 1895? 19?? 1895 1910* none none Donaldsonville Daily times (Donaldsonville, La.)** 1896 1909 1896 1906 1896-1898,1905