Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Alger 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 Alger. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Alger. Our list contains 5 papers that were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Alger.

Newspapers Neighboring Alger ...

The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km] of Alger.

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

Published In Booneville [Owsley County] ...
- Booneville Sentinel (from 1976)
  - Years of publication: 1976 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Booneville Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85052084
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12318432
- Owsley County Courier (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Owsley County Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86069676
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15111742
- The Owsley County News (from 1940)
  - Years of publication: 1940 to 1958
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Owsley County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86069677
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15111710
- The Peoples Journal (from 1965)
  - Years of publication: 1965 to 1975
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Peoples Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87060003
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15057103
Published In McKee [Jackson County] ...
- The Jackson County Sun (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Jackson County Sun
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86069885
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15003787

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Alger) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alger. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3131, Longitude: -83.7316 In this case, the coordinates for Alger have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).