Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Big Branch 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 Big Branch. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Big Branch. Our list contains 2 papers that were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Big Branch.

Newspapers Neighboring Big Branch ...

The following newspapers were published within 9 miles [14.5 km] of Big Branch.

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

Published In Whitesburg ...
- Letcher County Leader (from 192?)
  - Years of publication: 192? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Letcher County Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86069887
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14994774
- The Mountain Eagle (from 1907)
  - Years of publication: 1907 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mountain Eagle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83025555
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 6045754

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Big Branch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Big Branch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0762, Longitude: -82.9822 In this case, the coordinates for Big Branch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).