Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Big Cowan 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 Cowan. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Big Cowan. Our list contains 12 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Big Cowan.

Newspapers Neighboring Big Cowan ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km] of Big Cowan.

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

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
Published In Appalachia [Wise County] ...
- Appalachia Independent (from 1920)
  - Years of publication: 1920 to 1983
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Appalachia Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079158
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32600048
Published In Cromona ...
- Letcher County Community News-Press (from 1988)
  - Years of publication: 1988 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Letcher County Community News-Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88061110
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17946512
- The Letcher County Community Press (from 1960)
  - Years of publication: 1960 to 1988
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Letcher County Community Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87060007
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15057686
Published In Jenkins ...
- The Jenkins Recorder (from 1921)
  - Years of publication: 1921 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Jenkins Recorder
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058394
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19451497
Published In Big Stone Gap [Wise County] ...
- Big Stone Gap Herald (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Big Stone Gap Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87060149
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15305587
- The Big Stone Gap Post (from 1892)
  - Years of publication: 1892 to 1928
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Big Stone Gap Post
  - Holdings: LCCN SN88061179
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18212148
  - ISSN Number: 2157-4782
- The Big Stone Post (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to 1892
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Big Stone Post
  - Holdings: LCCN SN87060150
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15305688
  - ISSN Number: 2163-5498
- The Mountain Empire News (from 1978)
  - Years of publication: 1978 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mountain Empire News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN2007060613
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 166261922
- The Post (from 1928)
  - Years of publication: 1928 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Post
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079301
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33386628
- The Wise Owl (from 1936)
  - Published during 1936
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Wise Owl
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066887
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43039247

Footnotes ...

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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 from Point A (ie- Big Cowan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Big Cowan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0670, Longitude: -82.8581 In this case, the coordinates for Big Cowan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).