Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Defeated Creek 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 Defeated Creek. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Defeated Creek. Our list contains 3 papers that were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Defeated Creek.

Newspapers Neighboring Defeated Creek ...

The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km] of Defeated Creek.

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

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

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Defeated Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Defeated Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0518, Longitude: -82.9929 In this case, the coordinates for Defeated Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).