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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Fortner 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 Fortner. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Fortner. Our list contains 20 papers that were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Fortner.

Newspapers Neighboring Fortner ...

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

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

  • Published In Frenchburg [Menifee County] ...
  • Published In Stanton  ...
  • Published In Campton [Wolfe County] ...
  • Published In Clay City  ...
  • Published In Spout Springs [Estill County] ...
    • The Spout Spring Times (from 1896)

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Fortner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fortner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8487, Longitude: -83.6880       In this case, the coordinates for Fortner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).