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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Hansford 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 Hansford. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Hansford. Our list contains 31 papers that were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Hansford.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Hansford.  

Newspapers Neighboring Hansford ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km] of Hansford.

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

  • Published In Mount Vernon  ...
    • Mount Vernon Signal (from 18??)
    • The Mountain Signal (from 1887)
    • The Rockcastle Record (from 1949)
  • Published In Renfro Valley  ...
    • Renfro Valley Bugle (from 1944)
  • Published In Pittsburg [Laurel County] ...
  • Published In Somerset [Pulaski County] ...
    • We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Somerset. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Somerset
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Hansford. This extended list includes all the papers from Somerset. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Hansford
  • Published In London [Laurel County] ...

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- Hansford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hansford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2696, Longitude: -84.3720       In this case, the coordinates for Hansford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).