Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 5 newspapers that have been published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Hector. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Leslie County Independent (from 1968)
- Published in Hyden [Leslie County]
- Years of publication: 1968 to 1969
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Leslie County Independent
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87060019
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15094378
The Leslie County Independent (from 1971)
- Published in Hyden [Leslie County]
- Years of publication: 1971 to 197?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Leslie County Independent
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87060021
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15094437
The Leslie County News (from 1963)
- Published in Hyden [Leslie County]
- Years of publication: 1963 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Leslie County News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87060001
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15056955
The Leslie County News (from 195?)
- Published in Hyden [Leslie County]
- Years of publication: 195? to 1960
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Leslie County News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87060002
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15057002
Thousandsticks-Independent (from 1969)
- Published in Hyden [Leslie County]
- Years of publication: 1969 to 1971
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Thousandsticks-Independent
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87060020
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15094410

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hector) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hector. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1531, Longitude: -83.6538 In this case, the coordinates for Hector have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).