Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 21 newspapers that have been published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Laurel. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Big Sandy News-Recorder (from 1929)
- Published in Louisa [Lawrence County]
- Years of publication: 1929 to 1935
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Big Sandy News-Recorder
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85052056
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12183249
East Kentucky Sun (from 1989)
- Published in Inez [Martin County]
- Years of publication: 1989 to 1992
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the East Kentucky Sun
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89058387
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19272635
Johnson County Journal (from 1976)
- Published in Paintsville [Johnson County]
- Years of publication: 1976 to 1982
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Johnson County Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86069651
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14471919
Lawrence County Index (from 188?)
- Published in Louisa [Lawrence County]
- The first year of publication was in 188?, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Lawrence County Index
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86069645
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14439892
Lawrence County Recorder (from 1915)
- Published in Louisa [Lawrence County]
- Years of publication: 1915 to 1929
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Lawrence County Recorder
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85052059
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12183663
The Big Sandy News And The Lawrence County Recorder (from 1935)
- Published in Louisa [Lawrence County]
- Years of publication: 1935 to 1974
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Big Sandy News And The Lawrence County Recorder
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85052057
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12183348
The Big Sandy News (from 1885)
- Published in Louisa [Lawrence County]
- Years of publication: 1885 to 1929
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card: The Big Sandy News
- Holdings: LCCN SN83004226
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9681022
- ISSN Number: 0739-0149
The Big Sandy News (from 1974)
- Published in Louisa [Lawrence County]
- Years of publication: 1974 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Big Sandy News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85052058
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12183468
The Martin Countian And The Mercury (from 1989)
- Published in Inez [Martin County]
- Years of publication: 1989 to 1990
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Martin Countian And The Mercury
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89058003
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18994442
The Martin Countian (from 1975)
- Published in Inez [Martin County]
- Years of publication: 1975 to 1988
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Martin Countian
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86069646
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14439559
The Martin County Mercury (from 1971)
- Published in Inez [Martin County]
- Years of publication: 1971 to 1985
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Martin County Mercury
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85007399
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12125451
The Martin County Sun (from 1992)
- Published in Inez [Martin County]
- Years of publication: 1992 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Martin County Sun
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92003409
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26341026
The Martin County Times (from 197?)
- Published in Inez [Martin County]
- Years of publication: 197? to 198?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Martin County Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86069647
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14439502
The Martin County-Tug Valley Mountain Citizen (from 1990)
- Published in Inez [Martin County]
- Years of publication: 1990 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Martin County-Tug Valley Mountain Citizen
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91099405
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24883060
The Martin Mercury (from 1970)
- Published in Inez [Martin County]
- Years of publication: 1970 to 1971
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Martin Mercury
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86069648
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14440433
The Mercury (from 1985)
- Published in Inez [Martin County]
- Years of publication: 1985 to 1988
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Mercury
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86069649
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14440267
The Mountain Chronicle (from 1983)
- Published in Paintsville [Johnson County]
- Years of publication: 1983 to 1987
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Mountain Chronicle
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86069650
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14472928
The Paintsville Herald (from 1902)
- Published in Paintsville [Johnson County]
- Years of publication: 1902 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Paintsville Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86063247
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13153861
The Pride (from 1984)
- Published in Inez [Martin County]
- Published during 1984
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Pride
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88061180
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18211816
The Wayne News (from 1886)
- Published in Wayne (WV) [Wayne County]
- Years of publication: 1886 to 1919
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Wayne News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092387
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13297728
Wayne County News (from 1919)
- Published in Wayne (WV) [Wayne County]
- Years of publication: 1919 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Wayne County News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092388
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13297732

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Laurel) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Laurel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9775, Longitude: -82.5473 In this case, the coordinates for Laurel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).