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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Lexington is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 155 papers that were published in the immediate area of Lexington. In addition, the list contains another 19 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Lexington. In total, we've identified 174 papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Lexington.

Newspapers Published In Lexington ...

We know of 155 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Lexington:

Newspapers Neighboring Lexington ...

The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Lexington.

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

  • Published In Nicholasville [Jessamine County] ...
  • Published In Versailles [Woodford County] ...
    • Farmers' Advocate (from 1833)
    • The Commonwealth (from 1824)
    • The Constitutionalist (from 1824)
    • The Versailles Clarion (from 189?)
    • The Woodford Weekly (from 1869)
    • Woodford Sun (from 1877)

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- Lexington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lexington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0484, Longitude: -84.5007