Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Louisa 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 6 papers that were published in the immediate area of Louisa. In addition, the list contains another 12 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Louisa. In total, we've identified 18 papers within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Louisa.

Newspapers Published In Louisa ...

We know of 6 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Louisa:

Big Sandy News-Recorder (from 1929)
- 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
Lawrence County Index (from 188?)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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

Newspapers Neighboring Louisa ...

The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Louisa.

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

Published In Wayne [Wayne County] ...
- The Wayne News (from 1886)
  - 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)
  - 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
Published In Inez [Martin County] ...
- East Kentucky Sun (from 1989)
  - 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
- The Martin Countian And The Mercury (from 1989)
  - 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)
  - 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)
  - 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)
  - 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?)
  - 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)
  - 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)
  - 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)
  - 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 Pride (from 1984)
  - 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

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Louisa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Louisa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1056, Longitude: -82.6053