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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Mammoth Cave 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Mammoth Cave. In addition, the list contains another 27 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Mammoth Cave. In total, we've identified 28 papers within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Mammoth Cave.

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 Mammoth Cave.  

Newspapers Published In Mammoth Cave ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Mammoth Cave area:

  • The Cave Man (from 193?)

Newspapers Neighboring Mammoth Cave ...

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

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

  • Published In Cave City [Barren County] ...
  • Published In Horse Cave [Hart County] ...
  • Published In Smiths Grove [Warren County] ...
  • Published In Munfordville [Hart County] ...
    • Hart County News (from 1878)
  • Published In Glasgow [Barren County] ...
    • We know of 27 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Glasgow. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Glasgow
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Mammoth Cave. This extended list includes all the papers from Glasgow. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Mammoth Cave

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mammoth Cave) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mammoth Cave. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1862, Longitude: -86.1000       In this case, the coordinates for Mammoth Cave have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).