Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

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

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oscaloosa. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Oscaloosa. Our list contains 6 papers that were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Oscaloosa.

Newspapers Neighboring Oscaloosa ...

The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km] of Oscaloosa.

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

Published In Whitesburg ...
- Letcher County Leader (from 192?)
  - Years of publication: 192? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Letcher County Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86069887
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14994774
- The Mountain Eagle (from 1907)
  - Years of publication: 1907 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mountain Eagle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83025555
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 6045754
Published In Cromona ...
- Letcher County Community News-Press (from 1988)
  - Years of publication: 1988 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Letcher County Community News-Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88061110
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17946512
- The Letcher County Community Press (from 1960)
  - Years of publication: 1960 to 1988
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Letcher County Community Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87060007
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15057686
Published In Appalachia [Wise County] ...
- Appalachia Independent (from 1920)
  - Years of publication: 1920 to 1983
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Appalachia Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079158
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32600048
Published In Jenkins ...
- The Jenkins Recorder (from 1921)
  - Years of publication: 1921 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Jenkins Recorder
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058394
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19451497

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oscaloosa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oscaloosa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0970, Longitude: -82.8885 In this case, the coordinates for Oscaloosa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).