Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Plank 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 Plank. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Plank. Our list contains 9 papers that were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Plank.

Newspapers Neighboring Plank ...

The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km] of Plank.

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

Published In Hyden [Leslie County] ...
- Leslie County Independent (from 1968)
  - Years of publication: 1968 to 1969
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Leslie County Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87060019
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15094378
- The Leslie County Independent (from 1971)
  - Years of publication: 1971 to 197?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Leslie County Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87060021
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15094437
- The Leslie County News (from 1963)
  - Years of publication: 1963 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Leslie County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87060001
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15056955
- The Leslie County News (from 195?)
  - Years of publication: 195? to 1960
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Leslie County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87060002
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15057002
- Thousandsticks-Independent (from 1969)
  - Years of publication: 1969 to 1971
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Thousandsticks-Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87060020
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15094410
Published In Barbourville [Knox County] ...
- Barbourville Mountain Advocate (from 1935)
  - Years of publication: 1935 to 1987
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Barbourville Mountain Advocate
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87060033
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15122929
- Mountain Advocate (from 1904)
  - Years of publication: 1904 to 1935
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: Mountain Advocate
  - Holdings: LCCN SN87060032
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15122512
  - ISSN Number: 1941-2924
- The Mountain Advocate (from 1987)
  - Years of publication: 1987 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mountain Advocate
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87060217
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15598798
- The Peoples News (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Peoples News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88061028
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17502760

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Plank) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Plank. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0762, Longitude: -83.6469 In this case, the coordinates for Plank have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).