Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Prosperity 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 Prosperity. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Prosperity. Our list contains 9 papers that were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Prosperity.

Newspapers Neighboring Prosperity ...

The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km] of Prosperity.

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

Published In 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
Published In Paintsville [Johnson County] ...
- Johnson County Journal (from 1976)
  - Years of publication: 1976 to 1982
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Johnson County Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86069651
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14471919
- The Mountain Chronicle (from 1983)
  - Years of publication: 1983 to 1987
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mountain Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86069650
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14472928
- The Paintsville Herald (from 1902)
  - Years of publication: 1902 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Paintsville Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86063247
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13153861

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 from Point A (ie- Prosperity) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prosperity. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0530, Longitude: -82.7798 In this case, the coordinates for Prosperity have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).