Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 9 newspapers that have been published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Prosperity. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Big Sandy News-Recorder (from 1929)
- Published in Louisa [Lawrence County]
- 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
Johnson County Journal (from 1976)
- Published in Paintsville [Johnson County]
- 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
Lawrence County Index (from 188?)
- Published in Louisa [Lawrence County]
- 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)
- Published in Louisa [Lawrence County]
- 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)
- Published in Louisa [Lawrence County]
- 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)
- Published in Louisa [Lawrence County]
- 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)
- Published in Louisa [Lawrence County]
- 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
The Mountain Chronicle (from 1983)
- Published in Paintsville [Johnson County]
- 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)
- Published in Paintsville [Johnson County]
- 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn 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).