Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Shepherdtown 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 Shepherdtown. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Shepherdtown. Our list contains 11 papers that were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Shepherdtown.

Newspapers Neighboring Shepherdtown ...

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

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

Published In McKee [Jackson County] ...
- The Jackson County Sun (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Jackson County Sun
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86069885
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15003787
Published In Pittsburg [Laurel County] ...
- Pittsburg Free Press (from 197?)
  - Published during 197?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pittsburg Free Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86069563
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14252214
Published In Booneville [Owsley County] ...
- Booneville Sentinel (from 1976)
  - Years of publication: 1976 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Booneville Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85052084
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12318432
- Owsley County Courier (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Owsley County Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86069676
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15111742
- The Owsley County News (from 1940)
  - Years of publication: 1940 to 1958
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Owsley County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86069677
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15111710
- The Peoples Journal (from 1965)
  - Years of publication: 1965 to 1975
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Peoples Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87060003
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15057103
Published In London [Laurel County] ...
- Laurel County Sun (from 1922)
  - Years of publication: 1922 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Laurel County Sun
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90099406
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 22486534
- The London Sentinel And Mountain Echo (from 1918)
  - Years of publication: 1918 to 1919
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The London Sentinel And Mountain Echo
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85052106
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12401040
- The London Sentinel (from 1907)
  - Years of publication: 1907 to 1918
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The London Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85052105
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12401001
- The Sentinel-Echo (from 1919)
  - Years of publication: 1919 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sentinel-Echo
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85052107
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12401020
- The Weekly News (from 1938)
  - Years of publication: 1938 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85052111
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12412239

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- Shepherdtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shepherdtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2870, Longitude: -83.8649 In this case, the coordinates for Shepherdtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).