Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 2 newspapers that have been published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Skyline. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Letcher County Leader (from 192?)
- Published in Whitesburg [Letcher County]
- 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)
- Published in Whitesburg [Letcher County]
- 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

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Skyline) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Skyline. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0759, Longitude: -82.9816 In this case, the coordinates for Skyline have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).