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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Smyrna 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 Smyrna. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Smyrna. Our list contains 37 papers that were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Smyrna.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Smyrna.  

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Newspapers Neighboring Smyrna ...

The following newspapers were published within 11 miles [17.7 km] of Smyrna.

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

  • Published In Fern Creek  ...
  • Published In Jeffersontown  ...
  • Published In Saint Matthews  ...
    • St. Matthews Booster (from 18??)
    • St. Matthews Sun (from 193?)
    • The Commuter (from 1940)
    • The Jeffersonian (from 197?)
    • The Suburban Mirror (from 1969)
    • The Voice (from 1973)
  • Published In Louisville  ...
    • We know of 291 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Louisville. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Louisville
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Smyrna. This extended list includes all the papers from Louisville. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Smyrna.

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  • Published In Shively  ...
    • Shively Newsweek (from 195?)
    • The Kentucky Gazette (from 193?)
    • The Newsweek (from 1973)
    • The Star (from 195?)
      • Years of publication:  195? to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Star
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87060252
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15714938
  • Published In Shepherdsville [Bullitt County] ...
  • Published In Jeffersonville [Clark County] ...
    • We know of 33 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Jeffersonville. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Jeffersonville
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Smyrna. This extended list includes all the papers from Jeffersonville. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Smyrna.

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  • Published In Pleasure Ridge Park  ...
  • Published In Valley Station  ...

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Smyrna. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Jefferson County: www.loukymetro.org/

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Smyrna) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Smyrna. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1326, Longitude: -85.6519       In this case, the coordinates for Smyrna have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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