Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Taft 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 Taft. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Taft. Our list contains 9 papers that were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Taft.

Newspapers Neighboring Taft ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km] of Taft.

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

Published In Booneville ...
- 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 Beattyville [Lee County] ...
- The Beattyville Enterprise (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Beattyville Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86069653
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14444713
- The Beattyville News
  - The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Beattyville News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88061151
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18098883
- Three Forks Enterprise (from 1883)
  - Years of publication: 1883 to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Three Forks Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86069652
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14445069
- Three Forks Tradition (from 1989)
  - Years of publication: 1989 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Three Forks Tradition
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058456
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20733851
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

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Taft) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Taft. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3615, Longitude: -83.6866 In this case, the coordinates for Taft have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).