Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 9 newspapers that have been published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Taft. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Booneville Sentinel (from 1976)
- Published in Booneville [Owsley County]
- 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 in Booneville [Owsley County]
- 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 Beattyville Enterprise (from 189?)
- Published in Beattyville [Lee County]
- 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
- Published in Beattyville [Lee County]
- 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
The Jackson County Sun (from 19??)
- Published in McKee [Jackson County]
- 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
The Owsley County News (from 1940)
- Published in Booneville [Owsley County]
- 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)
- Published in Booneville [Owsley County]
- 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
Three Forks Enterprise (from 1883)
- Published in Beattyville [Lee County]
- 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)
- Published in Beattyville [Lee County]
- 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

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 things 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).