Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Tanksley 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 Tanksley. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Tanksley. Our list contains 9 papers that were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Tanksley.

Newspapers Neighboring Tanksley ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km] of Tanksley.

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

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 Hyden [Leslie County] ...
- Leslie County Independent (from 1968)
  - Years of publication: 1968 to 1969
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Leslie County Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87060019
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15094378
- The Leslie County Independent (from 1971)
  - Years of publication: 1971 to 197?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Leslie County Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87060021
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15094437
- The Leslie County News (from 1963)
  - Years of publication: 1963 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Leslie County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87060001
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15056955
- The Leslie County News (from 195?)
  - Years of publication: 195? to 1960
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Leslie County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87060002
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15057002
- Thousandsticks-Independent (from 1969)
  - Years of publication: 1969 to 1971
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Thousandsticks-Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87060020
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15094410

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tanksley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tanksley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2168, Longitude: -83.7102 In this case, the coordinates for Tanksley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).