Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Thornton 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 Thornton. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Thornton. Our list contains 6 papers that were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Thornton.

Newspapers Neighboring Thornton ...

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

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

Published In Cromona ...
- Letcher County Community News-Press (from 1988)
  - Years of publication: 1988 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Letcher County Community News-Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88061110
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17946512
- The Letcher County Community Press (from 1960)
  - Years of publication: 1960 to 1988
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Letcher County Community Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87060007
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15057686
Published In Whitesburg ...
- Letcher County Leader (from 192?)
  - 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)
  - 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
Published In Jenkins ...
- The Jenkins Recorder (from 1921)
  - Years of publication: 1921 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Jenkins Recorder
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058394
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19451497
Published In Wheelwright [Floyd County] ...
- The Wheelwright Advocate (from 1980)
  - Years of publication: 1980 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Wheelwright Advocate
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058441
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20083421

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Thornton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Thornton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1734, Longitude: -82.7785 In this case, the coordinates for Thornton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).