Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Pennington Gap.
Our newspaper information for Pennington Gap is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.
The following list contains the names of 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Pennington Gap. In addition, the list contains another 12 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Pennington Gap. In total, we've identified 13 papers within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Pennington Gap.
Newspapers Published In Pennington Gap ...
We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Pennington Gap area:
- The Powell Valley News (from 1921)
Newspapers Neighboring Pennington Gap ...
The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Pennington Gap.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Pennington Gap.
- Published In Jonesville ...
- 2380th Traveler (from 1935)
- Cumberland Bowl Voice (from 193?)
- Gully Gleanings (from 1935)
- Lee County Republican (from 1889)
- Lee County Sentinel (from 1873)
- Smoker Over (from 1939)
- Published In Big Stone Gap [Wise County] ...
- Big Stone Gap Herald (from 18??)
- The Big Stone Gap Post (from 1892)
- The Big Stone Post (from 1890)
- The Mountain Empire News (from 1978)
- The Post (from 1928)
- Years of publication: 1928 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Post
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95079301
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33386628
- The Wise Owl (from 1936)
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- Pennington Gap) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pennington Gap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7585, Longitude: -83.0276 |