Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 7 newspapers that have been published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Independence. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Clay County Free Press (from 1905)
- Published in Clay [Clay County]
- Years of publication: 1905 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Clay County Free Press
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85059604
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12768375
The Clay Messenger (from 1883)
- Published in Clay [Clay County]
- Years of publication: 1883 to 1983
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Clay Messenger
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85059605
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12768379
The Elk Examiner (from 1983)
- Published in Clay [Clay County]
- Years of publication: 1983 to 1984
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Elk Examiner
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85059606
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12768392
The Knapsack (from 1863)
- Published in Gauley Bridge [Fayette County]
- Published during 1863
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Knapsack
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85059623
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776081
The Miner's Herald (from 1913)
- Published in Montgomery [Fayette County]
- Years of publication: 1913 to 1914
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Miner's Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85059624
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776084
The Montgomery Herald (from 1940)
- Published in Montgomery [Fayette County]
- Years of publication: 1940 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Montgomery Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85059625
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776088
The Montgomery News (from 1898)
- Published in Montgomery [Fayette County]
- Years of publication: 1898 to 1946
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Montgomery News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85059617
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776055

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 from Point A (ie- Independence) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Independence. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3126, Longitude: -81.1765 In this case, the coordinates for Independence have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).