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Jackson County Public Library

McKee, Kentucky

Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of McKee.

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101,622Archive pages

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Discover the people, places, and stories of McKee, Kentucky.

Discover another side of McKee, Kentucky through newspapers preserved in the Jackson County Public Library's digital archive. The archive includes The Jackson County Sun, with material from 1926 to 2024.

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    From Jackson County Public Library’s collection: “The Jackson County Sun”.

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    Read the material in its own context. Keep any date and identifying details with your research notes.

The reporting of earlier years offers a way to explore how events were understood as they happened and how local experiences became part of the historical record. A family story, a classroom project or curiosity about a familiar place can lead to a closer look at the community and the lives of earlier generations. Explore the archive online for free, without a subscription.

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Explore The Jackson County Sun through 101,622 digitized pages, with material from 1926 to 2024. Through a partnership with Advantage Archives, Jackson County Public Library shares these sources from the past. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.

Start with one question, then read this source with its dates in mind.

The Jackson County Sun

101,622 pages from 1926 to 2024

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About the Archive

About the Jackson County Public Library’s Digital Archives

The Jackson County Public Library offers free and open access to its digitized collection of historical newspapers, providing an invaluable educational resource for researchers, genealogists, and community members interested in exploring Jackson County's collective history. In partnership with Advantage Archives , the library has digitized a significant number of pages spanning from the early 20th century to the present. This initiative underscores a shared responsibility to preserve and make accessible the firsthand accounts and perspectives that document history as it happened.

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About the Library

About the Jackson County Public Library

Located at 338 North Main Street in McKee, Kentucky, the Jackson County Public Library is dedicated to serving the informational and educational needs of the community. The library provides a welcoming space for reading, research, and community events, reflecting its commitment to greater access to historical content. Through partnerships and outreach, the library continues to engage the community in preserving and discovering local history.

Library History

The History of the Jackson County Public Library

The Jackson County Public Library serves a population of approximately 13,443 residents, offering a collection of over 21,000 volumes and circulating more than 75,000 items annually. The library is committed to providing resources and services that support lifelong learning and community engagement. Learn more about the library .

About the Community

About Jackson County, Kentucky

Jackson County, established in 1858 and named after President Andrew Jackson, is located in the southeastern region of Kentucky. The county seat, McKee, is a home rule-class city known for its rich history and cultural heritage. Jackson County is characterized by its Appalachian topography, with a significant portion lying within the Daniel Boone National Forest. Learn more about Jackson County .

Local History

Did You Know?

The Jackson County Public Library's Kentucky Room houses an extensive genealogy collection, including binders of Jackson County cemeteries, obituaries, microfilm documents, deeds, photo collections, and local periodicals. These resources are invaluable for researchers delving into the county's rich history. Explore the Kentucky Room .

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Research Guidance

Read a report in its time and place

The history of McKee includes individual lives as well as events remembered by the wider community. In the digital archive shared by the Jackson County Public Library, begin with a name, place or date connected with the story you want to explore. When using historical newspapers, try alternate spellings and nearby dates, then read the surrounding page to place a local story in its time. Compare later reporting or another available title to explore different perspectives rather than treating one account as the whole story. Check nearby issues or another listed newspaper when available. Differences in timing and wording can add perspective to a story, while the issue date and surrounding articles help show what kind of account you are reading.

Follow a promising report into a nearby issue or another title where available. Compare dates and surrounding coverage; a single account is one perspective on a story. Use the surrounding account to shape your next question, while keeping each source's perspective distinct.

Keep the title, date, page, or item reference with each useful finding. Separate the words in a historical account from your interpretation, and note conflicting perspectives rather than choosing one too quickly. These notes help connect a local story to its evidence and show what remains uncertain.

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Community Partnership

Keeping local history a community resource

This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Jackson County Public Library, its community, and Advantage Archives. Together, these partnerships preserve local sources and give people a way to explore, learn from, and share the history around them.

Advantage Archives covers ongoing archive hosting, storage, development, and maintenance. The institution and its community do not pay a subscription, seat license, annual support contract, or other recurring archive-service charge. Local history remains a community resource, not a subscription to maintain.

Would you like to see more of your community's history preserved and accessible? Start a conversation with your library, newspaper publisher, historical or genealogical society, museum, or school about the materials they would like to share and a possible partnership with Advantage Archives.

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Stories, research tips, and archive news

Read All About It connects archive research with the people and institutions preserving local history. Explore partner and community stories, project updates, research ideas, and perspectives on digitization, education, and working with primary sources. Use the articles as a starting point for your next question or a new way to share a discovery.

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March 18, 2025

It’s Your Community’s History, So Why Rent Something You Own?

We believe that history belongs to the communities where it was made - not locked behind paywalls or inaccessible due to budget restrictions. Subscription-based services and large content aggregators are generally more concerned with "content" and less concerned with the history that content contains. Their models typically involve a reoccurring charge for a plan that renews annually or licensing agreements with the library based on population served or circulation numbers. You are essentially Renting Access To YOUR History.
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