Bowen Cemetery (Greensville County, VA)

Local Newspapers for the Bowen Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Bowen Cemetery is based on data supplied by the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

Hint: When we started searching newspapers, we only looked for obituaries. Eventually we realized that our search was too narrow and there was much that we were missing. Now we include things like around-the-town and gossip columns, birth and death announcements.

We have some family members who owned businesses and now we search for articles and advertistments for those businesses. Some family members could have been better behaved and a search of police blotters contained some surprises.

The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of the Bowen Cemetery. These papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in the order of their distance from the Bowen Cemetery.

Published In Emporia [Emporia City, VA]
- Emporia Virginian (from Emporia Virginian)
  - Years of publication: Emporia Virginian to 1908
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Emporia Virginian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN96096528
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34224090
- Independent-Messenger (from Independent-Messenger)
  - Years of publication: Independent-Messenger to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Independent-Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84007505
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10282128
- The Greensville Mirror (from The Greensville Mirror)
  - Years of publication: The Greensville Mirror to 1962
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Greensville Mirror
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN2007060626
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 213451056
- Virginia Farmer (from Virginia Farmer)
  - Years of publication: Virginia Farmer to 191?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Virginia Farmer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98068079
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 8467851
- Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Emporia.
Published In Lawrenceville [Brunswick County, VA]
- Emporia Virginian (from Brunswick Advocate)
  - Years of publication: Brunswick Advocate to 1879
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Emporia Virginian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85025465
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11747297
- Independent-Messenger (from Brunswick Gazette)
  - Years of publication: Brunswick Gazette to 192?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Independent-Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079173
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32637554
- The Greensville Mirror (from Brunswick Times-Gazette)
  - Years of publication: Brunswick Times-Gazette to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Greensville Mirror
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079174
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32637082
- Virginia Farmer (from Dinwiddie County News)
  - Years of publication: Dinwiddie County News to 1929
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Virginia Farmer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079036
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32002383
- Brunswick Advocate (from The Brunswick Times)
  - Years of publication: The Brunswick Times to 192?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Brunswick Advocate
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95067665
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34137955
- Brunswick Gazette (from The Trail And Scroll)
  - Years of publication: The Trail And Scroll to 193?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Brunswick Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079076
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32261735
- Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Lawrenceville.
Published In Roanoke Rapids [Halifax County]
- Emporia Virginian (from Daily Herald)
  - Years of publication: Daily Herald to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Emporia Virginian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068750
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24893313
- Independent-Messenger (from Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald)
  - Years of publication: Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald to 1949
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Independent-Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068749
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24893286
- The Greensville Mirror (from Roanoke Rapids Herald)
  - Years of publication: Roanoke Rapids Herald to 1948
  - Issues available online: 405
  - Scanned issues: May 1, 1914 to April 28, 1922
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Greensville Mirror
  - Holdings: LCCN SN91068748
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24893230
- Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Roanoke Rapids.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Greensville County: www.greensvillecountyva.gov/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Bowen Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7049, Longitude: -77.6486 In this case, the coordinates for the Bowen Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).