Local Newspapers for the Ricks Cemetery ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of the Ricks Cemetery.
Our newspaper information for the Ricks 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 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of the Ricks 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 Ricks Cemetery.
- Published In Leighton
- Published In Muscle Shoals
- The Leighton News (from Muscle Shoals Morning Sun)
- Muscle Shoals Morning Sun (from Muscle Shoals News)
- Muscle Shoals News (from The Muscle Shoals Cyanamid News)
- The first year of publication was in The Muscle Shoals Cyanamid News, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Muscle Shoals News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044974
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12605178
- Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Muscle Shoals.
- Published In Tuscumbia
- The Leighton News (from Alabamian-Dispatch)
- Muscle Shoals Morning Sun (from Colbert County Reporter)
- Muscle Shoals News (from Franklin Democrat)
- The Muscle Shoals Cyanamid News (from Franklin Enquirer)
- Alabamian-Dispatch (from North Alabamian And Times)
- Colbert County Reporter (from North Alabamian)
- Franklin Democrat (from North Alabamian)
- Franklin Enquirer (from States' Rights Democrat)
- North Alabamian And Times (from The American Star)
- North Alabamian (from The Clarion)
- North Alabamian (from The Colbert County Banner)
- States' Rights Democrat (from The Constitution)
- The American Star (from The Franklin Chronicle)
- The Clarion (from The Muscle Shoals Advertiser)
- Years of publication: The Muscle Shoals Advertiser to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Clarion
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85045031
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12725373
- The Colbert County Banner (from The North Alabamian)
- The Constitution (from The Standard And Times Lauderdale County News)
- Years of publication: The Standard And Times Lauderdale County News to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Constitution
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90099003
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21063999
- The Franklin Chronicle (from The Telegraph And Patriot)
- The Muscle Shoals Advertiser (from The Tuscumbia Democrat)
- The North Alabamian (from The Tuscumbia Dispatch)
- The Standard And Times Lauderdale County News (from The Tuscumbia Patriot)
- The Telegraph And Patriot (from The Tuscumbia Telegraph)
- The Tuscumbia Democrat (from The Tuscumbia Times)
- The Tuscumbia Dispatch (from The Tuscumbian)
- The Tuscumbia Patriot (from The Valley Voice)
- The Tuscumbia Telegraph (from The Weekly Dispatch)
- The Tuscumbia Times (from The Weekly Dispatch)
- The Tuscumbian (from Tuscumbia Enquirer)
- Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Tuscumbia.
- Published In Sheffield
- The Leighton News (from Sheffield Daily Enterprise)
- Muscle Shoals Morning Sun (from Sheffield Enterprise)
- Muscle Shoals News (from Sheffield Weekly Enterprise)
- The first year of publication was in Sheffield Weekly Enterprise, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Muscle Shoals News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050189
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15991789
- The Muscle Shoals Cyanamid News (from Standard & Times)
- Alabamian-Dispatch (from The Reaper)
- Colbert County Reporter (from The Sheffield Clarion)
- Franklin Democrat (from The Sheffield Reaper)
- Franklin Enquirer (from The Sheffield Record)
- North Alabamian And Times (from The Sheffield Standard)
- North Alabamian (from The Sheffield Standard)
- North Alabamian (from The Tri-Cities Daily)
- Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Sheffield.
- Published In Florence [Lauderdale County, AL]
- The Leighton News (from American Democrat)
- Muscle Shoals Morning Sun (from Florence Enquirer)
- Muscle Shoals News (from Florence Evening Bulletin)
- The Muscle Shoals Cyanamid News (from Florence Gazette)
- Alabamian-Dispatch (from Florence Gazette)
- Colbert County Reporter (from Florence Gazette)
- Franklin Democrat (from Florence Journal)
- Franklin Enquirer (from Florence Journal)
- North Alabamian And Times (from Florence Register And Public Advertiser)
- North Alabamian (from Florence Republican)
- North Alabamian (from Florence Standard=Journal)
- States' Rights Democrat (from Florence Times + Tri-Cities Daily)
- The American Star (from Florence Times-Journal)
- The Clarion (from Florence Weekly Bulletin)
- Years of publication: Florence Weekly Bulletin to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Clarion
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044672
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12096865
- The Colbert County Banner (from Lauderdale News)
- The Constitution (from Lauderdale Times)
- The Franklin Chronicle (from The Banner)
- The Muscle Shoals Advertiser (from The Florence Daily News)
- The North Alabamian (from The Florence Democrat)
- The Standard And Times Lauderdale County News (from The Florence Herald-picture)
- The Telegraph And Patriot (from The Florence Herald)
- The Tuscumbia Democrat (from The Florence Times News)
- The Tuscumbia Dispatch (from The Florence Times-News)
- The Tuscumbia Patriot (from The Florence Times)
- The Tuscumbia Telegraph (from The Florence Times)
- The Tuscumbia Times (from The Florence Tribune)
- The Tuscumbian (from The Florence Wave)
- The Valley Voice (from The Lauderdale Journal)
- The Weekly Dispatch (from The Literary Index)
- The Weekly Dispatch (from The Normal Gem)
- Tuscumbia Enquirer (from The North Star)
- Sheffield Daily Enterprise (from The Shoals Picture)
- Sheffield Enterprise (from The Times + Tri-Cities Daily)
- Sheffield Weekly Enterprise (from The Times And Journal)
- Standard & Times (from The Watcher)
- The Reaper (from TimesDaily)
- The Sheffield Clarion (from TimesDaily)
- The Sheffield Reaper (from TimesDaily)
- Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Florence.
- Published In Town Creek [Lawrence County, AL]
- The Leighton News (from The Town Creek Booster & The Leighton News)
- Muscle Shoals Morning Sun (from The Town Creek Dispatch)
- Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Town Creek.
- Published In Russellville [Franklin County, AL]
- The Leighton News (from Franklin Citizen-Times)
- Muscle Shoals Morning Sun (from Franklin County Record)
- Muscle Shoals News (from Franklin County Times)
- The Muscle Shoals Cyanamid News (from Franklin County Times)
- Alabamian-Dispatch (from The Franklin Citizen)
- Colbert County Reporter (from The Franklin Citizen)
- Franklin Democrat (from The Franklin Daily Citizen)
- Franklin Enquirer (from The Franklin Times)
- Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Russellville.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Colbert County: www.colbertcounty.org/
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
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 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 Ricks Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6620, Longitude: -87.5931 In this case, the coordinates for the Ricks Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |