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Local Newspapers for the Watkins Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Watkins 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 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of the Watkins 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 Watkins Cemetery.

  • Published In Flovilla
  • Published In Jackson
  • Published In Monticello   [Jasper County, GA]
  • Published In Forsyth   [Monroe County, GA]
    • Co=Operative Workman (from Educational Journal)
    • Headlight=Homeseeker (from The Bee)
    • National Headlight (from The Little Georgian)
      • The first year of publication was in The Little Georgian, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the National Headlight
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89053831
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20645886
    • The Flovilla And Indian Springs Enterprise (from The Monroe Advertiser)
    • Butts County Argus (from The Monroe Advertiser)
    • The Butts County Progress (from The Monroe County Reporter)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Forsyth.
  • Published In McDonough   [Henry County, GA]
    • Co=Operative Workman (from Henry County Herald)
    • Headlight=Homeseeker (from Henry County Weekly And Henry County Times)
    • National Headlight (from The Henry County Weekly)
    • The Flovilla And Indian Springs Enterprise (from The Henry Herald)
    • Butts County Argus (from The Weekly-Advertiser)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in McDonough.
  • Published In Griffin   [Spalding County, GA]
    • Co=Operative Workman (from American Whig)
    • Headlight=Homeseeker (from Daily Southern Herald)
      • The first year of publication was in Daily Southern Herald, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Headlight=Homeseeker
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89053175
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 19559738
    • National Headlight (from Georgia Jeffersonian And Griffin Gazette)
      • Years of publication:  Georgia Jeffersonian And Griffin Gazette to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the National Headlight
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90052372
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21472263
    • The Flovilla And Indian Springs Enterprise (from Georgia Weekly Cultivator)
    • Butts County Argus (from Griffin Daily News)
    • The Butts County Progress (from Griffin Daily News)
    • The Jackson Argus (from Griffin Semi-Weekly News)
    • The Jackson News (from Griffin Semi-Weekly Star)
    • The Jackson Progress-Argus (from Griffin Tri-Weekly Star)
    • The Jackson Record (from Griffin Weekly News)
    • The Jacksonian (from Southern Herald)
    • Jasper County Banner (from The Confederate States)
    • The Jasper County News (from The Daily News)
    • The Monticello News (from The Empire State)
    • Educational Journal (from The Empire State)
    • The Bee (from The Evening Call)
      • Years of publication:  The Evening Call to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Bee
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89053177
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 19559896
    • The Little Georgian (from The Georgia Jeffersonian)
    • The Monroe Advertiser (from The Griffin Daily News And Sun)
    • The Monroe Advertiser (from The Griffin Daily News)
    • The Monroe County Reporter (from The Griffin Gazette)
    • Henry County Herald (from The Griffin News)
    • Henry County Weekly And Henry County Times (from The Griffin Sun)
    • The Henry County Weekly (from The Griffin Weekly News And Sun)
    • The Henry Herald (from The Griffin Weekly News)
    • The Weekly-Advertiser (from The Middle Georgia Farmer)
    • American Whig (from The Middle Georgian)
      • Years of publication:  The Middle Georgian to 1872
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the American Whig
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89053180
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 19564426
    • Daily Southern Herald (from The Morning Call)
    • Georgia Jeffersonian And Griffin Gazette (from The Southern Union)
    • Georgia Weekly Cultivator (from The Spalding County Times)
    • Griffin Daily News (from The Weekly News & Georgian)
    • Griffin Daily News (from The Weekly News)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Griffin.
  • Published In Barnesville   [Lamar County, GA]
    • Co=Operative Workman (from The Barnesville Gazette)
    • Headlight=Homeseeker (from The Barnesville Herald And News Gazette)
    • National Headlight (from The Barnesville News-Gazette)
    • The Flovilla And Indian Springs Enterprise (from The Barnesville Patriot)
    • Butts County Argus (from The Barnesville Weekly Gazette)
    • The Butts County Progress (from The Daily Gazette)
    • The Jackson Argus (from The Herald-Gazette)
    • The Jackson News (from The News-Gazette)
    • The Jackson Progress-Argus (from The Orthodox Democrat)
    • The Jackson Record (from The Pike County News)
    • The Jacksonian (from The Weekly Gazette)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Barnesville.
  • Published In Hampton   [Henry County, GA]

The official website for Butts County: www.buttscounty.org/

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Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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 Watkins Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2715, Longitude: -83.9394       In this case, the coordinates for the Watkins Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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