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Local Newspapers for the Oakland Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Oakland 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 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of the Oakland 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 Oakland Cemetery.

  • Published In Shannon City   [Union County, IA]
  • Published In Arispe   [Union County, IA]
  • Published In Tingley
  • Published In Knowlton - Historic
  • Published In Diagonal
  • Published In Ellston
  • Published In Afton   [Union County, IA]
    • The Shannon City Messenger (from The Afton Enterprise)
    • The Tingley Independent (from The Afton Star-Enterprise)
    • Arispe Advocate (from The Afton Tribune)
    • Knowlton Sentinel (from The Afton Weekly News)
    • Diagonal Progress (from The Tribune-News)
    • Diagonal Reporter (from The Weekly Afton Tribune)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Afton.
  • Published In Kent   [Union County, IA]
  • Published In Creston   [Union County, IA]
    • The Shannon City Messenger (from Creston Daily Advertiser-Gazette)
    • The Tingley Independent (from Creston Daily Advertiser)
    • Arispe Advocate (from Creston Daily Gazette)
    • Knowlton Sentinel (from Creston Gazette)
    • Diagonal Progress (from Creston Journal)
    • Diagonal Reporter (from Creston News Advertiser)
    • The Diagonal Progress (from Creston Plain Dealer)
    • Ellston Register (from Morning Creston American)
    • Ellston Weekly Register (from The Commonwealth)
    • The Afton Enterprise (from The Creston Advertiser)
    • The Afton Star-Enterprise (from The Creston Commoner)
    • The Afton Tribune (from The Creston Commonwealth)
    • The Afton Weekly News (from The Creston Commonwealth)
    • The Tribune-News (from The Creston Daily Advertiser Gazette)
      • Years of publication:  The Creston Daily Advertiser Gazette to 1921
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Tribune-News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86060058
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13547904
    • The Weekly Afton Tribune (from The Creston Daily Advertiser)
    • The Kent Bulletin (from The Creston Daily Advertiser)
    • The Kent Herald (from The Creston Daily Commonwealth)
      • Years of publication:  The Creston Daily Commonwealth to 1895
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Kent Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86060063
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13547900
    • Mt. Ayr Journal (from The Creston Democrat)
    • Mt. Ayr Journal (from The Creston Evening News)
    • Mt. Ayr Journal (from The Creston Monitor)
    • Mt. Ayr Journal (from The Creston Semi-Weekly Advertiser-Gazette)
      • Years of publication:  The Creston Semi-Weekly Advertiser-Gazette to 1904
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Mt. Ayr Journal
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86060073
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13899649
    • Mt. Ayr Semi-Weekly Journal (from The Creston Semi-Weekly Advertiser)
    • Mt. Ayr Twice-A-Week Monday And Thursday Journal (from The Creston Semi-Weekly Advertiser)
    • The Advance (from The Creston Weekly Advertiser And Gazette)
      • Years of publication:  The Creston Weekly Advertiser And Gazette to 1911
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Advance
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86060072
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13956797
    • The Daily News (from The Creston Weekly Advertiser Gazette And American)
      • Years of publication:  The Creston Weekly Advertiser Gazette And American to 1916
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Daily News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86060076
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13513354
    • The Independent (from The Creston Weekly Advertiser Gazettee [ie- Gazette]-plain Dealer)
      • Years of publication:  The Creston Weekly Advertiser Gazettee [ie- Gazette]-plain Dealer to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Independent
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86060069
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13513353
    • The Ringgold County Republican (from The Creston Weekly Advertiser Gazette)
    • The Ringgold Record (from The Creston Weekly Advertiser Gazette)
    • The Weekly News (from The Creston Weekly Advertiser)
      • Years of publication:  The Creston Weekly Advertiser to 1897
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Weekly News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86060082
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13899617
    • Twice-A-Week News (from The Creston Weekly Advertiser)
    • Twice-A-Week Press (from The Creston Weekly Times)
    • Creston Daily Advertiser-Gazette (from The Every Sunday Morning)
    • Creston Daily Advertiser (from The Morning American)
    • Creston Daily Gazette (from The Plain Dealer)
    • Creston Gazette (from Union County Independent)
    • Creston Journal (from Union County Progress)
    • Creston News Advertiser (from Workingman's Advocate)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Creston.
  • Published In Mount Ayr
    • The Shannon City Messenger (from Mt. Ayr Journal)
    • The Tingley Independent (from Mt. Ayr Journal)
    • Arispe Advocate (from Mt. Ayr Journal)
    • Knowlton Sentinel (from Mt. Ayr Journal)
    • Diagonal Progress (from Mt. Ayr Semi-Weekly Journal)
    • Diagonal Reporter (from Mt. Ayr Twice-A-Week Monday And Thursday Journal)
      • Years of publication:  Mt. Ayr Twice-A-Week Monday And Thursday Journal to 1910
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Diagonal Reporter
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86060161
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 14075845
    • The Diagonal Progress (from The Advance)
    • Ellston Register (from The Daily News)
    • Ellston Weekly Register (from The Independent)
    • The Afton Enterprise (from The Ringgold County Republican)
    • The Afton Star-Enterprise (from The Ringgold Record)
    • The Afton Tribune (from The Weekly News)
    • The Afton Weekly News (from Twice-A-Week News)
    • The Tribune-News (from Twice-A-Week Press)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Mount Ayr.
  • Published In Clearfield   [Taylor County, IA]
  • Published In Cromwell   [Union County, IA]
  • Published In Grand River   [Decatur County, IA]
  • Published In Kellerton
  • Published In Lorimor   [Union County, IA]
  • Published In Murray   [Clarke County, IA]

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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Oakland Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8928, Longitude: -94.2631    









 

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