RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Iowa >> Marion County >> Spurgeon Cemetery >> Local NewspapersSitemap...

Local Newspapers for the Spurgeon Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Spurgeon 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 Spurgeon 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 Spurgeon Cemetery.

  • Published In Pleasantville
  • Published In Swan
  • Published In Runnells   [Polk County, IA]
  • Published In Monroe   [Jasper County, IA]
    • Marion County News (from Monroe Mirror)
    • Swan Sentinel (from The Monroe Citizen)
      • Years of publication:  The Monroe Citizen to 1941
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Swan Sentinel
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85049770
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12577894
    • Four-County Neighbor (from The Monroe Mirror)
    • Runnells Telegram (from The Monroe Record)
    • Runnells Telegram (from The South Side Transcript)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Monroe.
  • Published In Knoxville
    • Marion County News (from Daily Knoxville Journal)
    • Swan Sentinel (from Iowa Voter)
    • Four-County Neighbor (from Journal-Express)
    • Runnells Telegram (from Knoxville Journal)
      • Years of publication:  Knoxville Journal to 1986
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card:   Runnells Telegram
      • Holdings:   LCCN SN82015854
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 8814960
      • ISSN Number:   2643-7511
    • Runnells Telegram (from Knoxville Journal)
    • Monroe Mirror (from Knoxville Weekly Journal)
      • Years of publication:  Knoxville Weekly Journal to 1860
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Monroe Mirror
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87058329
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15873576
    • The Monroe Citizen (from Marion County Democrat)
    • The Monroe Mirror (from Marion County Express)
    • The Monroe Record (from Marion County Reporter)
    • The South Side Transcript (from Marion County Republican)
    • Daily Knoxville Journal (from The Knoxville Express)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Knoxville.
  • Published In Prairie City   [Jasper County, IA]
    • Marion County News (from Gleaner And Herald)
    • Swan Sentinel (from Prairie City Index)
      • Years of publication:  Prairie City Index to 1872
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Swan Sentinel
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85049774
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12573072
    • Four-County Neighbor (from Prairie City News)
    • Runnells Telegram (from Prairie City Union)
    • Runnells Telegram (from The Prairie City News)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Prairie City.
  • Published In Milo   [Warren County, IA]
  • Published In Colfax   [Jasper County, IA]
    • Marion County News (from The Colfax Clipper)
    • Swan Sentinel (from The Colfax Tribune)
      • Years of publication:  The Colfax Tribune to 1974
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Swan Sentinel
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85050795
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 11936500
    • Four-County Neighbor (from The Weekly Clipper)
    • Runnells Telegram (from The Weekly Colfax Clipper)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Colfax.
  • Published In Indianola   [Warren County, IA]
    • Marion County News (from Indianola Journal)
    • Swan Sentinel (from The Advocate-Tribune)
      • Years of publication:  The Advocate-Tribune to 1923
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Swan Sentinel
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87057505
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16013046
    • Four-County Neighbor (from The Evening Herald)
      • The first year of publication was in The Evening Herald, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Four-County Neighbor
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87057584
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16012915
    • Runnells Telegram (from The Indianola Herald)
    • Runnells Telegram (from The Indianola Record)
    • Monroe Mirror (from The Indianola Republican)
      • Years of publication:  The Indianola Republican to 1856
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Monroe Mirror
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN82014124
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 8779884
    • The Monroe Citizen (from The Indianola Republican)
    • The Monroe Mirror (from The Indianola Times)
    • The Monroe Record (from The Indianola Tribune)
    • The South Side Transcript (from The Indianola Tribune)
    • Daily Knoxville Journal (from The Morning Herald)
    • Iowa Voter (from The People's Advocate)
      • Years of publication:  The People's Advocate to 1882
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Iowa Voter
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87057661
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16013041
    • Journal-Express (from The Record-Herald And Indianola Tribune)
      • Years of publication:  The Record-Herald And Indianola Tribune to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Journal-Express
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87057664
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16013053
    • Knoxville Journal (from The Record-Herald)
    • Knoxville Journal (from The Warren County Leader)
    • Knoxville Weekly Journal (from The Warren County Reporter)
    • Marion County Democrat (from The Warren Record)
    • Marion County Express (from Warren County Tribune)
    • Marion County Reporter (from Warren Eagle)
    • Marion County Republican (from Weekly Indianola Banner)
    • The Knoxville Express (from Weekly Indianola Herald)
    • Gleaner And Herald (from Weekly Indianola Visitor)
    • Prairie City Index (from Weekly Indianola Visitor)
    • Prairie City News (from Weekly Iowa Visitor)
    • Prairie City Union (from Weekly Visitor)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Indianola.
  • Published In Mitchellville   [Polk County, IA]
    • Marion County News (from Mitchellville News)
    • Swan Sentinel (from Mitchellville News)
      • Years of publication:  Mitchellville News to 1881
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Swan Sentinel
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87057255
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15214905
    • Four-County Neighbor (from The Little News)
    • Runnells Telegram (from The Mitchellville Index)
    • Runnells Telegram (from The Mitchelville Star)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Mitchellville.

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' 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 Spurgeon Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4378, Longitude: -93.2505       In this case, the coordinates for the Spurgeon Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).