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Local Newspapers for the Oak Grove Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Oak Grove 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 Oak Grove 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 Oak Grove Cemetery.

  • Published In Fountain Green
  • Published In Plymouth
    • The News Of Fountain Green (from Plymouth Locomotive)
    • Plymouth Locomotive (from Plymouth Phonograph)
      • The first year of publication was in Plymouth Phonograph, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Plymouth Locomotive
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2005062014
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 57483088
    • Plymouth Phonograph (from The News Boy)
    • The News Boy (from Tri-County Scribe)
      • The first year of publication was in Tri-County Scribe, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The News Boy
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2002061109
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 49046840
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Plymouth.
  • Published In Carthage
    • The News Of Fountain Green (from Carthage Democrat)
    • Plymouth Locomotive (from Carthage Republican)
    • Plymouth Phonograph (from Carthage Village Voice)
    • The News Boy (from Hancock County Democrat)
      • The first year of publication was in Hancock County Democrat, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The News Boy
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2004061930
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 55006449
    • Tri-County Scribe (from Hancock County Journal And The Carthage Republican)
      • Years of publication:  Hancock County Journal And The Carthage Republican to 1962
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Tri-County Scribe
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055545
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28119426
    • Carthage Democrat (from Hancock County Journal)
    • Carthage Republican (from The Carthage Gazette)
    • Carthage Village Voice (from The Carthage Gazette)
    • Hancock County Democrat (from The Carthage Transcript)
    • Hancock County Journal And The Carthage Republican (from The Children's Memorial Home Bulletin)
    • Hancock County Journal (from The Citizen)
    • The Carthage Gazette (from The Daily Booster)
    • The Carthage Gazette (from The Evening Republican)
    • The Carthage Transcript (from The Gazette-News)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Carthage.
  • Published In Augusta
    • The News Of Fountain Green (from Augusta Herald)
    • Plymouth Locomotive (from Augusta Times)
    • Plymouth Phonograph (from Augusta Weekly Banner)
    • The News Boy (from Eagle-scribe)
    • Tri-County Scribe (from The Augusta Eagle)
    • Carthage Democrat (from The Augusta Weekly Times)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Augusta.
  • Published In Colchester   [McDonough County, IL]
    • The News Of Fountain Green (from Chronicle)
    • Plymouth Locomotive (from Colchester Daily Independent)
    • Plymouth Phonograph (from Colchester Independent)
    • The News Boy (from The Colchester Chronicle)
      • Years of publication:  The Colchester Chronicle to 1962
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The News Boy
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN98063211
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 38499005
    • Tri-County Scribe (from The Colchester Chronicle)
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  • Published In Bowen
    • The News Of Fountain Green (from The Bowen Chronicle)
    • Plymouth Locomotive (from The Bowen Chronicle)
    • Plymouth Phonograph (from The Bowen Spectator)
    • The News Boy (from The Bowen Weekly Chronicle)
      • Years of publication:  The Bowen Weekly Chronicle to 1900
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The News Boy
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055677
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27911248
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Bowen.
  • Published In Blandinsville   [McDonough County, IL]
    • The News Of Fountain Green (from Blandinsville Gazette)
    • Plymouth Locomotive (from Blandinsville Star-Gazette)
    • Plymouth Phonograph (from Blandinsville Star-Gazette)
    • The News Boy (from Star-Gazatte)
    • Tri-County Scribe (from The Blandinsville Era)
      • The first year of publication was in The Blandinsville Era, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Tri-County Scribe
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93057238
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 29559091
    • Carthage Democrat (from The Blandinville Argus)
    • Carthage Republican (from The McDonough Democrat)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Blandinsville.
  • Published In La Harpe
    • The News Of Fountain Green (from Hancock Democrat)
    • Plymouth Locomotive (from La Harpe Amateur)
      • The first year of publication was in La Harpe Amateur, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Plymouth Locomotive
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051283
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 31160315
    • Plymouth Phonograph (from La Harpe Times)
      • The first year of publication was in La Harpe Times, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Plymouth Phonograph
      • Holdings for:   LCCN 2013219108
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 55001386
    • The News Boy (from The Hancock County Quill)
      • Years of publication:  The Hancock County Quill to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The News Boy
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93056012
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 29264030
    • Tri-County Scribe (from The La Harpe Leader)
    • Carthage Democrat (from The La Harper)
    • Carthage Republican (from The Quill)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in La Harpe.
  • Published In Macomb   [McDonough County, IL]
    • The News Of Fountain Green (from M'Donough Democrat)
    • Plymouth Locomotive (from M'Donough Independent And Democratic Review)
      • Years of publication:  M'Donough Independent And Democratic Review to 1855
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Plymouth Locomotive
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055680
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28033396
    • Plymouth Phonograph (from M'Donough Independent)
    • The News Boy (from Macomb Daily Journal)
      • Years of publication:  Macomb Daily Journal to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The News Boy
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055693
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28101837
    • Tri-County Scribe (from Macomb Daily Journal)
    • Carthage Democrat (from Macomb Eagle)
    • Carthage Republican (from Macomb Independent)
    • Carthage Village Voice (from Macomb Journal)
    • Hancock County Democrat (from Macomb Weekly Journal)
    • Hancock County Journal And The Carthage Republican (from Prairie Star)
    • Hancock County Journal (from The Illinois By-Stander)
    • The Carthage Gazette (from The Illinois Granger)
    • The Carthage Gazette (from The Macomb By-Stander)
    • The Carthage Transcript (from The Macomb Daily By-Stander)
    • The Children's Memorial Home Bulletin (from The Macomb Eagle)
    • The Citizen (from The Macomb Enterprise)
      • Years of publication:  The Macomb Enterprise to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Citizen
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055691
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28101644
    • The Daily Booster (from The Macomb Journal)
    • The Evening Republican (from The Macomb Times)
    • The Gazette-News (from The McDonough County Times)
    • Augusta Herald (from The McDonough News)
    • Augusta Times (from The McDonough Times)
    • Augusta Weekly Banner (from The McDonough Times)
    • Eagle-scribe (from The Western Catalyst)
      • Years of publication:  The Western Catalyst to 1974
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Eagle-scribe
      • Holdings for:   LCCN 2010271295
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 670251200
    • The Augusta Eagle (from The Western Courier)
    • The Augusta Weekly Times (from Western Courier)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Macomb.

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 Oak Grove Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3853, Longitude: -90.9851       In this case, the coordinates for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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