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Local Newspapers for the Union Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Union 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 Union 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 Union Cemetery.

  • Published In Sparta
    • Independent Spartan (from Independent Spartan)
    • Sparta News-plaindealer (from Sparta News-plaindealer)
    • Sparta Register (from Sparta Register)
    • Star Of The West (from Star Of The West)
    • The Argonaut (from The Argonaut)
    • The Daily Plaindealer (from The Daily Plaindealer)
    • The Randolph County Journal (from The Randolph County Journal)
    • The Randolph County Republican (from The Randolph County Republican)
    • The Sparta Argonaut (from The Sparta Argonaut)
    • The Sparta Democrat (from The Sparta Democrat)
    • The Sparta Herald (from The Sparta Herald)
      • The first year of publication was in The Sparta Herald, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Sparta Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053858
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25816892
    • The Sparta Herald (from The Sparta Herald)
    • The Sparta Journal (from The Sparta Journal)
    • The Sparta News (from The Sparta News)
    • The Sparta Plaindealer (from The Sparta Plaindealer)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Sparta.
  • Published In Steeleville
  • Published In Percy
  • Published In Walsh
  • Published In Coulterville
  • Published In Evansville
  • Published In Marissa   [Saint Clair County, IL]
    • Independent Spartan (from Broadcaster)
    • Sparta News-plaindealer (from Illinois State Trucker)
    • Sparta Register (from Marissa Messenger)
    • Star Of The West (from Marissa Monitor)
    • The Argonaut (from Marissa Monitor)
    • The Daily Plaindealer (from The Marissa Enterprise)
      • The first year of publication was in The Marissa Enterprise, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Daily Plaindealer
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053749
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25104545
    • The Randolph County Journal (from The Marissa Independent)
    • The Randolph County Republican (from The Marissa Messenger)
    • The Sparta Argonaut (from The Marissa Messenger)
    • The Sparta Democrat (from The Scott Broadcaster)
    • The Sparta Herald (from The Searchlight-Messenger)
    • The Sparta Herald (from The Weekly Courier)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Marissa.
  • Published In Chester
    • Independent Spartan (from Chester Herald And Commercial Advertiser)
    • Sparta News-plaindealer (from Chester Herald-Tribune)
    • Sparta Register (from Chester Picket Guard)
    • Star Of The West (from Chester Reveille And Homestead Advocate)
      • Years of publication:  Chester Reveille And Homestead Advocate to 1849
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Star Of The West
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053822
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25575239
    • The Argonaut (from Chester Reveille And Southern Illinois Advertiser)
      • Years of publication:  Chester Reveille And Southern Illinois Advertiser to 1848
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Argonaut
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053821
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25575187
    • The Daily Plaindealer (from Chester Tribune)
    • The Randolph County Journal (from Egyptian Picket Guard)
    • The Randolph County Republican (from Herald And Press)
    • The Sparta Argonaut (from Randolph County Democrat)
    • The Sparta Democrat (from Randolph County Herald Tribune)
    • The Sparta Herald (from Southern Illinois Advocate)
    • The Sparta Herald (from The Chester Clarion)
    • The Sparta Journal (from The Chester Herald)
    • The Sparta News (from The Chester Herald)
    • The Sparta Plaindealer (from The Chester Press)
    • The Steeleville Budget (from The Chester Reveille)
    • The Steeleville Ledger (from The Daily Tribune)
    • The County Journal (from The Valley Clarion)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Chester.
  • Published In Menard
    • Independent Spartan (from Menard Time)
    • Sparta News-plaindealer (from Menard Time)
    • Sparta Register (from Mendon Dispatch And Loraine Times)
      • Years of publication:  Mendon Dispatch And Loraine Times to 1932
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Sparta Register
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN99064007
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 41383247
    • Star Of The West (from Mendon Dispatch-Times & Quincy Times)
      • Years of publication:  Mendon Dispatch-Times & Quincy Times to 1937
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Star Of The West
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN99064009
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 41383376
    • The Argonaut (from Mendon Dispatch-Times)
      • Years of publication:  Mendon Dispatch-Times to 193?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Argonaut
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN99064008
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 41383293
    • The Daily Plaindealer (from Mendon Dispatch-Times)
    • The Randolph County Journal (from The Mendon Dispatch)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Menard.

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 things 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 Union Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0881, Longitude: -89.7218       In this case, the coordinates for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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