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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 15 miles [24.1 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 Elmwood
    • Elmwood Chronicle (from Elmwood Chronicle)
    • Elmwood Gazette (from Elmwood Gazette)
    • Elmwood Semi-Weekly Gazette (from Elmwood Semi-Weekly Gazette)
    • Elmwood Weekly Gazette (from Elmwood Weekly Gazette)
    • Industrial Journal (from Industrial Journal)
    • The Elmwood Gazette (from The Elmwood Gazette)
    • The Elmwood Messenger (from The Elmwood Messenger)
    • Tri-County News (from Tri-County News)
    • Tri-County News (from Tri-County News)
    • Tri-County News (from Tri-County News)
    • Tri-County News (from Tri-County News)
    • Tri-County News (from Tri-County News)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Elmwood.
  • Published In Yates City   [Knox County, IL]
  • Published In Brimfield
  • Published In Hanna City
  • Published In Maquon   [Knox County, IL]
    • Elmwood Chronicle (from The Maquon Chronicle)
    • Elmwood Gazette (from The Maquon Weekly Times And Spoon River Gazette)
      • The first year of publication was in The Maquon Weekly Times And Spoon River Gazette, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Elmwood Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93056011
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 29240626
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Maquon.
  • Published In Canton   [Fulton County, IL]
    • Elmwood Chronicle (from Big Creek Advertiser)
    • Elmwood Gazette (from Canton Courier)
    • Elmwood Semi-Weekly Gazette (from Canton Daily Ledger And Daily Register)
    • Elmwood Weekly Gazette (from Canton Daily Ledger)
    • Industrial Journal (from Canton Daily Ledger)
    • The Elmwood Gazette (from Canton Daily Register)
    • The Elmwood Messenger (from Canton Herald)
    • Tri-County News (from Canton Register)
    • Tri-County News (from Canton Register)
    • Tri-County News (from Canton Republican)
    • Tri-County News (from Canton Weekly Register)
    • Tri-County News (from Canton Weekly Register)
    • Industrial Banner (from Daily Ledger)
    • The East Knox News (from Fulton Advertiser)
      • The first year of publication was in Fulton Advertiser, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The East Knox News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2005062018
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 57483248
    • Yates City Banner (from Fulton Banner)
    • The Brimfield Gazette (from Fulton County Ledger)
    • The Brimfield News (from Social Justice)
    • Hanna City Times (from Spoon River's Sunday Free Press)
    • The Maquon Chronicle (from The Fulton Republican)
    • The Maquon Weekly Times And Spoon River Gazette (from The Fulton Telegraph)
    • The Williamsfield Times (from The Western Telegraph)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Canton.
  • Published In Williamsfield   [Knox County, IL]
  • Published In London Mills   [Fulton County, IL]

The official website for Peoria County: www.co.peoria.il.us/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' 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 Watkins Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7386, Longitude: -89.9632       In this case, the coordinates for the Watkins Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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