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Local Newspapers for the Zion Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Zion 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 18 miles [29 km]<1> of the Zion 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 Zion Cemetery.

  • Published In Kiester   [Faribault County, MN]
  • Published In Lake Mills   [Winnebago County]
  • Published In Alden
  • Published In Bricelyn   [Faribault County, MN]
  • Published In Thompson   [Winnebago County]
  • Published In Albert Lea
    • The Kiester Courier (from Albert Lea Enterprise)
    • Independent Herald (from Albert Lea Evening Tribune)
    • Republikaneren (from Albert Lea Posten)
      • Years of publication:  Albert Lea Posten to 1885
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Republikaneren
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN83016497
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 9868236
    • The Lake Mills Graphic (from Freeborn County Register)
    • The North Star (from Freeborn County Standard)
      • Years of publication:  Freeborn County Standard to 1931
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The North Star
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85025442
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 1570132
    • The Alden Advance (from Freeborn County Times-Enterprise)
    • The Alden Eagle (from Freeborn County Times)
    • Sentinel (from Freeborn County Weekly Review : The Voice Of Southern Freeborn County)
      • Years of publication:  Freeborn County Weekly Review : The Voice Of Southern Freeborn County to 1993
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Sentinel
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93005873
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27463394
    • The Bricelyn Sentinel (from Freeborn Patriot)
    • The Thompson Courier (from Nordstjernen)
    • The Forum-Advocate (from Semi-Weekly Tribune)
    • The Wells Advocate (from The ... Albert Lea Tribune)
    • The Wells Atlas (from The ... Tribune)
    • The Wells Forum (from The Ah-La-Ha-Sa)
    • The Wells Gazette (from The Albert Lea Evening Tribune)
    • The Wells Mirror (from The Evening Tribune)
    • Wells Forum-Advocate (from The Freeborn County Eagle)
    • Albert Lea Enterprise (from The Times-Enterprise Of Freeborn County)
    • Albert Lea Evening Tribune (from The Times-Enterprise)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Albert Lea.
  • Published In Frost   [Faribault County, MN]
  • Published In Wells   [Faribault County, MN]
    • The Kiester Courier (from The Forum-Advocate)
    • Independent Herald (from The Wells Advocate)
    • Republikaneren (from The Wells Atlas)
    • The Lake Mills Graphic (from The Wells Forum)
    • The North Star (from The Wells Gazette)
    • The Alden Advance (from The Wells Mirror)
    • The Alden Eagle (from Wells Forum-Advocate)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Wells.
  • Published In Glenville
  • Published In Buffalo Center   [Winnebago County]
  • Published In Forest City   [Winnebago County]
    • The Kiester Courier (from Forest City Summit)
    • Independent Herald (from Forest City Summit)
    • Republikaneren (from Normal Daily Summit)
      • The first year of publication was in Normal Daily Summit, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Republikaneren
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87058466
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16151462
    • The Lake Mills Graphic (from The Independent)
    • The North Star (from The Summit)
    • The Alden Advance (from The Winnebago County Republican)
    • The Alden Eagle (from The Winnebago Press)
    • Sentinel (from Winnebago Republican)
      • Years of publication:  Winnebago Republican to 1938
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Sentinel
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87058472
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16151425
    • The Bricelyn Sentinel (from Winnebago Summit)
    • The Thompson Courier (from Winnebago Weekly Review)
    • The Forum-Advocate (from Winnebago-Hancock Summit And The Forest City Independent And The Winnebago Republican Merged)
      • Years of publication:  Winnebago-Hancock Summit And The Forest City Independent And The Winnebago Republican Merged to 1938
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Forum-Advocate
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87057680
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16160625
    • The Wells Advocate (from Winnebago-Hancock Summit, The Independent And The Republican Merged By The Summit)
      • Years of publication:  Winnebago-Hancock Summit, The Independent And The Republican Merged By The Summit to 1947
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Wells Advocate
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89057001
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 19471989
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Forest City.

The official website for Freeborn County: www.co.freeborn.mn.us/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Zion Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5291, Longitude: -93.6236       In this case, the coordinates for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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