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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 18 miles [29 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 Decatur   [Meigs County, TN]
    • Meigs County Herald (from Meigs County Herald)
    • Meigs County Press (from Meigs County Press)
    • Meigs County Sun (from Meigs County Sun)
    • Meigs Town Crier (from Meigs Town Crier)
    • The Meigs County Statesman (from The Meigs County Statesman)
    • The Meigs County Sun (from The Meigs County Sun)
      • The first year of publication was in The Meigs County Sun, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Meigs County Sun
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN97065459
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 37803108
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Decatur.
  • Published In Spring City
    • Meigs County Herald (from Rhea County News)
    • Meigs County Press (from Rhea County News)
    • Meigs County Sun (from Spring City Enterprise)
    • Meigs Town Crier (from Spring City Sentinel)
    • The Meigs County Statesman (from Tennessee River, Spring City Area News)
    • The Meigs County Sun (from The Enterprise)
    • Rhea County News (from The Spring City Bulletin)
    • Rhea County News (from The Spring City Enterprise)
      • Years of publication:  The Spring City Enterprise to 1986
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Rhea County News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN83002612
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 9934198
    • Spring City Enterprise (from The Spring City Herald)
    • Spring City Sentinel (from The Spring City Star)
    • Tennessee River, Spring City Area News (from Watts Bar Lake Observer)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Spring City.
  • Published In Dayton
    • Meigs County Herald (from Dayton Republican)
      • The first year of publication was in Dayton Republican, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Meigs County Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN98069929
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 40707724
    • Meigs County Press (from Dayton Weekly Leader)
    • Meigs County Sun (from The Dayton Gazette)
    • Meigs Town Crier (from The Dayton Herald)
    • The Meigs County Statesman (from The Dayton Star)
    • The Meigs County Sun (from The Herald-News)
    • Rhea County News (from The Republican-Enterprise)
    • Rhea County News (from The Rhea County News)
    • Spring City Enterprise (from The Weekly Herald)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Dayton.
  • Published In Athens   [McMinn County, TN]
    • Meigs County Herald (from Athens Courier)
    • Meigs County Press (from Athens Press)
    • Meigs County Sun (from Athens Republican)
    • Meigs Town Crier (from Athens Union Post)
    • The Meigs County Statesman (from Daily Post-Athenian And Weekly Post-Athenian)
    • The Meigs County Sun (from Daily Post-Athenian)
    • Rhea County News (from Daily Post-Athenian)
    • Rhea County News (from Hiwassean, & Athens Gazette)
    • Spring City Enterprise (from McMinn County Sentinel)
    • Spring City Sentinel (from Tennessee Journal)
    • Tennessee River, Spring City Area News (from The Athenian)
    • The Enterprise (from The Athens Herald)
    • The Spring City Bulletin (from The Athens News)
    • The Spring City Enterprise (from The Athens Post)
    • The Spring City Herald (from The Athens Post)
    • The Spring City Star (from The Athens Republican)
    • Watts Bar Lake Observer (from The Athens Semi-Weekly Post)
    • Dayton Republican (from The McMinn Citizen)
    • Dayton Weekly Leader (from The McMinn County Herald)
    • The Dayton Gazette (from The McMinn News-Herald)
    • The Dayton Herald (from The News)
    • The Dayton Star (from The Post-Athenian)
    • The Herald-News (from The Watchman)
    • The Republican-Enterprise (from Tri-Weekly Post)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Athens.
  • Published In Calhoun   [McMinn County, TN]

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 Watkins Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5545, Longitude: -84.8205       In this case, the coordinates for the Watkins Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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