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Local Newspapers for the Boyd Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Boyd 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 Boyd 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 Boyd Cemetery.

  • Published In Ferrum
  • Published In Floyd   [Floyd County, VA]
  • Published In Woolwine   [Patrick County, VA]
  • Published In Bassett   [Henry County, VA]
    • Ferrum College Bulletin (from 1389 Speaks)
    • The Floyd Press (from Bassett And Henry County Journal)
      • Years of publication:  Bassett And Henry County Journal to 1955
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Floyd Press
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94060139
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 31450029
    • Rocky Hollow (from Enrollee's Home Journal)
      • Years of publication:  Enrollee's Home Journal to 1937
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Rocky Hollow
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN00064630
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 43724073
    • The Knob (from Henry County Journal)
      • Years of publication:  Henry County Journal to 1981
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Knob
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2006060512
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 70189767
    • 1389 Speaks (from The Bassett Journal)
      • Years of publication:  The Bassett Journal to 1949
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the 1389 Speaks
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94060140
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 31450017
    • Bassett And Henry County Journal (from The Fairy Stone)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Bassett.
  • Published In Rocky Mount
    • Ferrum College Bulletin (from Franklin Chronicle)
    • The Floyd Press (from Franklin Times)
    • Rocky Hollow (from The County News And Franklin Chronicle)
      • Years of publication:  The County News And Franklin Chronicle to 193?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Rocky Hollow
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN95079292
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 33356036
    • The Knob (from The Franklin County Times)
      • Years of publication:  The Franklin County Times to 1981
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Knob
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN00064440
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 43440609
    • 1389 Speaks (from The Franklin Gazette)
      • Years of publication:  The Franklin Gazette to 1888
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the 1389 Speaks
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN95070212
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 32826681
    • Bassett And Henry County Journal (from The Franklin Gazette)
    • Enrollee's Home Journal (from The Franklin News-Post And Franklin Chronicle)
    • Henry County Journal (from The Franklin News-Post)
    • The Bassett Journal (from The Lonesome Pine)
    • The Fairy Stone (from The Rocky Mount-a-neer)
    • Franklin Chronicle (from The Times-Democrat)
    • Franklin Times (from The Virginia Monitor)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Rocky Mount.

The official website for Franklin County: www.franklincountyva.org/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' 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 Boyd Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9065, Longitude: -80.1595       In this case, the coordinates for the Boyd Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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