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Local Newspapers for the Crawford Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Crawford 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 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of the Crawford 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 Crawford Cemetery.

  • Published In Fincastle
    • Craig Camp Crier (from Fincastle Democrat)
    • The Bob Cat (from Fincastle Mirror)
      • Years of publication:  Fincastle Mirror to 1825
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Bob Cat
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86071587
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13711637
    • The Bushwhacker (from Fincastle Weekly Democrat)
    • The New Castle Record (from Herald Of The Valley)
    • Fincastle Democrat (from The Botetourt County News And The Fincastle Herald)
      • Years of publication:  The Botetourt County News And The Fincastle Herald to 1984
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Fincastle Democrat
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN98068372
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 40169435
    • Fincastle Mirror (from The Botetourt Weekly News)
    • Fincastle Weekly Democrat (from The Fincastle Express)
    • Herald Of The Valley (from The Fincastle Herald)
    • The Botetourt County News And The Fincastle Herald (from The Fincastle Herald)
    • The Botetourt Weekly News (from The Fincastle Weekly Advertiser)
    • The Fincastle Express (from The Herald Of Virginia, And Fincastle Weekly Advertiser)
      • Years of publication:  The Herald Of Virginia, And Fincastle Weekly Advertiser to 1801
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Fincastle Express
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN83026155
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 10091531
    • The Fincastle Herald (from The Mirror)
    • The Fincastle Herald (from The Southern Express)
      • The first year of publication was in The Southern Express, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Fincastle Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051799
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 32058895
    • The Fincastle Weekly Advertiser (from Valley Sentinel)
    • The Herald Of Virginia, And Fincastle Weekly Advertiser (from Virginia Herald)
    • The Mirror (from Virginia Patriot)
      • Years of publication:  Virginia Patriot to 1834
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Mirror
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86071589
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13711708
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Fincastle.
  • Published In New Castle   [Craig County, VA]
  • Published In Covington   [Covington City, VA]
    • Craig Camp Crier (from Alleghany Sentinel)
    • The Bob Cat (from Covington Dispatch)
    • The Bushwhacker (from Covington Virginian)
    • The New Castle Record (from The Alleghanian)
    • Fincastle Democrat (from The Alleghany Tribune)
    • Fincastle Mirror (from Virginian Review)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Covington.
  • Published In Buchanan
    • Craig Camp Crier (from Buchanan Advocate And Commercial Gazette)
      • Years of publication:  Buchanan Advocate And Commercial Gazette to 1836
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Craig Camp Crier
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN96096513
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 34186329
    • The Bob Cat (from Buchanan Commercial Journal)
      • Years of publication:  Buchanan Commercial Journal to 1840
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Bob Cat
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86071562
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13684218
    • The Bushwhacker (from Buchanan Standard)
    • The New Castle Record (from The Buchanan Banner)
    • Fincastle Democrat (from The Buchanan News)
    • Fincastle Mirror (from The News)
    • Fincastle Weekly Democrat (from Virginia Manufacturer)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Buchanan.

The official website for Botetourt County: www.co.botetourt.va.us/

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' (or 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 Crawford Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5896, Longitude: -79.9928       In this case, the coordinates for the Crawford Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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