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Local Newspapers for the Oakwood Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Oakwood 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 Oakwood 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 Oakwood Cemetery.

  • Published In Surry
  • Published In Claremont
  • Published In Williamsburg   [Williamsburg City, VA]
    • The Herald (from Alembic)
    • The Surry County Herald (from College Topics)
    • James River Herald (from Colonial Williamsburg News)
    • The Claremont Herald (from Colonial Williamsburg News)
    • The Monthly Advocate (from Colonial Williamsburg News)
    • Alembic (from Company 247 News)
      • Years of publication:  Company 247 News to 1934
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Alembic
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN99066963
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 42588328
    • College Topics (from Cumtux)
    • Colonial Williamsburg News (from Hatter)
    • Colonial Williamsburg News (from Namet And Taket)
    • Colonial Williamsburg News (from News From Colonial Williamsburg)
    • Company 247 News (from Peninsula Churchman)
    • Cumtux (from Phoenix Gazette, Wiliamsburg Intelligencer)
      • Years of publication:  Phoenix Gazette, Wiliamsburg Intelligencer to 1828
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Cumtux
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85026877
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12708227
    • Hatter (from Rind's Virginia Gazette)
      • Years of publication:  Rind's Virginia Gazette to 1766
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Hatter
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN84024740
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 11078748
    • Namet And Taket (from Rind's Virginia Gazette)
    • News From Colonial Williamsburg (from The Brave Indian)
    • Peninsula Churchman (from The CW News)
    • Phoenix Gazette, Wiliamsburg Intelligencer (from The CW News)
    • Rind's Virginia Gazette (from The College Observer)
    • Rind's Virginia Gazette (from The Colonial Williamsburg Animal News)
    • The Brave Indian (from The Fifth Horseman)
    • The CW News (from The Flat Hat)
      • Years of publication:  The Flat Hat to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The CW News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN96096644
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 8441570
    • The CW News (from The Jamestown Dragon)
      • Years of publication:  The Jamestown Dragon to 1935
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The CW News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN99066980
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 42570852
    • The College Observer (from The Jamestown Excavator)
    • The Colonial Williamsburg Animal News (from The Morning News)
    • The Fifth Horseman (from The Perspective)
    • The Flat Hat (from The Phoenix Plough-boy)
      • Years of publication:  The Phoenix Plough-boy to 1829
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Flat Hat
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85026878
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12708358
    • The Jamestown Dragon (from The Publick Observer)
    • The Jamestown Excavator (from The Remnant)
    • The Morning News (from The Scalper)
    • The Perspective (from The Spectator)
    • The Phoenix Plough-boy (from The Straw Hat)
    • The Publick Observer (from The Virginia Gazette, Baltimore, Richmond And Norfolk Advertiser)
      • Years of publication:  The Virginia Gazette, Baltimore, Richmond And Norfolk Advertiser to 1856
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Publick Observer
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86071931
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 14224722
    • The Remnant (from The Virginia Gazette, Richmond, Norfolk And Williamsburg Advertiser)
      • Years of publication:  The Virginia Gazette, Richmond, Norfolk And Williamsburg Advertiser to 1856
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Remnant
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86071930
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 14224691
    • The Scalper (from The Virginia Gazette)
      • Years of publication:  The Virginia Gazette to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Scalper
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN78001797
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 1769187
    • The Spectator (from The Virginia Gazette)
    • The Straw Hat (from The Virginia Gazette)
    • The Virginia Gazette, Baltimore, Richmond And Norfolk Advertiser (from The Virginia Gazette)
    • The Virginia Gazette, Richmond, Norfolk And Williamsburg Advertiser (from The Virginia Gazette)
    • The Virginia Gazette (from The Virginia Gazette)
    • The Virginia Gazette (from The Virginia Gazette)
    • The Virginia Gazette (from The Virginia Plough-boy, And Williamsburg Weekly Advocate)
      • Years of publication:  The Virginia Plough-boy, And Williamsburg Weekly Advocate to 1828
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Virginia Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85026879
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12709298
    • The Virginia Gazette (from The William And Mary Excalibur)
    • The Virginia Gazette (from The William And Mary Observer)
    • The Virginia Gazette (from The Williamsburg Daily Planet)
    • The Virginia Gazette (from The Williamsburg Gazette, And James City County Advertiser)
      • Years of publication:  The Williamsburg Gazette, And James City County Advertiser to 1889
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Virginia Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN96094035
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 34792192
    • The Virginia Plough-boy, And Williamsburg Weekly Advocate (from The Williamsburg Gazette)
    • The William And Mary Excalibur (from The Wolfganger)
    • The William And Mary Observer (from Uhury)
    • The Williamsburg Daily Planet (from Virginia Gazette)
    • The Williamsburg Gazette, And James City County Advertiser (from Virginia Gazette)
    • The Williamsburg Gazette (from Virginia Phoenix)
    • The Wolfganger (from Weekly Gazette And Eastern Virginia Advertiser)
      • Years of publication:  Weekly Gazette And Eastern Virginia Advertiser to 1860
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Wolfganger
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86071984
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 14286345
    • Uhury (from Weekly Review)
      • Years of publication:  Weekly Review to 186?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Uhury
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85026880
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12711253
    • Virginia Gazette (from William And Mary News)
    • Virginia Gazette (from Williamsburg Weekly Gazette, Richmond, Norfolk And Baltimore Advertiser)
      • Years of publication:  Williamsburg Weekly Gazette, Richmond, Norfolk And Baltimore Advertiser to 1856
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Virginia Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86071982
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 14286248
    • Virginia Phoenix (from Williamsburg Weekly Gazette)
    • Weekly Gazette And Eastern Virginia Advertiser (from Williamsburg's Publick Observer)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Williamsburg.
  • Published In Waverly   [Sussex County, VA]
    • The Herald (from Southside Virginia Dispatch)
      • Years of publication:  Southside Virginia Dispatch to 1913
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN99066917
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 41015379
    • The Surry County Herald (from Sussex Gazette)
    • James River Herald (from The Tall Pine)
    • The Claremont Herald (from The Waverly Dispatch)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Waverly.
  • Published In Smithfield   [Isle of Wight County, VA]

The official website for Surry County: www.co.surry.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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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 Oakwood Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1418, Longitude: -76.8391       In this case, the coordinates for the Oakwood Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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