Rakes Cemetery (Franklin County, VA)

Local Newspapers for the Rakes Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Rakes 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 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of the Rakes 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 Rakes Cemetery.

Published In Ferrum
- Ferrum College Bulletin (from Ferrum College Bulletin)
  - Years of publication: Ferrum College Bulletin to 1987
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Ferrum College Bulletin
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN2002061976
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25812386
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Published In Woolwine [Patrick County, VA]
- Ferrum College Bulletin (from Rocky Hollow)
  - Years of publication: Rocky Hollow to 1939
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Ferrum College Bulletin
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066957
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 42858187
- Rocky Hollow (from The Knob)
  - Years of publication: The Knob to 1940
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Rocky Hollow
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066815
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 42858151
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Published In Bassett [Henry County, VA]
- Ferrum College Bulletin (from 1389 Speaks)
  - Years of publication: 1389 Speaks to 194?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Ferrum College Bulletin
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066969
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 42968514
- Rocky Hollow (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 Rocky Hollow
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94060139
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 31450029
- The Knob (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 Knob
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN00064630
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43724073
- 1389 Speaks (from Henry County Journal)
  - Years of publication: Henry County Journal to 1981
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the 1389 Speaks
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN2006060512
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 70189767
- Bassett And Henry County Journal (from The Bassett Journal)
  - Years of publication: The Bassett Journal to 1949
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Bassett And Henry County Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94060140
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 31450017
- Enrollee's Home Journal (from The Fairy Stone)
  - Years of publication: The Fairy Stone to 1935
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Enrollee's Home Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN00064919
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 44505070
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Published In Floyd [Floyd County, VA]
- Ferrum College Bulletin (from The Floyd Press)
  - Years of publication: The Floyd Press to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Ferrum College Bulletin
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079008
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 31895733
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Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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 Rakes Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8604, Longitude: -80.1295 In this case, the coordinates for the Rakes Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).