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Local Newspapers for the Richardson Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Richardson 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 Richardson 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 Richardson Cemetery.

  • Published In Moneta   [Bedford County, VA]
  • Published In Vinton   [Roanoke County, VA]
  • Published In Roanoke   [Roanoke City, VA]
    • Smith Mountain Eagle (from Church Tidings)
    • Stone Mountain Echo (from Evening World)
    • The Vinton Messenger (from Land Title News)
    • Church Tidings (from Roanoke Daily Herald)
    • Evening World (from Roanoke Daily Record)
      • Years of publication:  Roanoke Daily Record to 1894
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Evening World
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN95079216
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 32825916
    • Land Title News (from Roanoke Daily Times)
    • Roanoke Daily Herald (from Roanoke Evening Telegram)
    • Roanoke Daily Record (from Roanoke Labor Journal)
    • Roanoke Daily Times (from Roanoke Leader)
    • Roanoke Evening Telegram (from Roanoke Life)
    • Roanoke Labor Journal (from Roanoke Saturday Evening News)
    • Roanoke Leader (from Roanoke Saturday Review)
      • Years of publication:  Roanoke Saturday Review to 1886
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Roanoke Leader
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94059453
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 31619442
    • Roanoke Life (from Roanoke Shopper's News)
      • Years of publication:  Roanoke Shopper's News to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Roanoke Life
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN95079209
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 32826721
    • Roanoke Saturday Evening News (from Roanoke Times & World-News)
    • Roanoke Saturday Review (from Roanoke Weekly Press)
    • Roanoke Shopper's News (from Roanoke Weekly Times)
    • Roanoke Times & World-News (from The Daily Bee)
    • Roanoke Weekly Press (from The Evening News)
    • Roanoke Weekly Times (from The Industrial Era And The Railroader Combined)
      • Years of publication:  The Industrial Era And The Railroader Combined to 1918
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Roanoke Weekly Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN95079181
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 32684648
    • The Daily Bee (from The Industrial Era)
    • The Evening News (from The Public Journal)
    • The Industrial Era And The Railroader Combined (from The Railroader)
    • The Industrial Era (from The Roanoke Daily Times)
    • The Public Journal (from The Roanoke Herald)
    • The Railroader (from The Roanoke Leader)
    • The Roanoke Daily Times (from The Roanoke Times)
    • The Roanoke Herald (from The Roanoke Times)
    • The Roanoke Leader (from The Roanoke Times)
    • The Roanoke Times (from The Roanoke Times)
    • The Roanoke Times (from The Roanoke Times)
    • The Roanoke Times (from The Roanoke Tribune)
    • The Roanoke Times (from The Roanoke World-News)
    • The Roanoke Times (from The Sunday Critic)
    • The Roanoke Tribune (from The Tribune)
    • The Roanoke World-News (from The Virginia Daily Press)
    • The Sunday Critic (from The Virginia Weekly Press)
    • The Tribune (from The World-News)
      • Years of publication:  The World-News to 1977
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Tribune
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN95079483
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 31849389
    • The Virginia Daily Press (from The World-News)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Roanoke.

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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 Richardson Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1940, Longitude: -79.7625       In this case, the coordinates for the Richardson Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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