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Local Newspapers for the Smith Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Smith 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 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of the Smith 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 Smith Cemetery.

  • Published In Saltville   [Smyth County, VA]
  • Published In Glade Spring
  • Published In Honaker   [Russell County, VA]
  • Published In Abingdon
    • Saltville Progress (from Abingdon Daily Virginian)
      • The first year of publication was in Abingdon Daily Virginian, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Saltville Progress
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94059304
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 30121884
    • Saltville Progress (from Abingdon Democrat)
    • Southwest Progress (from Abingdon Virginian)
    • The Glade Spring Citizen (from Abingdon Weekly Virginian)
    • Honaker Herald (from Daily Abingdon Virginian)
      • Years of publication:  Daily Abingdon Virginian to 1917
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Honaker Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90069184
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21236377
    • The Honaker Press (from Little Tennesseean)
    • The Honaker Times (from South-Western Virginian)
    • Abingdon Daily Virginian (from Southwest Examiner)
    • Abingdon Democrat (from The Abingdon Democrat)
      • The first year of publication was in The Abingdon Democrat, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Abingdon Democrat
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94059302
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21616635
    • Abingdon Virginian (from The Abingdon Standard)
    • Abingdon Weekly Virginian (from The Abingdon Trade Journal)
    • Daily Abingdon Virginian (from The Abingdon Virginian)
    • Little Tennesseean (from The Banner)
    • South-Western Virginian (from The Citizen)
    • Southwest Examiner (from The Democrat)
    • The Abingdon Democrat (from The Holston Intelligencer And Abingdon Advertiser)
    • The Abingdon Standard (from The Jacksonian)
    • The Abingdon Trade Journal (from The Journal-Virginian)
    • The Abingdon Virginian (from The People's Friend)
    • The Banner (from The Political Prospect)
      • Years of publication:  The Political Prospect to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Banner
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90069191
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21311026
    • The Citizen (from The Standard)
    • The Democrat (from The States-Rightsman)
      • Years of publication:  The States-Rightsman to 1841
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Democrat
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90069229
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21415406
    • The Holston Intelligencer And Abingdon Advertiser (from The Times)
    • The Jacksonian (from The Virginian)
    • The Journal-Virginian (from The Washington County Forum)
    • The People's Friend (from The Washington County Journal, Abingdon Virginian)
      • Years of publication:  The Washington County Journal, Abingdon Virginian to 192?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The People's Friend
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN95079136
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 32436492
    • The Political Prospect (from The Washington Herald)
    • The Standard (from Virginia Republican)
      • Years of publication:  Virginia Republican to 1930
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Standard
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94059305
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 30207944
    • The States-Rightsman (from Virginia Republican)
    • The Times (from Virginia Statesman)
      • Years of publication:  Virginia Statesman to 1838
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN84038702
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 11457485
    • The Virginian (from Washington County News)
      • Years of publication:  Washington County News to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Virginian
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94060098
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 30885004
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Abingdon.
  • Published In Lebanon   [Russell County, VA]
    • Saltville Progress (from Lebanon News)
    • Saltville Progress (from Russell Progress)
    • Southwest Progress (from The Bluegrass Enterprise)
    • The Glade Spring Citizen (from The Virginia Protectionist)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Lebanon.
  • Published In Richlands   [Tazewell County, VA]
    • Saltville Progress (from Richlands News-Press)
    • Saltville Progress (from Richlands Press)
    • Southwest Progress (from Tazewell County Free Press)
    • The Glade Spring Citizen (from The Clinch Valley News)
    • Honaker Herald (from The News Progress)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Richlands.

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Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Smith Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8896, Longitude: -81.8235       In this case, the coordinates for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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