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Local Newspapers for the Watkins Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Watkins 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 Watkins 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 Watkins Cemetery.

  • Published In Newburg
  • Published In Kingwood
    • Newburg Herald (from Preston County Herald)
      • Years of publication:  Preston County Herald to 1877
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Newburg Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN84026841
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 10694390
    • Preston County Herald (from Preston County Journal)
    • Preston County Journal (from The New Era)
    • The New Era (from The Preston Leader)
      • Years of publication:  The Preston Leader to 1913
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The New Era
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86092246
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13181886
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Kingwood.
  • Published In Terra Alta
    • Newburg Herald (from Preston Republican)
    • Preston County Herald (from Terra Alta Oracle)
    • Preston County Journal (from The Preston County News)
    • The New Era (from The Preston News)
      • Years of publication:  The Preston News to 1917
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The New Era
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86092251
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13181901
    • The Preston Leader (from The Terra Alta Times)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Terra Alta.
  • Published In Gladesville
  • Published In Grafton   [Taylor County, WV]
    • Newburg Herald (from Central West Virginia Guardian)
      • Years of publication:  Central West Virginia Guardian to 1975
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Newburg Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86092322
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13241175
    • Preston County Herald (from Grafton Daily Republican)
    • Preston County Journal (from Grafton Daily Sentinel)
    • The New Era (from Grafton Eagle-Sentinel)
      • Years of publication:  Grafton Eagle-Sentinel to 1891
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The New Era
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86092328
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13241149
    • The Preston Leader (from Grafton Leader)
    • Preston Republican (from Grafton Press---and The Belington Progressive)
      • Years of publication:  Grafton Press---and The Belington Progressive to 1930
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Preston Republican
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86092332
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13260827
    • Terra Alta Oracle (from Grafton Press)
    • The Preston County News (from Grafton Sentinel)
    • The Preston News (from Grafton Sentinel)
    • The Terra Alta Times (from Standard Enterprise)
    • The Gladesville Gleaner (from The Grafton Daily News)
    • Mountain State Patriot (from The Grafton Eagle)
    • Parsons Advocate (from The Grafton News)
    • Parsons City Advocate (from The Grafton Standard)
    • The Grafton Advertiser (from The Grafton Weekly Times)
    • The Tucker Democrat (from The Mountain Statesman)
    • Tucker Democrat And The Davis News (from The West Virginia Chronicle)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Grafton.
  • Published In Parsons   [Tucker County, WV]
    • Newburg Herald (from Mountain State Patriot)
      • Years of publication:  Mountain State Patriot to 1917
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Newburg Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86092312
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13261133
    • Preston County Herald (from Parsons Advocate)
    • Preston County Journal (from Parsons City Advocate)
    • The New Era (from The Grafton Advertiser)
      • Years of publication:  The Grafton Advertiser to 1968
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The New Era
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86092323
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13241178
    • The Preston Leader (from The Tucker Democrat)
    • Preston Republican (from Tucker Democrat And The Davis News)
    • Terra Alta Oracle (from Tucker Democrat)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Parsons.
  • Published In Thomas   [Tucker County, WV]

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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Watkins Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3284, Longitude: -79.7098       In this case, the coordinates for the Watkins Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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