Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Afton.
Our newspaper information for Afton is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.
The following list contains the names of 6 papers that were published in the immediate area of Afton. In addition, the list contains another 62 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Afton. In total, we've identified 68 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Afton.
To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Afton.
Newspapers Published In Afton ...
We know of 6 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Afton:
- The Afton Enterprise (from 1880)
- The Afton Star-Enterprise (from 1897)
- The Afton Tribune (from 1899)
- The Afton Weekly News (from 1871)
- The Tribune-News (from 1877)
- The Weekly Afton Tribune (from 1867)
Newspapers Neighboring Afton ...
The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Afton.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Afton.
- Published In Arispe ...
- Arispe Advocate (from 1897)
- Published In Creston ...
- We know of 37 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Creston. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Creston
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Afton. This extended list includes all the papers from Creston. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Afton
- Published In Shannon City ...
- The Shannon City Messenger (from 1916)
- Published In Lorimor ...
- The Lorimor Journal (from 1888)
- The New Lorimorian (from 19??)
- Published In Macksburg [Madison County] ...
- The Independent (from 1916)
- Published In Murray [Clarke County] ...
- Murray News-Union (from 1900)
- The Murray Journal (from 1933)
- The Murray News (from 19??)
- The Murray News (from 1877)
- Published In Tingley [Ringgold County] ...
- The Tingley Independent (from 1886)
- Published In Cromwell ...
- The Cromwell Herald (from 18??)
- Published In Ellston [Ringgold County] ...
- Ellston Register (from 1899)
- The first year of publication was in 1899, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Ellston Register
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86060356
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14701795
- Ellston Weekly Register
- Published In Kent ...
- The Kent Bulletin (from 1908)
- The Kent Herald (from 1900)
- Published In Knowlton [Ringgold County] ...
- Knowlton Sentinel
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Knowlton Sentinel
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86060359
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14701886
- Published In Diagonal [Ringgold County] ...
- Diagonal Progress (from 1892)
- Diagonal Reporter (from 1967)
- The Diagonal Progress (from 1979)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Published In Orient [Adair County] ...
- The Orient Avalanche (from 1931)
- The Orient Independent (from 1903)
- Published In Grand River [Decatur County] ...
- Grand River Local (from 1906)
- Published In East Peru [Madison County] ...
- The East Peru Mail (from 1898)
- Published In Clearfield [Taylor County] ...
- Clearfield Enterprise (from 1882)
- Clearfield News
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Clearfield News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86060092
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13622477
- The Clearfield Chronicle (from 1959)
- Published In Mount Ayr [Ringgold County] ...
- Mt. Ayr Journal (from 1873)
- Mt. Ayr Journal (from 1883)
- Mt. Ayr Journal (from 1904)
- Mt. Ayr Journal (from 1911)
- Mt. Ayr Semi-Weekly Journal (from 1902)
- Mt. Ayr Twice-A-Week Monday And Thursday Journal (from 1907)
- The Advance (from 1890)
- The Daily News (from 1892)
- The Independent (from 1912)
- The Ringgold County Republican (from 1885)
- The Ringgold Record (from 1865)
- The Weekly News (from 1892)
- Twice-A-Week News (from 1894)
- Twice-A-Week Press (from 1907)
- Published In Prescott [Adams County] ...
- Adams County Argus (from 1899)
- The Prescott Advocate (from 1889)
- The Prescott Argus (from 1906)
- Published In Osceola [Clarke County] ...
- Clarke County Clipper (from 1898)
- Osceola Beacon (from 1873)
- Osceola Sentinel-Tribune (from 1983)
- Osceola Sentinel (from 18??)
- The New Era (from 1874)
- The Osceola Democrat (from 1879)
- The Osceola Republican (from 1870)
- The Osceola Sentinel (from 1872)
- The Osceola Tribune (from 1919)
- The Weekly Osceola Sentinel (from 187?)
- Published In Truro [Madison County] ...
- The Truro News (from 1927)
- Truro Enterprise (from 1892)
- Published In Greenfield [Adair County] ...
- Adair County Free Press And The Greenfield Transcript (from 1916)
- Adair County Free Press (from 1984)
- Adair County Free Press (from 1907)
- The Adair County Democrat (from 1889)
- The Greenfield Transcript (from 1875)
- Published In Kellerton [Ringgold County] ...
- Kellerton Globe (from 1894)
- Published In Winterset [Madison County] ...
- We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Winterset. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Winterset
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Afton. This extended list includes all the papers from Winterset. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Afton
- Published In Fontanelle [Adair County] ...
- Adair County Register (from 1863)
- Fontanelle Observer (from 1885)
- Fontanelle Weekly Observer (from 1883)
- The Fontanelle Observer (from 1879)
- The Observer (from 1893)
- Published In Sharpsburg [Taylor County] ...
- North Taylor Review (from 19??)
- Published In Bridgewater [Adair County] ...
- Bridgewater Observer (from 18??)
- Bridgewater Times (from 1893)
- Published In Corning [Adams County] ...
- Adams County Union-Republican (from 1898)
- Adams County Union (from 1874)
- Corning Sentinel: And South-Western Iowa Intelligencer (from 1858)
- L'Etoile du Kansas Et De l'Iowa (from 18??)
- L'Observateur (from 1880)
- The first year of publication was in 1880, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the L'Observateur
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86060308
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14511529
- La Jeune Icarie : Organe du Communisme Progressif (from 1878)
- Le Communiste-Libertaire (from 18??)
- Temperance Banner (from 1876)
- The Colored Advance (from 1882)
- The New Departure (from 1871)
- The Republican (from 1896)
- The Sunday Herald
- The True Union (from 1871)
- The Western Workman (from 1880)
- Published In Conway [Taylor County] ...
- The Conway Journal (from 1890)
- The Conway Record (from 1903)
- Published In Leon [Decatur County] ...
- Decatur County Journal (from 1868)
- Democrat-Reporter (from 1879)
- The Leon Journal-Reporter (from 1930)
- The Leon Pioneer (from 1865)
- The Leon Pioneer (from 1859)
- The Leon Reporter (from 1875)
- The Leon Reporter (from 1887)
- The Leon Reporter (from 1887)
- Published In Redding [Ringgold County] ...
- Redding Herald (from 1912)
- The Redding Rustler (from 1896)
- The Rural Messenger (from 1904)
- Weekly Register (from 1905)
Off-the-Road Links ...
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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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Afton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Afton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0276, Longitude: -94.1953 In this case, the coordinates for Afton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |