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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Alton 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Alton. In addition, the list contains another 130 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Alton. In total, we've identified 132 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Alton.

Newspapers Published In Alton ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Alton:

  • Alton Review (from 1882)
  • The Alton Democrat (from 1885)

Newspapers Neighboring Alton ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Alton.

The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Alton.

  • Published In Orange City  ...
  • Published In Maurice  ...
  • Published In Sioux Center  ...
  • Published In Remsen [Plymouth County] ...
  • Published In Boyden  ...
  • Published In Hull  ...
  • Published In Ireton  ...
  • Published In Marcus [Cherokee County] ...
    • The Marcus News (from 1882)
  • Published In Sheldon [O'Brien County] ...
    • Sheldon Democrat (from 1887)
    • Sheldon Eagle (from 1889)
    • The Daily Democrat (from 1887)
    • The Monday Sun (from 1967)
    • The Sheldon Mail-Sun (from 1987)
    • The Sheldon Mail (from 1873)
    • The Sheldon Mail (from 1875)
    • The Sheldon Monday Sun (from 1959)
    • The Sheldon News (from 1879)
      • The first year of publication was in 1879, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Sheldon News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87057754
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16266730
    • The Sheldon Republic (from 1875)
    • The Sheldon Sun (from 1909)
    • The Sheldon Sun (from 1972)
    • The Sheldon Weekly Sun (from 1900)
    • The Sun (from 1978)
      • Years of publication:  1978 to 1986
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Sun
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87057755
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16316940
  • Published In Le Mars [Plymouth County] ...
  • Published In Paullina [O'Brien County] ...
  • Published In Primghar [O'Brien County] ...
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Published In Rock Valley  ...
      • Rock Valley Bee (from 1904)
      • The Register (from 1885)
        • The first year of publication was in 1885, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Register
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87058540
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16736363
      • The Sioux County Bee (from 1897)
    • Published In Sanborn [O'Brien County] ...
    • Published In Calumet [O'Brien County] ...
    • Published In Doon [Lyon County] ...
      • Doon Press (from 1964)
        • Years of publication:  1964 to current
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Doon Press
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87058541
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16747611
      • Lyon County Press (from 1872)
      • Lyon County Press (from 1889)
      • The Centurion (from 1896)
      • The Doon Journal (from 1898)
      • The Doon Press (from 1903)
    • Published In Hawarden  ...
    • Published In George [Lyon County] ...
      • The George News (from 1907)
      • The Lyon County News (from 1915)
      • The News (from 1888)
        • Years of publication:  1888 to 1892
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The News
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN84027125
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 10909140
    • Published In Hudson [Lincoln County] ...
      • The Hudsonite (from 1901)
    • Published In Larrabee [Cherokee County] ...
    • Published In Sutherland [O'Brien County] ...
    • Published In Kingsley [Plymouth County] ...
    • Published In Alvord [Lyon County] ...
    • Published In Cherokee [Cherokee County] ...
    • Published In Hinton [Plymouth County] ...
    • Published In Melvin [Osceola County] ...
      • The Melvin Argus (from 1900)
    • Published In Akron [Plymouth County] ...
    • Published In Fairview [Lincoln County] ...
      • Fairview Eagle (from 1902)
    • Published In Hartley [O'Brien County] ...
    • Published In Inwood [Lyon County] ...
      • Inwood Herald (from 1890)
      • The West Lyon Herald (from 197?)

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Alton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Sioux County: www.siouxcounty.org/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

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- Alton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9875, Longitude: -96.0093       In this case, the coordinates for Alton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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