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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Altoona 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Altoona. In addition, the list contains another 299 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Altoona. In total, we've identified 300 papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Altoona.

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 Altoona.  

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Published In Altoona ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Altoona area:

Newspapers Neighboring Altoona ...

The following newspapers were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Altoona.

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

  • Published In Mitchellville  ...
  • Published In Ankeny  ...
  • Published In Des Moines  ...
    • We know of 169 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Des Moines. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Des Moines
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Altoona. This extended list includes all the papers from Des Moines. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Altoona.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Fort Des Moines  ...
  • Published In Runnells  ...
  • Published In Camp Dodge  ...
    • The Camp Dodger (from 1917)
  • Published In Colfax [Jasper County] ...
  • Published In Johnston  ...
  • Published In Prairie City [Jasper County] ...
  • Published In Valley Junction  ...
  • Published In Polk City  ...
  • Published In Swan [Marion County] ...
    • Swan Sentinel (from 1891)
      • The first year of publication was in 1891, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Swan Sentinel
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91056013
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24116766
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Altoona: www.altoona-iowa.com/

The official website for Polk County: www.co.polk.ia.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Altoona) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Altoona. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6466, Longitude: -93.4773       In this case, the coordinates for Altoona have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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