RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Iowa >> Story County >> Ames >> Local NewspapersIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Iowa


The Commemorative Quarter for Iowa







Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Ames 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 22 papers that were published in the immediate area of Ames. In addition, the list contains another 173 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Ames. In total, we've identified 195 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Ames.

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 Ames.  

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

Newspapers Published In Ames ...

We know of 22 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Ames:

Newspapers Neighboring Ames ...

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

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

  • Published In Nevada  ...
  • Published In Slater  ...
  • Published In Story City  ...
    • Skolen Og Hjemmet (from 1891)
    • Story City News (from 1887)
    • Story City Review (from 1885)
    • The Messenger (from 1897)
    • The Story City Herald (from 1892)
  • Published In Boone [Boone County] ...
  • Published In Roland  ...
    • Roland Record (from 1898)
    • Roland Record (from 1895)
    • The Record (from 1896)
  • Published In Madrid [Boone County] ...
  • Published In Randall [Hamilton County] ...
  • Published In McCallsburg  ...
  • Published In Colo  ...
  • Published In Polk City [Polk County] ...
  • Published In Collins  ...
  • Published In Woodward [Dallas County] ...
    • Northeast Dallas County Record (from 1969)
    • The Enterprise (from 1887)
      • The first year of publication was in 1887, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Enterprise
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86061182
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 14878077
    • The Woodward Enterprise
  • Continue List   (27 more) ...
    • Published In Jewell [Hamilton County] ...
    • Published In Zearing  ...
      • New Tri-County News (from 1945)
      • The Tri-County News (from 1968)
      • Tri-County News (from 1916)
      • Zearing Advocate (from 1908)
    • Published In Ankeny [Polk County] ...
    • Published In Ellsworth [Hamilton County] ...
    • Published In Ogden [Boone County] ...
    • Published In Stanhope [Hamilton County] ...
    • Published In Pilot Mound [Boone County] ...
    • Published In Bouton [Dallas County] ...
      • The Bouton Press (from 1911)
    • Published In Camp Dodge [Polk County] ...
      • The Camp Dodger (from 1917)
    • Published In Radcliffe [Hardin County] ...
    • Published In Stratford [Hamilton County] ...
    • Published In Johnston [Polk County] ...
    • Published In Saint Anthony [Marshall County] ...
      • St. Anthony Tribune (from 1902)
    • Published In State Center [Marshall County] ...
    • Published In Hubbard [Hardin County] ...
      • Hubbard News (from 1881)
      • Hubbard Review (from 1924)
    • Published In Boxholm [Boone County] ...
      • The Boxholm News (from 1914)
    • Published In Altoona [Polk County] ...
    • Published In Dayton [Webster County] ...
    • Published In Melbourne [Marshall County] ...
    • Published In Minburn [Dallas County] ...
    • Published In Perry [Dallas County] ...
    • Published In Urbandale [Polk County] ...
      • Urbandale News-Sun (from 1963)
      • Urbandale News (from 1971)
      • Urbandale Today (from 1970)
      • Urbanews (from 1954)
        • Years of publication:  1954 to 1963
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Urbanews
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85049800
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12708656
      • Urbanews (from 1968)
        • Years of publication:  1968 to 1971
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Urbanews
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87057172
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15794706
    • Published In Baxter [Jasper County] ...
      • Baxter New Era (from 1895)
    • Published In Dallas Center [Dallas County] ...
      • Dallas Center Globe (from 1875)
      • Dallas Center Times (from 1906)
      • New Times (from 1897)
        • Years of publication:  1897 to 1906
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the New Times
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87057185
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15869270
      • The Dallas Center Times (from 1887)
      • The Times (from 1886)
    • Published In Mitchellville [Polk County] ...
    • Published In Des Moines [Polk County] ...
      • 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 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Ames. 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 Ames.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Grand Junction [Greene County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Ames: www.city.ames.ia.us/

The official website for Story County: www.storycounty.com/

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ames) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ames. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0227, Longitude: -93.6332    









 

Copyright 2024
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024