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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Avon is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Avon. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Avon. Our list contains 283 papers that were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Avon.

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 Avon.  

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

Newspapers Neighboring Avon ...

The following newspapers were published within 27 miles [43.5 km] of Avon.

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

  • Published In Fort Des Moines  ...
  • 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 Avon. 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 Avon.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Altoona  ...
  • Published In Runnells  ...
  • Published In Valley Junction  ...
  • Published In Indianola [Warren County] ...
  • 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
  • Published In Mitchellville  ...
  • Published In Ankeny  ...
  • Published In Johnston  ...
  • Published In Camp Dodge  ...
    • The Camp Dodger (from 1917)
  • Published In Prairie City [Jasper County] ...
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Published In Urbandale  ...
      • 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 Pleasantville [Marion County] ...
      • Marion County News (from 1903)
    • Published In Colfax [Jasper County] ...
    • Published In Milo [Warren County] ...
      • Milo Motor (from 1882)
      • The Milo Enterprise (from 1921)
    • Published In Polk City  ...
    • Published In Waukee [Dallas County] ...
    • Published In Monroe [Jasper County] ...
    • 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 Lacona [Warren County] ...
      • Lacona Ledger (from 1897)
    • Published In Slater [Story County] ...
    • Published In Adel [Dallas County] ...
    • Published In Knoxville [Marion County] ...
    • Published In Newton [Jasper County] ...
    • Published In Truro [Madison County] ...
      • The Truro News (from 1927)
      • Truro Enterprise (from 1892)

The official website for Chronicling America

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

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 from Point A (ie- Avon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Avon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5286, Longitude: -93.5233       In this case, the coordinates for Avon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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