Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Bridgeport.
Our newspaper information for Bridgeport 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 Bridgeport. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Bridgeport. Our list contains 70 papers that were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Bridgeport.
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 Bridgeport.
Newspapers Neighboring Bridgeport ...
The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km] of Bridgeport.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Bridgeport.
- Published In Eddyville [Wapello County] ...
- Eddyville Advance (from 1875)
- Eddyville Free Press (from 1853)
- The Daily City Item (from 1866)
- The Eddyville Advertiser (from 1869)
- The Eddyville Star (from 1862)
- The Eddyville Transcript (from 1867)
- The Eddyville Tribune (from 1886)
- Published In Buxton ...
- The Buxton Eagle (from 1903)
- Published In Oskaloosa [Mahaska County] ...
- We know of 31 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Oskaloosa. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Oskaloosa
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Bridgeport. This extended list includes all the papers from Oskaloosa. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Bridgeport
- Published In Albia ...
- Albia Democrat (from 1878)
- Albia Republican (from 1897)
- Albia Weekly Gazette (from 1861)
- Monroe County News And Albia Democrat (from 1898)
- Monroe County News (from 1897)
- Monroe County News (from 1902)
- Reform Weekly Leader (from 18??)
- Spirit Of The West (from 1869)
- The Albia Republic (from 1868)
- The Albia Union And Republican (from 1922)
- The Albia Union-Republican (from 1923)
- The Albia Union (from 18??)
- The Albia Union (from 1904)
- The Albia Weekly Republican (from 1857)
- The Industrial Era (from 1875)
- The Jeffersonian Blade (from 1859)
- The Southern Iowa Educator
- The Tuesday Union (from 1893)
- The Weekly Albia Union (from 1860)
- Published In Bussey [Marion County] ...
- Bussey Community Effort (from 1943)
- The Bussey Record (from 1911)
- The Bussey Record (from 1950)
- The Tri-County Press (from 1898)
- Published In Fremont [Mahaska County] ...
- Fremont Gazette (from 1890)
- Published In Blakesburg [Wapello County] ...
- The Blakesburg Excelsior (from 1901)
- Published In Lovilia ...
- The Lovilia Press (from 1907)
- The Lovilia Tribune (from 1902)
- The Reporter (from 1957)
- Published In Ottumwa [Wapello County] ...
- We know of 34 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Ottumwa. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Ottumwa
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Bridgeport. This extended list includes all the papers from Ottumwa. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Bridgeport
- Published In Hedrick [Keokuk County] ...
- Hedrick Journal (from 1889)
- The Hedrick Saturday Herald (from 1902)
- Published In Moravia [Appanoose County] ...
- Moravia Union (from 1901)
- The Messenger (from 1869)
- The Moravia Messenger (from 187?)
- Published In Delta [Keokuk County] ...
- The Delta Independent (from 1879)
- The Delta Press (from 1904)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Published In Martinsburg [Keokuk County] ...
- Martinsburg Journal (from 1885)
- Published In Pella [Marion County] ...
- We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Pella. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Pella
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Bridgeport. This extended list includes all the papers from Pella. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Bridgeport
- Published In Melrose ...
- The Melrose Bell (from 1908)
- Published In What Cheer [Keokuk County] ...
- Patriot-Chronicle (from 19??)
- The What Cheer Patriot (from 1880)
- What Cheer Patriot-Chronicle (from 1929)
- What Cheer Patriot (from 1898)
- What Cheer Reporter (from 1882)
- What Cheer Twice-A-Week Patriot (from 1896)
- Published In Knoxville [Marion County] ...
- Daily Knoxville Journal (from 1881)
- Iowa Voter (from 1867)
- Journal-Express (from 1986)
- Knoxville Journal (from 1874)
- Knoxville Journal (from 1855)
- Knoxville Weekly Journal (from 185?)
- Marion County Democrat (from 1865)
- Marion County Express (from 1879)
- Marion County Reporter (from 1880)
- Marion County Republican (from 1860)
- The Knoxville Express (from 1884)
- Published In Barnes City [Mahaska County] ...
- The Barnes City News (from 1915)
- Published In Sigourney [Keokuk County] ...
- Iowa Weekly Democrat (from 1859)
- Life In The West (from 1856)
- Sigourney Courier (from 1878)
- Sigourney Review (from 1872)
- The Iowa Democrat (from 1860)
- The Keokuk County News (from 1860)
- The Keokuk County News (from 1897)
- The News-Review (from 1975)
- The News (from 1863)
- The News (from 1880)
- The Sigourney News-Review (from 1960)
- The Sigourney News (from 18??)
- The Sigourney Weekly News (from 186?)
- Published In Batavia [Jefferson County] ...
- The Batavia Beacon (from 1953)
- Published In Eldon [Wapello County] ...
- Beacon-forum (from 1981)
- Eldon Forum
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1914
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Eldon Forum
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86061206
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14948815
- Eldon Forum (from 1921)
- Star News (from 1941)
- The Eldon Bee (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 Eldon Bee
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86061220
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14958380
- The Eldon Forum And Register (from 1914)
- The Weekly Forum (from 1893)
- Western News (from 1876)
- Published In Keswick [Keokuk County] ...
- The Keswick Leader (from 1911)
- The Keswick News (from 1897)
- Published In Searsboro [Poweshiek County] ...
- The Searsboro Journal (from 1873)
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- Bridgeport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bridgeport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1539, Longitude: -92.6546 In this case, the coordinates for Bridgeport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |