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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Brighton 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 11 papers that were published in the immediate area of Brighton. In addition, the list contains another 109 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Brighton. In total, we've identified 120 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Brighton.

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 Brighton.  

Newspapers Published In Brighton ...

We know of 11 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Brighton:

Newspapers Neighboring Brighton ...

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

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

  • Published In Pleasant Plain [Jefferson County] ...
  • Published In Wayland [Henry County] ...
    • The Wayland News (from 1892)
  • Published In Richland [Keokuk County] ...
  • Published In Washington  ...
  • Published In West Chester  ...
    • The Sun (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 Sun
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88059237
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18692243
  • Published In Lockridge [Jefferson County] ...
  • Published In Fairfield [Jefferson County] ...
  • Published In Crawfordsville  ...
  • Published In Keota [Keokuk County] ...
    • Keota Eagle (from 1875)
    • The Keota Alta (from 1889)
  • Published In Ainsworth  ...
    • Ainsworth Clipper (from 1883)
    • The Ainsworth Parrot (from 1923)
    • The Ainsworthian (from 1920)
    • The Sun (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 Sun
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88059238
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18692855
  • Published In Mount Pleasant [Henry County] ...
    • We know of 28 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Mount Pleasant. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Mount Pleasant
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Brighton. This extended list includes all the papers from Mount Pleasant. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Brighton
  • Published In Wellman  ...
  • Continue List   (24 more) ...
    • Published In Winfield [Henry County] ...
      • The Transcript (from 1882)
      • Winfield Courier (from 1876)
    • Published In Batavia [Jefferson County] ...
    • Published In Birmingham [Van Buren County] ...
    • Published In Stockport [Van Buren County] ...
    • Published In Kalona  ...
      • The Kalona News (from 1891)
    • Published In Martinsburg [Keokuk County] ...
    • Published In Sigourney [Keokuk County] ...
    • Published In Columbus City [Louisa County] ...
    • Published In South English [Keokuk County] ...
    • Published In Columbus Junction [Louisa County] ...
    • Published In Riverside  ...
    • Published In Salem [Henry County] ...
      • Salem News (from 1920)
      • Salem Register (from 1872)
      • Salem Weekly News (from 1921)
      • Salem Weekly News (from 1880)
      • The Salem Excelsior (from 1867)
      • The Salem News (from 1949)
    • Published In Hedrick [Keokuk County] ...
    • 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)
        • Years of publication:  1941 to 1950
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Star News
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86061221
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 14958414
      • 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)
        • The first year of publication was in 1893, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Weekly Forum
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87057378
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15226318
      • Western News (from 1876)
    • Published In New London [Henry County] ...
    • Published In North English [Iowa County] ...
    • Published In Selma [Van Buren County] ...
    • Published In Yarmouth [Des Moines County] ...
    • Published In Delta [Keokuk County] ...
    • Published In Keswick [Keokuk County] ...
    • Published In Lone Tree [Johnson County] ...
    • Published In Parnell [Iowa County] ...
    • Published In Hills [Johnson County] ...
      • The Hills Echo (from 1905)
    • Published In Morning Sun [Louisa County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

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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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brighton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brighton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1740, Longitude: -91.8200    









 

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