Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Cedar Rapids.
Our newspaper information for Cedar Rapids 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 40 papers that were published in the immediate area of Cedar Rapids. In addition, the list contains another 110 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Cedar Rapids. In total, we've identified 150 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Cedar Rapids.
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 Cedar Rapids.
Newspapers Published In Cedar Rapids ...
We know of 40 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Cedar Rapids:
- Cedar Rapids Daily Observer (from 1871)
- Cedar Rapids Daily Republican (from 1872)
- Cedar Rapids Daily Times (from 18??)
- Cedar Rapids Democrat (from 1856)
- Cedar Rapids Gazette (from 1932)
- Cedar Rapids Leader (from 1914)
- Cedar Rapids People (from 1882)
- Cedar Rapids Press-American (from 1970)
- Cedar Rapids Press (from 1969)
- Cedar Rapids Republican (from 1922)
- Cedar Rapids Republican (from 1898)
- Cedar Rapids Tribune (from 1911)
- Continue List (28 more) ...
- Cedar Rapids Weekly Republican (from 1872)
- Citizen-Times (from 1964)
- Evening Gazette And Republican (from 1927)
- Iowa Farmer Today (from 1984)
- Iowa Free Press (from 1881)
- Morning Observer (from 1870)
- The Amendment (from 1881)
- The Cedar Rapids Citizen (from 1963)
- The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette (from 1888)
- The Cedar Rapids Standard (from 1881)
- The Cedar Rapids Times (from 1868)
- The Cedar Rapids Weekly Gazette (from 1883)
- The Cedar Rapids Weekly Times (from 1874)
- The Cedar Valley Times (from 1854)
- The Daily Observer (from 1870)
- The Electric Spark (from 1884)
- The Evening Gazette (from 1883)
- The Evening Gazette (from 1912)
- The Evening Times (from 1902)
- The Gazette Weekly News Magazine (from 1978)
- The Gazette Weekly (from 1977)
- The Gazette (from 1979)
- The Iowa Farmer (from 1877)
- The Optimus (from 1906)
- The Progressive Era (from 1851)
- The Republican And Times (from 1921)
- The Standard (from 1874)
- The Tribune (from 1903)
Newspapers Neighboring Cedar Rapids ...
The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Cedar Rapids.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Cedar Rapids.
- Published In Marion ...
- Linn County Register (from 1852)
- Marion Sentinel (from 1887)
- The City Messenger (from 18??)
- The Linn County Liberal (from 187?)
- The Linn County Patriot (from 1863)
- The Linn County Register (from 1864)
- The Marion Democrat (from 1860)
- The Marion Herald (from 1857)
- The Marion Pilot (from 1884)
- The Marion Register (from 1866)
- The Marion Register (from 18??)
- The Marion Sentinel And Linn County Farmer (from 1959)
- The Marion Sentinel (from 1927)
- The Marion Sentinel (from 1960)
- The Marion Weekly Register (from 187?)
- The Marion Weekly Sentinel (from 1918)
- The Semi-Weekly Register (from 1872)
- The Sentinel And Linn County Farmer (from 1959)
- The Sentinel (from 1953)
- The Weekly Marion Register (from 1870)
- Published In Alburnett ...
- The Alburnett Weekly News (from 1900)
- Published In Springville ...
- Springville New Era (from 1882)
- Published In Mount Vernon ...
- Linn County Hawk-eye (from 1869)
- Mount Vernon Hawk-eye (from 1869)
- Mt. Vernon News (from 1860)
- The Franklin Record (from 1862)
- The Iowa Loyalist (from 1881)
- The Mount Vernon Citizen (from 1866)
- The Mount Vernon Record (from 1901)
- The Remarker (from 1896)
- The Sun Hawkeye-Record-Herald (from 1977)
- The Weekly News (from 1859)
- The Weekly Planet (from 1984)
- Published In Shellsburg [Benton County] ...
- The Shellsburg Record (from 1876)
- Published In Lisbon ...
- Harvey's Weekly Courier (from 1875)
- Lisbon Sun (from 1874)
- The Lisbon Herald (from 1894)
- Published In Norway [Benton County] ...
- Benton County Star (from 1916)
- Published In Solon [Johnson County] ...
- Economy (from 1896)
- Years of publication: 1896 to 1910
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Economy
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85049659
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12228195
- Solon Economist (from 1921)
- Solon Economy (from 1910)
- Solon Reaper (from 1882)
- Solon Reporter (from 1888)
- The first year of publication was in 1888, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Solon Reporter
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85049553
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11836042
- The News (from 1892)
- The Solon Economist (from 1981)
- The Solon Economy (from 1921)
- The Solon News (from 1920)
- Published In Center Point ...
- Center Point Courier Journal (from 1890)
- Center Point Independent (from 1914)
- Center Point Journal (from 1892)
- The Center Point Herald (from 1895)
- The Center Point Lotus (from 1873)
- The Center Point Mirror (from 1876)
- The Center Point News (from 186?)
- The Courier-Journal (from 1879)
- The Daily Rustler (from 1892)
- Published In Amana [Iowa County] ...
- Amana Society Bulletin (from 1933)
- Amana Society Corporation News Bulletin (from 1932)
- Published In Central City ...
- Central City News-Letter (from 1888)
- Central City News-Letter (from 1897)
- Central City Weekly News-Letter (from 1890)
- The Central City Herald (from 1906)
- Published In Oxford [Johnson County] ...
- Johnson County Democrat And Oxford Leader (from 193?)
- New Oxford Leader (from 1971)
- Oxford Leader
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 193?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Oxford Leader
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88059012
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17359930
- Oxford Saturday Leader (from 1891)
- Oxford Weekly Journal (from 1878)
- The Clear Creek Leader (from 1975)
- The Leader (from 1981)
- The Oxford Times (from 1873)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Published In Coralville [Johnson County] ...
- Coralville Arean (from 1957)
- Coralville Courier (from 1968)
- Coralville Weekly Courier (from 1983)
- The Weekly News (from 1980)
- Weekly Courier (from 1982)
- Published In Urbana [Benton County] ...
- Urbana Monitor (from 1896)
- Published In Anamosa [Jones County] ...
- Anamosa News And Jones County Advocate (from 1852)
- Anamosa eureka (from 1858)
- The Anamosa Gazette And Jones County Farmer (from 1856)
- The Anamosa Gazette (from 1857)
- The Anamosa Journal-eureka (from 1979)
- The Eureka (from 1856)
- The Weekly eureka (from 1857)
- Published In Blairstown [Benton County] ...
- The Blairstown Independent (from 1876)
- The Blairstown Press (from 1919)
- The Blairstown Press (from 1913)
- Published In Coggon ...
- The Coggon Monitor (from 1889)
- Published In Mechanicsville [Cedar County] ...
- Cedar County Republican (from 1888)
- The Mechanicsville Press (from 1867)
- The Pioneer-Press (from 1900)
- Published In Van Horne [Benton County] ...
- Benton Community Forum (from 1967)
- The Van Horne Record (from 1915)
- Published In Vinton [Benton County] ...
- Benton County Democrat (from 1856)
- Benton County Herald (from 1878)
- Cedar Valley Daily Times (from 1920)
- Cedar Valley Times (from 1914)
- People's Semi-Weekly Journal (from 1871)
- People's Weekly Journal (from 1868)
- The Cedar Valley Times (from 1971)
- The People's Journal (from 187?)
- The Semi-Weekly Vinton Eagle (from 1882)
- The Vinton Eagle (from 1855)
- The Vinton Eagle (from 1894)
- The Vinton Review (from 1895)
- Viking Voice / (from 19??)
- Published In Walker ...
- The Walker News (from 1883)
- Published In Iowa City [Johnson County] ...
- We know of 77 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Iowa City. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Iowa City
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Cedar Rapids. This extended list includes all the papers from Iowa City. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Cedar Rapids
- Published In Marengo [Iowa County] ...
- Iowa County Review (from 1861)
- Marengo Daily Democrat (from 1878)
- Marengo Democrat (from 1875)
- Marengo Republican (from 1871)
- The Iowa Valley Democrat (from 1860)
- The Iowa Valley Review (from 1865)
- The Iowa Weekly Visitor (from 1856)
- The Marengo Democrat (from 1921)
- The Marengo Herald (from 1899)
- The Marengo Sentinel And Democrat (from 1918)
- The Marengo Sentinel (from 1911)
- The Progressive Republican (from 1865)
- Published In Garrison [Benton County] ...
- Garrison New Era (from 1915)
- Published In Olin [Jones County] ...
- The C Press (from 1928)
- The Olin Recorder (from 1880)
- The Olin Recorder (from 1931)
- The Olin Times (from 1874)
- Published In West Branch [Cedar County] ...
- The Local Record (from 1883)
- West Branch Local Record (from 1878)
- West Branch Times (from 1874)
- West Branch Times (from 1889)
- Published In Keystone [Benton County] ...
- The Keystone Bulletin (from 1910)
- Published In Stanwood [Cedar County] ...
- The Independent (from 1939)
- Published In Williamsburg [Iowa County] ...
- Iowa County Tribune (from 1895)
- Journal-Tribune And Williamsburg Shopper, Consolidated (from 1945)
- The Williamsburg Shopper (from 1935)
- Williamsburg Journal Tribune And Williamsburg Shopper, Consolidated (from 1960)
- Williamsburg Journal Tribune (from 1972)
- Williamsburg Journal-Tribune (from 1901)
- Williamsburg Journal (from 1897)
- Williamsburgh Journal (from 1884)
- Published In Hills [Johnson County] ...
- The Hills Echo (from 1905)
- Published In Quasqueton [Buchanan County] ...
- Quasqueton Guardian (from 1856)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Cedar Rapids: www.cedar-rapids.org/
The official website for Linn County: www.co.linn.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 'straight-line' (or 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- Cedar Rapids) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cedar Rapids. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9786, Longitude: -91.6667 |