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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Columbus City 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 4 papers that were published in the immediate area of Columbus City. In addition, the list contains another 96 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Columbus City. In total, we've identified 100 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Columbus City.

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 Columbus City.  

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

Newspapers Published In Columbus City ...

We know of 4 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Columbus City:

Newspapers Neighboring Columbus City ...

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

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

  • Published In Columbus Junction  ...
  • Published In Crawfordsville [Washington County] ...
  • Published In Letts  ...
    • The Letts Record (from 1905)
  • Published In Ainsworth [Washington County] ...
    • 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 Winfield [Henry County] ...
    • The Transcript (from 1882)
    • Winfield Courier (from 1876)
  • Published In Wapello  ...
  • Published In Morning Sun  ...
  • Published In Lone Tree [Johnson County] ...
  • Published In Nichols [Muscatine County] ...
  • Published In Washington [Washington County] ...
  • Published In Wayland [Henry County] ...
    • The Wayland News (from 1892)
  • Published In Yarmouth [Des Moines County] ...
  • Continue List   (24 more) ...
    • Published In Riverside [Washington County] ...
    • Published In Muscatine [Muscatine County] ...
      • We know of 40 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Muscatine. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Muscatine
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Columbus City. This extended list includes all the papers from Muscatine. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Columbus City.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Mediapolis [Des Moines County] ...
    • Published In Oakville  ...
    • Published In New Boston [Mercer County] ...
    • Published In Hills [Johnson County] ...
      • The Hills Echo (from 1905)
    • 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 Columbus City. 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 Columbus City.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In West Liberty [Muscatine County] ...
    • Published In Brighton [Washington County] ...
    • Published In Kalona [Washington County] ...
      • The Kalona News (from 1891)
    • Published In New London [Henry County] ...
    • Published In West Chester [Washington County] ...
      • 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 Keithsburg [Mercer County] ...
    • Published In Lockridge [Jefferson County] ...
    • Published In Pleasant Plain [Jefferson County] ...
    • Published In Danville [Des Moines County] ...
    • Published In Wellman [Washington County] ...
    • 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 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Columbus City. 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 Columbus City.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In West Branch [Cedar County] ...
    • Published In Beaverdale [Des Moines County] ...
    • Published In Wilton [Muscatine County] ...
      • The Wilton Chronicle (from 1871)
      • The Wilton Chronicle (from 1867)
      • Wilton Exponent (from 1874)
      • Wilton Herald (from 1874)
      • Wilton Review (from 1876)
    • Published In Keota [Keokuk County] ...
      • Keota Eagle (from 1875)
      • The Keota Alta (from 1889)
    • Published In Rochester [Cedar County] ...
    • 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)

The official website for Chronicling America

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

The official website for Louisa County: www.louisacountyiowa.org/

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Columbus City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Columbus City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2592, Longitude: -91.3749       In this case, the coordinates for Columbus City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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