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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Des Moines 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 169 papers that were published in the immediate area of Des Moines. In addition, the list contains another 26 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Des Moines. In total, we've identified 195 papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Des Moines.

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 Des Moines.  

Newspapers Published In Des Moines ...

We know of 169 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Des Moines:

Newspapers Neighboring Des Moines ...

The following newspapers were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Des Moines.

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

  • Published In Fort Des Moines  ...
  • Published In Valley Junction  ...
  • Published In Johnston  ...
  • Published In Altoona  ...
  • Published In Ankeny  ...
  • Published In Camp Dodge  ...
    • The Camp Dodger (from 1917)
  • 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 Polk City  ...
  • Published In Waukee [Dallas County] ...
  • Published In Mitchellville  ...
  • Published In Runnells  ...
  • Published In Indianola [Warren County] ...
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • 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 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 Colfax [Jasper County] ...
    • Published In Prairie City [Jasper County] ...
    • Published In Slater [Story County] ...
    • Published In Adel [Dallas County] ...
    • Published In Madrid [Boone County] ...
    • Published In Milo [Warren County] ...
      • Milo Motor (from 1882)
      • The Milo Enterprise (from 1921)
    • Published In Minburn [Dallas County] ...
    • Published In Pleasantville [Marion County] ...
      • Marion County News (from 1903)
    • Published In Woodward [Dallas County] ...
      • Northeast Dallas County Record (from 1969)
      • The Enterprise (from 1887)
        • The first year of publication was in 1887, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Enterprise
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86061182
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 14878077
      • The Woodward Enterprise
    • Published In Bouton [Dallas County] ...
      • The Bouton Press (from 1911)
    • Published In Collins [Story County] ...
    • Published In Earlham [Madison County] ...
      • Earlham Echo (from 1890)
    • Published In Monroe [Jasper County] ...
    • Published In Winterset [Madison County] ...
      • We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Winterset. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Winterset
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Des Moines. This extended list includes all the papers from Winterset. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Des Moines

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Des Moines: www.dmgov.org/

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Des Moines) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Des Moines. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5957, Longitude: -93.6170    









 

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