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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Mitchellville 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 5 papers that were published in the immediate area of Mitchellville. In addition, the list contains another 300 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Mitchellville. In total, we've identified 305 papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Mitchellville.

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 Mitchellville.  

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

Newspapers Published In Mitchellville ...

We know of 5 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Mitchellville:

Newspapers Neighboring Mitchellville ...

The following newspapers were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Mitchellville.

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

  • Published In Altoona  ...
  • Published In Colfax [Jasper County] ...
  • Published In Prairie City [Jasper County] ...
  • Published In Runnells  ...
  • Published In Ankeny  ...
  • Published In Des Moines  ...
    • We know of 169 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Des Moines. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Des Moines
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Mitchellville. This extended list includes all the papers from Des Moines. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Mitchellville.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • 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 Baxter [Jasper County] ...
    • Baxter New Era (from 1895)
  • Published In Collins [Story County] ...
  • Published In Fort Des Moines  ...
  • Published In Monroe [Jasper County] ...
  • Published In Newton [Jasper County] ...
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Mitchellville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mitchellville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6679, Longitude: -93.3630       In this case, the coordinates for Mitchellville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).