Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Murray.
Our newspaper information for Murray 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 Murray. In addition, the list contains another 112 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Murray. In total, we've identified 116 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Murray.
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 Murray.
Newspapers Published In Murray ...
We know of 4 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Murray:
- Murray News-Union (from 1900)
- The Murray Journal (from 1933)
- The Murray News (from 19??)
- The Murray News (from 1877)
Newspapers Neighboring Murray ...
The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Murray.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Murray.
- Published In Lorimor [Union County] ...
- The Lorimor Journal (from 1888)
- The New Lorimorian (from 19??)
- Published In Osceola ...
- Clarke County Clipper (from 1898)
- Osceola Beacon (from 1873)
- Osceola Sentinel-Tribune (from 1983)
- Osceola Sentinel (from 18??)
- The New Era (from 1874)
- The Osceola Democrat (from 1879)
- The Osceola Republican (from 1870)
- The Osceola Sentinel (from 1872)
- The Osceola Tribune (from 1919)
- The Weekly Osceola Sentinel (from 187?)
- Published In Afton [Union County] ...
- The Afton Enterprise (from 1880)
- The Afton Star-Enterprise (from 1897)
- The Afton Tribune (from 1899)
- The Afton Weekly News (from 1871)
- The Tribune-News (from 1877)
- The Weekly Afton Tribune (from 1867)
- Published In East Peru [Madison County] ...
- The East Peru Mail (from 1898)
- Published In Truro [Madison County] ...
- The Truro News (from 1927)
- Truro Enterprise (from 1892)
- Published In Arispe [Union County] ...
- Arispe Advocate (from 1897)
- Published In Grand River [Decatur County] ...
- Grand River Local (from 1906)
- Published In Ellston [Ringgold County] ...
- Ellston Register (from 1899)
- The first year of publication was in 1899, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Ellston Register
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86060356
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14701795
- Ellston Weekly Register
- Published In Macksburg [Madison County] ...
- The Independent (from 1916)
- Published In Tingley [Ringgold County] ...
- The Tingley Independent (from 1886)
- Published In Shannon City [Union County] ...
- The Shannon City Messenger (from 1916)
- 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 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Murray. 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 Murray
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Published In Creston [Union County] ...
- We know of 37 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Creston. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Creston
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Murray. This extended list includes all the papers from Creston. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Murray
- Published In Garden Grove [Decatur County] ...
- Decatur County Leader (from 1872)
- Garden Grove Express (from 1881)
- Garden Grove Gazette-Express (from 1936)
- Gazette-Express (from 1936)
- Published In Kellerton [Ringgold County] ...
- Kellerton Globe (from 1894)
- Published In Leon [Decatur County] ...
- Decatur County Journal (from 1868)
- Democrat-Reporter (from 1879)
- The Leon Journal-Reporter (from 1930)
- The Leon Pioneer (from 1865)
- The Leon Pioneer (from 1859)
- The Leon Reporter (from 1875)
- The Leon Reporter (from 1887)
- The Leon Reporter (from 1887)
- Published In Knowlton [Ringgold County] ...
- Knowlton Sentinel
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Knowlton Sentinel
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86060359
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14701886
- Published In Diagonal [Ringgold County] ...
- Diagonal Progress (from 1892)
- Diagonal Reporter (from 1967)
- The Diagonal Progress (from 1979)
- Published In Lucas [Lucas County] ...
- The Industrial World (from 1898)
- The Lucas Ledger (from 1882)
- The Lucas Ledger
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1909
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Lucas Ledger
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86060900
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15011842
- The Lucas Recorder (from 1885)
- The Lucas Review (from 1893)
- Published In Cromwell [Union County] ...
- The Cromwell Herald (from 18??)
- Published In Humeston [Wayne County] ...
- Humeston New Era (from 1883)
- Published In Mount Ayr [Ringgold County] ...
- Mt. Ayr Journal (from 1873)
- Mt. Ayr Journal (from 1883)
- Mt. Ayr Journal (from 1904)
- Mt. Ayr Journal (from 1911)
- Mt. Ayr Semi-Weekly Journal (from 1902)
- Mt. Ayr Twice-A-Week Monday And Thursday Journal (from 1907)
- The Advance (from 1890)
- The Daily News (from 1892)
- The Independent (from 1912)
- The Ringgold County Republican (from 1885)
- The Ringgold Record (from 1865)
- The Weekly News (from 1892)
- Twice-A-Week News (from 1894)
- Twice-A-Week Press (from 1907)
- Published In Orient [Adair County] ...
- The Orient Avalanche (from 1931)
- The Orient Independent (from 1903)
- Published In Kent [Union County] ...
- The Kent Bulletin (from 1908)
- The Kent Herald (from 1900)
- Published In Davis City [Decatur County] ...
- Davis City Commercial (from 1878)
- The Advance (from 1895)
- The Davis City Advance (from 1888)
- The Rustler (from 1895)
- Published In Lamoni [Decatur County] ...
- College City Chronicle (from 1894)
- Independent Patriot (from 1888)
- Lamoni Gazette (from 1885)
- The Lamoni Chronicle (from 1901)
- Published In Indianola [Warren County] ...
- Indianola Journal (from 1868)
- The Advocate-Tribune (from 1882)
- The Evening Herald (from 18??)
- The Indianola Herald (from 189?)
- The Indianola Record (from 1896)
- The Indianola Republican (from 1855)
- The Indianola Republican (from 1879)
- The Indianola Times (from 1892)
- The Indianola Tribune (from 1875)
- The Indianola Tribune (from 1923)
- The Morning Herald (from 1879)
- The People's Advocate (from 1879)
- The Record-Herald And Indianola Tribune (from 1945)
- The Record-Herald (from 1944)
- The Warren County Leader (from 1870)
- The Warren County Reporter (from 1975)
- The Warren Record (from 1874)
- Warren County Tribune (from 1873)
- Warren Eagle (from 1859)
- Weekly Indianola Banner (from 1864)
- Weekly Indianola Herald (from 1874)
- Weekly Indianola Visitor (from 1860)
- Weekly Indianola Visitor (from 1866)
- Weekly Iowa Visitor (from 1857)
- Weekly Visitor (from 186?)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Murray. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Clarke County: www.clarkecountyia.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- Murray) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Murray. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0415, Longitude: -93.9491 In this case, the coordinates for Murray have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |