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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Oelwein 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 7 papers that were published in the immediate area of Oelwein. In addition, the list contains another 84 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Oelwein. In total, we've identified 91 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Oelwein.

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 Oelwein.  

Newspapers Published In Oelwein ...

We know of 7 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Oelwein:

Newspapers Neighboring Oelwein ...

The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Oelwein.

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

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oelwein) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oelwein. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6786, Longitude: -91.9126