Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Ottawa.
Our newspaper information for Ottawa is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.
We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ottawa. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Ottawa. Our list contains 26 papers that were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Ottawa.
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 Ottawa.
Newspapers Neighboring Ottawa ...
The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km] of Ottawa.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Ottawa.
- 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 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 Humeston [Wayne County] ...
- Humeston New Era (from 1883)
- Published In Chariton [Lucas County] ...
- Chariton Democrat-Leader (from 1881)
- Chariton Democrat (from 1867)
- Chariton Herald (from 1885)
- Chariton Leader (from 1872)
- The Chariton Democrat (from 1881)
- The Chariton Democrat (from 1885)
- The Chariton Herald-Patriot (from 1909)
- The Chariton Leader (from 1904)
- The Chariton Patriot (from 18??)
- The Iowa Patriot (from 1858)
- The Lucas County Republican (from 1875)
- 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 Lacona [Warren County] ...
- Lacona Ledger (from 1897)
- Published In Murray ...
- Murray News-Union (from 1900)
- The Murray Journal (from 1933)
- The Murray News (from 19??)
- The Murray News (from 1877)
- Published In Truro [Madison County] ...
- The Truro News (from 1927)
- Truro Enterprise (from 1892)
- Published In Milo [Warren County] ...
- Milo Motor (from 1882)
- The Milo Enterprise (from 1921)
- Published In Russell [Lucas County] ...
- The Russell Union (from 1897)
- The Union-Tribune (from 1925)
- 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 East Peru [Madison County] ...
- The East Peru Mail (from 1898)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Published In Corydon [Wayne County] ...
- Corydon Democrat (from 1879)
- Corydon Herald (from 1890)
- Corydon Monitor (from 1863)
- Democrat (from 1892)
- Years of publication: 1892 to 1894
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Democrat
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86061197
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14921871
- Iowa Sentinel (from 1892)
- The Corydon Times (from 1875)
- The Semi-Weekly Wayne County Democrat (from 1898)
- The South-Tier Democrat (from 1858)
- The Times-Republican, Wayne County Democrat (from 1965)
- The Times-Republican (from 1973)
- The Twice-A-Week Wayne County Democrat (from 1898)
- Times-Republican (from 1884)
- Wayne County Daily News (from 1874)
- Wayne County Democrat (from 1894)
- Wayne County Democrat (from 1902)
- 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?)
- Published In Grand River [Decatur County] ...
- Grand River Local (from 1906)
- Published In Allerton [Wayne County] ...
- The Allerton News (from 1881)
- Published In Lorimor [Union County] ...
- The Lorimor Journal (from 1888)
- The New Lorimorian (from 19??)
- Published In Clio [Wayne County] ...
- The Clio Times (from 1914)
- Published In Melrose [Monroe County] ...
- The Melrose Bell (from 1908)
- 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 Pleasantville [Marion County] ...
- Marion County News (from 1903)
- 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 Lineville [Wayne County] ...
- The Lineville News (from 1897)
- The Lineville Tribune (from 1873)
- The Lineville Tribune (from 19??)
- The Tribune
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1953
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Tribune
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87057280
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15639613
- 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 Ottawa. 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 Ottawa
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Ottawa. 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- Ottawa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ottawa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0300, Longitude: -93.5910 In this case, the coordinates for Ottawa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |