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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  ...
  • Published In Humeston [Wayne County] ...
    • Humeston New Era (from 1883)
  • Published In Chariton [Lucas County] ...
  • Published In Garden Grove [Decatur County] ...
  • 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] ...
  • Published In Leon [Decatur County] ...
  • Published In East Peru [Madison County] ...
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Published In Corydon [Wayne County] ...
    • Published In Indianola [Warren County] ...
    • Published In Grand River [Decatur County] ...
      • Grand River Local (from 1906)
    • Published In Allerton [Wayne County] ...
    • Published In Lorimor [Union County] ...
    • 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

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 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).