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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Pleasant Hill 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 Pleasant Hill. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Pleasant Hill. Our list contains 277 papers that were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Pleasant Hill.

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 Pleasant Hill.  

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

Newspapers Neighboring Pleasant Hill ...

The following newspapers were published within 26 miles [41.8 km] of Pleasant Hill.

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

  • Published In Altoona  ...
  • 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 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Pleasant Hill. 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 Pleasant Hill.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Fort Des Moines  ...
  • Published In Mitchellville  ...
  • Published In Runnells  ...
  • Published In Valley Junction  ...
  • Published In Ankeny  ...
  • Published In Camp Dodge  ...
    • The Camp Dodger (from 1917)
  • Published In Johnston  ...
  • 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 Urbandale  ...
    • Urbandale News-Sun (from 1963)
    • Urbandale News (from 1971)
    • Urbandale Today (from 1970)
    • Urbanews (from 1954)
      • Years of publication:  1954 to 1963
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Urbanews
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85049800
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12708656
    • Urbanews (from 1968)
      • Years of publication:  1968 to 1971
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Urbanews
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87057172
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15794706
  • Published In Prairie City [Jasper County] ...
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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- Pleasant Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pleasant Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5874, Longitude: -93.5201