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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Purdy 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 Purdy. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Purdy. Our list contains 91 papers that were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Purdy.

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 Purdy.  

Newspapers Neighboring Purdy ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km] of Purdy.

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

  • Published In Lacona [Warren County] ...
    • Lacona Ledger (from 1897)
  • Published In Chariton  ...
  • Published In Russell  ...
  • Published In Knoxville [Marion County] ...
  • Published In Milo [Warren County] ...
    • Milo Motor (from 1882)
    • The Milo Enterprise (from 1921)
  • Published In Lucas  ...
    • 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 Melrose [Monroe County] ...
    • The Melrose Bell (from 1908)
  • Published In Pleasantville [Marion County] ...
    • Marion County News (from 1903)
  • Published In Lovilia [Monroe County] ...
    • The Lovilia Press (from 1907)
    • The Lovilia Tribune (from 1902)
    • The Reporter (from 1957)
  • Published In Bussey [Marion County] ...
  • Published In Buxton [Monroe County] ...
    • The Buxton Eagle (from 1903)
  • Published In Indianola [Warren County] ...
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • 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 Pella [Marion County] ...
      • We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Pella. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Pella
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Purdy. This extended list includes all the papers from Pella. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Purdy
    • Published In Albia [Monroe County] ...
    • Published In Humeston [Wayne County] ...
      • Humeston New Era (from 1883)
    • Published In Monroe [Jasper County] ...
    • Published In Runnells [Polk County] ...
    • Published In Corydon [Wayne County] ...
    • Published In Moravia [Appanoose County] ...
      • Moravia Union (from 1901)
      • The Messenger (from 1869)
      • The Moravia Messenger (from 187?)
    • Published In Osceola [Clarke County] ...
    • Published In Garden Grove [Decatur County] ...
    • Published In Prairie City [Jasper County] ...

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 from Point A (ie- Purdy) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Purdy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1606, Longitude: -93.2333       In this case, the coordinates for Purdy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).