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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Rock Rapids 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 9 papers that were published in the immediate area of Rock Rapids. In addition, the list contains another 63 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Rock Rapids. In total, we've identified 72 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Rock Rapids.

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 Rock Rapids.  

Newspapers Published In Rock Rapids ...

We know of 9 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Rock Rapids:

Newspapers Neighboring Rock Rapids ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Rock Rapids.

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

  • Published In Alvord  ...
  • Published In Ellsworth [Nobles County] ...
  • Published In Doon  ...
    • Doon Press (from 1964)
      • Years of publication:  1964 to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Doon Press
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87058541
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16747611
    • Lyon County Press (from 1872)
    • Lyon County Press (from 1889)
    • The Centurion (from 1896)
    • The Doon Journal (from 1898)
    • The Doon Press (from 1903)
  • Published In George  ...
    • The George News (from 1907)
    • The Lyon County News (from 1915)
    • The News (from 1888)
      • Years of publication:  1888 to 1892
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN84027125
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 10909140
  • Published In Hills [Rock County] ...
    • Crescent (from 1978)
      • Years of publication:  1978 to 1984
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Crescent
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89064160
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20389115
    • Rock County Crescent (from 1984)
    • The Hills Crescent (from 1986)
    • The Hills Crescent (from 18??)
  • Published In Larchwood  ...
    • The Larchwood Leader (from 1888)
    • The Leader (from 189?)
  • Published In Little Rock  ...
  • Published In Inwood  ...
    • Inwood Herald (from 1890)
    • The West Lyon Herald (from 197?)
  • Published In Luverne [Rock County] ...
  • Published In Magnolia [Rock County] ...
    • The Initiator (from 1898)
    • The Magnolia Advance (from 18??)
  • Published In Hull [Sioux County] ...
  • Published In Rock Valley [Sioux County] ...
    • Rock Valley Bee (from 1904)
    • The Register (from 1885)
      • The first year of publication was in 1885, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Register
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87058540
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16736363
    • The Sioux County Bee (from 1897)
  • Continue List   (22 more) ...
    • Published In Boyden [Sioux County] ...
    • Published In Adrian [Nobles County] ...
      • Adrian Guardian (from 1883)
      • Nobles County Democrat (from 1892)
      • Nobles County Review (from 1923)
      • The Citizen (from 1891)
    • Published In Valley Springs [Minnehaha County] ...
    • Published In Sibley [Osceola County] ...
    • Published In Fairview [Lincoln County] ...
      • Fairview Eagle (from 1902)
    • Published In Beloit  ...
    • Published In Rushmore [Nobles County] ...
    • Published In Canton [Lincoln County] ...
    • Published In Sheldon [O'Brien County] ...
      • Sheldon Democrat (from 1887)
      • Sheldon Eagle (from 1889)
      • The Daily Democrat (from 1887)
      • The Monday Sun (from 1967)
      • The Sheldon Mail-Sun (from 1987)
      • The Sheldon Mail (from 1873)
      • The Sheldon Mail (from 1875)
      • The Sheldon Monday Sun (from 1959)
      • The Sheldon News (from 1879)
        • The first year of publication was in 1879, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Sheldon News
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87057754
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16266730
      • The Sheldon Republic (from 1875)
      • The Sheldon Sun (from 1909)
      • The Sheldon Sun (from 1972)
      • The Sheldon Weekly Sun (from 1900)
      • The Sun (from 1978)
        • Years of publication:  1978 to 1986
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Sun
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87057755
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16316940
    • Published In Sioux Center [Sioux County] ...
    • Published In Brandon [Minnehaha County] ...
    • Published In Hardwick [Rock County] ...
      • The Hardwick News
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1906
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Hardwick News
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89064132
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 1714999
    • Published In Lismore [Nobles County] ...
      • Lismore Free Press (from 1913)
      • Lismore Free Press (from 1933)
      • Lismore Leader (from 1901)
    • Published In Hudson [Lincoln County] ...
      • The Hudsonite (from 1901)
    • Published In Garretson [Minnehaha County] ...
    • Published In Harrisburg [Lincoln County] ...
    • Published In Wilmont [Nobles County] ...
    • Published In Melvin [Osceola County] ...
      • The Melvin Argus (from 1900)
    • Published In Orange City [Sioux County] ...
    • Published In Sioux Falls [Minnehaha County] ...
      • We know of 59 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Sioux Falls. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Sioux Falls
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Rock Rapids. This extended list includes all the papers from Sioux Falls. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Rock Rapids
    • Published In Sanborn [O'Brien County] ...
    • Published In Worthing [Lincoln County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Rock Rapids. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rock Rapids) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rock Rapids. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4259, Longitude: -96.1657       In this case, the coordinates for Rock Rapids have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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