Local Newspapers
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:
- Rock Rapids Reporter (from 1910)
- Rock Rapids Review (from 1873)
- The Lyon County Reporter And The Lyon County Leader (from 1944)
- The Lyon County Reporter (from 1882)
- The Lyon County Reporter (from 1929)
- The Lyon County Reporter (from 1956)
- The Reporter (from 1899)
- The Review (from 18??)
- The Rock Rapids Review (from 1916)
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 ...
- The Alvord Register (from 1892)
- Published In Ellsworth [Nobles County] ...
- Ellsworth Herald (from 1901)
- Ellsworth News (from 1948)
- Ellsworth Voice (from 1979)
- The Ellsworth Herald (from 1946)
- The Ellsworth News (from 1885)
- Published In Doon ...
- Doon Press (from 1964)
- 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)
- 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 ...
- Little Rock Free Lance (from 1929)
- Little Rock Free Lance (from 1948)
- Little Rock Free-Lance (from 1895)
- Little Rock Leader (from 19??)
- The Little Rock Herald (from 1926)
- Published In Inwood ...
- Inwood Herald (from 1890)
- The West Lyon Herald (from 197?)
- Published In Luverne [Rock County] ...
- Rock County Herald (from 1873)
- Rock County Herald (from 1892)
- Rock County Weekly Herald (from 1883)
- The Luverne Journal (from 1898)
- The Rock County Star-Herald (from 1942)
- The Rock County Star (from 1919)
- The Star Herald (from 1968)
- Published In Magnolia [Rock County] ...
- The Initiator (from 1898)
- The Magnolia Advance (from 18??)
- Published In Hull [Sioux County] ...
- Hull Index (from 1894)
- Iowa Index (from 1884)
- The Sioux County Index-Reporter (from 1967)
- The Sioux County Index (from 1913)
- 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] ...
- The Boyden Reporter (from 1893)
- 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] ...
- Valley Springs Reporter (from 192?)
- Valley Springs Vidette (from 1891)
- Published In Sibley [Osceola County] ...
- The Osceola County Gazette-Tribune (from 1982)
- The Osceola County Tribune (from 1974)
- The Sibley Gazette (from 1966)
- The Sibley Herald (from 1896)
- The Sibley Osceola County Tribune (from 1966)
- Published In Fairview [Lincoln County] ...
- Fairview Eagle (from 1902)
- Published In Beloit ...
- The Beloit Times (from 1874)
- Published In Rushmore [Nobles County] ...
- The Enterprise (from 1935)
- The Rushmore Enterprise (from 1899)
- The Rushmore Magnet (from 1897)
- Published In Canton [Lincoln County] ...
- Canton Daily Leader (from 1896)
- Canton Daily Leader (from 1896)
- Canton Farmers Leader (from 19??)
- Dakota Farmers' Advocate (from 18??)
- Dakota Farmers' Advocate (from 18??)
- Dakota Farmers' Leader (from 1890)
- Dakota Farmers' Leader (from 1890)
- Lincoln County Advocate (from 1876)
- The Canton Advocate (from 1877)
- The Daily Dakota Farmers' Leader (from 1890)
- The Daily Dakota Farmers' Leader (from 1890)
- 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 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] ...
- Sioux Center News (from 1930)
- Sioux Center Nieuwsblad (from 1891)
- Published In Brandon [Minnehaha County] ...
- Brandon Valley Reporter (from 1976)
- 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] ...
- Garretson Weekly (from 1972)
- The Garretson News (from 1903)
- The Suburban News (from 1960)
- Weekly South Dakota Vindicator
- Published In Harrisburg [Lincoln County] ...
- The Harrisburg Journal (from 1904)
- The Harrisburg News (from 19??)
- Published In Wilmont [Nobles County] ...
- The Wilmont Initiator (from 1900)
- The Wilmont Tribune (from 1906)
- Published In Melvin [Osceola County] ...
- The Melvin Argus (from 1900)
- Published In Orange City [Sioux County] ...
- De Volksvriend (from 1874)
- Siouxland Press (from 19??)
- The Sioux County Capital And De Volksvriend (from 1952)
- The Sioux County Capital-Democrat (from 1983)
- The Sioux County Capital (from 1935)
- The Sioux County Capital (from 1959)
- The Sioux County Expositor (from 1873)
- 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] ...
- Sanborn Cycle (from 1882)
- The Sanborn Journal (from 1885)
- The Sanborn Pioneer (from 1882)
- Published In Worthing [Lincoln County] ...
- Worthing Enterprise (from 1893)
Off-the-Road Links ...
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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). |