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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Watkins 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 Watkins. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Watkins. Our list contains 107 papers that were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Watkins.

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 Watkins.  

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

Newspapers Neighboring Watkins ...

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

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

  • Published In Norway  ...
  • Published In Blairstown  ...
  • Published In Marengo [Iowa County] ...
  • Published In Amana [Iowa County] ...
  • Published In Van Horne  ...
  • Published In Keystone  ...
  • Published In Ladora [Iowa County] ...
  • Published In Belle Plaine  ...
  • Published In Oxford [Johnson County] ...
  • Published In Shellsburg  ...
  • Published In Williamsburg [Iowa County] ...
  • Published In Cedar Rapids [Linn County] ...
    • We know of 40 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Cedar Rapids. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Cedar Rapids
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Watkins. This extended list includes all the papers from Cedar Rapids. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Watkins.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Continue List   (23 more) ...
    • Published In Vinton  ...
    • Published In Garrison  ...
      • Garrison New Era (from 1915)
    • Published In Chelsea [Tama County] ...
    • Published In Parnell [Iowa County] ...
    • Published In Center Point [Linn County] ...
    • Published In Marion [Linn County] ...
    • Published In Urbana  ...
      • Urbana Monitor (from 1896)
    • Published In Coralville [Johnson County] ...
    • Published In Alburnett [Linn County] ...
    • Published In Dysart [Tama County] ...
    • Published In Solon [Johnson County] ...
      • Economy (from 1896)
        • Years of publication:  1896 to 1910
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Economy
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85049659
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12228195
      • Solon Economist (from 1921)
      • Solon Economy (from 1910)
      • Solon Reaper (from 1882)
      • Solon Reporter (from 1888)
        • The first year of publication was in 1888, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Solon Reporter
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85049553
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 11836042
      • The News (from 1892)
        • Years of publication:  1892 to 1896
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The News
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85049551
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 11836097
      • The Solon Economist (from 1981)
      • The Solon Economy (from 1921)
      • The Solon News (from 1920)
    • Published In Brooklyn [Poweshiek County] ...
    • Published In North English [Iowa County] ...
    • Published In Iowa City [Johnson County] ...
      • We know of 77 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Iowa City. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Iowa City
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Watkins. This extended list includes all the papers from Iowa City. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Watkins.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Mount Vernon [Linn County] ...
    • Published In Deep River [Poweshiek County] ...
      • Deep River Press (from 1889)
        • The first year of publication was in 1889, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Deep River Press
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88059323
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17553121
      • The Deep River Record (from 1899)
    • Published In Walker [Linn County] ...
      • The Walker News (from 1883)
    • Published In La Porte City [Black Hawk County] ...
    • Published In Lisbon [Linn County] ...
      • Harvey's Weekly Courier (from 1875)
      • Lisbon Sun (from 1874)
      • The Lisbon Herald (from 1894)
    • Published In South English [Keokuk County] ...
    • Published In Springville [Linn County] ...
    • Published In Tama [Tama County] ...
      • Indian Country (from 198?)
      • Tama Free Press (from 18??)
      • The Tama News-Herald (from 1925)
      • The Tama News (from 1908)
    • Published In Wellman [Washington County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Watkins. 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Watkins) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Watkins. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8914, Longitude: -91.9863    









 

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