Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Rapids City.
Our newspaper information for Rapids City 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Rapids City. In addition, the list contains another 161 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Rapids City. In total, we've identified 163 papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Rapids City.
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 Rapids City.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.
Newspapers Published In Rapids City ...
The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Rapids City:
- Mississippi Valley Weekly Times (from 1879)
- The Tri-City Times (from 18??)
Newspapers Neighboring Rapids City ...
The following newspapers were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Rapids City.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Rapids City.
- Published In Le Claire [Scott County] ...
- Scott County Register (from 1866)
- Published In Port Byron ...
- Port Byron Globe (from 1881)
- The Globe (from 1973)
- Published In East Moline ...
- East Moline Enterprise (from 1903)
- The East Moline Herald (from 1907)
- The Herald (from 1952)
- Published In Green River [Henry County] ...
- The Green Riverite (from 1942)
- Published In Hillsdale ...
- Hillsdale Review (from 19??)
- The Hillside Herald (from 1927)
- Tri-Village Review (from 19??)
- Published In Bettendorf [Scott County] ...
- Bettendorf News (from 1961)
- Bettendorf Press (from 1956)
- Farm Bureau News (from 19??)
- Scott County Farm Bureau News (from 1929)
- The Bettendorf News (from 1925)
- Published In Moline ...
- We know of 34 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Moline. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Moline
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Rapids City. This extended list includes all the papers from Moline. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Rapids City.
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- Published In Davenport [Scott County] ...
- We know of 84 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Davenport. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Davenport
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Rapids City. This extended list includes all the papers from Davenport. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Rapids City.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
- Published In Eldridge [Scott County] ...
- The North Scott Press (from 1968)
- Published In Geneseo [Henry County] ...
- Geneseo Daily Arena (from 18??)
- Geneseo Daily News
- Geneseo Republic And Henry County News (from 1856)
- Geneseo Standard (from 1855)
- The first year of publication was in 1855, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Geneseo Standard
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93057115
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28642012
- Geneseo Weekly Sun (from 1883)
- The Geneseo Enterprise
- The Geneseo Journal (from 1860)
- The Geneseo News (from 1887)
- The Geneseo Republic (from 1859)
- The Geneseo Sun (from 1879)
- The Henry County Arena (from 1896)
- The Henry County News (from 1874)
- The People's Union Mission (from 18??)
- The Union Advocate (from 1861)
- Published In Rock Island ...
- We know of 68 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Rock Island. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Rock Island
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Rapids City. This extended list includes all the papers from Rock Island. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Rapids City.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
- Published In Camanche [Clinton County] ...
- Camanche Courier (from 1900)
- The Iowa Register (from 1856)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Published In Long Grove [Scott County] ...
- The Long Grove News (from 1894)
- Published In Erie [Whiteside County] ...
- Erie Weekly Bulletin (from 1875)
- The Erie Independent
- The Review (from 1951)
- Published In Milan ...
- Milan Independent (from 1902)
- Milan Weekly Independent (from 1902)
- Milan Weekly News (from 18??)
- Our True Friend (from 1899)
- River Cities Reader (from 198?)
- The Milan Messenger (from 1993)
- The Milan Mirror (from 1978)
- The Rail-Splitter (from 1915)
- The Southwest Blade (from 1961)
- Published In Low Moor [Clinton County] ...
- Low Moor Independent (from 1900)
- Published In Albany [Whiteside County] ...
- Published In Orion [Henry County] ...
- Orion Chief (from 18??)
- Orion Gazette (from 1992)
- Orion Times (from 1878)
- Orion Vidette (from 1877)
- The Liberator And Times (from 1887)
- The Orion Times (from 1883)
- The Orion Times (from 1888)
- Published In Clinton [Clinton County] ...
- Clinton Daily Advertiser (from 1901)
- Clinton Every Other Day Herald (from 1895)
- Clinton Morning Age (from 1890)
- Clinton Semi-Weekly Age (from 1895)
- Clinton Semi-Weekly Herald (from 1867)
- Clinton Tri-Weekly Herald (from 1898)
- Clinton Weekly Age (from 1890)
- Clinton Weekly Bee (from 1871)
- Clinton Weekly Herald (from 1901)
- Die Iowa VolksZeitung (from 1867)
- Rivercities News & Advertiser (from 1985)
- Saturday Evening Bugle (from 1881)
- The Bugle (from 188?)
- The first year of publication was in 188?, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Bugle
- Holdings for: LCCN SN94051238
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30853715
- The Clinton Advertiser (from 1915)
- The Clinton Age (from 1869)
- The Clinton Daily Herald (from 1870)
- The Clinton Evening Journal
- The Clinton Herald (from 1856)
- The Clinton Herald (from 1894)
- The Clinton Herald
- The Clinton Mirror (from 1895)
- The Clinton Weekly Herald (from 1870)
- The Merry War (from 1886)
- The Mirror (from 1922)
- The Quad-County Advertiser (from 19??)
- Published In De Witt [Clinton County] ...
- De Witt Weekly Clintonian (from 1855)
- Observer (from 1983)
- Years of publication: 1983 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Observer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86013751
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13030928
- The Clinton County Journal (from 1859)
- The De Witt Standard (from 1858)
- The Dewitt Observer (from 1864)
- The Wide Awake (from 1860)
- Published In Atkinson [Henry County] ...
- Newslife (from 1988)
- Newslife (from 1988)
- The Atkinson Annawan News (from 1990)
- The Atkinson Annawan News (from 1990)
- The Atkinson News (from 1915)
- The Atkinson-Annawan News (from 1947)
- The Atkinson-Annawan News (from 1947)
- Published In Cambridge [Henry County] ...
- The Cambridge Chronicle (from 1889)
- The Chronicle (from 1878)
- The Daily Chief (from 1874)
- The Fair Budget (from 1876)
- The Henry County Chronicle (from 1858)
- The Prairie Chief (from 1871)
- Published In Fulton [Whiteside County] ...
- Fulton Register (from 1892)
- The Fulton Weekly Journal (from 1863)
- Published In Prophetstown [Whiteside County] ...
- Rock River Valley Echo (from 1892)
- The Echo (from 1969)
- The Prophetstown Echo (from 1895)
- The Prophetstown Echo (from 1978)
- The Prophetstown Spike (from 1871)
- Published In Buffalo [Scott County] ...
- Buffalo Times (from 1876)
- The Scott County Blade (from 1882)
- Published In Walcott [Scott County] ...
- Scott County Tribune (from 1937)
- Walcott Community News (from 1933)
- Published In Reynolds ...
- The Reynolds Press (from 1896)
- Published In Annawan [Henry County] ...
- The Annawan News (from 19??)
- The Annawan News (from 19??)
- Published In Morrison [Whiteside County] ...
- Century Gazette (from 1960)
- Morrison Times (from 1874)
- Reform Investigator (from 1868)
- The Morrison Independent (from 1872)
- The Whiteside County Farmer (from 1921)
- The Whiteside County News (from 1931)
- The Whiteside News-Sentinel (from 1974)
- The Whiteside Sentinel (from 18??)
- The Whiteside Sentinel (from 1857)
- Published In Matherville [Mercer County] ...
- The Matherville News (from 191?)
- Published In New Windsor [Mercer County] ...
- The New Windsor Times (from 1873)
Off-the-Road Links ...
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The official website for Rock Island County: www.co.rock-island.il.us/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.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 from Point A (ie- Rapids City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rapids City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5791, Longitude: -90.3395 In this case, the coordinates for Rapids City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |