Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Rock Island.
Our newspaper information for Rock Island 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 68 papers that were published in the immediate area of Rock Island. In addition, the list contains another 116 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Rock Island. In total, we've identified 184 papers within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Rock Island.
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 Island.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.
Newspapers Published In Rock Island ...
We know of 68 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Rock Island:
- Crist's Dollar Monitor (from 1847)
- Crist's Weekly Monitor (from 1847)
- Daily Islander And Argus (from 1857)
- Islander And Argus (from 1859)
- Neue Volks-Zeitung (from 1875)
- New Times (from 1970)
- North Western Advertiser And Rock-Island Press (from 1845)
- North Western Advertiser And Rock-Island Whig (from 1846)
- North-Western Advertiser (from 184?)
- Quad-City Register (from 19??)
- Register (from 1985)
- Rock Island Advertiser (from 185?)
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- Rock Island Argus (from 189?)
- Rock Island Argus (from 1893)
- Rock Island Argus (from 1871)
- Rock Island Argus (from 1893)
- Rock Island Argus (from 1871)
- Rock Island City Advertiser (from 1848)
- Rock Island Daily Advertiser (from 1855)
- Rock Island Daily Argus (from 1861)
- Rock Island Daily Argus (from 1886)
- Rock Island Daily Argus (from 1886)
- Rock Island Daily Commercial (from 1858)
- Rock Island Daily Union (from 1863)
- Rock Island Morning Argus (from 1855)
- Rock Island Register (from 1861)
- Rock Island Republican (from 1855)
- Rock Island Tri-Weekly Register (from 1859)
- Rock Island Weekly Advertiser (from 1855)
- Rock Island Weekly Commercial (from 1858)
- Rock Island Weekly Register (from 1859)
- Rock Island-Moline Volks-Zeitung (from 189?)
- The Argus (from 1885)
- The Argus (from 1885)
- The Daily Argus (from 1873)
- The Daily Argus (from 1873)
- The Daily Evening Argus (from 1861)
- The Daily Rock Island Republican (from 1854)
- The Evening Argus (from 1861)
- The Evening Argus (from 1861)
- The Rock Island Argus And Daily Union (from 1920)
- The Rock Island Argus And Daily Union (from 1920)
- The Rock Island Argus (from 1859)
- The Rock Island Argus (from 1877)
- The Rock Island Argus (from 1923)
- The Rock Island Argus (from 1877)
- The Rock Island Daily Argus (from 1872)
- The Rock Island Daily Argus (from 1872)
- The Rock Island Daily Union (from 1908)
- The Rock Island News (from 1909)
- The Rock Island News (from 1978)
- The Rock Island Republican (from 1851)
- The Rock Island Union (from 1899)
- The Rock Island Union (from 1875)
- The Rock Island Weekly Argus (from 1855)
- The Rock Island Weekly Union (from 1862)
- The Rock Islander (from 1855)
- The Rock Islander (from 1878)
- The Target (from 1968)
- The Union (from 1863)
- The Upper Mississippian And Rock-Island Republican (from 1844)
- The Weekly Union (from 1867)
- Tri-City Labor Review (from 191?)
- Tri-Weekly Advertiser (from 185?)
- Volks-Zeitung (from 188?)
- Weekly Independent (from 188?)
- Weekly Rock Island Republican (from 1852)
- Weekly Union (from 189?)
Newspapers Neighboring Rock Island ...
The following newspapers were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Rock Island.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Rock Island.
- 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 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 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Rock Island. 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 Rock Island.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
- 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 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Rock Island. 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 Rock Island.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
- 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 East Moline ...
- East Moline Enterprise (from 1903)
- The East Moline Herald (from 1907)
- The Herald (from 1952)
- Published In Buffalo [Scott County] ...
- Buffalo Times (from 1876)
- The Scott County Blade (from 1882)
- Published In Eldridge [Scott County] ...
- The North Scott Press (from 1968)
- Published In Reynolds ...
- The Reynolds Press (from 1896)
- Published In Le Claire [Scott County] ...
- Scott County Register (from 1866)
- Published In Long Grove [Scott County] ...
- The Long Grove News (from 1894)
- Published In Walcott [Scott County] ...
- Scott County Tribune (from 1937)
- Walcott Community News (from 1933)
- Published In Green River [Henry County] ...
- The Green Riverite (from 1942)
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- Published In Rapids City ...
- Mississippi Valley Weekly Times (from 1879)
- The Tri-City Times (from 18??)
- 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 Port Byron ...
- Port Byron Globe (from 1881)
- The Globe (from 1973)
- Published In Matherville [Mercer County] ...
- The Matherville News (from 191?)
- Published In Viola [Mercer County] ...
- 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 New Windsor [Mercer County] ...
- The New Windsor Times (from 1873)
- 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 Aledo [Mercer County] ...
- Daily Times Record (from 18??)
- Democratic Press (from 1880)
- The Aledo Banner (from 187?)
- The Aledo Democrat (from 1880)
- The Aledo Democrat
- The Aledo Press (from 1894)
- The Aledo Weekly News (from 1879)
- The Aledo Weekly Record (from 1857)
- The Daily Times (from 1891)
- The Democratic Banner (from 18??)
- The Mercer County Press (from 1866)
- The Times Record (from 1894)
- The Times (from 18??)
- Published In Hillsdale ...
- Hillsdale Review (from 19??)
- The Hillside Herald (from 1927)
- Tri-Village Review (from 19??)
- 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 Low Moor [Clinton County] ...
- Low Moor Independent (from 1900)
- Published In Wilton [Muscatine County] ...
- The Wilton Chronicle (from 1871)
- The Wilton Chronicle (from 1867)
- Wilton Exponent (from 1874)
- Wilton Herald (from 1874)
- Wilton Review (from 1876)
- Published In Camanche [Clinton County] ...
- Camanche Courier (from 1900)
- The Iowa Register (from 1856)
- Published In Woodhull [Henry County] ...
- Woodhull Dispatch (from 187?)
Off-the-Road Links ...
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Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Rock Island. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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 '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- Rock Island) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rock Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4938, Longitude: -90.5728 |