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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Heron Lake 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 5 papers that were published in the immediate area of Heron Lake. In addition, the list contains another 97 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Heron Lake. In total, we've identified 102 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Heron Lake.

Newspapers Published In Heron Lake ...

We know of 5 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Heron Lake:

  • Heron Lake News (from 1886)
  • Jackson County Times (from 1895)
  • Mail Call (from 1944)
    • Years of publication:  1944 to 1946
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Mail Call
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89064905
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 1752028
  • The Guardian (from 1880)
  • The Tri-County News (from 1981)

Newspapers Neighboring Heron Lake ...

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Heron Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Heron Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7978, Longitude: -95.3206       In this case, the coordinates for Heron Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).