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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Wakonda 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 3 papers that were published in the immediate area of Wakonda. In addition, the list contains another 94 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Wakonda. In total, we've identified 97 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Wakonda.

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 Wakonda.  

Newspapers Published In Wakonda ...

We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Wakonda:

  • The Wakonda Monitor (from 1891)
  • The Wakonda Times (from 19??)
  • Times (from 1979)
    • Years of publication:  1979 to 1980
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Times
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN98062824
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 40139705

Newspapers Neighboring Wakonda ...

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

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

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- Wakonda) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wakonda. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0080, Longitude: -97.1056       In this case, the coordinates for Wakonda have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).