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Iowa Newspapers - 1884 -
Clinton co. -
Hardin co.
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publications in census year 1884 -
Adair - Clayton - Harrison - Madison - Mahaska
- Sac - Scott - Wright
| County/Town | Publication | Frequency | Character | Established | Notes |
| CLINTON | |||||
| Clinton | Clinton Daily Herald | Daily | News & politics | 1870 | Evening |
| Clinton | Clinton Weekly Herald | Weekly | News & politics | 1856 | |
| Clinton | Iowa Volks-Zeitung | Weekly | News & politics | 1867 | German |
| Clinton | Clinton Age | Weekly | News & politics | 1868 | |
| Clinton | Clinton Journal | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | Suspended October, 1879 |
| Delmar | Delmar Independent | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| Delmar | Delmar Review | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| De Witt | De Witt Observer | Weekly | News & politics | 1864 | |
| Lyons | Lyons Mirror | Weekly | News & politics | 1854 | |
| Lyons | Clinton County Advertiser | Weekly | News & politics | 1873 | |
| Wheatland | Wheatland News | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | Suspended October, 1878 |
| Wheatland | Wheatland Union | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | Suspended March, 1880 |
| CRAWFORD | |||||
| Denison | Denison Review | Weekly | News & politics | 1867 | |
| Denison | Crawford County Bulletin | Weekly | News & politics | 1873 | |
| Vail | Crawford County Observer | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| West Side | West Side Enterprise | Weekly | News & politics | 1880 | |
| DALLAS | |||||
| Adel | Dallas County Democrat | Weekly | News & politics | 1866 | |
| Adel | Dallas County News | Weekly | News & politics | 1872 | |
| Adel | Adel New Era | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| Dallas Center | Dallas Globe | Weekly | News & politics | 1875 | |
| Dexter | Dexter Herald | Weekly | News & politics | 1869 | |
| Perry | Perry Chief | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 | |
| DAVIS | |||||
| Bloomfield | Davis County Republican | Weekly | News & politics | 1863 | |
| Bloomfield | Bloomfield Democrat | Weekly | News & politics | 1869 | |
| Bloomfield | People's Monthly Journal | Monthly | Miscellaneous | 1878 | |
| Bloomfield | Legal Tender Greenback | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| Bloomfield | Bloomfield Mercury | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | Suspended October, 1879 |
| DECATUR | |||||
| Davis City | Davis City Commercial | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| Garden Grove | Iowa Express | Weekly | News & politics | 1875 | |
| Leon | Decatur County Journal | Weekly | News & politics | 1868 | |
| Leon | Democratic Reporter | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Leon | Decatur County Press | Weekly | News & politics | 1880 | |
| DELAWARE | |||||
| Delhi | Delhi Monitor | Weekly | News & politics | 1870 | |
| Earlville | Earlville Record | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| Manchester | Manchester Press | Weekly | News & politics | 1871 | |
| Manchester | Manchester Democrat | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 | |
| DES MOINES | |||||
| Burlington | Burlington Gazette | Daily | News & politics | 1837 | Evening |
| Burlington | Burlington Gazette | Weekly | News & politics | 1837 | |
| Burlington | Burlington Hawkeye | Daily | News & politics | 1839 | Morning |
| Burlington | Burlington Hawkeye | Weekly | News & politics | 1839 | |
| Burlington | Iowa Tribune | Daily | News & politics | 1861 | Evening; German |
| Burlington | Iowa Tribune | Weekly | News & politics | 1861 | German |
| Burlington | Burlington Courier | Weekly | News & politics | 1876 | German; Suspended December 31, 1880 |
| Burlington | Burlington Weekly Argus | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Danville | Danville News | Weekly | News & politics | 1880 | |
| Mediapolis | Mediapolis Enterprise | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 | |
| DICKINSON | |||||
| Spirit Lake | Spirit Lake Beacon | Weekly | News & politics | 1870 | |
| DUBUQUE | |||||
| Cascade | Cascade Pioneer | Weekly | News & politics | 1876 | |
| Dubuque | Herald | Daily | News & politics | 1836 | Morning |
| Dubuque | Herald | Weekly | News & politics | 1836 | |
| Dubuque | Times | Daily | News & politics | 1858 | Morning |
| Dubuque | Times | Weekly | News & politics | 1856 | |
| Dubuque | Dubuque National Demokrat | Weekly | News & politics | 1856 | German |
| Dubuque | Der Presbyterianer | Bi-weekly | Religious | 1867 | Presbyterian; German |
| Dubuque | Telegraph | Daily | News & politics | 1870 | Evening |
| Dubuque | Telegraph | Weekly | News & politics | 1870 | |
| Dubuque | Luxemburger Gazette | Weekly | Religious | 1871 | Catholic; German |
| Dubuque | Die Nord Iowa Post | Weekly | News & politics | 1873 | German; Suspended October, 1880 |
| Dubuque | Iowa | Weekly | Religious | 1875 | Catholic; German |
| Dubuque | Iowa Normal Monthly | Monthly | Educational | 1877 | |
| Dubuque | Our Saturday Night | Weekly | Society, art, etc | 1880 | |
| Dyerville | Dyerville Commercial | Weekly | News & politics | 1872 | |
| EMMET | |||||
| Estherville | Northern Vindicator | Weekly | News & politics | 1868 | |
| FAYETTE | |||||
| Brush Creek | Brush Creek News | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 | |
| Clermont | Clermont Independent | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Fayette | Fayette News | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 | Merged with "Fayette Clarion" February, 1881 |
| Fayette | Fayette County Clarion | Weekly | News & politics | 1875 | |
| West Union | Fayette County Union | Weekly | News & politics | 1866 | |
| West Union | Republican Gazette | Weekly | News & politics | 1867 | |
| West Union | Hobson's Magazine | Monthly | Literary | 1879 | Suspended December, 1880 |
| FLOYD | |||||
| Charles City | Charles City Intelligencer | Weekly | News & politics | 1856 | |
| Charles City | Floyd County Advocate | Weekly | News & politics | 1868 | |
| Marble Rock | Marble Rock Weekly | Weekly | News & politics | 1875 | |
| Nora Springs | Floyd County Press | Weekly | News & politics | 1872 | |
| Nora Springs | Nora Springs Telephone | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| Rockford | Rockford reveille | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 | |
| FRANKLIN | |||||
| Hampton | Franklin County Recorder | Weekly | News & politics | 1859 | |
| Hampton | Hampton Chronicle | Weekly | News & politics | 1873 | |
| Sheffield | Sheffield Press | Weekly | News & politics | 1880 | |
| FREMONT | |||||
| Farragut | Farragut News | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| Hamburg | Fremont Times | Weekly | News & politics | 1866 | |
| Hamburg | Hamburg Democrat | Weekly | News & politics | 1870 | |
| Hamburg | Iowa State News | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Hamburg | Hamburg Republican | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Riverton | Riverton Enterprise | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | Suspended June, 1879 |
| Sidney | Sidney Union Weekly | Weekly | News & politics | 1864 | |
| Sidney | Fremont Cunty Advocate | Weekly | News & politics | 1870 | |
| Sidney | The Fremont Democrat | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Tabor | Non-Conformist | Weekly | Miscellaneous | 1879 | |
| GREENE | |||||
| Grand Junction | Grand Junction Head-Light | Weekly | News & politics | 1870 | |
| Jefferson | Jefferson Bee | Weekly | News & politics | 1867 | |
| Jefferson | Greene County Gazette | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 | |
| Scranton | Scranton Journal | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| GRUNDY | |||||
| Grundy Center | Grundy County Republican | Weekly | News & politics | 1868 | |
| Grundy Center | Grundy County Argus | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| Holland | Holland Journal | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | Suspended August, 1880 |
| Reinbeck | Reinbeck Times | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Reinbeck | Reinbeck Herald | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | Merged in the "Grundy Centre Argus" |
| GUTHRIE | |||||
| Casey | Weekly Vindicator | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Guthrie Center | Guthrian | Weekly | News & politics | 1872 | |
| Guthrie Center | Guthrie County Journal | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Panora | Guthrie Vidette | Weekly | News & politics | 1865 | |
| Stuart | Stuart Locomotive | Weekly | News & politics | 1871 | |
| Stuart | Stuart Ledger | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| HAMILTON | |||||
| Callanan | Callanan Register | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Webster City | Hamilton Freeman | Weekly | News & politics | 1857 | |
| Webster City | Webster City Argus | Weekly | News & politics | 1875 | |
| Webster City | Webster City Advertiser | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| HANCOCK | |||||
| Britt | Britt Tribune | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Garner | Hancock Signal | Weekly | News & politics | 1871 | |
| Garner | Hancock Independent | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| HARDIN | |||||
| Ackley | Ackley Enterprise | Weekly | News & politics | 1868 | |
| Ackley | Ackley Times | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | Removed to Red Oak, Montgomery County, August, 1880 |
| Alden | Alden Times | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| Eldora | Eldora Ledger | Weekly | News & politics | 1865 | |
| Eldora | Eldora Herald | Weekly | News & politics | 1873 | |
| Eldora | Eldora Bee | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | Suspended May, 1879 |
| Iowa Falls | Iowa Falls Sentinel | Weekly | News & politics | 1856 | |
| Union | Union Star | Weekly | News & politics | 1875 |
Source: "History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical Press of the United States, with a Catalogue of the Publications of the Census Year", by S.N.D. North, Special Agent; Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.; 1884; pages 237-245 & 366
Transcribed for Iowa Old Press by Sharyl
Ferrall, August 2004
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