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Marion County Newspapers

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See also History of the Press from History of Marion County, Iowa by Wright and Young (1915)

Marion County Newspapers in 1860 *

City	Name	Publisher
Knoxville	Standard	Bennett and Barr
Knoxville	Journal
Pella	Gazette	H. P. Scholte & S. U. Hammond

Marion County Newspapers in 1884 *

City	Publication	Frequency	Established	Notes
Knoxville	Knoxville Journal	Weekly	1855
Knoxville	Marion County Express	Weekly	1865
Knoxville	Marion County Reporter	Weekly	1880
Marysville	Marysville Miner	Weekly	1871
Pella	Pella Weekly Blad	Weekly	1861	Hollandish
Pella	Pella Blade	Weekly	1865
Pella	Weekly Visitor	Weekly	1880
Pleasantville	Pleasantville News	Weekly	1877

Marion County Newspapers in 1911 *

City	Publication	Frequency	Published on	Character	Editor or Publisher
Bussey	Tri-County Press	Weekly	Friday	Rep	Lee E. Johnson
Knoxville	Express	Weekly	Wednesday	Dem	Casey & Belville
Knoxville	Journal	Weekly	Friday	Rep	Curtis & Gilson
Pella	Booster	Weekly	Tuesday	Religious	Sadler Bros. & Co.
Pella	Christelyke Vildeeler	Monthly		Religious	K. van Stigt
Pella	Chronicle	Weekly	Thursday	Dem	Sadler Bros. & Co.
Pella	Weekblad	Weekly	Thursday	Dem	H. F. Johnson & Co.
Pleasantville	Marion County News	Weekly	Thursday	Rep	Frank R. Wingfield

Present Day Marion County Newspapers **

Publication	Address	Phone / Fax	Email	Website
Knoxville Journal-Express (Fri)	PO Box 458 Knoxville, IA 50138-0458	641-842-2155 641-842-2929	jexpress@iowatelecom.net	www.journalexpress.net
Pella Chronicle (Thu)	PO Box 126 Pella, IA 50219-0126	641-628-3882 641-628-3905	thechronicle@iowatelecom.net	www.pellachronicle.com
Pleasantville Marion Co. News (Thu)	PO Box 561 Pleasantville, IA 50225-0561	515-848-5614 (no fax)	dab@dwx.com	none

*Source: Iowa Old Press
** Source: Iowa Newspaper Association

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