Marion County Newspapers

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

Marion County Newspapers in 1919 *

City	Publication	Frequency	Published On	Character	Editor or Publisher
Bussey	Record	W	Thursday	Ind	W.H. Moon
Knoxville	Express	W	Wednesday	Dem	W.J. Casey
Knoxville	Journal	W	Thursday	Rep	M.L. Curtis
Melcher	Union	W	Thursday	Ind	H.L. Bishop
Pella	Baptist Record	W	Saturday	Relig	R.R. Sadler
Pella	Booster Press	W	Wednesday	Dem	G.A. Stout
Pella	Central Ray	W	Saturday	Coll.	Enos E. Heeren
Pella	Chronicle	W	Thursday	Dem	H.H. Sadler
Pella	Weekblad	W	Friday	Dem	E.C. Varenkamp
Pleasantville	Marion County News	W	Thursday	Rep	W.G Stephenson

Present Day Marion County Newspapers**

Publication	Address	Phone/Fax	Email	Website
Knoxville Journal-Express (Fri) -- Now the Oskaloosa Herald	219 High Avenue East, Oskaloosa, IA, 52577	641-672-2581	kocker@oskyherald.com	https://www.oskaloosa.com/knoxville/
Pella Chronicle (Thu) -- Now the Oskaloosa Herald	219 High Avenue East, Oskaloosa, IA, 52577	641-672-2581	kocker@oskyherald.com	https://www.oskaloosa.com/pella/
Marion County Express		(641)828-6397	marioncountyexpress@gmail.com	https://marioncountyexpress.net

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The following list of newspaper titles and dates comes from Chronicling America at the Library of Congress. At the bottom is a section called Holdings; linking on this shows places where one can find microfilmed copies of these, often being at the State Historical Society of Iowa in Des Moines.

• Bussey
  • 1. Bussey community effort. (Bussey, Iowa) 1943-1949
  • 2. The tri-county press. (Bussey, Iowa) 1898-1911
  • 3. The Bussey record. (Bussey, Iowa) 1911-1932
  • 4. The Bussey record. (Bussey, Iowa) 1950-1951
• Knoxville
  • 1. Knoxville journal. (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986
  • 2. Marion County Democrat. (Knoxville, Iowa) 1865-1878
  • 3. Iowa voter. (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874
  • 4. Marion County Republican. (Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa) 1860-1867
  • 5. Marion County express. (Knoxville, Iowa) 1879-1884
  • 6. Daily Knoxville journal. (Knoxville, Iowa) 1881-1881
  • 7. Marion County reporter. (Knoxville, Iowa) 1880-1904
  • 8. Knoxville journal. (Knoxville [Iowa]) 1855-185?
  • 9. Knoxville weekly journal. (Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa) 185?-1860
  • 10. The Knoxville express. (Knoxville, Iowa) 1884-1986
  • 11. Journal-express. (Knoxville, Iowa) 1986-current
• Marysville
  • 1. The Marysville miner. (Marysville, Iowa) 1871-1887
• Pella
  • 1. Weekly Pella blade. (Pella, Iowa) 187?-188?
  • 2. Pella's weekblad. (Pella, Iowa) 186?-1942 | Languages: Dutch
  • 3. The copper head. (Pella, Iowa) 1866-1868
  • 4. The Pella weekly herald. (Pella, Iowa) 1891-1894
  • 5. The Pella press and shopper. (Pella, Iowa) 1938-1939
  • 6. The Pella gazette. (Pella, Iowa) 1855-1857
  • 7. The Pella weekly gazette. (Pella, Marion County, Iowa) 1857-1859
  • 8. Pella gazette. (Pella, Iowa) 1859-1860
  • 9. Weekly Pella gazette. (Pella, Iowa) 1860-1860
  • 10. Pella chronicle-advertiser. (Pella, Iowa) 1967-1973
  • 11. Pella chronicle. (Pella, Iowa) 1973-1988
  • 12. The chronicle. (Pella, Iowa) 1988-current
  • 13. Pella's niewsblad. (Pella, Marion County, Iowa) 1899-1901 | Languages: Dutch
  • 14. Pella semi-weekly blade. (Pella, Iowa) 1869-187?
  • 15. The Pella chronicle. (Pella, Iowa) 1901-1967
  • 16. Pella Republican. (Pella, Iowa) 1889-1891
  • 17. Saturday advertiser. (Pella, Iowa) 1896-1898
  • 18. The Pella advertiser. (Pella, Iowa) 1898-1901
  • 19. The Pella herald. (Pella, Iowa) 1894-1895
  • 20. The weekly visitor. (Pella, Iowa) 1880-1883
• Pleasantville
  • 1. Marion County news. (Pleasantville, Iowa) 1903-current
• Swan
  • 1. Swan sentinel. (Swan, IA) 1891-1???

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