Newspapers Published in Wright County, Iowa
1868 to the Present
From the United States Newspaper Directory – Library of Congress
This file was abstracted and contributed by: Sarah Thorson Little
April 2013 - Copyright. All rights reserved. Permission was given by Sarah Thorson Little to post this information on the Wright Co., IA Web Page.
From 1868 to the present, newspapers have been published in Wright County, Iowa in the towns of Belmond, Clarion, Dows, Eagle Grove and Goldfield. This list was compiled from the US Newspaper Directory of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
The Belmond Herald. (Belmond, Iowa) 1875-1914
Belmond Independent and Herald-Press. (Belmond, Iowa) 1927-1938
Belmond Independent. (Belmond, Iowa) 1938-current
Belmond Independent. (Belmond, Iowa) 1919-1927
The Belmond Mirror. (Belmond, Iowa) 1873-1875
Boone Valley Gazette. (Eagle Grove, Iowa) 1882-1898
Boone Valley Telephone. (Eagle Grove, Iowa) 1882-1882
The Clarion Clipper. (Clarion, Iowa) 1905-1921
The Dows advocate. (Dows, Iowa) 1893-1927
Dows Advocate. (Dows, Iowa) 1971-current
The Dows Dispatch. (Dows, Iowa) 1884-1892
Dows Tribune. (Dows, Iowa) 1881-1882
Eagle Grove Eagle and Goldfield Chronicle. (Eagle Grove, Iowa) 1926-1927
Eagle Grove Eagle consolidated with Eagle Grove Times and Goldfield Chronicle. (Eagle Grove, Iowa) 1927-current
Eagle Grove Eagle. (Eagle Grove, Iowa) 1895-1926
The Eagle Grove Times and Gazette. (Eagle Grove, Iowa) 192?-1923
Eagle Grove Times-Gazette. (Eagle Grove, Iowa) 1916-192?
The Eagle Grove Times. (Eagle Grove, Iowa) 1881-1898
The Goldfield Booster. (Goldfield, Iowa) 1929-1931
The Goldfield Chronicle. (Goldfield, Iowa) 1890-1926
The Goldfield Gazette. (Goldfield, Iowa) 1931-1948
The Herald-Press. (Belmond, Iowa) 1914-1927
The Iowa Valley Press. (Belmond, Iowa) 1895-1914
Reporter. (Dows, Iowa) 1963-1971
The Times-Gazette. (Eagle Grove, Iowa) 1898-1916
The Weekly Telephone. (Eagle Grove, Iowa) 1882-1882
Wright County Democrat. (Clarion, Iowa) 1884-1905
Wright County Monitor. (Clarion, Iowa) 1869-current
Wright County Register. (Liberty, Iowa) 1868-1868
The Wright County Reporter. (Dows, Iowa) 1927-1963
Wright County Republican. (Clarion, Iowa) 1882-1884
Wright County Tribune. (Clarion, Iowa) 1936-1936
Source: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?state=Iowa&county=Wright&city=&year1=1690&year2=2013&terms=&frequency=&language=ðnicity=&labor=&material_type=&lccn=&rows=20
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