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=&ethnicity=&labor=&material_type=&lccn=&rows=20

Refer to the following link to view Iowa newspapers online.  Most are free to view.

https://guides.lib.uni.edu/c.php?g=668054&p=4696290#s-lg-box-wrapper-17361189

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