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Iowa Newspapers, Periodicals, &c
- 1860 -
| County | Town | Name | Publishers | Character |
| Adams | Corning | Sentinel | Smith & Raguet | N |
| Alamakee [Allamakee] | Lansing | Mirror | H.R. Chatterton | R |
| Alamakee [Allamakee] | Waukon | Transcript | T.H. McElroy | D |
| Appanoose | Centreville | Republican | Stafford & B all | R |
| Appanoose | Centreville | Chieftain | Wm. P. Gill | D |
| Benton | Vinton | Eagle | Drummond & Hanford | R |
| Blackhawk | Waterloo | Courier | Hartman & Ingersoll | R |
| Boone | Boonsboro | News | L.C. Sanders | R |
| Bremer | Waverly | Republican | C.T. Smeed | R |
| Butler | Clarksville | Transcript | John Palmer | R |
| Buchanan | Independence | Civilian | C. Hodges | D |
| Buchanan | Independence | Guardian | Rich & Jordan | R |
| Buchanan | Independence | Eagle | D.P. Daniel | R |
| Cedar | Tipton | Democrat | C. Curtis | D |
| Cedar | Tipton | Advertiser | S.S. Daniels | R |
| Cerro Gordo | Mason City | Press | D.E. Coon | D |
| Clarke | Oceola | Courier | Pike & Oldham | R |
| Clayton | McGregor | Times | A.P. Richardson | D |
| Clayton | McGregor | Press | G.W. & S.S. Haislet | R |
| Clayton | Garnavillo | Journal | Jos. Eiboeck | R |
| Clinton | Lyons | Advocate | A.P. Durlin | D |
| Clinton | Lyons | Mirror | Hawes & Beers | R |
| Clinton | Clinton | Herald | Horton & Leonard | N |
| Clinton | De Witt | Standard | Bates & McNeil | R |
| Davis | Bloomfield | Clarion | A.P. Bentley | D |
| Decatur | Leon | Pioneer | P.H. Binckley | D |
| Delaware | Delhi | Journal | J.L. McCreery | R |
| Delaware | Nottingham | Observer | Fred. J. Stanton | I |
| Des Moines | Burlington | Hawkeye | C. Dunham | R |
| Dubuque | Dubuque | Herald | J.B. Dorr & Co. | D |
| Dubuque | Dubuque | Times | Palmer, Gilmore & Co. | R |
| Dubuque | Dubuque | Witness | J.C. Benedict | Rel |
| Dubuque | Dubuque | N.W. Farmer | Miller & Brayton | m'thly/Agr |
| Dubuque | Dubuque | Democrat | F. Gniff'ke | Ger/D |
| Dubuque | Dyersville | Mercury | F.J. Stanton | I |
| Fayette | West Union | Pioneer | Jno. Gharky | I |
| Fayette | West Union | Review | Hale & Cook | I |
| Floyd | St. Charles | Intelligencer | A.B.F. Hildreth | R |
| Franklin | Hampton | Record | S.M. Jones | |
| Hamilton | Webster City | Freeman | Chas. Aldrich | R |
| Harrison | Magnolia | Republican | Brainard & Ellis | R |
| Hardin | Eldora | Sentinel | Speers & Hunter | R |
| Henry | Mt. Pleasant | Journal | G.W. Edwards | R |
| Henry | Mt. Pleasant | News | R | |
| Howard | New Oregon | Plaindealer | Mead & Wood | D |
| Iowa | Marengo | Visitor | Mrs. M. Edwards | N |
| Jackson | Bellevue | Courier | W.H. Cotton | |
| Jackson | Maquoketa | Excelsior | Drips & Eddy | R |
| Jasper | Newton | Free Press | A.K. & F.T. Campbell | R |
| Jefferson | Fairfield | Jeffersonian | H.N. Moore | D |
| Jefferson | Fairfield | Ledger | W.W. Junkin | R |
| Johnson | Iowa City | Republican | Jerome & Duncan | R |
| Johnson | Iowa City | State Reporter | E. Harrison, R.H. Sylvester Ed | D |
| Johnson | Iowa City | Lit. Advertiser | S. Storrs Howe | educ |
| Jones | Anamosa | Gazette | C.L. Hayes | D |
| Jones | Anamosa | Eureka | Booth & Parrott | R |
| Keokuk | Sigourney | Democrat | Evans & Farra | D |
| Lee | Ft. Madison | Plaindealer | Wm. P. Staub | D |
| Lee | Ft. Madison | Evangelist | Bates & Chatterton | Rel |
| Lee | Keokuk | Transcript | Gotshall & Flavel | |
| Lee | Keokuk | Gate City Daily | J.B. Howell | R |
| Lee | Keokuk | Valley Whig | J.B. Howell | R/weekly |
| Lee | Keokuk | Journal | Chas Smith | D |
| Louisa | Wapello | Intelligencer | Jenkins & Barr | N |
| Louisa | Wapello | Republican | Mintun & Edwards | R |
| Linn | Marion | Register | Robert Holmes | R |
| Linn | Cedar Rapids | Times | J.D. Davenport | R |
| Linn | Mt. Vernon | News | J.S. Jennison | R |
| Linn | Western | Col. Advocate | W. Parmenter | educ |
| Lucas | Chariton | Patriot | Fairbrother & Edwards | R |
| Madison | Winterset | Madisonian | Davis & Talbot | R |
| Mahaska | Oskaloosa | Times | A.A. Wheelock | D |
| Mahaska | Oskaloosa | Herald | J. R. Needham & Co. | R |
| Marion | Knoxville | Standard | Bennett & Barr | D |
| Marion | Knoxville | Journal | R | |
| Marion | Pella | Gazette | H.P. Scholte & S.U. Hammond | R |
| Marshall | Marshalltown | Times | Barnhart & Henderson | R |
| Marshall | Marshalltown | Express | High & Kenney | I |
| Mills | Pacific City | Herald | A. Thompson | R |
| Mitchell | Osage | North Iowan | A.K. Moulton | R |
| Monroe | Albia | Republican | A.R. Barnes | R |
| Monroe | Albia | Sentinel | J.T. Young | D |
| Muscatine | Muscatine | Journal | J. Mahan | R |
| Muscatine | Muscatine | Enquirer | D.S Biles | D |
| Muscatine | Muscatine | Free Mason | J. Eystra, T.S. Parvin Ed | |
| Muscatine | Muscatine | Zietung | C. Rotteck | R |
| Page | Clarinda | Herald | C.B. Shoemaker & Co. | R |
| Polk | Des Moines | Journal | Wm. Porter | D |
| Polk | Des Moines | Citizen | Jno Teesdale | R |
| Polk | Des Moines | Farmer | Simmons & Co. | Agri |
| Polk | Des Moines | Reporter | Mills Bros | |
| Polk | Des Moines | School Jour'l | Mills Bros, A.J. Stevens Ed | |
| Pottawattamie | Council Bluffs | Nonpareil | Maynard & Provost | R |
| Pottawattamie | Council Bluffs | Bugle | Babbitt & Carpenter | D |
| Poweshiek | Montezuma | Republican | Corring & Head | R |
| Scott | Davenport | Dem. & News | Maguire, Richardson & Co. | D |
| Scott | Davenport | Gazette | Sanders & Bro | R |
| Scott | Davenport | Demokrat | T. Olshausen | R |
| Scott | Davenport | Instructor | State Teachers' Association | |
| Scott | LeClaire | Register | Jno. Trainor King | D |
| Shelby | Harlan | Courier | J.B. Besack | R |
| Story | Nevada | Advocate | R.R. Thrall | N |
| Tama | Toledo | Transcript | Wieting & Farley | R |
| Taylor | Bedford | Southwest | G.A. Moser | R |
| Van Buren | Keosauqua | News | Oliver I. Taylor | D |
| Van Buren | Keosauqua | Republican | J. Wayne | R |
| Wapello | Ottumwa | Courier | J.W. Norris | R |
| Warren | Indianola | Eagle | Dixon & sherwood | R |
| Warren | Indianola | Visitor | J.H. Knox | D |
| Washington | Washington | Press | A.R. Wickersham | R |
| Wayne | Corydon | Democrat | Cutler & Binkley | D |
| Webster | Ft. Dodge | Sentinel | A.S. White | D |
| Winneshiek | Decorah | Rough Notes | Campbell & Felt | D |
| Winneshiek | Decorah | Republican | F. Belfry | R |
| Woodbury | Sioux City | Register | Ziebach & Freney | D |
Source: The Iowa State Almanac and Statistical Register; 1860
Transcribed for Iowa Old Press by Sharyl
Ferrall, July 2005