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Iowa Newspapers - 1884 -
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Madison co.
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publications in census year 1884 -
Adair -
Clayton - Clinton - Hardin - Mahaska - Sac - Scott -
Wright
| County/Town | Publication | Frequency | Character | Established | Notes |
| HARRISON | |||||
| Dunlap | Dunlap Reporter | Weekly | News & politics | 1871 | |
| Dunlap | Dunlap Dispatch | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | Suspended March, 1880 |
| Logan | Harrison County Courier | Weekly | News & politics | 1875 | |
| Missouri Valley | Missouri Valley Times | Weekly | News & politics | 1868 | |
| Missouri Valley | Valley Republican | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | Suspended January, 1880 |
| Woodbine | Woodbine Twiner | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| HENRY | |||||
| Mount Pleasant | Mount Pleasant Journal | Weekly | News & politics | 1855 | |
| Mount Pleasant | Free Press | Weekly | News & politics | 1866 | |
| Mount Pleasant | Mount Pleasant Reporter | Daily | News & politics | 1877 | Morning |
| Mount Pleasant | Mount Pleasant Herald | Daily | News & politics | 1879 | Evening; Suspended |
| Mount Pleasant | Golden Age | Weekly | Temperance | 1879 | Suspended |
| HOWARD | |||||
| Cresco | Iowa Plain Dealer | Weekly | News & politics | 1859 | |
| Cresco | Howard County Times | Weekly | News & politics | 1867 | |
| Lime Springs | Lime Springs Tribune | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| HUMBOLDT | |||||
| Dakota City | Humboldt County Independent | Weekly | News & politics | 1860 | |
| Humboldt | Humboldt Kosmos | Weekly | News & politics | 1866 | |
| IDA | |||||
| Battle Creek | Battle Creek Times | Weekly | News & politics | 1880 | |
| Ida Grove | Ida Grove Pioneer | Weekly | News & politics | 1872 | |
| Ida Grove | Maple Valley Era | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| IOWA | |||||
| Marengo | Marengo Republican | Weekly | News & politics | 1856 | |
| Marengo | Marengo News-Letter | Monthly | Collegiate | 1872 | |
| Marengo | Marengo Democrat | Weekly | News & politics | 1875 | |
| Victor | Index Weekly | Weekly | News & politics | 1873 | Suspended February, 1880 |
| Victor | Victor Herald | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| JACKSON | |||||
| Bellevue | Bellevue Leader | Weekly | News & politics | 1870 | |
| Maquoketa | Maquoketa Excelsior | Weekly | News & politics | 1855 | |
| Maquoketa | Jackson Sentinel | Weekly | News & politics | 1868 | |
| Maquoketa | Jackson County Record | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| Maquoketa | Der Jackson Demokrat | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | German |
| Monmouth | Monmouth Register | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | Suspended September, 1880 |
| Sabula | Sabula Gazette | Weekly | News & politics | 1871 | |
| JASPER | |||||
| Colfax | Weekly Clipper | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Kellogg | Kellogg Post | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| Kellogg | Kellogg Enterprise | Weekly | News & politics | 1880 | |
| Monroe | Monroe Mirror | Weekly | News & politics | 1873 | |
| Newton | Newton Journal | Weekly | News & politics | 1858 | |
| Newton | Jasper County Independent | Weekly | News & politics | 1868 | |
| Newton | Iowa National | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| Prairie City | Prairie City News | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 | |
| JEFFERSON | |||||
| Fairfield | Ledger | Weekly | News & politics | 1849 | |
| Fairfield | Tribune | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| Pleasant Plains | News | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| JOHNSON | |||||
| Iowa City | Republican | Daily | News & politics | 1876 | Evening |
| Iowa City | Republican | Weekly | News & politics | 1848 | |
| Iowa City | Iowa City Press | Daily | News & politics | 1871 | Evening; Suspended April, 1880 |
| Iowa City | Iowa State Press | Weekly | News & politics | 1841 | |
| Iowa City | University Reporter | Monthly | Collegiate | 1868 | |
| Iowa City | Slovan Americky | Weekly | News & politics | 1869 | Bohemian |
| Iowa City | Western Stock Journal and Farmer | Monthly | Agricultural | 1872 | |
| Iowa City | Iowa City Volksfreund | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 | German |
| Iowa City | Vidette | Weekly | Collegiate | 1879 | |
| Iowa City | Iowa City Journal | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | Merged in Iowa City "Daily Republican" |
| Oxford | Oxford Journal | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| JONES | |||||
| Anamosa | Anamosa Eureka | Weekly | News & politics | 1856 | |
| Anamosa | Anamosa Journal | Weekly | News & politics | 1872 | |
| Garfield | Oxford Mirror | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Monticello | Monticello Express | Weekly | News & politics | 1865 | |
| Monticello | Jones County Liberal | Weekly | News & politics | 1872 | |
| Monticello | Die Freie Presse | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | German; Suspended May, 1880 |
| Wyoming | Wyoming Journal | Weekly | News & politics | 1870 | |
| KEOKUK | |||||
| Delta | Delta Independent | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Keota | Keota Eagle | Weekly | News & politics | 1875 | |
| Sigourney | Sigourney News | Weekly | News & politics | 1860 | |
| Sigourney | Sigourney Review | Weekly | News & politics | 1872 | |
| Sigourney | Sigourney Courier | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | German |
| South English | Western Herald | Weekly | News & politics | 1872 | |
| What Cheer | What Cheer Patriot | Weekly | News & politics | 1880 | |
| KOSSUTH | |||||
| Algona | Upper Des Moines | Weekly | News & politics | 1865 | |
| Algona | Algona Republican | Weekly | News & politics | 1871 | |
| LEE | |||||
| Fort Madison | Plain Dealer | Weekly | News & politics | 1842 | |
| Fort Madison | Fort Madison Democrat | Weekly | News & politics | 1869 | |
| Fort Madison | The Knight's Sword and Helmet | Monthly | Secret society | 1877 | |
| Keokuk | Gate City | Daily | News & politics | 1854 | Morning |
| Keokuk | Gate City | Weekly | News & politics | 1846 | |
| Keokuk | Constitution | Daily | News & politics | 1861 | Evening |
| Keokuk | Constitution | Weekly | News & politics | 1861 | |
| Keokuk | Die Post | Weekly | News & politics | 1868 | German |
| Keokuk | Central School Journal | Monthly | Educational | 1877 | |
| Keokuk | Labor Tribune | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| Keokuk | Keokuk Saturday Item | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| West Point | West Point Appeal | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| LINN | |||||
| Cedar Rapids | Cedar Rapids Times | Weekly | News & politics | 1850 | |
| Cedar Rapids | Cedar Rapids Standard | Weekly | News & politics | 1867 | |
| Cedar Rapids | Republican | Daily | News & politics | 1868 | Evening |
| Cedar Rapids | Republican | Weekly | News & politics | 1872 | |
| Cedar Rapids | Cedar Rapids Comet | Weekly | News & politics | 1873 | Suspended October, 1880 |
| Cedar Rapids | Iowa Farmer and Western Stock Journal | Monthly | Agricultural | 1877 | |
| Cedar Rapids | Globe | Daily | News & politics | 1879 | Evening; Suspended July, 1879 |
| Cedar Rapids | Globe | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | Suspended July, 1879 |
| Cedar Rapids | Stylus | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Cedar Rapids | Post and Presse | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | German |
| Cedar Rapids | Weekly Leader | Weekly | News & politics | 1880 | |
| Center Point | Courier Journal | Weekly | News & politics | 1873 | |
| Lisbon | Lisbon Sun | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 | |
| Marion | Marion Register | Weekly | News & politics | 1852 | |
| Marion | Advent and Sabbath Advocate | Bi-weekly | Religious | 1866 | Adventist |
| Marion | Linn County Pilot | Weekly | News & politics | 1871 | |
| Mount Vernon | Mount Vernon Hawkeye | Weekly | News & politics | 1869 | |
| Mount Vernon | Mount Vernon Collegian | Monthly | Collegiate | 1869 | Merged with Mount Vernon "Cornellian Monthly" |
| Springville | Springville Independent | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Western College | Western Light | Weekly | News & politics | 1875 | |
| LOUISA | |||||
| Columbus Junction | Columbus Safeguard | Weekly | News & politics | 1870 | |
| Morning Sun | Sentinel | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Wapello | Wapello Republican | Weekly | News & politics | 1860 | |
| Wapello | Louisa County Record | Weekly | News & politics | 1870 | |
| Wapello | Wapello Times | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| LUCAS | |||||
| Chariton | Patriot | Daily | News & politics | 1880 | Evening |
| Chariton | Patriot | Weekly | News & politics | 1857 | |
| Chariton | Chariton Leader | Weekly | News & politics | 1872 | |
| LYON | |||||
| Rock Rapids | Review | Weekly | News & politics | 1873 | |
| MADISON | |||||
| Winterset | Winterset Madisonian | Weekly | News & politics | 1856 | |
| Winterset | Winterset News | Weekly | News & politics | 1872 | |
| Winterset | Beacon Light | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 |
Source: "History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical Press of the United States, with a Catalogue of the Publications of the Census Year", by S.N.D. North, Special Agent; Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.; 1884; pages 237-245 & 366
Transcribed for Iowa Old Press by Sharyl
Ferrall, August 2004
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