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Iowa Newspapers - Census Year 1884 -
Scott co. - Wright co.
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publications in census year 1884 -
Adair -
Clayton - Clinton - Hardin - Harrison - Madison - Mahaska -
Sac
| County/Town | Publication | Frequency | Character | Established | Notes |
| SCOTT | |||||
| Davenport | Daily Gazette | Daily | News & politics | 1854 | Morning |
| Davenport | Davenport Gazette | Weekly | News & politics | 1839 | |
| Davenport | Der Demokrat | Daily | News & politics | 1856 | Morning; German |
| Davenport | Der Demokrat | Weekly | News & politics | 1851 | German |
| Davenport | Der Demokrat | Semi-Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | German |
| Davenport | Democrat | Daily | News & politics | 1855 | Evening |
| Davenport | Democrat | Sunday | News & politics | 1855 | |
| Davenport | Democrat | Weekly | News & politics | 1855 | |
| Davenport | Iowa and Illinois Workman | Monthly | Secret society | 1875 | |
| Davenport | Sternen Banner | Daily | News & politics | 1876 | Morning; German; Daily edition discontinued February, 1881 |
| Davenport | Sternen Banner | Weekly | News & politics | 1876 | German |
| Davenport | Northwestern News | Weekly | Temperance | 1878 | |
| Davenport | Davenport Times | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 | Suspended December, 1879 |
| Davenport | Davenport Herald | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | Suspended April, 1880 |
| Davenport | Davenport Home Journal | Weekly | News & politics | 1880 | |
| Le Claire | Le Claire Pilot | Weekly | News & politics | 1875 | |
| SHELBY | |||||
| Harlan | Harlan Herald | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 | |
| Harlan | Harlan Tribune | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Shelby | Shelby News | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| SIOUX | |||||
| East Orange | Independent | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| Orange City | De Volksvriend | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 | Hollandish |
| Pattersonville | Pattersonville Index | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Rock Valley | Sioux County Independent | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| STORY | |||||
| Ames | Ames Intelligencer | Weekly | News & politics | 1869 | |
| Ames | Aurora | Monthly | Collegiate | 1873 | |
| Franklin | College Quarterly | Quarterly | Collegiate | 1877 | |
| Nevada | Nevada Representative | Weekly | News & politics | 1857 | |
| Nevada | Story County Watchman | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 | |
| Nevada | Highway | Weekly | Religious | 1876 | Evangelical |
| TAMA | |||||
| Dysart | Der Brueder ote | Monthly | Religious | 1876 | Baptisti; German |
| Dysart | Dysart Reporter | Weekly | Miscellaneous | 1878 | |
| Tama City | Tama Herald | Weekly | News & politics | 1866 | |
| Tama City | Tama City Democrat | Weekly | News & politics | ???? | Suspended, December 1879 |
| Tama City | Tama City Western Liberal | Weekly | News & politics | 1880 | Suspended, April 1880 |
| Tama City | Album of Pen Arts | Monthly | Educational | ???? | Suspended |
| Tama City | Tama County News | Weekly | News & politics | ???? | Suspended, September 1880 |
| Toledo | Toledo Chronicle | Weekly | News & politics | 1856 | |
| Toledo | Toledo Times | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| Traer | Traer Clipper | Weekly | News & politics | 1872 | |
| Traer | Traer Star | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| TAYLOR | |||||
| Bedford | Iowa Southwest | Weekly | News & politics | 1867 | |
| Bedford | Bedford Argus | Weekly | News & politics | 1872 | |
| Bedford | Taylor County Republican | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| Bedford | Taylor County Democrat | Weekly | News & politics | 1880 | |
| Conway | Conway Neutral | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 | |
| Lenox | Lenox Time Table | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 | |
| UNION | |||||
| Afton | Tribune News | Weekly | News & politics | 1871 | |
| Afton | Afton Enterprise | Weekly | News & politics | 1880 | |
| Creston | Creston Gazette | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 | |
| Creston | Creston Democrat | Weekly | News & politics | 1875 | |
| Creston | Independent American | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| Creston | Creston Advertiser | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| VAN BUREN | |||||
| Birmingham | Birmingham Enterprise | Weekly | News & politics | 1869 | |
| Bonaparte | Van Buren County Journal | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| Bonaparte | Square and Compass | Monthly | Secret society | 1879 | Suspended |
| Farmington | Farmington Gazette | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Keosauqua | Keosauqua Republican | Weekly | News & politics | 1855 | |
| Keosauqua | Van Buren Democrat | Weekly | News & politics | 1870 | |
| Milton | Milton Herald | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| WAPELLO | |||||
| Agency | Agency Independent | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 | |
| Eddyville | Eddyville Advertiser | Weekly | News & politics | 1869 | |
| Ottumwa | Courier | Daily | News & politics | 1865 | Evening |
| Ottumwa | Courier | Weekly | News & politics | 1848 | |
| Ottumwa | Democrat and Times | Weekly | News & politics | 1850 | |
| Ottumwa | Freie Presse | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | German |
| Ottumwa | Des Moines Valley Times | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | German; Suspended August 1880 |
| Ottumwa | Iowa Investigator | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | Suspended May, 1880 |
| Ottumwa | Ottumwa Journal | Weekly | News & politics | 1871 | German; Merged into "Freie Presse" |
| WARREN | |||||
| Indianola | Indianola Herald | Weekly | News & politics | 1857 | |
| Indianola | People's Advocate | Weekly | News & politics | 1870 | |
| Indianola | Simpsonian | Monthly | Collegiate | 1870 | |
| Indianola | Indianola Tribune | Weekly | News & politics | 1873 | |
| WASHINGTON | |||||
| Brighton | Western Horticulturist | Monthly | Horticultural | 1878 | |
| Brighton | Brighton Star | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | Suspended, December 1879 |
| Brighton | Greenback World | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Brighton | Brighton Reporter | Weekly | News & politics | 1880 | |
| Washington | Washington County News | Weekly | News & politics | 1856 | |
| Washington | Washington Gazette | Weekly | News & politics | 1869 | |
| Washington | Washington Democrat | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| WAYNE | |||||
| Allerton | Wayne County Republican | Weekly | News & politics | 1873 | |
| Corydon | Corydon Times | Weekly | News & politics | 1875 | |
| Corydon | Wayne County News | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| Corydon | Corydon Democrat | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Lineville | Lineville Tribune | Weekly | News & politics | 1873 | |
| WEBSTER | |||||
| Dayton | Dayton Review | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Fort Dodge | Fort Dodge Messenger | Weekly | News & politics | 1864 | |
| Fort Dodge | Fort Dodge Times | Weekly | News & politics | 1868 | |
| Fort Dodge | Webster County Union | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| WINNEBAGO | |||||
| Forrest City | Winnebago Summit | Weekly | News & politics | 1867 | |
| Forrest City | Winnebago Chief | Weekly | News & politics | 1880 | |
| Lake Mills | Independent Herald | Weekly | News & politics | 1875 | |
| WINNESHIEK | |||||
| Decorah | Evangelisk Lutherisk Kerketidende | Weekly | Religious | 1857 | Lutheran; Norwegian |
| Decorah | Decorah Republican | Weekly | News & politics | 1860 | |
| Decorah | Decorah Journal | Weekly | News & politics | 1868 | |
| Decorah | For Hjemmet | Semi-Monthly | Religious | 1870 | Unsectarian; Norwegian |
| Decorah | Decorah Posten | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 | Norwegian |
| Decorah | Decorah Radical | Weekly | News & politics | 1876 | |
| Decorah | Opbyggelsesblad | Monthly | Religious | 1877 | Lutheran; Norwegian |
| Decorah | Lutherisk Skoleblad | Monthly | Educational | 1880 | Norwegian |
| WOODBURY | |||||
| Sioux City | Sioux City Tribune | Weekly | News & politics | 1858 | |
| Sioux City | Sioux City Journal | Daily | News & politics | 1870 | Morning |
| Sioux City | Sioux City Journal | Weekly | News & politics | 1863 | |
| Sioux City | Courier | Weekly | News & politics | 1870 | German |
| Sioux City | Aupao -- The Daybreak | Monthly | Religious | 1878 | Prot. Epis.; Indian |
| Sioux City | Cosmopolite | Monthly | Literature | 1879 | |
| WORTH | |||||
| Kensett | Kensett Mail | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | Suspended |
| Northwood | Northwood Pioneer | Weekly | News & politics | 1870 | Suspended, August 1880 |
| Northwood | Worth County Eagle | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| WRIGHT | |||||
| Belmond | Belmond Herald | Weekly | News & politics | 1873 | |
| Clarion | Wright County Monitor | Weekly | News & politics | 1869 |
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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