Jackson County, Iowa, Newspapers
| County |
Town |
Name |
Publishers |
Character |
| Jackson |
Bellevue |
Courier |
W.H. Cotton |
|
| Jackson |
Maquoketa |
Excelsior |
Drips & Eddy |
R |
|
| County/Town |
Publication |
Frequency |
Character |
Established |
Notes |
| 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 Sept 1880 |
| Sabula |
Sabula Gazette |
Weekly |
News & politics |
1871 |
|
Website: http://www.iowaoldpress.com/PUB/1884_3.html
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. |
| City or Town |
Publication |
Edition |
Publication Days |
Character |
Editor or Publisher |
| Bellevue |
Herald |
Weekly |
Tuesday |
Dem |
A. Brandt |
| Bellevue |
Leader |
Weekly |
Thursday |
Rep |
W.F. Schirmer |
| Maquoketa |
Excelsior |
Weekly |
Friday |
Reb |
J.P. Gruwell |
| Maquoketa |
Jackson Journal |
Weekly |
Thursday |
Ind German |
Paul Herter |
| Maquoketa |
Jackson Republican |
Weekly |
Tuesday |
Rep |
Robt. G. Grant |
| Maquoketa |
Jackson Sentinel |
Weekly |
Thursday |
Dem |
W.B. & W.C. Swigart |
| Maquoketa |
Record |
Weekly |
Tuesday |
Ind |
F.L. Sunderlin |
Website: http://www.iowaoldpress.com/PUB/1911_AB.htm
Source: ""The Iowa Official Register for the Years 1911-1912", Twenty-Fourth Number; compiled under the supervision of William C. Hayward, Secretary of State and John M. Jamieson, deputy, by Guy S. Bewer; Des Moines, Emory H. English, State Printer, E.D. Chassell, State Binder; 1911; pages 723-746
Transcribed for Iowa Old Press by Sharyl Ferrall, Winter 2005. |

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