Iowa County Wisconsin WIGenWeb

Iowa County, Wisconsin Newspapers

Iowa County, Wisconsin Newspapers Listing

The book Genealogist's Guide to Southwest Wisconsin compiled by Wilson, published in 1987 by Kinseekers Publications, P.O. Box 184, Grawn MI 49637( a copy is available at the Milwaukee (WI) Public Library R299.3 G 3366) gives a list of newspapers, most of which started publishing in the 1880-1890's. Besides this source, additional newspapers were found by using the WI Room newspaper listing from the Grant County WIGenWeb site and the State Historical Society MADCAT online card catalog.

Newspaper Name	Publication Dates	City	Comments
Adamsville Argus	1889-189?	Adamsville
Arena Gleaner	1894-189?	Arena
Arena Star	Jan 12, 1877-Nov 23, 1883	Arena
Barneveld Banner	Jun 25, 1897-Oct 13, 1883	Barneveld	Merged with Mt Horeb Times
Barneveld Register & Friend	1881-1911	Barneveld	Called Barneveld Friend 1881-2
Conservative	1908-1911
Democrat-Tribune	1864 - present	Mineral Point	Called National Democratt 1866-1877 & Iowa County Democrat 1877 - ?
Dodgeville Chronicle	Sep 18, 1862 - present	Dodgeville
Dodgeville Star	Nov 30, 1883-Mar 12, 1886	Dodgeville
Dodgeville Sun-Republic	1881-1931	Dodgeville	Called Dodgeville Sun 1881-1906; merged with Dodgeville Chronicle
Enterprise	1882-1893
Eye & Star	Sep 5, 1889-Dec 6, 1895	Dodgeville
Highland Press	1894-1946; 1947-1956	Highland
Hollandale Herald	1888-189?	Hollandale
Hollandale News	1894-189?	Hollandale
Home Intelligencer	May 26, 1859-Jun 22, 1865	Mineral Point
Iowa County Advocate	Aug 15, 1858-Sept 1862	Dodgeville
Iowa County Republic	Apr 24, 1901-Feb 28, 1906	Dodgeville
Iowa County Republic	May 2, 1900-Feb 5, 1902	Dodgeville	Semi-Weekly
Linden Leader	1909-191?	Linden
Linden Reporter	1911-1912	Linden
Mineral Point Democrat	Apr 11, 1845-Dec 10, 1845; 1852-1856	Mineral Point
Mineral Point Free Press	1841-1843	Mineral Point
Mineral Point Tribune	Feb 16, 1854-Dec 8, 1938	Mineral Point	Called Wisconsin Tribune 1847-1854; merged with Iowa County Democrat
Miner's Free Press	Jun 16, 1837-Mar 1838; Jul 24, 1838-Aug 21, 1841	Mineral Point
Montfort Independent	Mar 31, 1881-1882	Montfort
Montfort Mail	Feb 2, 1899-Apr 28, 1960	Montfort
Montfort Monitor	May 17, 1882-Dec 31, 1892	Montfort
New Star	1874-1900	Arena	Called Star 1874-1878; Arena Star 1878-1883; Dodgeville Star 1883-1889; Eye and Star 1889-1895
New Star	Dec 13, 1895-Apr 27, 1900	Dodgeville
Reporter	1912-1913
Rural Eye	Jan 1, 1887-Aug 29, 1899	Arena	Merged with Dodgeville Star
Rural Register	Feb 1985-?; May 21, 1987-1998	Montfort
Southwest Wisconsin	Feb 21, 1894-Oct 11, 1907	Linden
Sun	Oct 3, 1881; Feb 23, 1882 - Feb 28, 1906	Dodgeville
Sun Republic	Mar 7, 1906-May 7, 1931	Dodgeville
Weekly Herald	1861-186?
Weekly Republic	1900-1906		Called Iowa County Republic 1900-1904
Weekly Review	1898-?
Wisconsin Tribune	Sep 3, 1847-Feb 9, 1854	Mineral Point

Contributed to this site by Peggy Perry

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