Cambridge Iowa Newspapers

The local newspaper in Cambridge Iowa had a number of name changes in its history. These changes are described in our first book on page 73. A summary of the name changes for your reference:

• Cambridge Independent was a weekly begun June 7, 1881. It lasted a few months.
• Cambridge Reporter started publication April 27, 1882.
• Cambridge Argus followed.
• Cambridge Herald published Vol. 1, No. 1 on February 27, 1885.
• Cambridge Garland started August 2, 1887.
• Cambridge Press appeared in 1893.
• Cambridge Chronicle was in 1895.
• Cambridge Dispatch 1896.
• Cambridge Phoenix began in 1903.
• Cambridge Leader 1905.
• Cambridge Clipper 1906.
• Cambridge Leader 1906 to March 1972.

Since then the Tri-County Times has carried weekly news of Cambridge.

Microfilm of most of the Cambridge newspapers is available in the Cambridge Memorial Library and at the State Historical Society of Iowa.

[Updated 4-11-2010 with new Tri-County Times link.  Updated 11-10-2016 with new Tri-County Times link.]