The ''Emmons County Record'' is a weekly newspaper based in

Linton, North Dakota Linton is a city in and the county seat of Emmons County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 1,071 at the 2020 census. When compared with the other 356 cities in North Dakota, Linton ranks in the top twelve percent based on the num ...

. It has been published continuously since the late 1800s, originally by D.R. Streeter. In the late 1980s, while under the ownership of Cecil D. Jahraus, who was also the paper's editor and publisher, the ''Emmons County Record'' became the largest weekly newspaper in the state of North Dakota by circulation. Read by over 4,000 families weekly, the newspaper had a circulation permeating all 50 U.S. states and three foreign countries. Its present owner is the Burke family.

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Newspapers published in North Dakota Publications established in 1884 1884 establishments in Dakota Territory Emmons County, North Dakota {{NorthDakota-newspaper-stub