This is a list of defunct newspapers of the United States. Only notable names among the thousands of such newspapers are listed, primarily major metropolitan dailies which published for ten years or more.[inconsistent]
The list is sorted by distribution and state and labeled with the city of publication if not evident from the name.
Note that there are lists of newspapers in every state, such as List of newspapers in Alabama, each with a section on defunct newspapers in the state. These lists often include titles missing below.
The St. Johns Herald (1885-1903, 1917-1938), Snips and St. Johns Herald (1903-1905), St. Johns Herald and Apache News (1905-1917), St. Johns Herald-Observer (1938-1946), Apache County Independent-News and Herald-Observer (1946-1956)[16][17]
The Alcona County Herald, a/k/a The Lincolln HeraldLincoln[237][238][239]The Lincoln Herald began publishing on Jan. 1, 1908 by D.C. Magahay. On Mar. 10, 1910 it changed names to Alcona County Herald with Rola E. Prescott as publisher. “It is the only country weekly in the United States having its own cartoonist and giving its readers a live cartoon on county subjects in every issue.”[240]Lincoln Herald: The newspaper began publishing on January 1, 1908, under the name Lincoln Herald. It was founded by D.C. Magahay. Alcona County Herald: On March 10, 1910, the newspaper changed its name to the Alcona County Herald, with Rola E. Prescott as the publisher. Interestingly, it was the only country weekly in the United States to have its own cartoonist, providing readers with lively cartoons on county subjects in every issue.[241][242] While its print edition is history, it has been transmuted into a digital-only format.[243]
The Livonia Observer, Livonia, ceased printing in December 2022, but an online edition persists.[260] That paper had an circulation of over 14,000.[261]The Livonia Observer one of six Gannett papers that lost their physical editions. The Plymouth Voice stated that "the publisher said publications will continue online and there were no new layoffs associated with the print finale. Currently are only five reporters to cover the communities that number about one million people. Gannett said they will maintain print editions in Northville, Novi, Milford and South Lyon."[246]
Michigan Journal (1854-1868) Detroit "the first German newspaper in Detroit, that was founded in 1854 by two brothers: August and Conrad Marxhausen."[255]
^Foner, Eric (2010). The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery. 3411: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN978-0-393-06618-0.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location (link)
^ [About Tucson daily citizen. (Tucson, Ariz.) 1929–1977 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov) About Tucson daily citizen. (Tucson, Ariz.) 1929–1977 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)]. ((cite web)): Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
^"About Hollywood citizen news. [volume] (Hollywood, Calif.) 1968–1970 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^"About Los Angeles examiner. [volume] (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1903–1962 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^"About Los Angeles evening and Sunday herald examiner. [volume] (Los Angeles, Calif) 1962–1977 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^"About Los Angeles evening herald express. [volume] (Los Angeles, Ca[lif.]) 1950–1962 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^ [About The evening independent. [volume] (St. Petersburg, Fla.) 1907–1986 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov) About The evening independent. [volume] (St. Petersburg, Fla.) 1907–1986 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)]. ((cite web)): Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
^"About Miami daily news. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1930-195? « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^"About Sarasota journal. (Sarasota, Fla.) 1952-19?? « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^"About The Tampa times. (Tampa, Fla.) 1958–1982 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^Foner, Eric (2010). The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery. 2310: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN978-0-393-06618-0.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location (link)
^Foner, Eric (2010). The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery. 2324: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN978-0-393-06618-0.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location (link)
^"About Chicago evening American. (Chicago, Ill.) 1914-1939 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^Foner, Eric (2010). The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery. 2273: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN978-0-393-06618-0.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location (link)
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^Also called the Democrat. Published by William McCormack and Samuel McCormack. Shut down when Civil War began so owners could join the Union Army. See also Miller, p. 22.
^Started by Henry Geisler and Rolland B. Hubbard on August 3, 1901, as a Republican Party supporter. Included a column in French language to attract the city's Belgian glassworkers. Eventually combined with the Daily Gazette. Additional source: Miller, p. 22.
^Started by E.B. Chamness in 1852, and sold two years later to A.D. Hook. Sold to John Bromagon who sold to J.D. Chipman. Chipman folded newspaper in 1859. One source considers Blackford County News to be the first newspaper in the county, possibly considering the Hartford City Times to be an advertiser and not a newspaper. Additional sources: John Miller's Indiana Newspaper Bibliography, p. 22; and Biographical and historical record of Jay and Blackford Counties..., p. 735.
^Began by Henry Geisler and Rolland B. Hubbard on November 18, 1901 as a daily version of the Blackford County Gazette. Additional source: Miller, p. 22.
^Started by George R. Dale as a Republican newspaper. Purchased in 1910 by a company led by Charles Reeves that used the publication as a vehicle to promote his candidacy for congress. Dale reacquired paper in 1911 making it independent and anti-liquor. Ceased operations when Dale moved away from town.
^"About Evansville press. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1906–1998 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^Began in 1894 by Edward Everett Cox. (Other sources say February 1893 or 1892 was the first publish date.) Originally an independent newspaper, it became Hartford City's voice of the Democratic Party. Eventually became managed by Herbert E. Honey and James Chapman. Cox again became part of management around 1915, and was succeeded by Chapman in 1924, as Cox moved to editor. Nelson C. Townsend was editor in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Cox family sold to Ralph Monfort and Herbert Honey in 1937, causing the Hartford City News to be merged with the Times-Gazette into the Hartford City News-Times. The News-Times is the current (2009) newspaper in Hartford City. N-T The American Newspaper Directory for March 1900 lists the start year for the Evening News as 1894.Directory
^Founded by William Noonan, who was head of Blackford County's Socialist Party. The paper was bill as Populist, and was the official organ of the Farmer's Mutual Benefit Association.
^Started by Richard G. Steele and James E. Williamson. Sold two years later and moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana.
^Started by Charles F. Jackson, and sold to John M. Ruckman in 1872. Renamed News in 1873. See also Miller, p.22.
^Started by M. Frash and son, sold a year later to George Dale and Charles Wigmore, ceased operations a year later.
^Democratic Party weekly started by Charles U. Timmonds. Sold to Benjamin A. Van Winkle in 1883. Sold to Thomas S. and Samuel M. Briscoe in 1885. Sold to Edward E. Cox in 1891. Eventually folded into Hartford City News.
^The Hartford City Times was mostly an advertiser printed by Dr. John E. Moler. Mr. Moler used a wooden press, and he had the capacity to print 1,000 papers per day (although the entire community numbered less than 400 people).
^Not related to the 1852 Hartford City Times. Began as a weekly Republican Party newspaper published by Elwood Huffman and Frank Geisler. Sold to Enoch De Soto Moffett in 1888. Sold to Archie W. Tracy in 1895. Tracy purchased and absorbed Republican in 1896. A daily version of the Hartford City Times was started in 1896 with Archie Tracy as editor. Hartford City Times was purchased by Henry Geisler and Rolland B. Hubbard in 1902. Hubbard eventually sold his interest to Geisler. Merged with Blackford County Gazette to become the Times-Gazette in 1905. As second source lists the start date as 1884. See also Hartford City Illustrated, p. 10.
^Started by James W. Ruckman, and sold to John M. Ruckman in 1864. See also Biographical and historical record of Jay and Blackford Counties..., p. 735.
^Weekly created by a merger of the Hartford City Times and Blackford County Gazette, and managed by Henry Geisler and Rolland B. Hubbard. Ralph Monfort was editor.
^Coolidge, Sharon (January 1, 2008). "For Post, one final edition". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Gannett Company. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
^Lexington Herald-Leader (February 14, 1987), New Orleans-Style 'Funeral' Marks Passing of The Louisville Times, Lexington, KY: Lexington Herald-Leader, p. A7 BUSINESS
^Foner, Eric (2010). The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery. 4364: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN978-0-393-06618-0.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location (link)
^"About Boston evening transcript. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1872-1941 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^Holzer, Harold (February 2015). President Lincoln Assassinated. 445: Library of America. ISBN978-1598533736.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location (link)
^"About Boston post. [volume] ([Boston, Mass.]) 1842-1956 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^"About Daily record. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1929–1961 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^"About The Boston traveler. (Boston [Mass.]) 1914–1967 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^"Lincoln newspaper changes hands". Alcona County Review. April 11, 1974.(("Lincoln newspaper changes hands". Alcona County Review. Vol. 154, no. 15. April 10, 2024. p. 9.
^“Advertising cannot be secured on the front page, nor will it be found mixed with news. The paper is not sensational but gives all the news without fear or favor, and has a live editorial column in which the paper's views are given-and all the views are confined to this column, the paper's position not being allowed to influence the news columns.” (A history of northern Michigan and its people / Perry F. Powers, p. 860
^ ab"Muffled sound of death knell for a once real newspaper". Plymouth Voice. December 18, 2022. Gannett, a Virginia based publisher — the largest newspaper chain in the U.S., announced they will cease printing six local publications — part of the Observer and Eccentric community papers. The final print editions of the bi-weekly Plymouth, Canton, Birmingham, Farmington, Westland and Livonia Observer were published on Sunday, Dec. 4.
^"About Kansas City journal-post. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1928–1938 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^"About The Kansas City times. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908–1990 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^Foner, Eric (2010). The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery. 2677: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN978-0-393-06618-0.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location (link)
^Foner, Eric (2010). The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery. 4623: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN978-0-393-06618-0.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location (link)
^"About New York mirror. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1957-1963 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^"About New York herald tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1926–1966 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^"About New York journal American. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1941–1966 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^ abFoner, Eric (2010). The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery. 9195: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN978-0-393-06618-0.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location (link)
^"About The Washington daily news. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1921–1972 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^Foner, Eric (2010). The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery. 4736: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN978-0-393-06618-0.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location (link)
^Foner, Eric (2010). The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery. 2585: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN978-0-393-06618-0.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location (link)
^"About The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^"About Washington star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1975–1981 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^"About Times herald. [volume] (Washington D.C.) 1939–1954 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^"About The Green Bay news-chronicle. (Green Bay, Wis.) 1976–current « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^Pryor, Elizabeth Brown (7 February 2017). Six Encounters with Lincoln (Kindle ed.). 1957: Penguin. ISBN978-0670025909.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location (link)
^"About The Milwaukee journal. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1890-1995 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
^"About The Milwaukee sentinel. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1883–1995 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".