List of defunct newspapers of the United States


There have been thousands of United States newspapers that have gone out of business; only notable ones are listed here, primarily major metropolitan dailies which published for ten years or more.
Newspapers are sorted by distribution and state and labeled with the city of publication if not evident from the name.
There are also lists of newspapers for each US state, each with a section on defunct newspapers in that state. These lists often include titles missing below.

National

  • Daily Worker
  • The National
  • National Anti-Slavery Standard
  • The National Era
  • Negro World
  • Police Gazette
  • ''The Spotlight''

    Metropolitan and local

Alabama

  • Alabama Journal
  • Birmingham Post-Herald
  • Daily Rebel
  • The Hoover Gazette
  • The Meteor, Alabama Insane Hospital
  • The Mobile Morning News

    Alaska

  • Anchorage Times
  • Insurgent49
  • ''Tundra Times''

    Arizona

  • Ádahooníłígíí
  • The Argus
  • The Bachelor's Beat
  • Bisbee Daily Review
  • The Border Vidette
  • El Fronterizo
  • The Holbrook News
  • Mohave County Miner, called Mohave County Miner and Our Mineral Wealth between 1918 and 1922.
  • Our Mineral Wealth, merged with Mohave County Miner in 1918.
  • Phoenix Gazette
  • The Rep
  • The St. Johns Herald,
  • * Snips and St. Johns Herald,
  • * St. Johns Herald and Apache News,
  • * St. Johns Herald-Observer,
  • * Apache County Independent-News and Herald-Observer
  • Tucson Citizen
  • Weekly Arizonian
  • ''Williams News''

    Arkansas

  • ''Arkansas Gazette''

    California

  • Alameda Times-Star
  • Anaheim Bulletin
  • Antioch Daily Ledger
  • * Pittsburg Post-Dispatch, merged with the Daily Ledger on October 1, 1990
  • The Argus
  • Beverly Hills Post
  • Burbank Daily Review
  • Byron Times
  • Weekly Butte Democrat, 1859–1862
  • California Eagle
  • The Californian
  • Chung Sai Yat Po
  • La Crónica
  • Clovis Independent
  • Hayward Daily Review
  • Daily Star-Progress
  • Dinuba Sentinel
  • Evening Outlook
  • Fortuna Advance
  • Fullerton News Tribune
  • The Golden Era
  • Hispano América
  • Hokubei Mainichi Newspaper
  • Hollywood Citizen
  • Hollywood Star
  • Los Angeles Illustrated Daily News
  • Los Angeles Examiner
  • Los Angeles Express
  • Los Angeles Herald Examiner
  • Los Angeles Herald-Express
  • Los Angeles Mirror
  • Los Angeles Record
  • Los Angeles Saturday Night
  • Los Angeles Star / La Estrella de Los Ángeles
  • Napa Sentinel
  • The Nevada Journal
  • Nichi Bei Times
  • North County Times
  • Oakland Tribune
  • OC Weekly
  • Oxnard Press-Courier
  • The Pacific Ensign
  • Progress Bulletin
  • Sacramento Union
  • San Bruno Herald
  • San Diego Daily Journal
  • San Francisco Bay Guardian
  • San Francisco Call
  • San Francisco Evening Bulletin
  • San Francisco Frontiers
  • The San Francisco News
  • San Mateo County Times
  • San Mateo Daily News
  • Sanger Herald
  • La Sociedad
  • Viet Mercury
  • ''La Voz de Méjico''

    Colorado

  • Cherry Creek Pioneer
  • Colorado Mountaineer
  • Colorado Springs Sun
  • Rocky Mountain News
  • ''Rolling Stock''

    Connecticut

  • Bridgeport Evening Farmer
  • Farmington Valley Herald
  • The Hartford Times
  • Manchester Herald
  • The Meriden Journal
  • The New Haven Courier
  • Waterbury Democrat
  • ''Winsted Evening Citizen''

    Delaware

  • ''The Wilmington Mercury''

    Florida

  • Boca Raton News
  • The Clearwater Sun
  • Evening Independent
  • Jacksonville Journal
  • The Miami News
  • Pasco News
  • Sarasota Journal
  • Tampa Times
  • ''Tampa Tribune''

    Georgia

  • Atlanta Georgian
  • Atlanta Southern Confederacy
  • Cherokee Phoenix
  • Daily Intelligencer
  • Daily Sun
  • The Great Speckled Bird
  • ''The Luminary''

    Hawaii

  • Hawaii Holomua
  • Hilo Tribune
  • The Honolulu Advertiser
  • Honolulu Star-Bulletin
  • Honolulu Weekly
  • Molokai Island Times
  • Pacific Commercial Advertiser
  • ''Polynesian''

    Idaho

  • Bingham County News
  • Blackfoot Optimist
  • Camas Prairie Chronicle
  • Idaho Falls Free Press
  • ''Idaho Observer''

    Illinois

  • Champaign-Urbana Courier
  • Chicago Daily News
  • The Chicago Day Book
  • Chicago Democrat
  • Chicago Evening Post
  • Chicago Inter Ocean
  • Chicago Press and Tribune
  • Chicago Times
  • Chicago's American
  • Commercial Bulletin
  • Congregational Herald
  • Daily Commercial Bulletin
  • Dziennik Narodowy
  • Free West
  • Idisher ḳuryer : The Daily Jewish Courier
  • Metro-East Journal
  • The Northwestern Lumberman, Chicago
  • Pochodeň
  • Post Amerikan
  • Skandinaven
  • Springfield Republican-American
  • Telegraf
  • Vorbote
  • ''Western Citizen''

    Indiana

  • Amateur Reporter
  • The Andrews Signal
  • Blackford County Democrat
  • Blackford County Gazette
  • Blackford County News
  • Brookville American
  • Carthage Record
  • The Colored Visitor
  • Daily Gazette
  • Daily Journal
  • The Daily Republican
  • The DePauw Daily
  • Daily State Sentinel
  • The Disseminator
  • Evansville Press
  • Evening News
  • Fort Wayne World
  • The Freeman
  • Gary Tribune/Gary Daily Tribune
  • Hagerstown Exponent
  • Hartford City Arena
  • Hartford City Courier
  • Hartford City Democrat
  • Hartford City Press
  • Hartford City Telegram
  • Hartford City Times
  • Hartford City Times
  • Hartford City Union
  • The Hazleton Herald
  • The Hazleton News
  • The Herald
  • Hoosier Topics
  • Indiana Palladium
  • Indiana-Posten
  • Indiana State Sentinel
  • Indiana Tribüne
  • Indianapolis Daily Herald
  • Indianapolis Journal
  • Indianapolis Leader
  • Indianapolis Ledger
  • Indianapolis News
  • Indianapolis Sentinel
  • Indianapolis Times
  • Indianapolis World
  • Irvington Review and Irvingtonian
  • Jamestown Tribune
  • Jasper Weekly Courier
  • Jedność
  • Kosciusko Co. Standard
  • Kurjer
  • La Porte Chronicle
  • Lake City Commercial
  • Leesburg Journal
  • Leesburg News
  • Lyons Herald
  • Marshall County Democrat
  • Marshall County Republican
  • Messenger Crier
  • The Microscope and General Advertiser
  • Muncietown Telegraph
  • Nasze życie
  • The National Republican
  • New Albany Daily Ledger
  • New-Harmony Gazette
  • Newport Hoosier State
  • News
  • Noble County Herald
  • The Paper
  • Plymouth Banner
  • Plymouth Democrat
  • Plymouth Tribune
  • Randolph County Journal
  • Record-Herald
  • Register
  • Republican
  • Richmond Palladium
  • Rockport Democrat
  • Rockport Journal
  • Rockport Weekly Democrat
  • The Sandborn Herald
  • Saturday Siftings
  • The Semi-Weekly Dispatch
  • Shelby Democrat
  • Smithville News
  • The Statesman, and Clark County Advertiser
  • Terre Haute Advocate
  • Times-Gazette
  • Trainman
  • Vincennes Gazette
  • Wabash Express
  • Walton Enterprise
  • Weekly Post
  • ''Winchester Journal''

    Iowa

  • Burlington Evening Gazette
  • Cedar Rapids Republican
  • Cerro Gordo County Republican
  • Cresco Plain Dealer
  • Decorah Posten
  • Delaware County News
  • Der Demokrat
  • Denison Herald
  • Des Moines Tribune
  • Evening Times-Republican
  • Express-Republican
  • Iowa State Bystander
  • Manchester Democrat
  • Manchester Democrat-Radio
  • Mason City Express
  • The Morning Democrat
  • Ottumwa Tri-Weekly Courier
  • Political Beacon
  • Sioux City Tribune
  • Der tägliche Demokrat

    Kansas

  • The Commercial Bulletin
  • Topeka State Journal
  • The Kansas City Kansan, Kansas City

    Kentucky

  • The Adair County News
  • Big Sandy News
  • Hartford Republican
  • The Independent Press
  • The Jeffersonian
  • Kentucky Irish American
  • The Kentucky Post
  • The Louisville Herald-Post
  • The Louisville Leader
  • The Louisville Times
  • ''The Whitesville Independent Press''