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

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 TimesInsurgent49

Arizona

ÁdahooníłígííThe Argus The Bachelor's BeatBisbee 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 RepThe St. Johns Herald,

Arkansas

California

Alameda Times-StarAnaheim BulletinAntioch Daily Ledger

Colorado

Cherry Creek Pioneer Colorado Mountaineer Colorado Springs SunRocky Mountain News

Connecticut

Bridgeport Evening Farmer Farmington Valley HeraldThe Hartford Times Manchester HeraldThe Meriden JournalThe New Haven CourierWaterbury Democrat
  • ''Winsted Evening Citizen''

Delaware

Florida

Boca Raton NewsThe Clearwater Sun Evening Independent Jacksonville JournalThe Miami News Pasco NewsSarasota Journal Tampa Times

Georgia

Atlanta Georgian Atlanta Southern ConfederacyCherokee Phoenix Daily Intelligencer Daily SunThe Great Speckled Bird

Hawaii

Hawaii Holomua Hilo Tribune The Honolulu Advertiser Honolulu Star-Bulletin Honolulu WeeklyMolokai Island TimesPacific Commercial Advertiser
  • ''Polynesian''

Idaho

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

Illinois

Champaign-Urbana CourierChicago Daily News The Chicago Day Book Chicago Democrat Chicago Evening PostChicago Inter OceanChicago Press and Tribune Chicago TimesChicago's American Commercial Bulletin Congregational Herald Daily Commercial Bulletin Dziennik Narodowy Free WestIdisher ḳuryer : The Daily Jewish Courier Metro-East Journal

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 DemocratRockport JournalRockport 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 HeraldDes 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

Kentucky

The Adair County News Big Sandy News Hartford Republican The Independent Press The JeffersonianKentucky Irish AmericanThe Kentucky PostThe Louisville Herald-PostThe Louisville LeaderThe Louisville Times

Louisiana

Avoyelles Pelican Baton-Rouge Gazette Baton Rouge State-Times Bogalusa Enterprise Gazette and Sentinel Houma Courier Lafayette Advertiser Louisiana Cotton-Boll Le Louisianais Lower Coast Gazette The Lumberjack The Meridional Le Meschacébé Le Messager Natchitoches Union New Iberia Enterprise L'Abeille New Orleans States-Item New-Orleans Commercial Bulletin Opelousas Courier ''''Opelousas Journal Opelousas Patriot El Pelayo Pioneer of Assumption Planters' Banner Pointe Coupee Democrat La Sentinelle de Thibodaux The Shreveport Journal The Voice of the People
  • ''Weekly Louisianian''

Maine

Evening Express

Maryland

Allegheny Citizen Annapolis Gazette Annapolis News Baltimore American Baltimore Chronicle Baltimore Evening HeraldBaltimore Evening SunThe Baltimore ExaminerBaltimore Morning HeraldBaltimore News Baltimore News-American Baltimore News-Post Baltimore PatriotBaltimore Post Bethesda TribuneBrooklyn-Curtis Bay Town Crier Brooklyn News Citizen Cumberland Freie Presse Cumberland News Cumberland Times-News The Daily Mail Daily News Der Deutsche correspondent Elkton Press The Enterprise Frostburg Mining Journal The Frederick PostGenius of Universal Emancipation Maryland Herald & Elizabeth-Town Advertiser Montgomery JournalMountain City Times The Morning Herald Maryland Advocate & Farmer's & Mechanics Register The News Northwest Star Owings Mills Times Pioneer Rockville TimesSilver Spring Suburban RecordThe South The Washington Spy Weekly Civilian
  • ''Western Maryland Voice of Industrial Labor''

Massachusetts

Boston ChronicleBoston Courier Boston Daily Advertiser Boston Evening-Post Boston Evening Transcript Boston GazetteThe Boston JournalThe Boston News-LetterBoston PhoenixThe Boston Post Boston Post-Boy The Boston Record Boston Traveler Columbian CentinelEditorial HumorEssex GazetteGwiazdaHolyoke Transcript-TelegramLa JusticeThe Liberator The Lowell CourierMassachusetts GazetteMassachusetts SpyNeu England RundschauNew England ChroniclePlymouth Rock and County Advertiser Provincetown AdvocatePublick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick Village Voice

Michigan

  • The Alcona County Herald, Lincoln Herald, Lincoln. The Lincoln Herald began publishing on January 1, 1908 by D. C. Magahay. On March 10, 1910 it was renamed the Alcona County Herald with Rola E. Prescott as publisher. It was the only county weekly in the United States to have its own cartoonist, providing readers with cartoons on county subjects in every issue. While its print edition is defunct, it has been transmuted into a digital-only format.The Bay City Journal, Bay CityBirmingham Eccentric, Birmingham – circulation was just in excess of 6,000. It ceased print publication in December 2022.Bronson Journal, Bronsonceased publication on November 16, 2017.Copper Island News, HancockCopper Island Sentinel, CalumetDaily Chronicle, Marshall The Dearborn Independent Detroit Sunday Journal
  • Detroiter Abend-Post, renamed the Nordamerikanische Wochen Post in 1980, Detroit and Warren Detroit Times, Detroit
  • Die Familienblätter, Detroit Flint Flashes, FlintThe Grand Traverse Herald, Traverse CityHerald Press, St. JosephThe Hillsdale Standard, HillsdaleHillsdale Whig Standard, HillsdaleLivonia Observer, Livonia, ceased printing in December 2022, but an online edition persists. The paper had a circulation of over 14,000. The Livonia Observer was one of six Gannett papers that lost their physical editions. The Plymouth Voice stated in 2022 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."Iosco County Gazette Index, Iosco CountyIron Ore, Ishpeming Mason County Record, LudingtonMetro Community Newspapers, LivoniaMichigan Journal, Detroit, "the first German newspaper in Detroit, that was founded in 1854 by two brothers: August and Conrad Marxhausen."The Michigan Tradesman, PetoskeyNiles Daily Star, Niles Saginaw Daily Journal, SaginawSt. Joseph Herald, St. JosephSt. Joseph Traveler Herald, St. JosephThe Weekly Press, St. Joseph

Minnesota

The Appeal Bemidji Daily Pioneer Echo de l'Ouest Der fortschritt Katolik Minneapolis Evening JournalMinneapolis Star Minneapolis-TidendeMinneapolis TimesMinneapolis TribuneMinnesota PostenNew Ulm Post Northwest Commercial Bulletin Der Nordstern The Progress Red Lake News Staats-Zeitung St. Paul Dispatch The Tomahawk Twin City Commercial BulletinVinland Western Appeal

Mississippi

Capitol Reporter

Missouri

Daily Commercial Bulletin and Missouri Literary Register Daily Commercial Bulletin Die Gasconade Zeitung Evening and Morning StarHermanner Volksblatt u. Gasconade Zeitung Hermanner Volksblatt Kansas City Journal-Post Kansas City Times Missouri Democrat Osage County Volksblatt St. Louis Commercial Bulletin and Missouri Literary Register St. Joseph Gazette St. Louis Globe-Democrat St. Louis Republic

Montana

Copper Commando
  • ''The Daily Missoulian''

Nebraska

Alliance Herald Bellevue Gazette The Capital City CourierLincoln Cherry County IndependentValentine Columbus Journal The Commoner – Lincoln The Conservative – Lincoln The Courier – Lincoln Custer County RepublicanBroken Bow Dakota City Herald The Falls City Tribune Heartland MessengerOmaha Hesperian Student – Lincoln Lincoln County TribuneNorth Platte The McCook Tribune

Nevada

Tonopah Daily Bonanza, Tonopah

New Hampshire

The Granite MonthlyMorning Star New Hampshire Weekly

New Jersey

The Armenian Reporter Atlantic City Jewish Record Carteret Press Centinel of Freedom The Daily Journal Daily Advance Dover Advance Dover Advance and the Iron Era The Elizabeth Daily Journal Madison Weekly Eagle Morning Star Newark Evening News The Newark Gazette Newark LedgerPaterson Evening News Paterson Morning Call Paterson Morning NewsPaterson Press-Guardian

New York

Bronxville Press Brooklyn DailyBrooklyn Citizen Brooklyn Eagle Brooklyn WeeklyThe Buffalo Commercial Buffalo Courier-Express Buffalo EnquirerCanisteo Times, Canisteo, weekly, ceased about 1958Citizen Sentinel Daily Graphic Dziennik Dla Wszystkich Elmira Evening News Elmira Gazette and Free Press Elmira Star-Gazette Elmira Telegram The Evening News Freie Arbeiter Stimme Long Island Press Nassau Daily Review-StarThe Merchant's Ledger National Guardian/The Guardian New York Age New York Courier and Enquirer New York Daily Column New York Daily Mirror New York Evening Journal 1896–1937New York Herald 1835–1924New York Herald Tribune New York Journal American New York Ledger 1851–1903New York Morning News New York Morning Telegraph New-York Tribune New York National Democrat New York Star The New York Sun New York Sunday News The New-York Weekly Journal New York World New York World Journal Tribune New York World-Telegram The North Star Open Air PM PM Il Progresso Italo-Americano Rochester Daily AmericanStandard Star The Sun Syracuse Herald-Journal Troy NewsUtica Saturday Globe Weekly Anglo-African

North Dakota

Bismarck Daily Tribune Jamestown Weekly Alert Neche Chronotype Northern Express Pembina County Chronotype-Express Pembina Pioneer Pioneer Express Sioux County Arrow Sioux County Pioneer Sioux County Pioneer-Arrow Ward County Independent Washburn Leader Wilton News
  • ''Wing Press''

Ohio

The Akron Press, joined in 1925 with the Akron Times to become The Akron Times-Press.Celina Democrat Cincinnati HeraldThe Cincinnati Post Cincinnati Times-Star Cincinnati VolksfreundCleveland LeaderCleveland News Cleveland Press Commercial Register The Columbus Citizen-Journal Columbus StarThe Daily Sentinel-Tribune Daily Register Dayton Journal-Herald Evening and Morning Star The Jackson County Times-Journal Penny Evening Telegram The Philanthropist Sandusky Clarion Sandusky News Sandusky Star-Journal Springfield RepublicTägliches Cincinnatier Volksblatt Toledo News-BeeToledo Commercial Toledo Times

Oklahoma

Branding Iron Cheyenne Transporter Daily Chieftain Indian Advocate Indian Chieftain The Oklahoma (City) Times Tulsa Tribune
  • ''Vinita Daily Chieftain''

Oregon

See List of defunct newspapers in OregonBrownsville Times Bulletin Commonwealth Daily Grants Pass Courier aka Rogue River Daily Courier Grants Pass Bulletin Greater Oregon Halsey Enterprise Halsey Journal Halsey Review The Oregon Journal Oregon Observer Portland Evening JournalPortland News-TelegramPortland ReporterSouthern Oregon Spokesman Toveritar Astoria, Oregon

Pennsylvania

Adams Centinel Adams County Independent Adams County News Advance Advocate Advocate Afro-American Age Agents' Herald Agitator Alexander's Express Messenger All-day City Item Alleghanian Allegheny Mountain Echo and Johnstown Commercial Advertiser and Intelligencer Allentown Chronicle and News and Evening Item Allentown Critic Allentown Daily Leader Allentown Evening Item Allied Mercury: or The Independent Intelligencer Alt Berks, der Stern im Osten Die Alte und Die neue Welt America American Advocate American Eagle and Philadelphia County Democrat American Guardian American Patriot American Pioneer, and Fireman's Chronicle American Reformer and Pennsylvania State Temperance Organ American Saturday Courier) American Weekly Mercury Amerikanischer Correspondent für das In-und Ausland Amerikanischer Republikaner Amerikanskij Russkij Sokol Sojedinenija Amerikansky Russky Viestnik American Standard Anti-Masonic Star, and Republican Banner Der Anti-Freimaurer, und Lecha Caunty Patriot Anti-Masonic State Democrat Anthracite Monitor Ashland Advocate Ashland Daily News Ashland Record Arthur's Home Gazette Atkinson's Saturday Evening Post Austin Autograph Austin Messenger Austin Republican Avoca Times Bache's Philadelphia Aurora Baner America Banner von Berks, und Wochenblatt der Reading Post Barnesboro Eagle Barnesborský Orol Barthe's Weekly Star Beacon Bellefonte Advertiser Bellefonte Morning News Bellefonte National Bellefonte Republican Berks and Schuylkill Journal Berks Caunty Adler Berks County Free Press Berks County Press Berks County Record Berks County Reporter Bicknell's Reporter, Counterfeit Detector, and Philadelphia Prices Current Die Biene Bituminous Record Blade The Blue Stocking Bomb-Shell Borough Item Bradford Reporter Bratstvo Call Cambria Dispatch Cambria Freeman Cambria Gazette Cambria Herald Cambria Tribune Campaigner Capitolian Carbondale Advance Carbondale Advance and Jermyn Advocate Carbondale Leader Carbondale Transcript, and Lackawanna Journal Carbondale Weekly Advance Carrolltown News Catholic Record Der Centre Berichter Centre Democrat Centre Reporter Century Der Christliche Botschafter Die Christliche Zeitschrift Chronicle, and Harrisburg Advertiser Chronicle of the Times Chronicle, or, Harrisburgh Visitor Church Advocate Citizen Citizen-Standard Clearfield Citizen Clearfield County Times Clearfield Democrat Clearfield Progress Clearfield Republican Clearfield Times Coaldale Observer Coalport Standard Comet Commercial Journal Commonwealth Commonwealth Commonwealth Compiler Coudersport Democrat Country Dollar Country Mirror and Lackawannian County Review Courier Country Impressions Country Mirror and Lackawannian Courier Herald Cresson Gallitzin Mainliner Cross Fork News Crystal Fountain and Pennsylvania Temperance Journal Curwensville Herald Daily American Daily Bulletin Daily Chronicle and News Daily Dawn Daily Democrat Daily Evening Mercury Daily Intelligencer Daily Legislative Union Daily News Daily News-Dealer Daily Public Spirit Daily Record of the Times Daily Review Daily Sentinel Daily Times Dauphin Caunty Journal Demokratischer Wächter, Luzerne und Columbia County Anzeiger Deutsch-Amerikanischer Volks-Freund Deutsches Wochenblatt Di Idishe Shṭime Diocesan Record Dollar Weekly News Draugas The Druid DuBois Daily Express DuBois Courier Express DuBois Weekly Courier East Berlin News East Berlin news and Biglerville News East Penn Free Press Echo Polskie Elk Advocate Evening Chronicle Evening Express Evening Gazette Evening Herald Evening Leader Evening News Evening Public Ledger Exeter Echo Farmers' and Mechanics' Journal Fest-Zeitung Forest Republican Free Lance Freeland Progress Free Patrol Free Press Galeton Dispatch Galeton Democrat Garfield Thomas Watertunnel Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser Genesee Times Gettysburg Compiler Gettysburg Star Gettysburg Truth Gleaner Glen Summit Breeze Górnik Greater Hazleton Mirror Gwerinwr Cymreig Gwiazda Harrisburg Telegraph Hazleton Journal Hazleton Patriot Hazleton Sentinel Hazleton Standard-Speaker Das Hazleton Volksblatt Herald of the Union Der Herold The Hershey ChronicleThe Hershey NewsThe Hershey PressHighland Patriot Honesdale Democrat Houtzdale Citizen Houtzdale Citizen and Coalport Standard Houtzdale Observer Howard Hustler Howard Weekly Hornet Hyde Park Item and Real Estate Journal Index Industrial Advocate Investigator Jednota Jeffersonian Jewish Journal of the Anthracite Region Journal Keystone Gazette Kingston Times Lackawanna Herald and American Advocate Lackawanna Intelligencer Lackawanna Register La Libera Parola Leader-Courier Leader-Dispatch Lebanon Semi-Weekly NewsDer Lecha Caunty Patriot Der Lecha Patriot und Northampton Demokrat Lehigh Regiater, 1846–1912Der Liberale Beobachter und Berks, Montgomery und Schuylkill Caunties Allgemeine Anzeiger Light on the Hill Literary Visitor Littlestown News Luzerne Federalist and Susquehannah Intelligencer Luzerne Union Marienville Express McKeesport Daily NewsMillheim Journal Il Minatore Monitor Montgomery County RecordMountaineer Mountain Times Multum in Parvo, and Plain Talker Narodna voli︠a︡ National Gazette and Literary Register New Oxford Item News News Comet Oswayo Valley Mail Oswayo Valley Record Palladium The Patriot The Patriot Penn State Collegian Pennsylvania Chronicle The Pennsylvania Journal Pennsylvania Mirror True American Pennsylvania Packet Pennsylvanische Staats Zeitung The People People's Journal Petroleum Centre Daily Record Philadelphia Afro-American Philadelphia AuroraPhiladelphia Bulletin Philadelphia DemokratPhiladelphia Evening TelegraphPhiladelphia Journal Philadelphia North AmericanPhiladelphia Press Philadelphia Record Pittsburgh CommercialPittsburgh DispatchPittsburgh LeaderPittsburgh MercuryPittsburgh Press Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph The Pittsburg TimesPittsburgh Tribune-Review Polish American Journal Potter County Journal Potter Democrat Potter Enterprise Potter Journal Potter Pioneer Press Providence Echo Potter enterprise and the Potter Independent Public Ledger Quakertown Free PressLa Ragione La Rassegna Republic Republican Compiler Roulette Recorder Sprig of Liberty Tribune-Republican Scranton Republican Scranton Tribune Scranton Wochenblatt Sokol Sojedinenija = Sokol Soedynenii︠a︡ Star Star and Banner Star and Republican Banner Star-Independent State College Times Sunbury American The Sunday Morning News Sunday News Sunday News Dealer Der Susquehanna Beobachter, und Luzerne und Columbia Caunty Advertiser Times True Democrat True Republic Turtle Creek IndependentUlysses Sentinel Der Vaterlands-Wächter Wage-earner's Journal Wayne Citizen Weekly Press West Oak Lane Beacon West Philadelphia Saturday Star West Philadelphia Times West Side Progress Whig State Journal Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Wilkes-Barre Weekly Times Workingman Wyoming Herald Wyoming Observer Wyoming Republican
  • ''Wyoming Valley Observer''

Puerto Rico

El Imparcial El Mundo
  • ''El Reportero''

Rhode Island

  • ''Providence Evening Bulletin''

South Carolina

Abbeville Medium Abbeville Press American General GazetteAnderson Gazette Charleston Mercury Columbia Record Deutsche Zeitung Evening Medium The Evening PostGazette and Advocate The Greenville PiedmontHerald and News Highland Sentinel Press and Banner The South-Carolina
  • ''Southern Rights Advocate''

South Dakota

  • ''Dakota Farmers' Leader''

Tennessee

Afro – American Sentinel Chattanooga Daily RebelThe Chattanooga StarChattanooga Times The Commercial Bulletin Memphis Avalanche Memphis Daily Appeal Memphis Daily Commercial Memphis Morning News Memphis Press Scimitar Nashville AmericanNashville Banner The Nashville City Paper Tennessee Staatszeitung
  • ''Wochenblatt der Tennessee Staatszeitung''

Texas

A.M. Journal Express Brazos Pilot Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot Cedar Creek Pilot Dallas Dispatch-JournalDallas HeraldDallas Journal Dallas Times Herald El Democrata Fronterizo El Paso Herald-PostFort Worth PressHouston Evening Journal Houston Morning Chronicle Houston Post Houston Press Jewish Monitor The Lone Star San Antonio Gazette San Antonio Evening News

Utah

The Broad Ax

Vermont

Bennington Evening Banner Cronaca sovversiva
  • ''Le Patriote Canadien''

Virginia

Alexandria Gazette Arlington Daily Arlington SunThe Hook News & MessengerPort Folio WeeklyRichmonder Anzeiger Richmond Chronicle Richmond EnquirerThe Richmond News Leader Richmond Planet The Richmond State

Washington

Columbia Basin NewsSeattle Post-Intelligencer The Seattle Star Seattle Union Record

Washington, DC

The Bee The Colored AmericanDaily National Era Daily News National IntelligencerNational Forum New National Era Voice of the HillWashington GlobeWashington Herald Washington Star

West Virginia

Charleston Daily MailCharleston GazetteHuntington Advertiser Richwood News LeaderLa Sentinella del West Virginia Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser
  • ''West Virginia Hillbilly''

Wisconsin

Green Bay News-Chronicle La Crosse DemocratMilwaukee AdvertiserMilwaukee HeroldMilwaukee Journal Milwaukee Sentinel Milwaukee TelegramThe Paper for Central Wisconsin

Wyoming

  • ''Cheyenne Daily Sun-Leader''