List of newspapers in Virginia

This is a list of newspapers in Virginia.

University newspapers

Brackety-Ack – student newspaper of Roanoke CollegeThe Breeze – student newspaper of James Madison UniversityThe Bullet – student newspaper of the University of Mary WashingtonThe Buzz – student newspaper of Shenandoah UniversityThe Cadet – student newspaper of Virginia Military InstituteThe Captain's Log – student newspaper of Christopher Newport UniversityThe Cavalier Daily – student newspaper of the University of VirginiaThe Collegian – student newspaper of the University of RichmondCollegiate Times – student newspaper of Virginia TechThe Commonwealth Times – student newspaper of Virginia Commonwealth UniversityThe Critograph – student newspaper of the University of Lynchburg

[Fourth Estate (George Mason University newspaper)|Fourth Estate] – student newspaper at George Mason UniversityThe Flat Hat – student newspaper of the College of William & MaryThe Hampden-Sydney Tiger – student newspaper of Hampden-Sydney CollegeThe Hampton Script – student newspaper of Hampton UniversityThe Highland Cavalier – student newspaper of the University of Virginia's College at WiseHollins Columns – student newspaper of Hollins UniversityThe Iron Blade – student newspaper of Ferrum CollegeThe Liberty Champion – student newspaper of Liberty UniversityThe Mace & Crown – student newspaper of Old Dominion UniversityThe Marlin Chronicle – student newspaper of Virginia Wesleyan UniversityRing-tum Phi – student newspaper of the Washington and Lee UniversityThe Rotunda – student newspaper of Longwood UniversitySpartan Echo – student newspaper of Norfolk State UniversityThe Tartan – student newspaper of Radford UniversityVirginia Law Weekly – student newspaper of the University of [Virginia School of Law]
– student newspaper of Eastern Mennonite UniversityThe Yellow Jacket – student newspaper of Randolph-Macon College

Defunct newspapers

Title	Locale	Year est.	Year ceased	Notes
Alexandria Expositor and the Columbian Advertiser	Alexandria, District of Columbia	1802	1805	,	Succeeded by the Alexandria Expositor
Alexandria Gazette	Alexandria	1834	1974	Began as Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette in 1792
Arlington Daily	Arlington	1939	1951
Broadside	Fairfax	1963	2013	Former student newspaper of George Mason University	succeeded by Fourth Estate
Caroline Progress	Bowling Green	1919	2018
Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune	Charlottesville	1954	1992	Weekly, Published by Randolph L. White. African-American interest publication.
Charlottesville Tribune	Charlottesville	1950	unknown	Weekly, Published by Roanoke Tribune. African American interest publication.
Chesterfield Observer	Chesterfield County	1995	2023
Circuit (newspaper)\|Circuit]	Catlett				-
Columbian Advertiser and Commercial, Mechanic, and Agricultural Gazette	Alexandria, District of Columbia	1802	1802	, ; preceded by The Times and Alexandria Advertiser	-
Herald-Progress	Ashland	1881	2018
Hook (newspaper)\|Hook]	Charlottesville	2002	2013
Hopewell News	Hopewell	1926	2018	Began as City and Tri-County News
King George Journal Press	King George		2017
Ledger-Star	Norfolk	1876	1995	Began as Public Ledger, became Ledger-Star in 1962
News & Messenger	Manassas
Northern Virginia Sun	Arlington		1998
Port Folio Weekly	Norfolk	1983	2009
Religious Herald	Richmond	1828
Richmonder Anzeiger	Richmond	1854	18??
Richmond Chronicle	Richmond	1969	197?
Richmond Enquirer
Richmond News Leader	Richmond	1888	1992
Richmond Planet	Richmond	1883	1938
The Richmond State	Richmond
Richmond Whig	Richmond	1824		Began as Constitutional Whig in 1824
Roanoke Weekly Press	Roanoke	1891	1892	"Roanoke City's first black newspaper"
Rockingham Register	Harrisonburg	1822	1914
Scottsville Sun	Scottsville
Shenandoah Herald	Woodstock	1817		Began as Woodstock Herald in 1817
Spectator	Staunton	1823
The Times and Alexandria Advertiser	Alexandria, District of Columbia	1797	1799		-
Virginian	Lynchburg	1809		Began as Lynchburg Press in 1809
Washington Examiner	Springfield
Washingtonian	Leesburg	1808

Newspapers by locale

Alexandria

Newspapers published in Alexandria, Virginia:Alexandria Advertiser and Commercial Intelligencer. D., Dec. 8–31, 1800+The Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette. S.W., T.W., Nov. 21, 1792 – Dec. 6, 1800.The Times. Alexandria Advertiser. D., Apr. 10, 1797 – Apr. 16 1799.The Times; and District Of Columbia Daily Advertiser. D., Apr. 17, 1799 – Dec. 31, 1800+The Virginia Gazette and Alexandria Advertiser. W., July 30, 1789 – Nov. 1793.The Virginia Journal, and Alexandria Advertiser. W., Feb. 5, 1784 – July 4, 1789.

Dumfries

Newspapers published in Dumfries, Virginia:The Virginia Gazette, and Agricultural Repository. W., Sept. 29, 1791 – Dec. 19, 1793.

Fincastle

Newspapers published in Fincastle, Virginia:The Herald Of Virginia, and Fincastle Weekly Advertiser. W., March – Dec. 27, 1800+

Fredericksburg

Newspapers published in Fredericksburg, Virginia:The Genius Of Liberty; and Fredericksburg & Falmouth Advertiser. W., S.W., Oct. 10, 1797 – Sept. 2, 1799.The Virginia Herald. S.W., Aug. 23, 1799 – Dec. 26, 1800+The Virginia Herald, and Fredericksburg Advertiser. W., S.W., June 7, 1787 – Oct. 16, 1795.The Virginia Herald, and Fredericksburg & Falmouth Advertiser. S.W., Oct. 20, 1795 – Aug. 19, 1797.

Leesburg

Newspapers published in Leesburg, Virginia:The True American. W., November 1798–1800

Norfolk

Newspapers published in Norfolk, Virginia:American Gazette. S.W., May 6, 1796.American Gazette & General Advertiser. S.W., May 10, 1796 – Nov. 7, 1797.American Gazette, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Public Advertiser. S.W., May 7, 1794 – Apr. 30, 1796.The American Gazette, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Weekly Advertiser. W., July 18, 1792 – Apr. 30, 1794.Epitome of the Times. S.W., Jan. 1, 1799 – Dec. 30, 1800+The Herald. T.W., Nov. 9–30, 1795.The Herald, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Advertiser. S.W., T.W., Aug. 13, 1794 – Nov. 5, 1795.The Norfolk and Portsmouth Chronicle. W., Aug. 29, 1789 – June, 1792.The Norfolk and Portsmouth Gazette. W., Sept. 9 – Oct. 8, 1789.The Norfolk and Portsmouth Journal. W., June 21, 1786 – May 13, 1789.Norfolk Herald. T.W., Dec. 3, 1795 – Oct. 31, 1796.The Norfolk Herald. T.W., D., Feb. 20, 1798 – Dec. 29, 1800+The Norfolk Herald & Public Advertiser. T.W., Nov. 3, 1796 – Feb. 17, 1798.The Virginia Chronicle, & C. S.W., Nov. 13 – Dec. 19, 1794.The Virginia Chronicle, & General Advertiser. S.W., Apr. 11 – Nov. 10, 1794.Virginia Chronicle and Norfolk and Portsmouth General Advertiser. W., July 28, 1792 – Apr. 5, 1794.The Virginia Gazette. 1775 – Feb. 3, 1776.Virginia Gazette, or, Norfolk Intelligencer. June 9, 1774 – Sept. 20, 1775.

Petersburg

Newspapers published in Petersburg, Virginia:The Independent Ledger, and Petersburg and Blandford Public Advertiser. W., Mar. 6 – May 8, 1793.The Petersburg Intelligencer. S.W., June 17 – Dec. 31, 1800+Virginia Gazette, and Petersburg Intelligencer. W., S.W., July 6, 1786 – May, 1800.

Richmond

Newspapers published in Richmond, Virginia:The American Advertiser.The Friend of the People, A Political Paper. Fortnightly, Jan. – July, 1800.The Observatory, or, A View of the Times. S.W., July 3, 1797 – Sept. 10, 1798.The Press. W., Jan. 6 – Feb. 7 1800.The Richmond and Manchester Advertiser. S.W., Apr. 30, 1795 – Nov. 15, 1796.Richmond Chronicle. S.W., May 23, 1795 – Aug. 27, 1796.Richmond Whig, under various closely related titles, 1828–1888The Virginia Argus. S.W., Nov. 19, 1796 – Dec. 30, 1800+The Virginia Federalist. S.W., May 25, 1799 – Aug. 2, 1800.The Virginia Gazette. W., May 9, 1780 – May 19, 1781.The Virginia Gazette, and General Advertiser. W., S.W., Aug. 25, 1790 – Dec. 26, 1800+The Virginia Gazette, and Independent Chronicle. W., 1784 – Sept., 1789.The Virginia Gazette, and Richmond and Manchester Advertiser. S.W., Apr. 15, 1793 – Apr. 25, 1795.Virginia Gazette & Richmond Chronicle. S.W., Mar. 2, 1793 – May 19, 1795.Virginia Gazette and Weekly Advertiser. W., Feb. 16, 1782 – Apr. 22, 1797.The Virginia Gazette, or, The American Advertiser. W., Dec. 22, 1781 – Dec. 20, 1786.. W., July 26, 1786 – May 6, 1789.The Virginia Independent Chronicle, and General Advertiser. W., May 13, 1789 – Aug. 18, 1790.

Staunton

Newspapers published in Staunton, Virginia:The Staunton Gazette, or, The Western Star. W., Feb. 5, 1790.Staunton Spectator was being published in 1859Staunton Spy. W., Feb. 1793 – Feb. 1, 1794.

Williamsburg

Newspapers published in Williamsburg, Virginia:The Virginia Gazette. 1736–1780.Rind's Virginia Gazette. W., May 16 – Sept. 12, 1766.

Winchester

Newspapers published in Winchester, Virginia:Bowen's Virginia Centinel & Gazette, or, The Winchester Political Repository. W., Apr. 1790 – Feb. 19, 1796.The Virginia Centinel, or, The Winchester Mercury. W., Apr. 2, 1788 – Apr., 1790.The Virginia Gazette, and Winchester Advertiser. W., July 11, 1787 – Apr. 23, 1788.Virginia Gazette, or, The Winchester Advertiser. W., Apr. 30, 1788 – Sept. 9, 1789.Winchester Gazette. W., 1798 – Dec. 31, 1800+