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According to the Cecil Whig About page, the newspaper was found on August 7, 1841 by Palmer C. Ricketts to promote the Whig political party. It claims to be the “oldest newspaper on Maryland’s Eastern Shore still publishing under its original name”.…

According to the Encyclopedia of Alabama , The Mobile Press-Register is Alabama’s oldest newspaper that has had many name changes throughout its past and is most of the time just called the Register. Many of their reporters, editors, and owners have…

The Wyoming Tribune Eagle’s earliest predecessor dates back to The Cheyenne Leader, which was first published in 1867. The Leader was sold to Col. Edward Archibald Slack in the mid-1890s, who also owned a competing publication, Cheyenne Daily Sun in…

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is a publication that was created out of two notable publications: The Milwaukee Sentinel and The Milwaukee Journal. The Sentinel was founded as a weekly publication by Solomon Juneau, Milwaukee’s first mayor, in 1837,…

The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer was originally founded by Eli B. Swearingen and Oliver Taylor as The Intelligencer in August of 1852. The name was shortened to The Daily Intelligencer from 1859-1865 and took the reputation of being a quality paper…

The origins of The Seattle Post-Intelligencer traces back to the first publication of the The Seattle Gazette in 1863. The Gazette was renamed, by Samuel L. Maxell, to the Weekly Intelligencer and published its first issue in 1867. It had merged with…

Founded in 1736, The Virginia Gazette had faced many of the problems that many other colonial papers had during its time. With bulky and time-consuming printing methods, along with censorship and uncooperative weather situations, news distribution…

The Rutland Herald is oldest newspaper in Vermont to have been published under the same name in the same city, as well as owned by seven families through its history. It is currently owned by the Mitchell family, who had bought the Herald from the…

The first issue of The Deseret News was published in 1850 by its first editor, Willard Richards, and began as a bi-weekly publication. Its 1850 prospectus can be viewed here. The publication is currently owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of…

The Victoria Advocate had been previously named The Texan Advocate during its first year in 1846 and the subsequently named The Texian Advocate by its first publishers, Thomas Sterne and John David Logan. After selling their publication, later…

Established in 1808, the early forerunners of The Leaf-Chronicle were basic four page journals devoted to political news and advertising, which were distributed in the economically and culturally growing city of Clarksville. The title traces back to…

Originally established as the Weekly Dakotian in 1861, Frank M. Ziebach had rejoined his newspaper after it was sold to George W. Kingsbury in 1862 to continue the publication. After numerous ownership handovers and consolidations with area…

The Post and Courier, self-proclaimed as the South’s oldest newspaper, traces back to its earliest predecessors known as The Courier, founded in 1803, and The Evening Post, founded in 1894. The two newspapers came closer together in 1926 when it was…

The Providence Journal origins firmly stem from its first predecessor, the Manufacturer’’s & Farmers’ Journal, Providence & Pawtucket Advertiser in 1829, when the twice-weekly paper became a daily. By 1863, the Providence Journal added the…

The Philadelphia Inquirer has its roots from John Dunlap’s first issue of the Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser in 1771, which was the nation’s first daily and direct ancestor of today’s publication. In the twentieth century, the Philadelphia…

The Oregonian has been a news provider since 1850 and is ranked as one of the top 25 newspapers nationwide, according to The Oregonian Media Group’s website. From what began as a weekly Portland, Oregon publication, the Oregonian became a daily…

The Edmond Sun was originally founded as a weekly publication on July 18, 1888 and remains as Oklahoma’s oldest operating news source to this day. According to the paper’s extensive about page by Andrew Coburn, the Sun served as the “hometown voice”…

The Delaware Gazette was founded in 1818 as the Delaware Gazette and Religious Informer by Presbyterian Joseph Hughs and Baptist Joseph Drake, according to Ohiohistory.org. The Gazette has had many name changes over the years until its current name…

According to its about page, The Bismarck Tribune, founded in 1873, serves as the official newspaper of North Dakota, Burleigh County and the city of Bismarck. The Tribune began publishing under its own publishing company, Bismarck Tribune Co., back…

Star-News was originally founded in 1867 as The Morning Star and has continued publication daily ever since. In its nearly 150-year history, Star-News has operated under multiple names, all of which were versions of its original name, as Library of…

Founded in 1785, The Poughkeepsie Journal is the oldest circulating newspaper in New York and the second oldest in the country. According to its about page, written by former editor Meg Downey, the Journal found its roots as a weekly paper but began…

The Santa Fe New Mexican began print as a daily newspaper in 1881 and hasn’t ceased print since. Library of Congress records show that it was published every day besides Monday – a tradition that the publication withheld until 1885. Currently, The…

The New Hampshire Gazette is America’s oldest circulating newspaper. Coming in at eight pages long and published at 26 times per year, the Gazette is distributed for free to seven surrounding towns of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, according to its…