List of newspapers in Connecticut

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This is a list of newspapers in Connecticut.

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Daily newspapers (currently published)

:This is a list of daily newspapers currently published in Connecticut. For weekly and university newspapers, see List of newspapers in Connecticut.

Weekly newspapers (currently published)

University newspapers

Defunct

  • American Sentinel, including 1823-1826, weekly
  • Bridgeport Evening Farmer (1866–1917){{cite news |title=About The Bridgeport evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866–1917 |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84022472/ |accessdate=7 April 2017}}
  • Connecticut Spectator, including May 1814 - December 1814, weekly
  • The Constitution, former weekly newspaper, including during 1842-1884{{cite web|url=http://www.russelllibrary.org/reference/history_middletownrm.html |title=Local History: Middletown Room |publisher=Russell Library |accessdate=January 31, 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://wesleyanargus.com/2014/11/17/middletown-press/ |publisher=Wesleyan Argus |title=A Pressing Issue: Local Paper Embraces Modernity |date=November 17, 2014 |author=Sammi Aibinder}}
  • The Daily Herald, former daily newspaper
  • Evening Press, including 1918-1919, daily ex. Sun.
  • Fairfield Minuteman, closed 2017
  • Farmington Valley Herald{{Cite web |title=Farmington Valley herald. [volume] |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014596/}}
  • The Hartford Times (1817–1976){{cite news |title=About The Hartford times. [volume] (Hartford, Conn.) 1883–1976 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)}}
  • Manchester Herald{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.manchesterhistory.org/reprints/Herald6.28.1991.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720112459/http://www.manchesterhistory.org/reprints/Herald6.28.1991.pdf |archive-date=2016-07-20 |access-date=2020-05-28}}
  • The Meriden Journal{{Cite web |title=The Meriden Daily Journal (Meriden, Conn.) 1887–1953 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn82014348/ |website=Library of Congress}}
  • Middlesex Gazette, including 1790-1834 (with gaps), weekly
  • Middletown Daily Constitution, including 1872-1876, daily ex. Sun.
  • Middletown Daily Sentinel, including January 1876 - June 1876, daily ex. Sun.
  • Middletown Sun, including 1908-1914, daily ex. Sun.
  • The Middletown Times, daily newspaper in Middletown during 1913-1914 or during 1914-January 1915
  • The Middletown Tribune, Republican newspaper in Middletown, Connecticut including 1893-1906, daily ex. Sun
  • News and Advertiser, including 1851-1854, weekly
  • Penny Press, including 1884-1939, daily ex. Sun.
  • The Sentinel and Witness, former weekly newspaper, including 1869-1884
  • Regional StandardGuilford
  • Waterbury Democrat{{Cite web |title=Waterbury Democrat. [volume] |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn93053725/}}
  • Winsted Evening Citizen{{Cite web |title=Winsted evening citizen. [volume] |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85040596/}}

=Danbury=

Newspapers published in Danbury, Connecticut:

  • Farmers Chronicle, W., June 17, 1793 - Sept. 19, 1796{{cite web|accessdate=2010-10-20 |url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/news/18th/connecticut.html |title=Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress: Connecticut |publisher=Library of Congress }}
  • Farmer's Journal, W., March 18, 1790 – June 3, 1793

=Fairfield=

Newspapers published in Fairfield, Connecticut:

  • Fairfield Gazette, W., July 13, 1786-Feb. (?), 1787
  • Fairfield Gazette, Or The Independent Intelligencer, W., Feb. 15 (?), 1787-Aug. (?), 1787

=Hartford=

Newspapers published in Hartford, Connecticut:

  • American Mercury, W., July 12, 1784-June 25, 1833
  • The Connecticut Courant, W., Oct. 29, 1764-May 31, 1774; Feb. 17, May 5, 12, 1778; Mar. 21, 1791-Dec. 29, 1800+E. Wilder Spaulding. The Connecticut Courant, a Representative Newspaper in the Eighteenth Century. The New England Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jul., 1930), pp. 443-463
  • The Connecticut Courant, And Hartford Weekly Intelligencer, W., June 7, 1774-Feb. 10, 1778
  • The Connecticut Courant And The Weekly Intelligencer, W., Feb. 24, 1778-Mar. 14, 1791
  • The Freeman's Chronicle, Or The American Advertiser, W., Sept. 1, 1783-July 8, 1784
  • Hartford Gazette, S.W., W., Jan. 13, 1794-Mar. 19, 1795

=Litchfield=

Newspapers published in Litchfield, Connecticut:

  • Collier's Litchfield Weekly Monitor, W., Jan. 7-June 16, 1788
  • The Farmer's Monitor, W., Mar. 5-Dec. 31, 1800+
  • Litchfield-County Monitor, W., Dec. 11, 1790-Jan. 3, 1791
  • Litchfield Monitor, W., Jan. 10, 1791-Jan. 4, 1792; Aug. 27, 1794-June 3, 1795
  • Litchfield Monitor And Agricultural Register, W., June 10, 1795 – May 11, 1796
  • The Litchfield Weekly Monitor, June 23, 1788
  • The Monitor, W., Jan. 11, 1792-Aug. 20, 1794; Feb. 28, 1798-Feb. 26, 1800+
  • Weekly Monitor, W., Mar. Or April 1785-Nov. 28, 1786; June 11-Dec. 31, 1787; June 30, 1788-May 11, 1789; Nov. 17, 1789-Dec. 4, 1790; May 18, 1796-Feb. 21, 1798
  • Weekly Monitor And American Advertiser, W., Dec. 21, 1784-Mar. 1785
  • Weekly Monitor And Litchfield Town And County Recorder, W., Dec. 5, 1786-June 4, 1787
  • Weekly Monitor And The Litchfield Advertiser, W., May 18 - June 8, 1789

=Middletown=

Newspapers published in Middletown, Connecticut:

  • The Middlesex Gazette, W., Nov. 8, 1785-Oct. 29, 1787; Mar. 3, 1792-Dec. 26, 1800+
  • The Middlesex Gazette, Or Federal Adviser, W., Nov. 5, 1787-Feb. 25, 1792

=New Haven=

Newspapers published in New Haven, Connecticut:

  • The Connecticut Gazette, W., July 5, 1765-Feb. 19, 1768
  • Connecticut Gazette, With The Freshest Advices Foreign And Domestick, W., Apr. 12, 1755-Apr. 14, 1764
  • The Connecticut Journal, W., Sept. 13, 1775-Jan. 3, 1799; Apr. 4, 1799-Dec. 31, 1800+
  • The Connecticut Journal, And New-Haven Post-Boy, W., Oct. 23, 1767-Sept. 6, 1775
  • Connecticut Journal And Weekly Advertiser, W., Jan. 10- Mar. 28, 1799
  • The New-Haven Chronicle, W., Apr. 18, 1786-Sept. 11, 1787
  • New-Haven Gazette, W., May 13, 1784-Feb. 9, 1786
  • The New-Haven Gazette, W., Jan. 5-June 29, 1791
  • The New-Haven Gazette, And The Connecticut Magazine, W., Feb. 16, 1786-June 18, 1789

=New London=

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Newspapers published in New London, Connecticut:

  • The Bee, W., June 14, 1797-Dec. 31, 1800+
  • The Connecticut Gazette, W., May 11, 1787-Dec. 25, 1799
  • Connecticut Gazette, And The Commercial Intelligencer, W., Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 1800+
  • Connecticut Gazette, And The Universal Intelligencer, W., Dec. 17, 1773-May 4, 1787
  • The New-London Advertiser, W., Mar. 2-Apr. 13, 1795
  • The New-London Gazette, W., Nov. 18, 1763-Dec. 10, 1773
  • The New-London Summary, W., sometime Between May 6 And 17, 1763-Sept 23, 1763
  • The New-London Summary, Or The Weekly Advertiser, W., Aug. 8, 1758-sometime between May 6 And June 10, 1763
  • Springer's Weekly Oracle, W., Oct. 21, 1797-Dec. 28, 1800+

=Newfield=

Newspapers published in Newfield, Connecticut:

  • American Telegraphe, W., Apr. 8, 1795-July 6, 1796; Apr. 5, 1797-Oct. 29, 1800
  • American Telegraphe, & Fairfield County Gazette, W., July 13, 17-Mar. 2, 1797

=Norwich=

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Newspapers published in Norwich, Connecticut:

  • Chelsea Courier, W., Nov. 30, 1796-May 24, 1798
  • The Courier, W., May 31, 1798-Mar. 15, 1800
  • The Oxford English Dictionary attests the first recorded use of the term "Hello" to The Courier in 1826.Oxford English Dictionary: hello, int. and n.
  • The Norwich Packet, W., Dec. 29, 1777-June 1, 1779; June 9, 1791-Dec. 30, 1800+
  • The Norwich Packet; And The Connecticut, Massachusetts, New-Hampshire, And Rhode-Island Weekly Advertiser, W., Oct. 7, 1773-Dec. 22, 1777{{cite journal |last=Brigham |first=Clarence S. |date=Oct 1913 |title=Bibliography of American newspapers, 1690-1820 |journal=Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society |volume=23|issue=2 |pages=247–403 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7cALAAAAIAAJ |accessdate=2010-10-21 }}
  • The Norwich Packet And The Country Journal, W., Feb. 8, 1787-Sept. 24, 1790
  • The Norwich Packet And The Weekly Advertiser, W., June 8, 1779-Sept. 26, 1782
  • The Norwich Packet, Or The Chronicle Of Freedom, W., Oct. 30, 1783-Apr. 7, 1785
  • The Norwich-Packet, Or The Country Journal, W., Apr. 14, 1785-Feb. 1, 1787
  • Vox Populi Norwich Packet, W., Oct. 1, 1790-June 2, 1791
  • The Weekly Register, W., Nov. 29, 1791-Aug. 19, 1795

=Sharon=

Newspapers published in Sharon, Connecticut:

  • Rural Gazette, W. Mar. 31, 1800

=Stonington=

Newspapers published in Stonington, Connecticut:

  • Impartial Journal, W., Oct. 8 (?) 1799-Dec. 30, 1800+
  • Journal of the Times, W., Oct. 10, 1798-Sept. 17, 1799

=Windham=

Newspapers published in Windham, Connecticut:

  • The Phenix, Or Windham Herald, W., Mar. 12, 1791-Apr. 12, 1798
  • Windham Herald, W., Apr. 19, 1798-Dec. 26, 1800+

See also

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite book |last=Van Ness Ingram |first=John |year=1912 |title=A Check List of American Eighteenth Century Newspapers in the Library of Congress |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924096298272 |accessdate=2010-10-21 }}