Weatherford Democrat

{{Infobox newspaper

| name = Weatherford Democrat

| image =

| logo = Logo_2013-08-05_23-46.jpg

| logo_size = 200px

| logo_alt = Weatherford Democrat logo

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| type = Daily newspaper

| format = Broadsheet

| foundation = 1895{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

| owners = Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.

| publisher = Jeff Smith {{Cite web|url=http://weatherforddemocrat.com/newstoppers/x1319129447/Smith-named-new-Democrat-publisher|title = Smith named new Democrat publisher}}

| editor = James Walker {{Cite web|url=http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/gallery/featured/article_3035f2ca-1cbc-11e4-9372-001a4bcf887a.html?mode=jqm|title = Changing hands: Holton takes WD editor's reins}}

| price =

| headquarters = 512 Palo Pinto Street, Weatherford, Texas 76086 United States

| circulation = 1,463

| circulation_date = 2023

| circulation_ref = {{Cite web |title=2023 Texas Newspaper Directory |url=https://publisher.etype.services/The-Texas-Newspaper-Directory/e-paper-regular-edition/EEA520B114811333 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503044946/https://publisher.etype.services/The-Texas-Newspaper-Directory/e-paper-regular-edition/EEA520B114811333 |archive-date=2023-05-03 |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=Texas Press Association}}

| website = [http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com weatherforddemocrat.com]|

}}

The Weatherford Democrat is a five-day daily newspaper published in Weatherford, Texas, from Tuesday through Saturday. Covering Parker County, Texas, it is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.[http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/contactus/ Weatherford Democrat: Contact Us], accessed January 20, 2007.

Amid large revenue losses associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mineral Wells Index, a sister CNHI newspaper located about 20 miles away, published its last issue in May 2020 and merged with the Democrat, which plans to cover both areas.{{cite web|title= GOODBYE MINERAL WELLS, AND THANK YOU: Index merges with Weatherford Democrat |author=Lisa Chappell|publisher=Mineral Wells Index|date=May 21, 2020|access-date=June 1, 2020|url=https://www.mineralwellsindex.com/news/goodbye-mineral-wells-and-thank-you-index-merges-with-weatherford-democrat/article_b4b1f06a-9c6f-11ea-9a17-b75466d1986a.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200602011323/https://www.mineralwellsindex.com/news/goodbye-mineral-wells-and-thank-you-index-merges-with-weatherford-democrat/article_b4b1f06a-9c6f-11ea-9a17-b75466d1986a.html|archive-date=June 2, 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Mineral Wells Index closes, merges with sister newspaper|agency=Associated Press|publisher=Houston Chronicle|date=May 29, 2020|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Mineral-Wells-Index-closes-merges-with-sister-15304299.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200602010212/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Mineral-Wells-Index-closes-merges-with-sister-15304299.php|archive-date=June 2, 2020|url-status=live}}