List of newspapers in Connecticut

This is a list of newspapers in Connecticut.

Daily newspapers (currently published)

Weekly newspapers (currently published)

University newspapers

Defunct

  • American Sentinel, including 1823–1826, weekly[4]
  • Bridgeport Evening Farmer (1866–1917)[5]
  • Connecticut Spectator, including May 1814 - December 1814, weekly[4]
  • The Constitution, former weekly newspaper, including during 1842–1884[4][6]
  • The Daily Herald, former daily newspaper[6]
  • Evening Press, including 1918–1919, daily ex. Sun.[4]
  • Fairfield Minuteman, closed 2017
  • Farmington Valley Herald[7]
  • The Hartford Times (1817–1976)[8]
  • Manchester Herald[9]
  • The Meriden Journal[10]
  • Middlesex Gazette, including 1790-1834 (with gaps), weekly[4]
  • Middletown Daily Constitution, including 1872-1876, daily ex. Sun.[4]
  • Middletown Daily Sentinel, including January 1876 - June 1876, daily ex. Sun.[4]
  • Middletown Sun, including 1908-1914, daily ex. Sun.[4]
  • The Middletown Times, daily newspaper in Middletown during 1913-1914[6] or during 1914-January 1915[4]
  • The Middletown Tribune, Republican newspaper in Middletown, Connecticut including 1893-1906, daily ex. Sun[6][4]
  • News and Advertiser, including 1851-1854, weekly[4]
  • Penny Press, including 1884-1939, daily ex. Sun.[4]
  • The Redding Pilot
  • The Sentinel and Witness, former weekly newspaper, including 1869-1884[4][6]
  • Regional Standard – Guilford
  • Waterbury Democrat[11]
  • Winsted Evening Citizen[12]

Danbury

Newspapers published in Danbury, Connecticut:

  • Farmers Chronicle, W., June 17, 1793 - Sept. 19, 1796[13]
  • Farmer's Journal, W., March 18, 1790 – June 3, 1793[13]

Fairfield

Newspapers published in Fairfield, Connecticut:

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

Hartford

Newspapers published in Hartford, Connecticut:

  • American Mercury, W., July 12, 1784-June 25, 1833[13]
  • The Connecticut Courant, W., Oct. 29, 1764-May 31, 1774; Feb. 17, May 5, 12, 1778; Mar. 21, 1791-Dec. 29, 1800+[13][14]
  • The Connecticut Courant, And Hartford Weekly Intelligencer, W., June 7, 1774-Feb. 10, 1778[13]
  • The Connecticut Courant And The Weekly Intelligencer, W., Feb. 24, 1778-Mar. 14, 1791[13]
  • The Freeman's Chronicle, Or The American Advertiser, W., Sept. 1, 1783-July 8, 1784[13]
  • Hartford Gazette, S.W., W., Jan. 13, 1794-Mar. 19, 1795[13]

Litchfield

Newspapers published in Litchfield, Connecticut:

  • Collier's Litchfield Weekly Monitor, W., Jan. 7-June 16, 1788[13]
  • The Farmer's Monitor, W., Mar. 5-Dec. 31, 1800+[13]
  • Litchfield-County Monitor, W., Dec. 11, 1790-Jan. 3, 1791[13]
  • Litchfield Monitor, W., Jan. 10, 1791-Jan. 4, 1792; Aug. 27, 1794-June 3, 1795[13]
  • Litchfield Monitor And Agricultural Register, W., June 10, 1795 – May 11, 1796[13]
  • The Litchfield Weekly Monitor, June 23, 1788[13]
  • The Monitor, W., Jan. 11, 1792-Aug. 20, 1794; Feb. 28, 1798-Feb. 26, 1800+[13]
  • 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[13]
  • Weekly Monitor And American Advertiser, W., Dec. 21, 1784-Mar. 1785[13]
  • Weekly Monitor And Litchfield Town And County Recorder, W., Dec. 5, 1786-June 4, 1787[13]
  • Weekly Monitor And The Litchfield Advertiser, W., May 18 - June 8, 1789[13]

Middletown

Newspapers published in Middletown, Connecticut:

  • The Middlesex Gazette, W., Nov. 8, 1785-Oct. 29, 1787; Mar. 3, 1792-Dec. 26, 1800+[13]
  • The Middlesex Gazette, Or Federal Adviser, W., Nov. 5, 1787-Feb. 25, 1792[13]

New Haven

Newspapers published in New Haven, Connecticut:

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

New London

Newspapers published in New London, Connecticut:

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

Newfield

Newspapers published in Newfield, Connecticut:

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

Norwich

Newspapers published in Norwich, Connecticut:

  • Chelsea Courier, W., Nov. 30, 1796-May 24, 1798[13]
  • The Courier, W., May 31, 1798-Mar. 15, 1800[13]
  • The Norwich Packet, W., Dec. 29, 1777-June 1, 1779; June 9, 1791-Dec. 30, 1800+[13]
  • The Norwich Packet; And The Connecticut, Massachusetts, New-Hampshire, And Rhode-Island Weekly Advertiser, W., Oct. 7, 1773-Dec. 22, 1777[13][16]
  • The Norwich Packet And The Country Journal, W., Feb. 8, 1787-Sept. 24, 1790[13]
  • The Norwich Packet And The Weekly Advertiser, W., June 8, 1779-Sept. 26, 1782[13]
  • The Norwich Packet, Or The Chronicle Of Freedom, W., Oct. 30, 1783-Apr. 7, 1785[13]
  • The Norwich-Packet, Or The Country Journal, W., Apr. 14, 1785-Feb. 1, 1787[13]
  • Vox Populi Norwich Packet, W., Oct. 1, 1790-June 2, 1791[13]
  • The Weekly Register, W., Nov. 29, 1791-Aug. 19, 1795[13]

Sharon

Newspapers published in Sharon, Connecticut:

  • Rural Gazette, W. Mar. 31, 1800[13]

Stonington

Newspapers published in Stonington, Connecticut:

  • Impartial Journal, W., Oct. 8 (?) 1799-Dec. 30, 1800+[13]
  • Journal of the Times, W., Oct. 10, 1798-Sept. 17, 1799[13]

Windham

Newspapers published in Windham, Connecticut:

  • The Phenix, Or Windham Herald, W., Mar. 12, 1791-Apr. 12, 1798[13]
  • Windham Herald, W., Apr. 19, 1798-Dec. 26, 1800+[13]

See also

Adjoining states

References

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  2. ^ Connecticut Inside Investigator
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  5. ^ "About The Bridgeport evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866–1917". Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  6. ^ a b c d e Sammi Aibinder (November 17, 2014). "A Pressing Issue: Local Paper Embraces Modernity". Wesleyan Argus.
  7. ^ "Farmington Valley herald. [volume]".
  8. ^ "About The Hartford times. [volume] (Hartford, Conn.) 1883–1976 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
  9. ^ "Herald ceases publication today" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 20, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  10. ^ "The Meriden Daily Journal (Meriden, Conn.) 1887–1953". Library of Congress.
  11. ^ "Waterbury Democrat. [volume]".
  12. ^ "Winsted evening citizen. [volume]".
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf "Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress: Connecticut". Library of Congress. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
  14. ^ 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
  15. ^ Oxford English Dictionary: hello, int. and n.
  16. ^ Brigham, Clarence S. (October 1913). "Bibliography of American newspapers, 1690-1820". Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. 23 (2): 247–403. Retrieved October 21, 2010.

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