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[1]
  • Connecticut Spectator, including May 1814 - December 1814, weekly[1]
  • The Constitution, former weekly newspaper, including during 1842-1884[1][2]
  • The Daily Herald, former daily newspaper[2]
  • Evening Press, including 1918 - 1919, daily ex. Sun.[1]
  • The Hartford Times
  • Middlesex Gazette, including 1790 - 1834 (with gaps), weekly[1]
  • Middletown Daily Constitution, including 1872 - 1876, daily ex. Sun.[1]
  • Middletown Daily Sentinel, including January 1876 - June 1876, daily ex. Sun.[1]
  • Middletown Sun, including 1908 - 1914, daily ex. Sun.[1]
  • Regional Standard – Guilford
  • The Middletown Times, daily newspaper in Middletown during 1913-1914[2] or during 1914-January 1915[1]
  • The Middletown Tribune, Republican newspaper in Middletown, Connecticut including 1893-1906, daily ex. Sun[2][1]
  • News and Advertiser, including 1851-1854, weekly[1]
  • Penny Press, including 1884 - 1939, daily ex. Sun.[1]
  • The Sentinel and Witness, former weekly newspaper, including 1869-1884[1][2]
  • Fairfield Minuteman, closed 2017

Danbury

Newspapers published in Danbury, Connecticut:

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

Fairfield

Newspapers published in Fairfield, Connecticut:

  • Fairfield Gazette. W., July 13, 1786-Feb. (?), 1787.[3]
  • Fairfield Gazette, Or The Independent Intelligencer. W., Feb. 15 (?), 1787-Aug. (?), 1787.[3]

Hartford

Newspapers published in Hartford, Connecticut:

  • American Mercury. W., July 12, 1784-June 25, 1833.[3]
  • The Connecticut Courant. W., Oct. 29, 1764-May 31, 1774; Feb. 17, May 5, 12, 1778; Mar. 21, 1791-Dec. 29, 1800+[3][4]
  • The Connecticut Courant, And Hartford Weekly Intelligencer. W., June 7, 1774-Feb. 10, 1778.[3]
  • The Connecticut Courant And The Weekly Intelligencer. W., Feb. 24, 1778-Mar. 14, 1791.[3]
  • The Freeman's Chronicle, Or The American Advertiser. W., Sept. 1, 1783-July 8, 1784.[3]
  • Hartford Gazette. S.W., W., Jan. 13, 1794-Mar. 19, 1795.[3]

Litchfield

Newspapers published in Litchfield, Connecticut:

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

Middletown

Newspapers published in Middletown, Connecticut:

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

New Haven

Newspapers published in New Haven, Connecticut:

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

New London

Newspapers published in New London, Connecticut:

  • The Bee. W., June 14, 1797-Dec. 31, 1800+[3]
  • The Connecticut Gazette. W., May 11, 1787-Dec. 25, 1799.[3]
  • Connecticut Gazette, And The Commercial Intelligencer. W., Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 1800+[3]
  • Connecticut Gazette, And The Universal Intelligencer. W., Dec. 17, 1773-May 4, 1787.[3]
  • The New-London Advertiser. W., Mar. 2-Apr. 13, 1795.[3]
  • The New-London Gazette. W., Nov. 18, 1763-Dec. 10, 1773.[3]
New-London Summary, Or The Weekly Advertiser, 1759
  • The New-London Summary. W., Sometime Between May 6 And 17, 1763-Sept 23, 1763.[3]
  • The New-London Summary, Or The Weekly Advertiser. W., Aug. 8, 1758-Sometime Between May 6 And June 10, 1763.[3]
  • Springer's Weekly Oracle. W., Oct. 21, 1797-Dec. 28, 1800+[3]

Newfield

Newspapers published in Newfield, Connecticut:

  • American Telegraphe. W., Apr. 8, 1795-July 6, 1796; Apr. 5, 1797-Oct. 29, 1800.[3]
  • American Telegraphe, & Fairfield County Gazette. W., July 13, 17-Mar. 2, 1797.[3]

Norwich

Newspapers published in Norwich, Connecticut:

  • Chelsea Courier. W., Nov. 30, 1796-May 24, 1798.[3]
  • The Courier. W., May 31, 1798-Mar. 15, 1800.[3]
Norwich Packet or, the Country Journal, 1785
  • The Norwich Packet. W., Dec. 29, 1777-June 1, 1779; June 9, 1791-Dec. 30, 1800+[3]
  • The Norwich Packet; And The Connecticut, Massachusetts, New-Hampshire, And Rhode-Island Weekly Advertiser. W., Oct. 7, 1773-Dec. 22, 1777.[3][6]
  • The Norwich Packet And The Country Journal. W., Feb. 8, 1787-Sept. 24, 1790.[3]
  • The Norwich Packet And The Weekly Advertiser. W., June 8, 1779-Sept. 26, 1782.[3]
  • The Norwich Packet, Or The Chronicle Of Freedom. W., Oct. 30, 1783-Apr. 7, 1785.[3]
  • The Norwich-Packet, Or The Country Journal. W., Apr. 14, 1785-Feb. 1, 1787.[3]
  • Vox Populi Norwich Packet. W., Oct. 1, 1790-June 2, 1791.[3]
  • The Weekly Register. W., Nov. 29, 1791-Aug. 19, 1795.[3]

Sharon

Newspapers published in Sharon, Connecticut:

  • Rural Gazette. W. Mar. 31, 1800.[3]

Stonington

Newspapers published in Stonington, Connecticut:

  • Impartial Journal. W., Oct. 8 (?) 1799-Dec. 30, 1800+[3]
  • Journal of the Times. W., Oct. 10, 1798-Sept. 17, 1799.[3]

Windham

Newspapers published in Windham, Connecticut:

  • The Phenix, Or Windham Herald. W., Mar. 12, 1791-Apr. 12, 1798.[3]
  • Windham Herald. W., Apr. 19, 1798-Dec. 26, 1800+[3]

See also
Adjoining states

References
  1. "Local History: Middletown Room". Russell Library. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  2. Sammi Aibinder (November 17, 2014). "A Pressing Issue: Local Paper Embraces Modernity". Wesleyan Argus.
  3. "Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress: Connecticut". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
  4. 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
  5. Oxford English Dictionary: hello, int. and n.
  6. Brigham, Clarence S. (Oct 1913). "Bibliography of American newspapers, 1690-1820". Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. 23 (2): 247–403. Retrieved 2010-10-21.

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