Thousands of United States newspapers have gone out of business. Some of the more notable ones are listed here, primarily major metropolitan dailies that have been published for 10 years or longer. (Some smaller papers, like those located in small towns, had a notable influence on their communities and may also be included.)
Newspapers are sorted by distribution and state and labeled with the city of publication if not evident from the name.
There are also lists of newspapers for each US state, each with a section on defunct newspapers in that state. These lists often include titles missing below.
National Daily Worker (1924–1958) The National (1990–1991) National Anti-Slavery Standard (1840–1870) The National Era (1847–1860, abolitionist) Negro World (1914–1933) Police Gazette (1845–1977) The Spotlight (1975–2001)
Metropolitan and local Alabama
Alabama Journal (Montgomery) (1940–1993)
Birmingham Post-Herald (1850–2005)
Daily Rebel (Selma) (1865)
The Hoover Gazette (2006–2007)
The Meteor, Alabama Insane Hospital (1872–1881)
The Mobile Morning News ()
Alaska Anchorage Times Insurgent49 Tundra Times
Arizona Ádahooníłígíí The Argus (Holbrook) (1895–1900) The Bachelor's Beat Bisbee Daily Review (Bisbee) (1901–1971) The Border Vidette (Nogales) (1894–1934) El Fronterizo (Tucson) (1878–1930s) The Holbrook News (Holbrook) Mohave County Miner (Mineral Park, 1882–1887; Kingman, 1887–1974), called Mohave County Miner and Our Mineral Wealth between 1918 (after merger with Our Mineral Wealth) and 1922. Our Mineral Wealth (Kingman, 1893–1918), merged with Mohave County Miner in 1918. Phoenix Gazette (1881–1997) The Rep The St. Johns Herald (1885–1903; 1917–1938), Snips and St. Johns Herald (1903–1905), St. Johns Herald and Apache News (1905–1917), St. Johns Herald-Observer (1938–1946), Apache County Independent-News and Herald-Observer (1946–1956) Tucson Citizen (1870–2009) Weekly Arizonian
Arkansas Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock) (1819–1991)
California Alameda Times-Star Anaheim Bulletin Antioch Daily Ledger Pittsburg Post-Dispatch, merged with the Daily Ledger on October 1, 1990 The Argus (Fremont) Beverly Hills Post Burbank Daily Review (1948–1969) Byron Times Weekly Butte Democrat (Oroville), 1859–1862 California Eagle (Los Angeles) The Californian (San Francisco) Chung Sai Yat Po (San Francisco, in Chinese) La Crónica (Los Angeles, in Spanish, 1872–1892) Clovis Independent Hayward Daily Review Daily Star-Progress (La Habra) Dinuba Sentinel Evening Outlook (Santa Monica) Fortuna Advance (Fortuna) (existed in 1905) Fullerton News Tribune The Golden Era (San Francisco) Hispano América (San Francisco, in Spanish, 1917–1934) Hokubei Mainichi Newspaper (San Francisco, in Japanese) Hollywood Citizen (1931–1970) Hollywood Star The Home Alliance Los Angeles Illustrated Daily News Los Angeles Examiner (1903–1962) Los Angeles Express (1871–1931) Los Angeles Herald Examiner (1962–1989) Los Angeles Herald-Express (1931–1962) Los Angeles Mirror Los Angeles Record (1895–1933) Los Angeles Saturday Night (1920–1934, illustrated weekly by Samuel Travers Clover) Los Angeles Star / La Estrella de Los Ángeles (bilingual English/Spanish, 1851–1879) Napa Sentinel The Nevada Journal (Nevada City) Nichi Bei Times (San Francisco, in Japanese) North County Times (Escondido) Oakland Tribune OC Weekly Oxnard Press-Courier The Pacific Ensign Progress Bulletin (Pomona) Sacramento Union (1851–1994) San Bruno Herald San Diego Daily Journal (1944–1950) San Francisco Bay Guardian San Francisco Call (1856–1913) San Francisco Evening Bulletin (1929–1959) San Francisco Frontiers (1994–2002) The San Francisco News (1903–1959) San Mateo County Times San Mateo Daily News Sanger Herald La Sociedad (San Francisco, in Spanish, 1869–1895) Viet Mercury (San Jose, in Vietnamese) La Voz de Méjico (San Francisco, in Spanish, 1862–1866)
Colorado Cherry Creek Pioneer (Denver) (1859) Colorado Mountaineer (established 1875) Colorado Springs Sun Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (1859–2009) Rolling Stock (Boulder)
Connecticut
Bridgeport Evening Farmer (1866–1917) Farmington Valley Herald The Hartford Times (1817–1976) Manchester Herald The Meriden Journal The New Haven Courier Waterbury Democrat Winsted Evening Citizen
Delaware The Wilmington Mercury (1798)
Florida Boca Raton News The Clearwater Sun (1914–1989) Evening Independent (1906–1986) Jacksonville Journal The Miami News (1896–1988) Pasco News Sarasota Journal (1952–1982) Tampa Times (1893–1982) Tampa Tribune
Georgia Atlanta Georgian (1906–1939) Atlanta Southern Confederacy Cherokee Phoenix (1828–1834) Daily Intelligencer (Atlanta) Daily Sun The Great Speckled Bird (Atlanta) (1968–1976) The Luminary
Hawaii Hawaii Holomua (Honolulu) (1891–1895) Hilo Tribune (1895–1917) The Honolulu Advertiser (1856–2010) Honolulu Star-Bulletin (1882–2010) Honolulu Weekly Molokai Island Times Pacific Commercial Advertiser (Honolulu) (1856–1888) Polynesian (Honolulu) (1844–1864)
Idaho Bingham County News (Blackfoot) (1918–1930) Blackfoot Optimist (1907–1918) Camas Prairie Chronicle (Cottonwood) (1901–1917) Idaho Falls Free Press Idaho Observer (1997–2010)
Illinois Champaign-Urbana Courier Chicago Daily News (1875–1978) The Chicago Day Book (1911–1917) Chicago Democrat (1857) Chicago Evening Post Chicago Inter Ocean Chicago Press and Tribune (1857) Chicago Times Chicago's American (1900–1939) Commercial Bulletin (Troy) Congregational Herald (Chicago) (1857) Daily Commercial Bulletin (Chicago) Dziennik Narodowy (Chicago) (1899–1923) Free West Idisher ḳuryer : The Daily Jewish Courier (Chicago) (1887–1940s) Metro-East Journal (East St. Louis) The Northwestern Lumberman, Chicago Pochodeň (Chicago) (1896–1899)Shore, Elliott. The German-American radical press: the shaping of a left political culture, 1850 - 1940. Urbana u.a: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1992. p. 99 Post Amerikan (Bloomington-Normal) Skandinaven (Chicago) Springfield Republican-American Telegraf (Chicago) (1892–1900s) Vorbote (Chicago) (1874–1924) Western Citizen (Chicago) (1850s)
Indiana Amateur Reporter (Washington) (1882–1883) The Andrews Signal (1893–1952) Blackford County Democrat (Hartford City) (1857–1861) Blackford County Gazette (Hartford City) (1901–1905) Blackford County News (Hartford City) (1852–1859) Brookville American (1858–1861) Carthage Record (1800s–190?) The Colored Visitor (Logansport) (1879–18??) Daily Gazette (Hartford City) (1901–1903) <ref="Indiana Bibliography"/> Daily Journal (Hartford City) (1909–1915)Started by George R. Dale as a Republican newspaper. Purchased in 1910 by a company led by Charles Reeves that used the publication as a vehicle to promote his candidacy for congress. Dale reacquired paper in 1911 making it independent and anti-liquor. Ceased operations when Dale moved away from town. The Daily Republican (Seymour) (ceased 1899) The DePauw Daily (Greencastle) (ceased 1920) Daily State Sentinel (Indianapolis) (1861–1884) The Disseminator (New Harmony) (1828–1841) Evansville Press (1906–1998) Evening News (Hartford City) (1894–1937) Fort Wayne World (1884–1885) The Freeman (Indianapolis) (1884–1927) Gary Tribune/Gary Daily Tribune (1914–1921) Hagerstown Exponent (1876–2004) Hartford City Arena (1891–1895) Hartford City Courier (1873–1875) Hartford City Democrat (1869–1872)<ref="Indiana Bibliography"/> Hartford City Press (1892–1894) Hartford City Telegram (1875–1914) Hartford City Times (founded 1852) Hartford City Times (1885–1905) Hartford City Union (1861–1871) The Hazleton Herald (founded 1896) The Hazleton News (c. 1888) The Herald (Lynn) (ceased 1920s) Hoosier Topics (Cloverdale) (founded 1900s) Indiana Palladium (Lawrenceburg) (1825–1836) Indiana-Posten (South Bend) (founded 1899) Indiana State Sentinel (Indianapolis) (1845–1851) Indiana Tribüne (Indianapolis, in German) (1878–1907) Indianapolis Daily Herald (1865–1868) Indianapolis Journal (1867–1904) Indianapolis Leader (1879–1891) Indianapolis Ledger (1912–19??) Indianapolis News (1869–1999) Indianapolis Sentinel (1880–1904) Indianapolis Times (1888–1965) Indianapolis World (1880s–19??) Irvington Review and Irvingtonian (Indianapolis) (1937–1939) Jamestown Tribune (1800s) Jasper Weekly Courier (1858–1922) (Gary) (1975–19??) Kosciusko Co. Standard (Leesburg) (founded 1880s) Kurjer (Gary) (founded 1937) La Porte Chronicle (1874–1880) Lake City Commercial (Warsaw) (1859–1860) Leesburg Journal (Leesburg) (1900s) Leesburg News (1939–1999) Lyons Herald (c. 1939) Marshall County Democrat (1855–1859) Marshall County Republican (Plymouth) (1856–1878) Messenger Crier (Crawfordsville) (founded 1900s) The Microscope and General Advertiser (New Albany) (1824–1825) Muncietown Telegraph (1841–1842) (East Chicago, in Polish) (1936–19??) The National Republican (Muncie) (1914–1925) New Albany Daily Ledger (1849–1871) New-Harmony Gazette (1825–1828) Newport Hoosier State (1890–1895) News (Hartford City) (1873–1885)John M. Ruckman's successor to Hartford City Democrat that became a Republican newspaper. Ceased operations on January 1, 1885. Noble County Herald (Albion) (1860–1866) The Paper (Elkhart) (ceased 2000) Plymouth Banner (1852–1855) Plymouth Democrat (1869–1941) Plymouth Tribune (1901–1911) Randolph County Journal (Winchester) (1855–1862) Record-Herald (Butler) (1928–1977) Register (Hartford City) (1856) Republican (Hartford City) (1895–1896) Richmond Palladium (Richmond) (1831–1837) Rockport DemocratThe Rockport Democrat and the Rockport Journal merged to form the Spencer County Journal-Democrat Rockport Journal Rockport Weekly Democrat (founded 1855)Founded 1855. Predecessor of the Rockport Democrat. The Sandborn Herald (Sandborn) (founded 1905) Saturday Siftings (Hartford City) (1891before 1895)Started by Frank Geisler, and ceased operations before 1895. The Semi-Weekly Dispatch (Winslow) (ceased 1904) Shelby Democrat (ceased 1947) Smithville News (1908–19??) The Statesman, and Clark County Advertiser (Charlestown) (1800s) Terre Haute Advocate (ceased 1970s) Times-Gazette (Hartford City) (1905–1937)Weekly created by a merger of the Hartford City Times and Blackford County Gazette, and managed by Henry Geisler and Rolland B. Hubbard. Ralph Monfort was editor. Trainman (Indianapolis) (1947–1968) Vincennes Gazette (1830–1844) Wabash Express (Terre Haute) (1841–1860s) Walton Enterprise (1920s–19??) Weekly Post (Bethlehem) (founded 1892) Winchester Journal (1800s–1920)
Iowa Burlington Evening Gazette (Burlington, 1904–1911) Cedar Rapids Republican (Cedar Rapids, 1898–1921) Cerro Gordo County Republican (Mason City) (1893–1906) Cresco Plain Dealer (Cresco) (1913–1945) Decorah Posten (Decorah, in Norwegian) Delaware County News (Manchester) (1896–1912) (Davenport) (186?–1868) Denison Herald Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, 1906–1982) Evening Times-Republican (Marshalltown) (1890–1923) Express-Republican (Mason City) (1886–1893) Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines) (1894–1916) Manchester Democrat (1875–1930) Manchester Democrat-Radio (1930–1988) Mason City Express (1870–1886) The Morning Democrat (Davenport) (1855–1897) Ottumwa Tri-Weekly Courier (Ottumwa, 1903–1916) Political Beacon (Lawrenceburg) (1837–1845) Sioux City Tribune (Davenport) (1860s–1918)
Kansas The Commercial Bulletin (Lane) Topeka State Journal (1892–1980) The Kansas City Kansan, Kansas City (1921–2009)
Kentucky The Adair County News (1887–1987) Big Sandy News (Louisa) (1885–1929) Hartford Republican (1800s–1926) The Independent Press (Whitesville) (until 1870) The Jeffersonian Kentucky Irish American The Kentucky Post The Louisville Herald-Post The Louisville Leader The Louisville Times (1884–1987) The Whitesville Independent Press (1989–1991)
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