List of newspapers in Virginia

This is a list of newspapers in Virginia.

Daily, weekly and other newspapers (currently published)

University newspapers

• The Brackety-Ack — student newspaper of Roanoke College
• The Breeze — student newspaper of James Madison University
• The Broadside — student newspaper of George Mason University
• The Bullet — student newspaper of the University of Mary Washington
• The Cadet — student newspaper of Virginia Military Institute
• The Captain's Log — student newspaper of Christopher Newport University
• The Cavalier Daily — student newspaper of the University of Virginia
• The Collegian — student newspaper of the University of Richmond
• Collegiate Times — student newspaper of Virginia Tech
• The Commonwealth Times — student newspaper of Virginia Commonwealth University
• The Critograph — student newspaper of Lynchburg College
• The 'Doah — student newspaper of Shenandoah University
• The Flat Hat — student newspaper of the College of William & Mary
• The Hampden-Sydney Tiger — student newspaper of Hampden-Sydney College
• The Hampton Script — student newspaper of Hampton University
• The Highland Cavalier — student newspaper of the University of Virginia's College at Wise
• Hollins Columns — student newspaper of Hollins University
• The Iron Blade — student newspaper of Ferrum College
• The Liberty Champion — student newspaper of Liberty University
• The Mace & Crown — student newspaper of Old Dominion University
• The Marlin Chronicle — student newspaper of Virginia Wesleyan College
• Ring-tum Phi — student newspaper of the Washington and Lee University
• The Rotunda — student newspaper of Longwood University
• Spartan Echo — student newspaper of Norfolk State University
• The Tartan — student newspaper of Radford University
• Virginia Law Weekly — student newspaper of the University of Virginia School of Law
• The Yellow Jacket — student newspaper of Randolph-Macon College

Defunct newspapers

Alexandria

Virginia Journal and Alexandria Advertiser, 1784

Newspapers published in Alexandria, Virginia:

• Alexandria Advertiser and Commercial Intelligencer. D., Dec. 8–31, 1800+^[14]
• The Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette. S.W., T.W., Nov. 21, 1792 – Dec. 6, 1800.^[14]
• The Times. Alexandria Advertiser. D., Apr. 10, 1797 – Apr. 16 1799.^[14]
• The Times; and District Of Columbia Daily Advertiser. D., Apr. 17, 1799 – Dec. 31, 1800+^[14]
• The Virginia Gazette and Alexandria Advertiser. W., July 30(?), 1789 – Nov. 1793.^[14]
• The Virginia Journal, and Alexandria Advertiser. W., Feb. 5, 1784 – July 4, 1789.^[14]

Dumfries

Newspapers published in Dumfries, Virginia:

• The Virginia Gazette, and Agricultural Repository. W., Sept. 29, 1791 – Dec. 19, 1793.^[14]

Fincastle

Newspapers published in Fincastle, Virginia:

• The Herald Of Virginia, and Fincastle Weekly Advertiser. W., March – Dec. 27, 1800+^[14]

Fredericksburg

Newspapers published in Fredericksburg, Virginia:

• The Genius Of Liberty; and Fredericksburg & Falmouth Advertiser. W., S.W., Oct. 10, 1797 – Sept. 2, 1799.^[14]
• The Virginia Herald. S.W., Aug. 23, 1799 – Dec. 26, 1800+^[14]
• The Virginia Herald, and Fredericksburg Advertiser. W., S.W., June 7, 1787 – Oct. 16 (?), 1795.^[14]
• The Virginia Herald, and Fredericksburg & Falmouth Advertiser. S.W., Oct. 20, 1795 – Aug. 19, 1797.^[14]

Leesburg

Newspapers published in Leesburg, Virginia:

• The True American. W., November 1798–1800(?)^[14]

Norfolk

Newspapers published in Norfolk, Virginia:

• American Gazette. S.W., May 6, 1796.^[14]
• American Gazette & General Advertiser. S.W., May 10, 1796 – Nov. 7, 1797.^[14]
• American Gazette, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Public Advertiser. S.W., May 7, 1794 – Apr. 30, 1796.^[14]
• The American Gazette, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Weekly Advertiser. W., July 18, 1792 – Apr. 30, 1794.^[14]
• Epitome of the Times. S.W., Jan. 1, 1799 – Dec. 30, 1800+^[14]
• The Herald. T.W., Nov. 9–30, 1795.^[14]
• The Herald, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Advertiser. S.W., T.W., Aug. 13, 1794 – Nov. 5, 1795.^[14]
• The Norfolk and Portsmouth Chronicle. W., Aug. 29, 1789 – June (?), 1792.^[14]
• The Norfolk and Portsmouth Gazette. W., Sept. 9 – Oct. 8, 1789.^[14]
• The Norfolk and Portsmouth Journal. W., June 21, 1786 – May 13 (?), 1789.^[14]
• Norfolk Herald. T.W., Dec. 3, 1795 – Oct. 31, 1796.^[14]
• The Norfolk Herald. T.W., D., Feb. 20, 1798 – Dec. 29, 1800+^[14]
• The Norfolk Herald & Public Advertiser. T.W., Nov. 3, 1796 – Feb. 17, 1798.^[14]
• The Virginia Chronicle, & C. S.W., Nov. 13 – Dec. 19, 1794.^[14]
• The Virginia Chronicle, & General Advertiser. S.W., Apr. 11 – Nov. 10, 1794.^[14]
• Virginia Chronicle and Norfolk and Portsmouth General Advertiser. W., July 28, 1792 – Apr. 5, 1794.^[14]
• The Virginia Gazette. 1775 – Feb. 3, 1776.^[14]
• Virginia Gazette, or, Norfolk Intelligencer. June 9 (?), 1774 – Sept. 20, 1775.^[14]

Petersburg

Newspapers published in Petersburg, Virginia:

• The Independent Ledger, and Petersburg and Blandford Public Advertiser. W., Mar. 6 – May 8, 1793.^[14]
• The Petersburg Intelligencer. S.W., June 17 – Dec. 31, 1800+^[14]
• Virginia Gazette, and Petersburg Intelligencer. W., S.W., July 6 (?), 1786 – May (?), 1800.^[14]

Richmond

Newspapers published in Richmond, Virginia:

• The American Advertiser. ^[14]
• The Friend of the People, A Political Paper. Fortnightly, Jan. (?) – July (?), 1800.^[14]
• The Observatory, or, A View of the Times. S.W., July 3(?), 1797 – Sept. 10(?), 1798.^[14]
• The Press. W., Jan. 6 – Feb. 7(?) 1800.^[14]
• The Richmond and Manchester Advertiser. S.W., Apr. 30, 1795 – Nov. 15, 1796.^[14]
• Richmond Chronicle. S.W., May 23, 1795 – Aug. 27, 1796.^[14]
• The Virginia Argus. S.W., Nov. 19, 1796 – Dec. 30, 1800+^[14]
• The Virginia Federalist. S.W., May 25, 1799 – Aug. 2, 1800.^[14]
• The Virginia Gazette. W., May 9, 1780 – May 19, 1781.^[14]
• The Virginia Gazette, and General Advertiser. W., S.W., Aug. 25, 1790 – Dec. 26, 1800+^[14]
• The Virginia Gazette, and Independent Chronicle. W., 1784 (?) – Sept. (?), 1789.^[14]
• The Virginia Gazette, and Richmond and Manchester Advertiser. S.W., Apr. 15, 1793 – Apr. 25, 1795.^[14]
• Virginia Gazette & Richmond Chronicle. S.W., Mar. 2, 1793 – May 19, 1795.^[14]
• Virginia Gazette and Weekly Advertiser. W., Feb. 16, 1782 – Apr. 22, 1797.^[14]
• The Virginia Gazette, or, The American Advertiser. W., Dec. 22, 1781 – Dec. 20, 1786.^[14]
• The Virginia Independent Chronicle. W., July 26, 1786 – May 6, 1789.^[14][15]
• The Virginia Independent Chronicle, and General Advertiser. W., May 13, 1789 – Aug. 18, 1790.^[14]

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Staunton

Newspapers published in Staunton, Virginia:

• The Staunton Gazette, or, The Western Star. W., Feb. 5, 1790.^[14]
• Staunton Spy. W., Feb. 1793 – Feb. 1, 1794.^[14]

Williamsburg

Newspapers published in Williamsburg, Virginia:

• The Virginia Gazette. 1736–1780.^[14][16]
• Rind's Virginia Gazette. W., May 16 – Sept. 12 (?), 1766.^[14]

Winchester

Newspapers published in Winchester, Virginia:

• Bowen's Virginia Centinel & Gazette, or, The Winchester Political Repository. W., Apr. 1790 – Feb. 19, 1796.^[14]
• The Virginia Centinel, or, The Winchester Mercury. W., Apr. 2, 1788 – Apr. (?), 1790.^[14]
• The Virginia Gazette, and Winchester Advertiser. W., July 11, 1787 – Apr. 23, 1788.^[14]
• Virginia Gazette, or, The Winchester Advertiser. W., Apr. 30, 1788 – Sept. 9, 1789.^[14]
• Winchester Gazette. W., 1798 (?) – Dec. 31, 1800+^[14]

See also

• Virginia media
  • List of newspapers in Virginia in the 18th century
  • List of radio stations in Virginia
  • List of television stations in Virginia
  • Media of cities in Virginia: Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Virginia Beach
• Journalism:
  • Category:Journalists from Virginia
  • Virginia Commonwealth University Robertson School of Media and Culture (est. 1978), in Richmond^[17]
• Virginia literature
• Fake news websites in the United States

References

Bibliography

• S. N. D. North; United States Department of the Interior (1884). "Catalogue of Periodical Publications: Virginia". History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical Press of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. OCLC 1850475.  (+ List of titles 50+ years old)
• James T. Haley, ed. (1895), "Newspapers: Virginia", Afro-American Encyclopaedia, Nashville: Haley & Florida, OCLC 219597043 
• "Virginia". American Newspaper Directory. New York: George P. Rowell. 1900. pp. 1058+ – via HathiTrust. 
• "Virginia Newspapers in Public Libraries: Annotated List of Virginia Newspapers". Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 
  • Vol. 8, No. 4 (Apr., 1901), pp. 337-346 (Alexandria etc) via Jstor
  • Vol. 9, No. 4 (Apr., 1902)
    • pp. 1-11
    • pp. 130-138
    • pp. 289-297
    • pp. 411-413 (Warrenton etc) via Jstor
  • Vol. 10, No. 4 (Apr., 1903)
    • pp. 225-229
    • pp. 421-423 (Richmond etc) via Jstor
• "Virginia". American Newspaper Annual & Directory. Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son. 1922. pp. 1009+. 
• Lester J. Cappon. Virginia Newspapers, 1821–1935: A Bibliography with Historical Introduction and Notes. New York: Appleton-Century Co., 1936.
• Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Newspapers", Virginia: a Guide to the Old Dominion, American Guide Series, Oxford University Press, pp. 130–137, ISBN 9780403021956 – via Google Books 
• Harrison A. Trexler. "The Davis Administration and the Richmond Press, 1861–1865," Journal of Southern History, 16 (May 1950), 177–195.
• Ted Tunnell. "A 'Patriotic Press': Virginia's Confederate Newspapers, 1861–1865," in William C. Davis and James I. Robertson Jr., eds., Virginia at War: 1864. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2009, 35–50.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Newspapers of Virginia.

• "Virginia Newspapers". Virginia Memory. Library of Virginia. 
  • Bibliography of American Newspapers cataloged and inventoried by the Virginia Newspaper Project (Database searchable by locale)
• "Virginia Newspapers". Historical U.S. Newspapers Online. Library Guides. Ohio: Bowling Green State University. Newspapers that are freely available on the Internet 
• "News: Newspapers: Regional: United States: Virginia". DMOZ. AOL.  (Directory ceased in 2017)
• "Southeast". Historical African American Newspapers Available Online. Subject Guides. Poughkeepsie, NY: Marist College Library.  (Includes Virginia newspapers)
• Ted Tunnell, "Confederate Newspapers in Virginia during the Civil War", Encyclopedia Virginia, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities 
• David Rawson, "Printing in Colonial Virginia", Encyclopedia Virginia, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities 
• International Coalition on Newspapers. "Newspaper Digitization Projects: United States: Virginia". Chicago: Center for Research Libraries. 
• University of Florida. "Virginia". NewspaperCat: Catalog of Digital Historical Newspapers. Gainesville. 
• "Virginia". N-Net: the Newspaper Network on the World Wide Web. Archived from the original on February 15, 1997. 
• "Virginia Newspapers". AJR News Link. American Journalism Review. Archived from the original on November 16, 1999. 
• "United States: Virginia". NewsDirectory.com. Toronto: Tucows Inc. Archived from the original on November 18, 2001.