This is a list of defunct newspapers of the United States. Only notable names among the thousands of such newspapers are listed, primarily major metropolitan dailies which published for ten years or more.
The list is sorted by distribution and state and labeled with the city of publication if not evident from the name.
Note that there are lists of newspapers in every state, such as List of newspapers in Alabama, each with a section on defunct newspapers in the state. These lists often include titles missing below.
National
Daily Worker
The National
National Anti-Slavery Standard (1840–1870) The National Era (1847-1860, abolitionist) Negro World 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 (c.1865)
Alaska
Anchorage Times
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Tundra Times
Arizona
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The Argus (Holbrook, Arizona) (1895–1900) The Bachelor's Beat Bisbee Daily Review (Bisbee, Arizona) (1901–1971) The Border Vidette (Nogales, Arizona) (1894-1934) El Fronterizo (Tucson) (1878-193?) The Holbrook News (Holbrook, Arizona) Mohave County Miner (Mineral Park, Arizona, 1882-1887; Kingman, Arizona, 1887-1974), called Mohave County Miner and Our Mineral Wealth between 1918 (after merger with Our Mineral Wealth) and 1922. Our Mineral Wealth (Kingman, Arizona, 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 Williams News (Williams, Arizona)
Arkansas
Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock) (1819–1991)
California
Alameda Times-Star
Anaheim Bulletin
The Argus (Fremont) Beverly Hills Post Burbank Daily Review Weekly Butte Democrat, Oroville, 1859–1862 California Eagle (Los Angeles) The Californian (San Francisco) Chung Sai Yat Po (San Francisco, Chinese) 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) Hokubei Mainichi Newspaper (San Francisco, Japanese) Hollywood Citizen (1931–1970) Hollywood Star Los Angeles Illustrated Daily News Los Angeles Examiner (1903–1962) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner (1962–1989) Los Angeles Herald Express (1931–1962) Los Angeles Mirror Los Angeles Record Los Angeles Saturday Night (1920–1934, illustrated weekly by Samuel Travers Clover) Napa Sentinel The Nevada Journal (Nevada City) Nichi Bei Times (San Francisco, 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 Viet Mercury (San Jose, Vietnamese)
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)