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1792 North Carolina Journal Nov7
Halifax's North-Carolina Journal, 1792

Most of the newspapers started in North Carolina in the 18th century no longer exist. The first newspaper, the North Carolina Gazette, was published in New Bern, North Carolina. These defunct newspapers of North Carolina were replaced by newspapers that started in the 19th century. With the progress of technology, introduction of social media, and trend towards corporate conglomerate ownership many newspapers did not survive in the 20th and 21st century.

Newspapers published in the 18th century

There are currently 84 newspapers known to have been published in North Carolina between 1751 and 1800. Many newspapers went through one or more title changes, as shown in the table below.

Title(s) Established Ceased Publication City County Online Version of Newspaper Notes and References
North-Carolina gazette and Wilmington weekly post-boy.; The North-Carolina gazette. 1764 1769 Wilmington New Hanover External link
The North-Carolina magazine or, Universal intelligencer. 1764 1768 New Bern Craven External link
The Noth. Carolina gazette. 1751 1799 New Bern Craven External link
The North-Carolina gazette. 1768 1778 New Bern Craven External link
The Cape-Fear mercury. 1769 1775 Wilmington New Hanover External link
The Noth. Carolina gazette, or, New-Bern advertiser.; The North Carolina gazette, or, Impartial intelligencer, and weekly general advertiser.; Martin's North-Carolina gazette.; The North-Carolina gazette. 1780 1799 New Bern Craven External link
The State gazette of North-Carolina.; The Herald of freedom. 1780  ? Edenton; New Bern Chowan; Craven
The North Carolina gazette. 1785 1786 Hillsborough Orange
The North-Carolina gazette, or, The Edenton intelligencer.; The Edenton inteligencer [sic]. 1787 1789 Edenton Chowan External link
The Wilmington centinel, and general advertiser. 1788 1789 Wilmington New Hanover External link
Fayetteville gazette.; The North-Carolina chronicle; or, Fayetteville gazette. 1789 1791 Fayetteville Cumberland External link
Fayetteville gazette.; The North-Carolina centinel and Fayetteville gazette. 1792 1795 Fayetteville Cumberland External link
The North-Carolina journal. 1792 1814 Halifax Halifax
The Wilmington chronicle: North Carolina weekly advertiser. 1795 1796 Wilmington New Hanover External link
The North-Carolina Minerva, and Fayetteville advertiser.; The North-Carolina Minerva, and Raleigh advertiser.; The North-Carolina Minerva.; Minerva, or, Anti-Jacobin.; The Minerva.; The Raleigh Minerva. 1796 1821 Fayetteville Cumberland
Hall's Wilmington gazette.; The Wilmington gazette.; Wilmington gazette, commercial and political. 1797 1816 Wilmington New Hanover External link
The Newbern gazette.; The Newbern gazette, and political and miscellaneous register. 1798 1804 New Bern Craven External link
The North-Carolina mercury, and Salisbury advertiser. 1798 1801 Salisbury Rowan External link
Raleigh register, and North-Carolina weekly advertiser.; Raleigh register, and North-Carolina state gazette.; Raleigh register, and North-Carolina gazette.; The Weekly Raleigh register. 1799 1863 Raleigh Wake
The daily gazette. 1800  ? Washington Beaufort
Illustrated southern educator. 1800  ? Durham Durham
Herald of the times. 1800 1899 Elizabeth City Pasquotank
The herald. 1800  ? Webster Jackson
Farm and fireside. 1800 1899 High Point Guilford
The farmer and mechanic. 1800  ? Raleigh Wake
The Farmer and Scottish chief. 1800 1899 Red Springs Robeson
The gazette-messenger. 1800 1909 Washington Beaufort
The gazette-messenger. 1800  ? Washington Beaufort
The gazette. 1800  ? Raleigh Wake
African expositor. 1800 1899 Raleigh Wake
Cleaveland banner.; Shelby banner. 1800 1879 Shelby Cleveland
The Clinton Caucasian. 1800  ? Clinton Sampson
The Henderson index.; The weekly index. 1800 1899 Henderson Vance
The Great sunny South. 1800  ? Snow Hill Greene
The Battleboro progress. 1800 1899 Battleboro Edgecombe;Nash
The Anglo-Saxon. 1800 1899 Goldsboro Wayne
The Daily landmark. 1800  ? Statesville Iredell
Daily rocket. 1800  ? Rockingham Richmond
The deaf mute. 1800 1899 Raleigh Wake
The New Berne weekly times. 1800 1874 New Bern Craven
The New-Berne Republican and courier.; The Republican & courier.; The Republic and courier.; The Republic-courier. 1800 1879 New Bern Craven
The Newbernian.; Daily Newbernian. 1800 1899 New Bern Craven
Roanoke patron. 1800 1899 Potecasi Northampton
The Messenger - in ashes. 1800 1899 Goldsboro Wayne
The progressive reformer. 1800  ? Kings Mountain Cleveland
The Raleigh post. 1800  ? Raleigh Wake
The recorder. 1800  ? Wilmington New Hanover
The nationalist. 1800  ? Raleigh Wake
Mountain home-journal. 1800  ? Asheville Buncombe
Mountain home-journal.; The morning gazette. 1800  ? Asheville Buncombe
The mountaineer.; The Carolina mountaineer.; The Morganton star.; The Morganton herald. 1800 1901 Morganton Burke
The Kings Mountain herald. 1800 1974 Kings Mountain Cleveland
The Encyclopedian instructor, and farmer's gazette.; The Post-angel, or, Universal entertainment.; The Edenton gazette. 1800 1800 Edenton Chowan External link
The Madison news. 1800  ? Madison Rockingham
Marion record. 1800  ? Marion McDowell
North Carolina herald. 1800 1899 Asheboro Randolph
North Carolina state advertiser. 1800 1899 Raleigh Wake
North-Carolina messenger and Warrenton patriotic miscellany. 1800 1899 Warrenton Warren
Our rights. 1800 1899 Wilmington New Hanover
Our fatherless ones.; Barium messenger. 1800 2014 Barium Springs Iredell
The Southern service. 1800  ? Charlotte Mecklenburg
Southern voice. 1800  ? Bethel Pitt
The southern farmer. 1800  ? Raleigh Wake
The Stovall courier. 1800  ? Stovall Granville
The Western North Carolina times.; Hendersonville daily times.; Hendersonville times. 1800 1927 Hendersonville Henderson
The Washington echo. 1800 1899 Washington Beaufort
The Washington messenger. 1800  ? Washington Beaufort
The weekly observer. 1800 1899 Charlotte Mecklenburg
The star. 1800  ? Highlands Macon
State prohibition organ. 1800  ? Raleigh Wake
The temperance herald. 1800 1899 Concord Cabarrus
Tobacco leaf. 1800 1879 Charlotte Mecklenburg
The Christian sun. 1800  ? Elon College;Greensboro Alamance;Guilford
Charlotte observer. 1800 1899 Charlotte Mecklenburg
The Charlotte chronicle.; Semi-weekly Charlotte observer.; Weekly Charlotte observer. 1800  ? Charlotte Mecklenburg
Carolina fruit and truckers journal. 1800  ? Chadbourn;Wilmington Columbus;New Hanover
The Carolinian. 1800 1899 New Bern Craven
The business guide. 1800  ? Winston-Salem Forsyth
The evening bulletin.; The daily bulletin. 1800 1899 Charlotte Mecklenburg
The evening chronicle. 1800 1914 Charlotte Mecklenburg
Evening press. 1800 1899 Charlotte Mecklenburg
The Investigator. 1800 1899 Wilson Wilson

Defunct newspapers established in the 19th and 20th centuries

Hillsborough Recorder March 1, 1820
Hillsborough Recorder, March 1, 1820

There were 495 North Carolina newspapers published between 1800 and 1860. There were 1538 North Carolina newspapers published between 1860 and 1900. There were 1,622 North Carolina newspapers published between 1900 and 2010. There were approximately 240 North Carolina newspapers in publication at the beginning of 2020.

List of Defunct North Carolina Newspapers
Title City County Established Ceased publication Notes and References
Alamance Gleaner Alamance County 1856 1875
American, The Statesville Iredell 1858 1870
The Andrews Journal Andrews Cherokee 1959 2018
Apex Herald Apex Wake ? 2013
Asheville Global Report Asheville Buncombe 1999 2011
Burke County News Morganton Burke 1899 1901
Carolina Times, The Durham Durham 1919 1971
Carolina Watchman Salisbury Rowan 1832 1937
Carrboro Citizen Carrboro Orange 2007 2012
Cary News, The Cary Chatham/Wake 1963 2018
Caucasian, The Clinton 188? 1913
Charlotte News, The Charlotte Mecklenburg 1928 1985
Charlotte News and Evening Chronicle, The Charlotte Mecklenburg 1914 1928
Cherokee Herald Murphy Cherokee 1874 1876
Cherokee Sentinel Murphy Cherokee 2012
Clay County Courier Hayesville Clay 1902 19??
Clay County News Hayesville Clay 1926 1938
Clayton News-Star Clayton Johnston/ Wake
Commonwealth, The Scotland Neck Halifax 1882/1896 1884/1929
Daily Confederate, The Raleigh Wake 1864 1865
Daily Industrial News ? 1909 (circa)
Daily Southerner, The Tarboro Edgecombe 1826 2014
Durham Recorder, The Durham Durham 1887 188?
Farmer and Mechanic, The Raleigh Wake 1877 1885
Fayetteville News, The Fayetteville Cumberland 1866 1868
Fayetteville Times, The Fayetteville Cumberland 1971 1990
Franklin Observer Franklin Macon 1860
Garner News Fuquay-Varina Wake 2013
Goldsboro Daily Rough Notes Goldsboro Wayne 186? 186?
Graham Sentinel Robbinsville Graham 2012
Greensboro Daily News Greensboro Guilford 1909 1984
Greensboro Record Greensboro Guilford 1930 1984
Hillsborough Recorder, The Hillsborough Orange 1820 1879
Holly Springs Sun Holly Springs Wake 2013
Macon Advance, The Franklin Macon 1877 18??
Independent Press, The Concord Cabarrus
Mecklenburg Jeffersonian Charlotte Mecklenburg 1841 1849
Mercury, The Raleigh Wake
Messenger, The Surry
Milton Chronicle, The Milton Caswell
Milton Spectator, The Milton Caswell
Murphy Advance, The Murphy Cherokee 1889 1889
Murphy Bulletin Murphy Cherokee 1885 1889
North Carolina Standard, The Raleigh Wake 1834 1869
Norwood News, The Norwood Stanly
Old North State, The Salisbury Rowan
Orange County Observer, The Hillsboro Orange
Pender Chronicle Burgaw Pender 190? 2012
Pender Post Burgaw Pender 1971 2012
Raleigh Sentinel Raleigh Wake 1865 1877
Raleigh Times Raleigh Wake 1879 1989
Roanoke News, The Weldon Halifax
Smoky Mountain Sentinel Hayesville Clay 1987 2012
Statesville American, The Statesville Iredell 1870 1886
Statesville American and Tobacco Journal Statesville Iredell 1886 1???
Suedliche Post, Die Goldsboro Wayne 1869 18??
Daily Southerner, The Tarboro Edgecombe 1826 2014
Tri-Weekly Old North State, The Salisbury Rowan
Topsail Voice Burgaw Pender 1991 2012
Twin City Sentinel Winston-Salem Forsyth ? 1985
Valdese News Valdese Burke 1938 1950
Weekly Courier, The Warrenton Warren
Weekly News, The Charlotte Mecklenburg
Western Carolinian, The Franklin Macon 1860 18??
Western Democrat, The Charlotte Mecklenburg 1852 1870
Western Reporter, The Franklin Macon 1880 1881
Western Sentinel, The Winston-Salem Forsyth 1856/1887 1886/1926
Wilmington Journal, The Wilmington New Hanover 1844 1895

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See also

  • North Carolina literature
  • List of defunct newspapers of the United States

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