Indiana Newspaper Bibliography by John W. Miller (Indiana Historical Society, 1982) contains details about all Wayne County, Indiana newspapers. It also details surviving newspapers as well as the holdings of Indiana repositories.

A list of the Wayne County newspapers available at the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis.

The following is a list of Wayne County newspapers, along with a date range of surviving newspapers. Editions within those ranges may not survive. Newspapers that have been digitized and are available online are also noted.

Cambridge City

• Chieftan (1870)
  • Online (1870-1952) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• City Item (1854-1855)
  • Online (1854-1855) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• City News (1857)
  • Online (1857) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• Flag of the Free (1860-1861)
  • Online (1860-1861) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• Indiana Bulletin (1857)
  • Online (1857) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• Journal (1863-1865)
  • Online (1863-1870) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• National Road Traveler (1936-present)
  • Online (1936-1989) at Newspapers.com ($)
  • Online (1932-1977) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• News (1852-1857)
  • Online (1852-1857) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• Reveille (1847-1850)
  • Online (1818-1850) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• Review (1876-1877)
  • Online (1876-1877) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• Tribune (1869-1939)
  • Online (1869-1939) at Newspapers.com ($)
  • Online (1864-1939) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• Wayne Citizen (1879-1887)
  • Online (1870-1906) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• Western Mirror (1866-1868)
  • Online (1866-1900) at Newspaper Archive ($)

Centerville

• Dollar News-Letter (1846)
• Free Territory Sentinel (1848-1849)
• Indiana True Democrat (1850-1852)
  • Online (1850-1866) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• Indiana True Republican (1858-1865)
  • Online (1858-1864) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• Leader (1885)
• National Patriot (1840)
• New Crusader (1967-present)
• Odd Fellow’s Chronicle (1876)
• Old Trails Echo (1926-1967)
• People’s Advocate (1835-1836)
• Wayne County Chronicle (1837-1876)
• Wayne County Record (1840-1846)
  • Online (1840-1848) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• Wayne County Whig (1848-1849)
• Wayne Republican (1869)
• Western Emporium (1824-1825)
  • Online (1824-1825) at Hoosier State Chronicles (free)
• Western Times (1828-1834)
  • Online (1828-1830) at Hoosier State Chronicles (free)

Dublin

• Times (1875)
• Wayne Register (1875-1909)

Fountain City (Newport until 1878)

• Newport News (1975-present)

Hagerstown

• Exponet (1877-present)
  • Online (1880-1931) at Newspapers.com ($)
  • Online (188-1920) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• Friendly Visitor (1873-1875)
• Western Budget (1853)

Milton

• News (1876)

Richmond

• Blade (1920)
• Broad Axe of Freedom (1857-1864)
• Broad Axe of Freedom and Grubbing Hoe of Truth (1855-1856)
• Day Betwixt (1896)
• Democrat (1882-1890)
• Democratic Herald (1871-1872)
• Earlham Post (1931-1973)
• Earlham Press (1911-1925)
• Enterprise (1892-1898)
  • Online (1890-1897) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• Daily Enquirer (1885)
• Family Schoolmaster (1839)
  • Online (1839) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• Free Press (1874-1879)
• Graphic (1972-present)
  • Online (1960-1966) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• Humming Bird (1866-1870)
• Independent (1870-1894)
  • Online (1876-1878) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• Independent Press (1861)
• Independent Telegram (1895)
• Indiana Radical (1868-1872)
  • Online (1868-1872) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• Indiana True Republican (1864-1868)
  • Online (1865-1868) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• Weekly Intelligencer (1822-1823)
  • Online (1822) at Hoosier State Chronicles (free)
• Item (1877-1939)
  • Online (1881-1939) at Newspapers.com ($)
• Jeffersonian (1837-1864)
• Jeffersonian and Working Men’s Advocate (1839-1840)
• Junior Associated Item (1924-1927)
• Weekly News (1882)
• Sunday News (1894-1895)
• Morning News (1908-1912)
  • Online (1908-1920) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• News (1943-1944)
• News-Register (1896)
• News-Shopper (1943)
• Palladium (1831-1907)
  • Online (1831-1875) at Newspapers.com ($)
  • Online (1834-1904) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• Palladium and Sun Telegram (1907-1939)
  • Online (1907-1922) at Newspaper Archive ($)
• Palladium-Item and Sun-Telegram (1939-1972)
• Palladium-Item (1972-present)
  • Online (1877-2020) at Newspapers.com ($)
• Public Ledger (1824-1828)
  • Online (1824-1828) at Hoosier State Chronicles (free)
• Quaker City Telegram (1862-1865)
• Register (1884-1897)
• Spirit of Old Wayne (1840)
• Sun (1893-1897)
• Sun Democrat (1891-1892)
• Sun-Telegram (1897-1907)
• Telegram (1865-1896)
• Times (1872-1873)
• Die Volkszeitung (1876)
• Wayne Weekly News (1883)
• Western Reformer (1866)

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Dearborn County Newspaper Index
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