# List of newspapers in Delaware

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This is a list of newspapers in Delaware.

## Current

| Title | Locale | Year est. | Frequency | Publisher/parent company | Notes |
| Cape Gazette | Lewes | | Weekly | | |
| Community News | Hockessin | | Weekly | Gannett | |
| Delaware Free News | Delaware | | | | Online |
| Delaware LIVE News | Delaware | | Daily | | Online |
| Delaware State News | Dover | | Daily | Independent Newsmedia Inc. | |
| The Delaware Wave | Bethany Beach | | Weekly | Gannett | |
| Dover Post | Dover | | Weekly | Gannett | |
| The Emerald Times | Delaware | | Daily | | Online |
| High Tide News | Sussex County | | Monthly | | Online |
| HOY en Delaware | Delaware | 1996 | Monthly | HOY en Delaware, LLC | Print, online and Fb |
| Middletown Transcript | Middletown | | Weekly | Gannett | |
| Milford Beacon | Milford | | | Gannett | |
| Milford LIVE | Milford | | Daily | | Online |
| The News Journal | Wilmington | | Daily | Gannett | |
| Newark Post | Newark | | Weekly | Adams Publishing Group | |
| Smyrna/Clayton Sun-Times | Smyrna | | Weekly | Gannett | |
| Sussex Countian | Georgetown | | Weekly | Gannett | |
| Town Square LIVE | New Castle County | | Daily | | Online |
| New Castle Weekly | New Castle County | | Weekly | | |
| EL TIEMPO HISPANO | Newark | | Monthly | Hola Delaware, LLC | Bilingual, Print, online |

## School newspapers

| Title | Locale | Year est. | Ceased | School |
| The Hornet Newspaper | Dover | | active | Delaware State University |
| The Review | Newark | 1882 | active | University of Delaware |
| The Whetstone | Dover | | 2021 | Wesley College |

## Defunct

| Title | Locale | Year est. | Ceased | Frequency | Publisher/parent company |
| Agent's Guide | Faulkland | 1888 | | Semi-monthly | |
| American Watchman | Wilmington | 1814 | 1822 | Semi-weekly | J. Wilson |
| American Watchman and Delaware Advertiser | Wilmington | 1822 | 1828 | Semi-weekly | James Wilson |
| American Watchman and Delaware Republican | Wilmington | 1809 | 1813 | Semi-weekly | J. Wilson |
| Arrow | Wilmington | c. 1958 | | Monthly | |
| Athlete | Wilmington | | | Monthly | |
| Blue Hen's Chicken | Wilmington | 1848 | 1854 | Weekly | Jeandell & Vincent |
| Blue Hen's Chicken and Commonwealth | Wilmington | | | Semi-weekly | |
| Blue Hen's Chicken & Delaware Democratic Whig | Wilmington | 1845 | 1848 | Weekly | Jeandell & Vincent |
| Brandywine Bulletin | Wilmington | 1935 | 1938 | Weekly | Press of Kells |
| Brandywine Free Press | Wilmington | 1934 | | Weekly | Brandywine Publishing Company |
| Brandywine Hundred Gazette | Wilmington | 1941 | | Weekly | K. A. Horner |
| Brandywine Hundred News | Grubbs | 1928 | | Monthly | A. N. Andrews |
| Brandywine News | Wilmington | 1931 | 1935 | Weekly | H. O. Wilson |
| Brandywine Record | Wilmington | 1946 | | Weekly | J. R. Riley |
| Business Index | Wilmington | 1876 | 1876 | Weekly | James Brown |
| Christian Reporter | Dover | 1875 | | Weekly | W. L. Gooding and J. P. Gordy |
| Claymont News | Claymont | | | Weekly | Curtis E. Blin-Singer |
| Clayton Herald | Clayton | 1867 | 1870 | Weekly | Mrs. R. S. McConaughy |
| Commuter News Digest | Wilmington | 1974 | 1977 | Tri-weekly | Commuter News Digest |
| Daily Enterprise | Wilmington | 1858 | | Daily | Bonsell, Atwell & Mason |
| Daily Morning News | Wilmington | 1880 | 1880 | Daily | Emerson & Conrad |
| Daily Post | Newark | 1972 | 1973 | Daily | H. Galperin and R. B. Rockwell |
| Daily Republican | Wilmington | 1874 | 1890 | Daily | G. W. Vernon |
| Delaware Advertiser & Star | Wilmington | 1832 | | Weekly | Nathaniel Mitchell |
| Delaware Advertiser and Farmer's Journal | Wilmington | 1828 | 1831 | Weekly | W. A. Mendenhall |
| Delaware Alternative Press | Newark | 1979 | 1985 | Irregular | Delaware Alternative Press |
| Delaware City Press | Delaware City | 1913 | | Weekly | J. L. Rusbridge |
| Delaware Coast News | Rehoboth Beach | 1928 | 1946 | Weekly | R. B. Ingram |
| Delaware Democrat | Wilmington | 1857 | 1858 | Weekly | W. H. White & J. Stradley |
| Delaware Free Press | Wilmington | 1830 | | Weekly | Henry Wilson |
| Delaware Free Press | Newark | 1979 | 1979 | | Delaware Free Press |
| Delaware Gazette | Wilmington | 1820 | 1828 | Semi-weekly | Samuel Harker |
| Delaware Gazette | Wilmington | 1837 | 1883 | Weekly | J. N. Harker |
| Delaware Gazette & American Watchman | Wilmington | 1828 | 1837 | Weekly | John Newton Harker |
| Delaware Gazette and Peninsular Advertiser | Wilmington | 1814 | 1820 | Semi-weekly | M. Bradford |
| Delaware Gazette and State Journal | Wilmington | 1883 | 1902 | Weekly | Every Evening Publishing Company |
| Delaware Inquirer | Wilmington | 1859 | | Weekly | James Montgomery |
| Delaware Intelligencer | Smyrna | 1872 | 1873 | Weekly | John W. F. Cooper |
| Delaware Journal | Wilmington | 1827 | 1832 | Semi-weekly | R. Porter & Son |
| Delaware Observer | New Castle | 1968 | | Monthly | Delaware Observer |
| Delaware Patriot & American Watchman | Wilmington | 1828 | 1828 | Semi-weekly | J. F. Clement |
| Delaware Patriot and Eastern Shore Advertiser | Wilmington | 1816 | 1816 | Semi-weekly | W. S. Buell |
| Delaware Pionier | Wilmington | 1869 | 1899 | Weekly | Herman Rau |
| Delaware Republican and Farmers', Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Advocate | Wilmington | 1841 | 1843 | Tri-weekly | H. H. Cannon |
| Delaware Republican | Wilmington | 1841 | 1874 | Semi-weekly | Allderdice, Jeandell & Miles |
| Delaware Sentinel | Dover | 1854 | 1856 | Weekly | W. D. Wharton & J. V. Harrington |
| Delaware State Journal | Wilmington | 1833, 1870 | 1855, 1883 | Semi-weekly, weekly | Henry Eckel |
| Delaware State Journal and Statesman | Wilmington | 1855 | 1870 | Semi-weekly | Henry Eckel |
| Delaware State Journal, Advertiser and Star | Wilmington | 1832 | 1833 | Semi-weekly | Porters & Mitchell |
| Delaware State Reporter | Dover | 1853 | 1859 | Semi-weekly, weekly | G. Nicholson |
| Delaware Straight-Out Truth Teller | Wilmington | 1872 | | Semi-monthly | J. A. Brown & W. Dean |
| Delaware Sunday News | Wilmington | 1964 | 1965 | Weekly? | B. J. Smyth |
| Delaware Tribune | Wilmington | 1867 | 1877 | Weekly | Jenkins & Atkinson |
| Delaware Tribune, and The Delaware State Journal | Wilmington | 1877 | | Weekly | Every Evening Publishing Company |
| Delaware Twilight | Wilmington | 1886 | | Weekly | A. Worthington Brinkley |
| Delaware Weekly Advertiser and Farmer's Journal | Wilmington | 1827 | 1828 | Weekly | W. A. Mendenhall |
| Delaware Weekly Morning News | Wilmington | 1883 | | Weekly | News Publishing Company |
| Delaware Weekly Republican | Wilmington | 1841 | | Weekly | G. W. Vernon |
| Delmarva News | Selbyville | 1936 | 1990 | Weekly | Delmarva Publishing Company |
| Democratic Free Press and Farmers', Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Advocate | Wilmington | 1840 | 1841 | Weekly | Wm. M. Naudain |
| Lamp | Wilmington | | | Monthly | |
| The Advance | Wilmington | 1899 | c. 1901 | Weekly | P. H. Murray |
| The Advertiser | Wilmington | 1879 | 1879 | Weekly | |
| The American Republican | Georgetown | 1840 | 1841 | Weekly | H. H. Cannon |
| The Argus and Delaware Advertiser | New Castle | 1804 | 1805 | Semi-weekly | John Barber |
| The Bi-State Weekly | Delmar | 1932 | c. 1966 | Weekly | G. T. & E. F. Jones |
| The Bi-State Weekly and the State Register | Delmar | 1966 | | Weekly | |
| The Brandywine News | Wilmington | 1938 | | Weekly | A. L. Lemon |
| The Breakwater Light | Lewes | 1871 | 1890 | Weekly | I. H. D. Knowles |
| The Clayton Call | Clayton | | | Weekly | W. G. Hill & Co. |
| The Commonwealth | Wilmington | 1858 | | Weekly | W. T. Jeandell & E. B. Pierce |
| The Constitutionalist | Wilmington | | | Quad-weekly | D. S. Gregory & Co. |
| The Constitutionalist / The Defender of the People's Rights | Dover | 1804 | 1805 | Weekly | Wootten & Allee |
| The County Post | Millsboro | | | Weekly | County Post |
| The Daily Gazette | Wilmington | 1874 | 1883 | Daily | |
| The Daily Republican | Wilmington | 1902 | 1905 | Daily | Republican Printing and Publishing Company |
| The Defender | Wilmington | 1965 | 1967 | Weekly | Defender Publishing Company |
| The Delaware Abolitionist | Wilmington | 1847 | | Monthly | Delaware Anti-Slavery Society |
| The Delaware and Eastern-Shore Advertiser | Wilmington | 1794 | 1799 | Semi-weekly | W. C. Smyth & S. & J. Adams |
| The Delaware City News | Delaware City | 1887 | | Weekly | News Publishing Company |
| The Delaware Courant and Wilmington Advertiser | Wilmington | 1786 | 1787 | Weekly | Samuel & John Adams |
| The Delaware Defender | Wilmington | 1962 | 1965 | Weekly | |
| The Delaware Democrat | Georgetown | 1882 | 1905 | Weekly | Delaware Democrat Publishing Company |
| The Delaware Farm and Home | Wilmington | 1885 | | Weekly | |
| The Delaware Farmer | Milford | 1883 | | | |
| The Delaware Free Press | Wilmington | 1856 | | | Order of the Fremont and Dayton Club of Wilmington |
| The Delaware Freeman | Wilmington | 1810 | 1810 | Weekly | Risley & Skinner |
| The Delaware Gazette | Wilmington | 1785 | 1786 | Weekly | Jacob A. Killen |
| The Delaware Gazette | Wilmington | 1789 | 1789 | Weekly | Frederick Craig & Company |
| The Delaware Gazette | Wilmington | 1791 | 1799 | Semi-weekly | Peter Brynberg & Samuel Andrews |
| The Delaware Gazette | Wilmington | 1809 | 1810 | Semi-weekly | J. Jones |
| The Delaware Gazette | Wilmington | 1814 | 1814 | Weekly | M. Bradford |
| The Delaware Gazette and General Advertiser | Wilmington | 1789 | 1791 | Weekly | Frederick Craig & Company |
| The Delaware Gazette / The Faithful Centinel | Wilmington | 1786 | 1789 | Weekly | J. A. Killen |
| The Delaware Herald | Smyrna | 1850 | 1854 | Weekly | A. Poulson |
| The Delaware Inquirer | Georgetown | 1879 | | Weekly | Pride & Hart |
| The Delaware Intelligencer | Dover | 1821 | 1822 | Weekly | S. F. Shinn |
| The Delaware Leader | Laurel | 1917 | | | |
| The Delaware Ledger | Newark | 1879 | after 1934 | Weekly | J. M. Bowen & L. K. Bowen |
| The Delaware Pilot | Lewes | 1891 | 1940s | Weekly | Delaware Pilot Publishing Company |
| The Delaware Porcupine | Wilmington | 1938 | 1966 | Irregular | Porcupine Publishing Company |
| The Delaware Register, or, Farmers', Manufacturers' & Mechanics' Advocate | Wilmington | 1828 | 1829 | Weekly | A. & H. Wilson |
| The Delaware Reporter | Wilmington | 1940 | | Weekly | J. Alexis DuBois |
| The Delaware Republican | Dover | 1907 | 1949 | Weekly | B. F. Simmons |
| The Delaware Sentinel and Farmers' and Mechanics' Advocate | Wilmington | 1839 | 1840 | Tri-weekly | W. M. Naudain |
| The Delaware Spectator | Wilmington | 1972 | 1976 | Weekly | Progress Association for Economic Development |
| The Delaware Star | Wilmington | 1976 | 1978 | Monthly | Herman M. Holloway Jr. |
| The Delaware Statesman | Wilmington | 1811 | 1813 | Monthly | William Riley |
| The Delaware Sun | Newark | 1958 | 1961 | Weekly | Cecil Whig |
| The Delaware Valley Defender | Wilmington | 1967 | 1980s | Weekly | Defender Publishing Company |
| The Delaware Valley Star | Wilmington | 1978 | 1984 | Weekly | Felix Stickney |
| The Delawarean | Dover | 1859 | 1927 | Weekly | James Kirk |
| The Delawarean and Farmers' and Mechanics' Advertiser | Wilmington | | | Weekly | |
| The Delmar News | Delmar | 1904 | 1904? | Weekly | News Publishing Company |
| The Delmarva Leader | Seaford | 1930 | 1944 | Weekly | W. Wright Robinson |
| The Delmarva Leader and The Seaford News | Seaford | 1944 | 1975 | Weekly | W. Wright Robinson |
| The Faulkland Quiz | Faulkland | 1892 | c. 1893 | Weekly | John T. Mullins |
| The Wilmington Mercury | Wilmington | 1798 | 1798 | Irregular | W. C. Smyth |
| Weekly Delaware State Journal, Statesman and Blue Hen's Chicken | Wilmington | 1855 | | Weekly | Henry Eckel |
| Wilmington Lokal Anzeiger und Wilmington Freie Presse | Wilmington | 1880 | c. 1918 | Weekly | Max Goetz |
| Wilmington Wayside | Wilmington | 1873 | | Weekly | Thomas F. Hicks |

## Unconfirmed

| Title | Locale | Year est. | Ceased | Frequency | Publisher/parent company | Notes |
| Wilmington Chronicle | Wilmington | 1760 | 1760 | | | |
| Wilmington Courant | Wilmington | 1762 | 1762 | Weekly | James Adams | |