Research Guides: West Virginia Newspapers: Home

Titles covered

Current titles:

Elk Garden News (1889-1892)
Frankfort Beacon (2009-2016)
Mineral Daily News Tribune (1911-) (= Keyser Tribune, Mineral Daily News, Mountain Echo)
Pasquino (1921-2014)
Piedmont Herald (1887-2006)

Coming soon:

Grant County Press (1896-1925)
Hampshire Review (1884-1925)
Hardy County News (1897-1902)
Moorefield Examiner (1902-1925)
South Branch Intelligencer (1866-1896; scattered issues)

Doing research into West Virginia newspapers? Check out the resources on these pages

Free historic newspaper links for West Virginia
"West Virginia is one of the states that does not have a single central online state repository for searching historical newspapers, but they use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main site for searching old newspapers. There are many free online newspapers on other sites and collections available on subscription sites."
List of Newspapers in West Virginia from Wikipedia
While not comprehensive, this is a useful table to consult.
Marshall University Special Collections
Resources specific to southern West Virginia.
Shepherd University Scarborough Library's Newspapers LibGuide
Scarborough Library has put together a useful list of West Virginia newspapers, including links to their catalog collection for what titles they have on microfilm or other formats.
Small Town Newspapers
Click on "Browse by State" and navigate to West Virginia. At least 14 West Virginia newspapers are digitized and freely available on this site.
West Virginia & Regional History Center (WVRHC) Homepage
WVU Libraries's West Virginia & Regional History Center (WVRHC) has one of the largest collections of West Virginia history.
West Virginia State Archives
In the list of "Guides to Collections", check out their Newspapers links to get more information.

Funding for this project was provided by Potomac State College, Denny Avers (class of 1961), and many other donors.

This project would not have been possible without the cooperation of: