Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Portsmouth.
Our newspaper information for Portsmouth is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.
The following list contains the names of 99 papers that were published in the immediate area of Portsmouth. In addition, the list contains another 92 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Portsmouth. In total, we've identified 191 papers within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Portsmouth.
To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Portsmouth.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.
Newspapers Published In Portsmouth ...
We know of 99 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Portsmouth:
- Chronicle & Phenix (from 1856)
- Commercial Advertiser (from 1825)
- Daily Evening Gazette (from 1856)
- Daily Morning Chronicle (from 1852)
- Daily Morning Chronicle (from 1857)
- Daily New Hampshire Gazette And City Advertiser (from 1849)
- Daily Portsmouth Journal (from 1834)
- Evangelical Magazine (from 1827)
- Evening Courier (from 1832)
- Evening Visitant & Public Advertiser (from 1823)
- Federal Observer (from 1798)
- Fowle's New-Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser (from 1784)
- Continue List (87 more) ...
- Frank W. Miller's New Hampshire Portsmouth Weekly (from 1877)
- Freeman's Friend (from 18??)
- Herald Of Gospel Liberty (from 1808)
- Industrial Department Life Buoy (from 1918)
- Mercantile Transcript (from 1847)
- Morning Chronicle (from 1853)
- New-Hampshire Repository And Observer (from 1827)
- New-Hampshire Spy (from 1786)
- Novator And Independent Expositor (from 1823)
- Oracle Post (from 1803)
- Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy (from 1789)
- Our Spice Box (from 18??)
- Paraclete And Tickler (from 1822)
- Political Star (from 1804)
- Portsmouth & Great-Falls Journal Of Literature & Politics (from 1836)
- Portsmouth Daily Chronicle (from 1868)
- Portsmouth Journal Of Literature & Politics (from 1834)
- Portsmouth Journal (from 18??)
- Portsmouth Morning Chronicle (from 1822)
- Portsmouth Oracle (from 1803)
- Portsmouth Republican (from 1898)
- Portsmouth Times (from 1895)
- Portsmouth Weekly Magazine (from 1824)
- Republican Ledger, And Portsmouth Price Current (from 1801)
- Rockingham Chronicle (from 185?)
- Rockingham Weekly Chronicle (from 1857)
- Signs Of The Times (from 1827)
- State Herald, The Factory People's Advocate (from 1830)
- State Herald, The Manufacturer's & Mechanic's Advocate (from 1831)
- The Advertiser (from 1879)
- The first year of publication was in 1879, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Advertiser
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90062385
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 22437161
- The American Ballot (from 1854)
- The Christian Herald (from 1818)
- The Christian Herald (from 1818)
- The Christian Herald (from 1818)
- The Daily Evening Times (from 1868)
- The Freeman's Journal, Or, New-Hampshire Gazette (from 1776)
- The Hornet (from 1837)
- The Intelligencer (from 1806)
- The Literary Mirror (from 1808)
- The Literary Mirror (from 1808)
- The N.H. Independent (from 1874)
- The New Hampshire Gazette And Republican Union (from 1847)
- The New Hampshire Gazette Semi-Weekly (from 1841)
- The New Hampshire Gazette (from 1756)
- The New Hampshire Gazette (from 1793)
- The New Hampshire Gazette (from 1852)
- The New-Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser (from 1787)
- The New-Hampshire Mercury And General Advertiser (from 1784)
- The News And Literary Gazette (from 1837)
- The Novator (from 1823)
- The Olive Leaf (from 1844)
- The Oracle Of New-Hampshire (from 1817)
- The Oracle Of The Day (from 1793)
- The Penny Post (from 1884)
- The People's Advocate (from 1816)
- The Portsmouth Daily Republican (from 1898)
- The Portsmouth Herald And Times (from 1925)
- The Portsmouth Herald (from 1939)
- The Portsmouth Herald (from 1898)
- The Portsmouth Journal And Rockingham Gazette (from 1827)
- The Portsmouth Journal Of Literature & Politics Rockingham Gazette & State Herald (from 1833)
- The Portsmouth Journal Of Literature & Politics (from 1836)
- The Portsmouth Journal Of Literature And Politics (from 1821)
- The Portsmouth Mercury, And Weekly Advertiser (from 1765)
- The Portsmouth Mercury (from 1843)
- The Portsmouth Periscope (from 1942)
- The Portsmouth Press (from 1987)
- The Portsmouth Weekly Magazine a Repository Of Miscellaneous Literary Matters In Prose And Verse (from 1824)
- The Portsmouth Weekly Magazine (from 1824)
- The Republican Daily News (from 1892)
- The Republican Ledger (from 1799)
- The Republican Union (from 1846)
- The Rockingham Messenger (from 1847)
- The Rockingham Standard (from 1884)
- The Seacoast Pilot (from 1982)
- The States And Union (from 1863)
- The Summer Cloud (from 1901)
- The Times (from 1828)
- The United States Oracle Of The Day (from 1800)
- The Viking (from 195?)
- The Young Sportsman (from 18??)
- United States Oracle And Portsmouth Advertiser (from 1801)
- United States Oracle, For The Country (from 1802)
- War Journal (from 1813)
- Washingtonian And Philanthropist (from 1843)
- Weekly Chronicle (from 1853)
- Women For Women (from 1977)
Newspapers Neighboring Portsmouth ...
The following newspapers were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Portsmouth.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Portsmouth.
- Published In Kittery [York County] ...
- The Kittery Press (from 1935)
- Published In Greenland ...
- The Greenland Advocate (from 1900)
- Published In Rye ...
- The Rye Journal (from 1899)
- Published In Newmarket ...
- Newmarket Advertiser (from 187?)
- Publick Occurrences (from 1973)
- Rockingham Advertiser (from 18??)
- Rockingham County Advertiser (from 187?)
- The Christian Witness (from 1880)
- The Great Bay Pilot (from 1946)
- The Newmarket Advertiser (from 1880)
- Weekly Advertiser (from 1873)
- Published In Durham [Strafford County] ...
- Durham Clarion (from 193?)
- Durham Resident Advertiser (from 1958)
- For And About People (from 1976)
- The Campus Journal (from 1962)
- The Commuter Advocate (from 1980)
- The Durham News (from 1932)
- The Durham Paper (from 1969)
- The New Hampshire (from 1911)
- The New Hampshire (from 1911)
- The UNH Herald (from 1983)
- Published In Hampton ...
- Hampton Union And Rockingham County Gazette (from 1930)
- Rockingham County Gazette And Hamptons Union (from 1929)
- The Hampton Record (from 1907)
- The Hampton Union And Rockingham County Gazette (from 1953)
- The Hampton Union And The Bordertown News (from 1975)
- The Hampton Union (from 1939)
- The Hampton Union (from 1982)
- The Hamptons Union (from 1898)
- The Hamptons Union (from 1909)
- Tri-State Beach Gazette (from 18??)
- Published In Dover [Strafford County] ...
- We know of 57 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Dover. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Dover
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Portsmouth. This extended list includes all the papers from Dover. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Portsmouth.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
- Published In South Berwick [York County] ...
- Enterprise-Chronicle (from 1966)
- Life (from 1888)
- Years of publication: 1888 to 189?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Life
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93059223
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27743699
- So Berwick Enterprise (from 1891)
- South Berwick Chronicle (from 1925)
- South Berwick Life (from 189?)
- South Berwick News (from 19??)
- South-Berwick Republican (from 1835)
- The Academy Quill (from 1934)
- The Cornucopia (from 1871)
- The Hilltop Breeze (from 1922)
- Published In Exeter ...
- We know of 85 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Exeter. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Exeter
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Portsmouth. This extended list includes all the papers from Exeter. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Portsmouth.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
- Published In Hampton Beach ...
- Hampton Beach News-guide (from 1922)
- Published In Lee [Strafford County] ...
- The Town Crier (from 1970)
- Published In Seabrook ...
- Clamshell Alliance News (from 197?)
- The Chronicle (from 1929)
- The Hampton Union And The Hampton News Review (from 1971)
- The Hampton Union (from 1974)
- The Seabrook News (from 1899)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Portsmouth: https://cityofportsmouth.com/
The official website for Rockingham County: www.co.rockingham.nh.us/
The official website for State of New Hampshire: https://www.nh.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Portsmouth) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Portsmouth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0715, Longitude: -70.7623 |