Jefferson County, Washington Newspapers

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Washington

Jefferson County

Newspapers

Below is a sortable list of historical Jefferson County, Washington Newspapers, compiled November, 2013. It provides: 1) links to online copies before 1950's; and libraries where hard copies can be found

The newspapers are listed by the area they served, so some may have been published in other counties or even out of state.

Sortable Table

This key is a list of sites used when the list was originally compiled in November, 2013. As you find other early newspapers, please update the key as well as the sortable table.

Code	Site name	Remarks
A.com	Ancestry.com	($)
CA	Chronicling America	Select State, then County, and click Search. Click on a title, then on "Libraries that have it"
GB	Genealogy Bank	($) Several types of search options
NA	Newspaper Archive	($) Scroll down and click Browse by location. Under "United States," select "Washington"
NP.com	Newspapers.com	($) Select Washington from dropdown list in "Location" search field
Own		The link is to the newspaper's own site
SOS	Washington Secretary of State

Town	Title of Newspaper	Years Published	Libraries with copies	Online	Remarks
Port Townsend	The weekly message [microform]	1867-1870	CA
Port Townsend	Port Townsend weekly message [microform]	1870-1871	CA
Port Townsend	The weekly Argus [electronic resource]	1870-1871	CA
Port Townsend	The weekly argus [microform]	1870-1875	CA
Port Townsend	Puget Sound weekly argus [microform]	1870-1875	CA
Port Townsend	Weekly Puget Sound argus [microform]	1883-188?	CA
Port Townsend	Puget Sound weekly argus [microform]	188?-1888	CA
Port Townsend	The Register	1888-1890	CA
Port Townsend	Morning leader [microform]	1860-1861	CA
Port Townsend	The Townsend daily leader [microform]	1889-1892	CA
Port Townsend	The morning leader [microform]	1892-1895	CA
Port Townsend	Port Townsend & Jefferson County leader	1895-1904	CA
Port Townsend	Puget Sound weekly Argus	2000-current	CA
Port Townsend	Port Townsend daily democrat	1876-1882	CA
Port Towsend	Key City monitor	189?-189?	CA
Port Townsend	The weekly record	1890-189?	CA
Irondale	The Irondale news	1906-190?	CA
Port Townsend	Key City graphic	1910-1911	CA
Port Townsend	Jefferson County journal	1890-1894	CA
Port Townsend	The democratic press	1906-19??	CA
Port Townsend	Port Townsend call	1877-1881	CA
Port Townsend	The Daily call	1887-18??	CA
Port Townsend	The Townsend call	188?-189?	CA
Port Townsend	Port Townsend daily call	189?-1902	CA
Port Townsend	Port of entry times	1902-1911	CA
Port Townsend	The North-west	1884-1884	CA
Port Townsend	The Key city mirror	1860-1862	CA
Port Townsend	The Townsend daily leader	1???-1901	CA
Port Townsend	Morning leader	1892-1895	CA
Port Townsend	The morning leader	1889-1892	CA
Port Townsend	Port Townsend daily leader	1895-1904	CA
Port Townsend	Port Townsend daily leader	1904-1916	CA
Port Townsend	Port Townsend leader	1919-1921	CA
Quilcene	The Quilcene Queen	1916-1919	CA
Quilcene	Quilcene megaphone	1891-1894	CA
Port Townsend	The weekly message	19??-19??	CA
Port Townsend	The weekly Argus	1867-1870	CA
Port Townsend	Port Townsend register	1870-1875	CA
Port Townsend	The Port Townsend Jefferson County leader	1859-1860	CA
Port Townsend	The cyclop	1987-1993	CA
Port Townsend	The weekly call	1871-1871	CA
Port Townsend	Port Townsend weekly message	1885-1914	CA
Port Townsend	Daily Argus	1870-18??	CA
Port Townsend	Port Townsend weekly call	1882-188?	CA
Port Townsend	Port Townsend star	18??-19??	CA
Port Townsend	Port Townsend weekly leader	1883-1883	CA
Port Townsend	Port Townsend leader	1904-1927	CA
Port Townsend	Weekly leader	1927-1987	CA
Port Townsend	The Townsend leader	1889-1892	CA
Port Townsend	The Weekly leader	1892-1895	CA
Port Townsend	The democratic press [microform]	1895-1904	CA
Port Townsend	Puget Sound Argus	1877-1881	CA
Port Townsend	Puget Sound weekly Argus	1882-1883	CA
Port Townsend	Weekly Puget Sound Argus	1883-188?	CA
Port Townsend	Puget Sound weekly Argus	188?-1888	CA
Port Townsend	Puget Sound morning Argus	1888-1???	CA
Port Townsend	Daily Argus	188?-1889	CA
Port Townsend	The leader	1889-1???	CA

Sources Used

This list was first generated (October 2013) from:

• Chronicling America's "US Newspaper Directory, 1690–present", accessed October 2013.
• Washington Secretary of State, accessed October 2013.
• University of Washington