Pierce County, Washington Newspapers
Below is a sortable list of historical Pierce 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.
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Newspapers have increasingly come online starting in the late 1980's. See OnlineNewspapers.com, RefDesk.com, or do a Google search for Online Newspapers. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puyallup | Pierce County herald | 1974-current | CA | ||
| Federal Way | Indian voice [microform] | 1971-current | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The news tribune [microform] | 1993-current | CA | ||
| Steilacoom | Lakewood log [microform] | 19??-1960 | CA | ||
| Steilacoom | Tacoma suburban times [microform] | 1961-1962 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Suburban times [microform] | 1962-1980 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Suburban times [microform] | 1981-1981 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma suburban times [microform] | 1981-1982 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Lakewood times [microform] | 1980-1980 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Lakewood suburban times [microform] | 1980-1981 | CA | ||
| Seattle | Pacific tribune [microform] | 1903-1914 | CA | Languages: Swedish | |
| Tacoma | Lewis-McChord free press [microform] | 1970-1973 | CA | ||
| Buckley | The news [microform] | 1937-1945 | CA | ||
| Buckley | Buckley banner [microform] | 1889-1945 | CA | ||
| Buckley | Buckley news-banner [microform] | 1945-1973 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Hale pai House of encouragement : Hawaiian and Pacific Islander newspaper, Washington, Oregon, California. [microform] | 199?-1997 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma tidende | 1890-1895 | CA | Languages: Norwegian | |
| Tacoma | Tacoma tidende | 1899-1925 | CA | Languages: Norwegian | |
| Steilacoom | Washington republican | 1857-1857 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma weekly globe | 1887-1892 | CA | ||
| Olympia | The weekly Pacific tribune | 1868-1879 | CA | ||
| Steilacoom | Lakewood log | 19??-1960 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma daily news | 1903-1918 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma news tribune | 1922-1987 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma daily ledger | 1883-1937 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma reporter [microform] | 1952-1952 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma times [microform] | 1903-1949 | CA | ||
| Gig Harbor | Bay-Island news [microform] | 1917-1923 | CA | ||
| Gig Harbor | The Peninsula gateway [microform] | 1923-???? | CA | ||
| Puyallup | Puyallup commerce [microform] | 1886-1897 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma times [microform] | 18??-1??? | CA | ||
| Puyallup | Pierce County herald [microform] | 1974-1999 | CA | ||
| Puyallup | Puyallup press [microform] | 1930-1946 | CA | ||
| Puyallup | Puyallup press and Pierce County shopper [microform] | 1946-???? | CA | ||
| Puyallup | Puyallup republican [microform] | 1905-1911 | CA | ||
| Puyallup | Mount Tacoma herald [microform] | 1911-1911 | CA | ||
| Puyallup | Puyallup herald [microform] | 1911-1930 | CA | ||
| Parkland | The Northwest flyer [microform] | 1959-1972 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Western flyer [microform] | 1972-1990 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Daily Tacoma news [microform] | 1883-1885 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma daily news [microform] | 1885-1886 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma news [microform] | 1886-1889 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma daily news [microform] | 1889-189? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma evening news [microform] | 189?-1903 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The weekly ledger [microform] | 1880-1915 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma news [microform] | 1882-1885 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma weekly news [microform] | 1885-1902 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma semi-weekly news [microform] | 1902-19?? | CA | ||
| Sumner | Sumner herald [microform] | 1889-1903 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma union record [microform] | 19??-???? | CA | ||
| Puyallup | The herald | 2003-current | CA | ||
| Lakebay | Discontent [microform] | 1898-1902 | CA | ||
| Lakebay Postoffice | The Demonstrator [microform] | 1903-1908 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Street pulse | 200?-current | CA | ||
| Eatonville | The dispatch | 1893-1986 | CA | ||
| Olympia | Daily Pacific tribune | 1869-1878 | CA | ||
| Steilacoom | Puget Sound express | 1872-1880 | CA | ||
| Seattle | Pacific tribune | 1903-1914 | CA | Languages: Swedish | |
| Tacoma | Puget Sound posten | 1907-193? | CA | Languages: English, Swedish | |
| Tacoma | Tacoma posten | 1905-1907 | CA | Languages: English, Swedish | |
| Tacoma | West coast and Puget Sound lumberman | 189?-1904 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | University Place press | 1986-1988 | CA | ||
| Vaughn | Key Peninsula news | 1984-current | CA | ||
| Gig Harbor | Bay Island news | 1917-1923 | CA | ||
| Lakewood | The journal | 1989-current | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Socialist worker [microform] | 1913-1914 | CA | ||
| Orting | The Orting gazette | 1979-1981 | CA | ||
| Orting | The Orting observer | 1973-1979 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | What's doing | 1914-1917 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Review | 1977-1978 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Northwest guardian | 1990-1990 | CA | ||
| Sumner | The Buckley bulletin | 198?-1990 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Suburban newsChoice | 1990-1990 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The truth | 1913-1913 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Northwest airlifter | 19??-current | CA | ||
| McChord Field | The Rip chord | 194?-19?? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Madigan mountaineer | 195?-current | CA | ||
| Los Angeles | General aviation news | 1949-current | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The McChord defender | 1960-1961 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The defender | 1949-1960 | CA | ||
| Federal Way | Community news | 1984-current | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma civil service bulletin | 1929-197? | CA | ||
| Ft. Lewis | The flame | 1944-194? | CA | ||
| Ft. Lewis | The flame-spearhead | 1947-1949 | CA | ||
| Camp Lewis | Ivy-Leaves | 1920-1921 | CA | ||
| Camp Lewis | Over the top | 1917-1917 | CA | ||
| Fort Lewis | The Warrior | 1944-1949 | CA | ||
| American Lake | The weekly inspection | 1919-1919 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Parkland Spanaway times | 1980-1980 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Puget Sound trail | 1911-current | CA | ||
| Puyallup | Puyallup citizen | 18??-1??? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Pierce County classified news | 1952-???? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Reviw | 19??-???? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Pierce County parent | 1988-current | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Pierce County bulletin | 1???-???? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Progress | 195?-???? | CA | ||
| Orting | Carbon river heritage | 1986-19?? | CA | ||
| Orting | The Orting newsletter | 1986-1989 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The American Veteran | 1929-19?? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The monthly Epworth budget | 1879-189? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Interstate daily journal | 1894-189? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Lincoln news | 192?-???? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Lincoln weekly review | 1954-???? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Ryan's weekly | 1920-1942 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma facts | 197?-current | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma progress | 1924-19?? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The sun | 1891-190? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma trumpet | 1901-190? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma war front | 1943-1943 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The tattler | 1894-1894 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The times journal | 1944-197? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | West Tacoma journal | 1946-1948 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma journal | 1947-194? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | New era | 1933-1933 | CA | ||
| Fort Lewis | Deutsche Woche (Kriegsgefangenlager) | 1945-194? | CA | Languages: German | |
| Fort Lewis | Neue Deutsche Woche | 1945-194? | CA | Languages: German | |
| Spanaway | Der Kamerad | 1945-1945 | CA | Languages: English, German | |
| Tacoma | Lewis-McChord free press | 1970-1973 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Commonwealth | 1901-19?? | CA | ||
| Federal Way | Indian voice | 1971-current | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Morning news tribune | 1987-1993 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The forum [microform] | 1903-1918 | CA | ||
| Sumner | Sumner standard | 1928-1951 | CA | ||
| Sumner | American standard | 1916-1927 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma Indian news | 1974-198? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma evening call | 1891-1892 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Spectator | 1901-1902 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The daily spectator | 1902-1902 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Advertiser and progress | 19??-19?? | CA | ||
| Lakewood Center | The Lakewood advertiser | 195?-19?? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The woman voter | 1922-19?? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma true citizen | 197?-19?? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The New Lakewood press | 1987-current | CA | ||
| New Tacoma | Pierce County news | 1881-1882 | CA | ||
| Fort Lewis | The Fort Lewis eagle | 1943-1943 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Phoenix | 1970-19?? | CA | ||
| Ruston | The new times | 196?-197? | CA | ||
| Bonny Lake | The Lakes observer | 1981-current | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The evening telegraph | 1886-188? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The North Tacoma star | 1909-191? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Commerce | 1886-1888 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The new west | 1892-189? | CA | ||
| New Tacoma | The North Pacific times | 1878-1879 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Pacific review | 1909-1917 | CA | Languages: English, Japanese | |
| Tacoma | Plain English | 1903-190? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Washington Territory review | 1889-1890 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Washington monitor | 1928-193? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Wool growers and manufacturers journal | 1893-18?? | CA | ||
| Roy | The ray | 1889-1890 | CA | ||
| Milton | Milton news | 194?-19?? | CA | ||
| Milton | Milton home front news | 1944-194? | CA | ||
| Eatonville | Eatonville eagle | 1895-1905 | CA | ||
| Milton | Hilltop bulletin | 1947-195? | CA | ||
| South Prairie | South Prairie echo | 1890-1891 | CA | ||
| Seattle | The issue | 1892-189? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Puget Sound lumberman and shipping journal | 1890-189? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma Sunday times | 188?-1892 | CA | ||
| Tillicum | G.I. voice | 196?-197? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma semi-weekly news | 1902-19?? | CA | ||
| Seattle | Western tribun | 1902-1903 | CA | ||
| Seattle | Westra posten | 1889-1902 | CA | Languages: Swedish | |
| Tacoma | Tacoma world | 1887-188? | CA | ||
| Steilacoom | Truth teller | 1858-18?? | CA | ||
| Roy | Roy recorder | 1927-192? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Ruston Mini Hawk | 1970-1970 | CA | ||
| Lake Park | Spanaway Sentinel | 1891-189? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Sprit of '76 | 1896-1896 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Suburban Times | 1962-1963 | CA | ||
| Anderson Island | The Gossip gazette | 1955-1956 | CA | ||
| Anderson Island | The Island gazette | 1956-1956 | CA | ||
| Buckley | Buckley banner | 1889-1945 | CA | ||
| Buckley | The news | 1937-1945 | CA | ||
| Buckley | Buckley news-banner | 1945-1973 | CA | ||
| Orting | The Orting oracle | 1889-1972 | CA | ||
| Eatonville | The South Pierce County dispatch | 1986-current | CA | ||
| Gig Harbor | The Peninsula gateway | 1923-current | CA | ||
| Lakebay | Discontent | 1898-1902 | CA | ||
| Puyallup | Puyallup republican | 1905-1911 | CA | ||
| Puyallup | Mount Tacoma herald | 1911-1911 | CA | ||
| Puyallup | Puyallup herald | 1911-1930 | CA | ||
| Puyallup | Puyallup press | 1930-1947 | CA | ||
| Puyallup | Pierce County herald and Puyallup Valley tribune | 1967-1974 | CA | ||
| Puyallup | Puyallup Valley Tribune | 1903-1966 | CA | ||
| Puyallup | Puyallup commerce | 188?-1??? | CA | ||
| Roy | Roy enterprise | 1907-1916 | CA | ||
| Steilacoom | Puget Sound courier | 1855-1857 | CA | ||
| Steilacoom | Puget Sound herald | 1858-1864 | CA | ||
| Steilacoom | Puget Sound express | 1876-1878 | CA | ||
| Steilacoom | The Western star | 1869-1870 | CA | ||
| Sumner | The news review | 1972-current | CA | ||
| Sumner | Sumner news-index and Sumner standard | 1951-1966 | CA | ||
| Sumner | Sumner news-index | 1966-1972 | CA | ||
| Sumner | The Sumner news-index | 1915-1951 | CA | ||
| Sumner | The Sumner index | 1900-1915 | CA | ||
| Sumner | The Sumner news | 1914-1915 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Lakewood press | 1982-1987 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Every Sunday | 1889-1892 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacomian | 1892-1893 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The forum | 1903-1918 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma herald | 1930-1941 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma new herald | 1896-1930 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma Sunday herald | 1892-1892 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma herald | 1892-189? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Sunday herald | 1892-189? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Herald | 1892-1892 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma herald | 1891-1892 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Sunday herald | 1891-1891 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma herald | 1878-18?? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma herald | 1877-1880 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The independent | 18??-1??? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The sun | 1892-1901 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Suburban times | 1981-1981 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma suburban times | 1981-1982 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The suburban times | 1962-1980 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Lakewood suburban times | 1980-1981 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma weekly union | 18??-1??? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma morning union | 1893-1897 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Daily Tacoma news | 1883-1885 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma daily news | 1885-1886 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma news | 1886-1889 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma daily news | 1889-189? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma evening news | 189?-1903 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma tribune | 191?-1918 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma daily tribune | 1908-1912 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The news tribune | 1918-1922 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Morning globe | 1888-1889 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma morning globe | 1889-1892 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma times | 18??-1??? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Weekly ledger | 1880-1915 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma weekly news | 18??-1902 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma news | 1882-1885 | CA | ||
| Everett? | Everett tidende | 1???-19?? | CA | ||
| Fort Lewis | Fort Lewis sentinel | 1941-19?? | CA | ||
| Puyallup | Camp Harmony news-letter | 1942-1942 | CA | Languages: English, Japanese | |
| Orting | The Orting oracle [microform] | 1889-1972 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The south side news | 1929-19?? | CA | ||
| Steilacoom | The Steilacoom news | 1890-1891 | CA | ||
| Camp Lewis [Fort Lewis] | The Bugle | 1918-1919 | CA | ||
| Lakebay Post Office | The demonstrator | 1903-1908 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The West Coast trade | 1889-1941 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Real estate journal | 1888-1889 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Journal | 1889-1890 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma reporter | 1952-1952 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Western flyer | 1972-1990 | CA | ||
| Parkland | The Northwest flyer | 1959-1972 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma tribunen | 1890-1902 | CA | Languages: Swedish | |
| Tacoma | Tacoma review | 1970-1977 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma Pierce County review | 1985-198? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma Saturday night | 1947-194? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Progress messenger | 1971-197? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Northwest journal reporter | 1970-197? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma dispatch | 1952-195? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | North-west news | 1950-195? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Parent connection | 1984-198? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The downtown Tacoma news and weekly shopping guide | 1977-197? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The north end news | 192?-19?? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma journal | 1921-1946 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Puget Sound daily hotel reporter | 1889-189? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Pierce County business examiner | 1985-198? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma daily index | 1890-19?? | CA | ||
| Fern Hill | The Fern Hill news | 1927-1928 | CA | ||
| Spanaway | The new frontier | 1978-19?? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Fern Hill-highway call | 1931-19?? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The North west Tacoma facts | 1970-197? | CA | ||
| Fort Lewis | Free press | 1968-1973 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Filipino clarion | 1948-194? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma longshoreman | 1940-19?? | CA | ||
| South Tacoma | The South Tacoma star | 1926-1953 | CA | ||
| Elbe | The Elbe union | 1895-1898 | CA | ||
| Parkland | The Pierce County recorder | 1927-19?? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma labor advocate | 1909-19?? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Soundings | 1970-1971 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma star | 1952-19?? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Northwest dispatch | 1982-current | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Furniture worker | 1937-19?? | CA | ||
| Sumner | Sumner herald | 1889-1903 | CA | ||
| Seattle | Wacht am Sunde | 1884-1930 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Tacoma church record | 1917-1924 | CA | ||
| Camp Lewis | Trench and camp | 1917-1919 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Vestkysten | 1925-1931 | CA | Languages: Norwegian | |
| Tacoma | Washington journal | 1883-18?? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The news tribune | 1993-current | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Puyallup tribal news | 198?-current | CA | ||
| Seattle | Seattle union record | 19??-19?? | CA | ||
| Tacoma | Western Viking | 1890-19?? | CA | Languages: English, Norwegian | |
| Camp Lewis | Trench and camp [microform] | 1917-1919 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | The Tacoma times | 1903-1949 | CA | ||
| Seattle | Budbæreren | 1918-1929 | CA | Languages: English, Norwegian | |
| Kent | Pacific Lutheran herald | 1929-1937 | CA | Languages: English, Norwegian | |
| Tacoma | Morning news tribune [microform] | 1987-1993 | CA | ||
| Lakebay | Discontent [microform] | 1898-1902 | CA | ||
| Olympia | The weekly Pacific tribune [microform] | 1868-1879 | CA | ||
| Olympia | Daily Pacific tribune [microform] | 1869-1878 | CA | ||
| Puyallup | Puyallup herald | 1999-2003 | CA | ||
| Tacoma | What's doing [microform] | 1914-1917 | 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