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Orphan Titles

Orphan titles are those newspapers that have ceased publication and lack active ownership. Included here are such titles with extremely limited content.

Title City County Years of Publication Years Digitized Status Chronicling America Status
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Afro-American Mission Herald Louisville Jefferson unknown 1900-1901 Not Available Browse Issues
Central Dispatch Stanford Lincoln 186?-1??? 1869-1869 Not Available Browse Issues
Farmer's Chronicle Richmond Madison 18??-1??? 1833-1842 Not Available Browse Issues
Free Press Glasgow Barren 186?-18?? 1861-1861 Not Available Browse Issues
Georgetown Herald Georgetown Scott 1845-1856 1854-1854 Not Available Browse Issues
Guardian of Freedom Frankfort Franklin 1798-18?? 1803-1803 Not Available Browse Issues
It Lawrenceburg Anderson 190?-19?? 1902-1903 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Jackson Republican Smithland Livingston 1845-18?? 1846-1846 Not Available Browse Issues
Kentucky Mountaineer Salyersville Magoffin 1912-1914 1912-1914 Not Available Browse Issues
Kentucky Reporter Owensboro Daviess 19??-191? 1902-1902 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Kentucky Sentinel Mt. Sterling Montgomery 1865-188? 1868-1881 Not Available Browse Issues
Kentucky State Flag Paris Bourbon 18??-18?? 1856-1856 Not Available Browse Issues
Kentucky Vindicator Owensboro Daviess 189?-19?? 1901-1901 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Lexington Standard Lexington Fayette 1892-1912 1900-1911 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Lexington Weekly News Lexington Fayette 1912-191? 1912-1912 Not Available Browse Issues
Liberty La Center Ballard 191?-191? 1910-1910 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Ohio Valley Worker Louisville Jefferson 19??-19?? 1904-1904 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Reporter Mt. Sterling Montgomery 1904-191? 1904-1906 Not Available Browse Issues
Stanford Banner Stanford Lincoln 186?-1??? 1868-1868 Not Available Browse Issues


Temperance

Title City County Years of Publication Years Digitized Status Chronicling America Status
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Blue-grass Blade Lexington Fayette 1886-1910 1886-1910 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Citizen Berea Madison 1899-1958 1899-1922 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Kentucky Vindicator Owensboro Daviess 189?-19?? 1901-1901 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Lexington Record Lexington Fayette 1890-19?? 1890-1939 Browse Issues Browse Issues


Foreign Language

Kentucky's Ohio River valley was settled and populated by many German immigrant communities, making the German language the most prevelent of Kentucky's foreign language publications.

Title City County Years of Publication Years Digitized Status Chronicling America Status
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Louisville Anzeiger Louisville Jefferson 18??-1921 1861-1861 Not Available Browse Issues
Omnibus Louisville Jefferson 1867-18?? 1867-1883 Not Available Browse Issues


Democratic

Title City County Years of Publication Years Digitized Status Chronicling America Status
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Adair County News Columbia Adair 1897-1987 1897-1922 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Bourbon News Millersburg Bourbon 1881-1883 1882-1883 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Bourbon News Paris Bourbon 1895-1941 1895-1922 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Breckenridge News Cloverport Breckinridge 1876-1955 1878-1922 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Clay City Times Clay City Powell 1901-current 1901-1922 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Courier-Journal Louisville Jefferson 1869-current 1884- Not Available Browse Issues
Crittenden Press Marion Crittenden 1879-1907 1879-1907 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Daily Evening Bulletin Maysville Mason 1881-1882 1881-1882 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Daily Evening Bulletin Maysville Mason 1883-1887 1883-1887 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Elizabethtown Democrat Elizabethtown Hardin 1858-18?? 1859-1859 Not Available Browse Issues
Frankfort Weekly News and Roundabout Frankfort Franklin 1908-19?? 1908-1908 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Hartford Herald Hartford Ohio 1875-1926 1875-1922 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Hazel Green Herald Hazel Green Wolfe 1885-19?? 1885-1917 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Hickman Courier Hickman Fulton 1859-current 1868-1922 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Hopkinsville Kentuckian Hopkinsville Christian 1889-1918 1889-1918 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Interior Journal Stanford Lincoln 1872-1881 1872-1881 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Interior Journal Stanford Lincoln 1905-1910 1905-1910 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Interior Journal Stanford Lincoln 1912-1984 1912-1918 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Kentucky Irish American Louisville Jefferson 1898-1968 1898-1922 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Lexington Morning Democrat Lexington Fayette 1802-1904 1903-1903 Not Available Browse Issues
Liberty La Center Ballard 191?-191? 1910-1910 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Morning Democrat Lexington Fayette 1900-1902 1900-1900 Not Available Browse Issues
Mountain Signal Mount Vernon Rockcastle 1887-18?? 1887-1889 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Mount Vernon Signal Mount Vernon Rockcastle 18??-current 1889-1922 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Mt. Sterling Advocate Mt. Sterling Montgomery 1890-current 1890-1922 Browse Issues Browse Issues
News-Democrat Russellville Bell 1912-1992 1912-1922 tba tba
Owingsville Outlook Owingsville Bath 1879-192? 1879-1922 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Richmond Climax Richmond Madison 1897-1914 1897-1914 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Richmond Climax Richmond Madison 1917-191? 1917-1917 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Spout Spring Times Spoutsprings Estill 1896-19?? 1896-1901 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Springfield Sun Springfield Washington 1904-current 1904-1911 Not Available Browse Issues
Weekly Dollar Democrat Louisville Jefferson 185?-18?? 1855-1855 Not Available Browse Issues
Weekly Louisville Democrat Louisville Jefferson 1855-18?? 1856-1856 Not Available Browse Issues


Independent

Title City County Years of Publication Years Digitized Status Chronicling America Status
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Breathitt County News Jackson Breathitt 1903-1909 1903-1909 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Central Record Lancaster Garrard 1895- 1895-1922 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Citizen Berea Madison 1899-1958 1899-1922 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Frankfort Roundabout Frankfort Franklin 1882-1908 1882-1908 Browse Issues Browse Issues
It Lawrenceburg Anderson 190?-19?? 1902-1903 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Kentucky Reporter Owensboro Daviess 19??-191? 1902-1902 Browse Issues Browse Issues
News=Leader Springfield Washington 1883-191? 1896-1916 Not Available Browse Issues
Ohio Valley Worker Louisville Jefferson 19??-19?? 1904-1904 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Record Greenville Muhlenberg 1899-191? 1899-1914 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Weekly Roundabout Frankfort Franklin 1877-1882 1879-1882 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Winchester News Winchester Clark 1908-19?? 1908-1912 Browse Issues Browse Issues


Republican

Title City County Years of Publication Years Digitized Status Chronicling America Status
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Bee Earlington Hopkins 1889-1916 1892-1916 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Daily Public Ledger Maysville Mason 1892-1912 1892-1912 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Hartford Republican Hartford Ohio 18??-1926 1891-1922 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Jackson Republican Smithland Livingston 1845-18?? 1846-1846 Not Available Browse Issues
Mountain Advocate Barbourville Knox 1904-1935 1904-1922 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Paducah Daily Sun Paducah McCracken 1896-1898 1896-1898 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Paducah Evening Sun Paducah McCracken 1906-1929 1906-1922 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Paducah Sun Paducah McCracken 1898-1906 1898-1906 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Paducah Sun
(weekly edition)		 Paducah McCracken 18??-1902 1900-1902 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Paducah Weekly Sun Paducah McCracken 1902-191? 1902-1913 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Public Ledger Maysville Mason 1913-1968 1913-1922 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Sunday Chat Paducah McCracken 1901-19?? 1901-1901 Browse Issues Browse Issues


Whig

Title City County Years of Publication Years Digitized Status Chronicling America Status
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Bardstown Herald Bardstown Nelson 1851-1855? 1851-1851 Not Available Browse Issues
Kentucky Whig Lexington Fayette 1825-1826 1825-1826 Not Available Browse Issues
Kentucky Whig Mt. Sterling Montgomery 184?-195? 1852-1853 Not Available Browse Issues
That Same Old Coon New York New York 1848-???? 1848-1848 Not Available Browse Issues


Labor

Title City County Years of Publication Years Digitized Status Chronicling America Status
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Ohio Valley Worker Louisville Jefferson 19??-19?? 1904-1904 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Voice of Masonry and Tidings From The Craft Louisville Jefferson 18??-1??? 1860-1860 Not Available Browse Issues


Church Associations or Religious Affiliation

Title City County Years of Publication Years Digitized Status Chronicling America Status
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Afro-American Mission Herald Louisville Jefferson unknown 1900-1901 Not Available Browse Issues
American Baptist Louisville Jefferson 1879?- 1903-1904 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Christian Observer Louisville Jefferson 1870-1876 1870-1870 Not Available Browse Issues
Christian Observer and Free Christian Commonwealth Louisville Jefferson 1869-1870 1869-1870 Not Available Browse Issues
Lexington Record Lexington Fayette 1890-19?? 1890-1939 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Presbyterian Herald Louisville Jefferson 18??-???? 1851-1861 Not Available Browse Issues
Western Presbyterian Danville Boyle 1865-1869 1866-1867 Not Available Browse Issues


College and University Newspapers

Title City County Years of Publication Years Digitized Status Chronicling America Status
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Kentucky Kernel Lexington Fayette 1915-current 1915-ongoing Not Available Browse Issues


Special Interest

Title City County Years of Publication Years Digitized Status Chronicling America Status
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Kentucky Irish American Louisville Jefferson 1898-1968 1898-1922 Browse Issues Browse Issues
Lexington Record Lexington Fayette 1890-19?? 1890-1939 Browse Issues Browse Issues


Agriculture and Livestock

Title City County Years of Publication Years Digitized Status Chronicling America Status
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Farmers' Home Journal Louisville Jefferson 1867-1932 1868-1884 Not Available Browse Issues
Kentucky Farmer and Breeder Lexington Fayette 19??-19?? 1904-1906 Not Available Browse Issues
Kentucky Live Stock Record Lexington Fayette 1875-1885 1881-1881 Not Available Browse Issues
Ploughboy Harrodsburg Mercer 18??-18?? 1856-1856 Not Available Browse Issues
Farmer's Chronicle Richmond Madison 1822-18?? 1833-1842 Not Available Browse Issues


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