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This is the set of pages from West Virginia found in the USNPL but not found on Wikipedia. Do not remove pages from this list, but categorize them into the different sections as they move through the process of creation and development. We encourage new users to start by building drafts and updating existing pages, then move on to page creation.

Resources

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  • List of newspapers in West Virginia
  • List of "qualified newspapers" according to WV Secretary of State, essentially "newspaper of public record"
  • The History of Barbour County, West Virginia
  • History of Ritchie County
  • S. N. D. North; United States Department of the Interior (1884). "Catalogue of Periodical Publications: West Virginia". History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical Press of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. OCLC 1850475.
  • "West Virginia". American Newspaper Directory. New York: George P. Rowell. 1900. pp. 1084+ – via HathiTrust.
  • "West Virginia". American Newspaper Annual & Directory. Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son. 1922. pp. 1043+.
  • Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Newspapers", West Virginia: A Guide to the Mountain State, American Guide Series, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 112+ – via Google Books
  • Delf Norona (1958). West Virginia Imprints, 1790-1863: A Checklist of Books, Newspapers, Periodicals and Broadsides. Moundsville: West Virginia Library Association. OCLC 863601 – via Internet Archive.
  • G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). "General Studies: West Virginia". Guide to the Study of United States Imprints. Harvard University Press. p. 886. ISBN 978-0-674-36761-6. (Includes information about newspapers)
  • Harold M. Forbes (1981), "The Press and Printing" (PDF), West Virginia History: A Bibliography and Guide to Research, West Virginia University Press
  • Edgar Simpson (2011). "Pressing the Press". Journalism History. 36. (About newspaper industry in W. Virginia)
  • Rowell's
  • Newspapers currently received by the W Va. Archives. A good source for publication schedules. Also note there may be more papers here than we have in USNPL.
  • Pentegill's

Completed or Found

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These articles have either been created by the project and posted to Wikipedia mainspace, or have been found under different names than were in the USNPL. Newbies are encouraged to check these articles and make sure information is up to date, add any additional sourcing, rewrite if necessary for style, and add infoboxes.

  1. The Register-Herald -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  2. Mineral Daily News-Tribune -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  3. Spirit of Jefferson and Farmer's Advocate -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  4. The Inter-Mountain -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  5. Parkersburg News and Sentinel (was News and Sentinel) -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  6. Weston Democrat -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  7. Jackson Herald -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  8. Morgan Messenger -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  9. Clarksburg Exponent Telegram -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  10. Mountain Statesman -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  11. The Calhoun Chronicle and The Grantsville News -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  12. Braxton Citizens' News -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  13. Moorefield Examiner -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  14. Hampshire Review -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  15. Pocahontas Times -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  16. Wirt County Journal -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  17. Monroe Watchman -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  18. Princeton Times -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  19. Tyler Star News -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  20. Pennsboro News -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  21. Fayette Tribune -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  22. Nicholas Chronicle -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  23. Glenville Pathfinder -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  24. St. Marys Oracle -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  25. The Shinnston News and Harrison County Journal -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  26. Pendleton Times -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  27. Parsons Advocate -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  28. Record Delta -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  29. Coal Valley News -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  30. Industrial News -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  31. Pineville Independent Herald -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  32. The Welch News -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  33. Times Record & Roane County Reporter -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub
  34. Wetzel Chronicle -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub

In Draft

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Drafts of these articles have been started, but the articles are incomplete. They may be missing coverage of substantial history. They maybe missing infoboxes. They may need a rewrite to make them more than a sequence of "timeline sentences".

If you are new to the project, start here. Click the blue "Draft" link. Jump in and build up some experience making edits on these articles. Build an infobox, add a citation, combine two sentences with a subordinating clause. This is your space to gain experience and credibility before creating new articles.

When these are in a good enough state, we'll move them to mainspace -- but because the first few hours of an article's life are touch and go, ask a more experienced user to move the article and keep an eye on it. You can make the request by adding a note on this talk page or asking for help in the NOW slack channel.

  1. Moundsville Daily Echo -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Moundsville Daily Echo
  2. Braxton Democrat -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Braxton Democrat

Not Started or Started with Notes Only

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These articles have not been started. We encourage you so start one by clicking the "Draft" link at the end. If you are a newbie we encourage you to first engage with some drafts (above) to build a bit of experience and learn some basic constructs.

Before starting, please use the "wiki" link to make sure the page does not already exist under a different name. If you find it under a slightly different name, alter the link here to match the name in mainspace, and remove the link to create a draft (or ask for help to do this). Then move it to "Completed or Found". Alternatively, if you get a bit into research and realize the page may have notability problems, move it to that section.

When you have made substantial progress on the page (more than just notes and links), move it to the "Started" section, and consider inviting others through email, Twitter, or Slack to contribute. Watch this page to see new updates in status of pages.


  1. Grant County Press -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Grant County Press
  2. Brooke County Review -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Brooke County Review
  3. Clay County Free Press -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Clay County Free Press
  4. Doddridge Independent -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Doddridge Independent
  5. Glenville Democrat -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Glenville Democrat
  6. Grant County Press -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Grant County Press
  7. Greenbrier Valley Ranger -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Greenbrier Valley Ranger
  8. Herald Record -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Herald Record
  9. Hinton News -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Hinton News
  10. Hurricane Breeze -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Hurricane Breeze
  11. Montgomery Herald -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Montgomery Herald
  12. Mountain Messenger -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Mountain Messenger
  13. Pleasants County Leader -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Pleasants County Leader
  14. Post Report -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Post Report
  15. Ritchie Gazette -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Ritchie Gazette
  16. Shepherdstown Chronicle -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Shepherdstown Chronicle
  17. Jackson Star News -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Jackson Star News
  18. Spencer Times Record -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Spencer Times Record
  19. Webster County Echo -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Webster County Echo
  20. Webster County Republican -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Webster County Republican
  21. WV Observer -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:WV Observer
  22. Weirton Daily Times -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Weirton Daily Times

May Not Be Notable

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For various reasons these papers may have notablity problems. They may be relatively recent, or not cover much hard news outside of community events and local sports. They may consist of primarily advertising and sponsored bits about new business openings. And in many cases they may be good papers that just haven't generated much coverage by others.

You're encouraged to try to write pages on these articles -- just be aware it might be a bit harder than usual, and that the page should be fairly bulletproof before posting to mainspace.

  1. Hur Herald -- (may not be notable) wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Hur Herald
  2. HuntingtonNews.Net -- (may not be notable) wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:HuntingtonNews.Net
  3. Mountain Messenger -- (may not be notable) wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Mountain Messenger
  4. Lincoln News Sentinel -- wiki,mondo,loc,books,nwsprs,narchive,edpub Draft:Lincoln News Sentinel