Online Knoxville Newspapers

Purpose

I wanted to create a linkable chart that focused on Knoxville (Tenn.) newspapers that are available online. I've also added other info about Knoxville area newspapers through the years.

Key

• GB = GenealogyBank.com (pay site, subscription required)
• N = Newspapers.com (pay site, subscription required)
• CA = Chronicling America at the Library of Congress (free)
• KCPL = Knox County Public Library - via NewsBank (must have library card)
• GN = Google News Archive (free)
• CMDC = Calvin McClung Digital Collection, part of the KCPL (free)
• TEL = Tennessee Electronic Libary, part of the Tennessee State Library and Archives (free)

Notes

• This list is current, to the best of my knowledge, as of April 27, 2022.
• Several of the online sites are continuing to update their holdings.
• The Google News archive is dormant.
• Some titles, especially Brownlow's papers, frequently changed their names. I have not done a close study, but they could be considered the same paper.
• Chart columns are sortable.

Other Sites of Note

• OnlineNewspapers.com - Tennessee
• The Ancestor Hunt - Tennessee Online Historical Newspapers Summary
• Library of Congress - Digitized Tennessee Newspapers
• Titles held by Knox County Public Library
• Chronicling America - US Newspaper Directory Search Results - Tennessee
• Tennessee Press Association list of Newspapers Online
• elephind.com search for "Knoxville, Tennessee" - US titles only, 1794-2022
• Tennessee State Library & Archives Catalog - Knoxville records

Chart

Newspapers.com has changed their link naming method. Updates on this page are in progress. (September 6, 2024)

Newspaper Title	Year Span	Source	Chronicling America Description Link	Provider Link
Knoxville Gazette	1792-93, 1795-96, 1798, 1803, 1806, 1817	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Knoxville Gazette	1793-96, 1798, 1806, 1818	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
Roulstone's Knoxville Gazette and Weekly Advertiser	1796-97	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Knoxville Register. The Genius of Liberty.	1798	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Knoxville Register	1798, 1819-27, 1829-30, 1833-37, 1839-43, 1846-57, 1859, 1863	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Weekly Knoxville Gazette	1799, 1801, 1803, 1816	N	−	Newspapers link
Wilson's Knoxville Gazette	1808-13	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Knoxville Gazette	1812, 1816, 1818	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Knoxville Register	1816-17, 1819-20, 1822-39	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
Knoxville Intelligencer	1819, 1822-23	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Knoxville Enquirer	1824-26	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Enquirer	1826-28	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The American Whig and Knoxville Enquirer	1829	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Western Chronicle	1829-30	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Knoxville Republican	1832-34	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Knoxville Register and Weekly Times	1839-40	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Times	1840	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Vedette	1840	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
Watch-Tower	1840	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
The Post	1841-44	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Flag of the Union	1844	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
Knoxville Standard	1846-49, 1855-56	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Knoxville Tribune	1847-48	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig	1849-56, 1860-61, 1863-69	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Plebeian	1850, 1852	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Dollar Plebeian	1851	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Daily Morning Plebeian	1851-52	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Holston Christian Advocate	1852-53	GB	−	GenealogyBank link
The American Statesman	1853-54	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Knoxville Statesman	1854	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig and Independent Journal	1855	CA	CA link	Chronicling American link
Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig and Independent Journal	1855	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig	1855-61	N	CA link	Newspapers link
American Campaigner	1856	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
American Campaigner	1856	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Tri-Weekly True American	1856	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig	1856, 1860-61, 1866-69	CA	CA link	Chronicling American link
The Knoxville Mercury	1857	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Southern Citizen	1858	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Brownlow’s Tri-Weekly Whig	1859-61, 1864, 1867	N	−	Newspapers link
Tri-Weekly Whig	1860-61	CA	CA link	Chronicling American link
Tri-Weekly Whig	1860-61	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
Brownlow’s Weekly Whig	1861	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
Brownlow’s Weekly Whig	1861	CA	CA link	Chronicling American link
Daily East Tennessean	1862	N	−	Newspapers link
The Daily Register	1862-63	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Daily Southern Chronicle	1863	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Holston Journal	1863	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Knoxville Daily Bulletin	1863	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Knoxville Daily Bulletin	1864	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig and Rebel Ventilator	1864	CA	CA link	Chronicling American link
Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig and Rebel Ventilator	1864	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
Knoxville Tri-Weekly Whig and Rebel Ventilator	1864	CA	CA link	Chronicling American link
Knoxville Tri-Weekly Whig and Rebel Ventilator	1864	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
The Army Mail Bag	1864	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Knoxville Daily Free Press	1867	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Knoxville Daily Herald	1867-68	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Knoxville Messenger	1868	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Daily Press and Herald	1868-1876	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Knoxville Weekly Whig	1869	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Weekly Knoxville Whig	1869	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Press and Messenger	1869-70, 1873-75	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Knoxville Daily Chronicle	1870-1882	CA	CA link	Chronicling American link
Knoxville Daily Chronicle	1870-1882	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
Knoxville Daily Chronicle	1870-1882	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Knoxville Daily Chronicle	1870-73, 1885-86	GN	CA link	Google News Archive link
Knoxville Weekly Chronicle	1870-1875	CA	CA link	Chronicling American link
Knoxville Weekly Chronicle	1870-1875	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
Knoxville Weekly Chronicle	1870-1875	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Knoxville Whig and Chronicle	1870-82	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Press and Messenger	1873-75	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
Knoxville Whig and Chronicle	1875	CA	CA link	Chronicling American link
Knoxville Whig and Chronicle	1875	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
The Examiner	1876	CMDC	-	CMDC link
Holston Methodist	1876	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
Knoxville Daily Tribune	1876	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Knoxville Daily Tribune	1876-79, 1881-83, 1887-92	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Negro World	1877	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
The Republican Chronicle	1882-86	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Knoxville Daily Chronicle	1883-84	GN	CA link	Google News Archive link
The Daily Chronicle	1883-85	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Knoxville Daily Journal	1885-86	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Weekly Chronicle	1886	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Journal and Tribune	1886-1903, 1905-24, 1993	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Daily Sentinel	1887-88	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Knoxville Journal	1888-96, 1945	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
The Evening Sentinel	1889-91	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Knoxville Weekly Journal	1891	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Knoxville Sentinel	1892-93	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Semi-Weekly Knoxville Sentinel	1892-94, 1898	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Knoxville Sentinel	1893-1926	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Republican Leader	1894	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Weekly Sentinel	1898-1901, 1903-04	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Chillhowee Echo	1899	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Chillhowee Echo	1899-1900	CA	CA link	Chronicling American link
The Chillhowee Echo	1899-1900	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
The Knoxville Independent	1911-12, 1917-19	CA	CA link	Chronicling American link
The Knoxville Independent	1911-12, 1917-19	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
Knoxville News	1922-26	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
Knoxville News-Sentinel	1922-2024	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Knoxville News-Sentinel	1922-90, 2018-22	KCPL	CA link	TEL link
The Knoxville Journal	1925-64	N	CA link	Newspapers link
The Knoxville Journal and Tribune	1924-25	N	CA link	Newspapers link
Knoxville Sentinel	1926	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
Knoxville News-Sentinel	1926-2018	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
East Tennessee Enlightener	2009-20 - Obituaries only	GB	CA link	GenealogyBank link
The Ledger: Knoxville Edition	2015-current - Obituaries only	GB	-	GenealogyBank link

Newspapers listed in Geo. P. Rowell & Co's American Newspaper Directory (1877) - University of Texas Digital Library

• CHRONICLE; Every morning except Monday, and WHIG AND CHRONICLE, republican; daily four pages, weekly eight pages; size - daily 24x36, weekly 30x44 subscription - daily $8, weekly $2; established - Whig 1839, Chronicle 1870, Wm. G. Brownlow and Wm. Rule, editors, Whig and Chronicle co., publishers; circulation - daily 1,400, weekly 2,500, estimated.

• TRIBUNE AND AGE; every morning except Monday, and WEEKLY, Thursday: democratic; four pages: daily 24x36, weekly 30x44 subscription - daily $8, weekly $2; established - Press and Herald 1867, Tribune 1876. Tribune and Age consolidated 1877; Tribune Publishing Co., editors and publishers; circulation - daily 1,400, weekly 1,600, estimated; has by far the largest circulation of any daily in East Tennessee; receives Associated Press dispatches, and is the recognized organ of the democratic party in the eastern division of the State.

• HOLSTON METHODIST; - Saturdays; methodist; four pages; size 26x40; subscription $2; established 1872; Rev. R. N. Price, editor; Holston Publishing Co., publishers; circ'n 1728.

• WHIG AND CHRONICLE; (see Chronicle).

• UNIVERSITY MONTHLY; thirty-six pages octavo; subscription $1; established 1874; Literary Societies of the East Tennessee University, editors and publishers; a college paper; issued during the collegiate year; circulation 550 estimated.

Newspapers listed in Norwood's Knoxville Directory (1884) - Google Books

• Chi Delta Cresent - Chil Delta Literary Society, publishers. University paper. Published monthly. Established 1880. Price, $1.00 per annum.

• Knoxville Chronicle - Republican. Issued daily, Monday excepted. Price, $8.00 per annum. Established 1870. The Chronicle Company, publishers. 104 Gay.

• Knoxville Tribune - Daily and Weekly. Democratic. Weekly, $1.50 per annum; Daily, $8.00 per annum. Bean, Summers & Wallace, publishers. 100 Gay.

• Philo Star - University paper. Published monthly. Established 1881. Philomathesian Literary Society, publishers. Price, 75 cents per annum.

• The Republican Chronicle - Weekly, Republican. Established 1839. Issued every Wednesday. $1.25 per annum. The Chronicle Company, publishers. 104 Gay.

• Silent Observer - Semi-monthly. Louis A. Houghton, editor. From School for Deaf and Dumb.

Knoxville newspapers listed in Bibliographic Checklist of African American Newspapers (1995) - Internet Archive

Title	City	State	Freq.	Dates
Aurora	Knoxville	TN	monthly	1886-1953
Baptist Family Companion	Knoxville	TN	weekly	1876-1882
Daily Monitor	Knoxville	TN	daily	1949
East Tennessee News	Knoxville	TN	weekly	1906-1949
Enquirer	Knoxville	TN	weekly	1939-1944
Flashlight Herald	Knoxville	TN	weekly	1931-1964
Gleanor	Knoxville	TN	weekly	1891-1900
Herald	Knoxville	TN	-	1927-1946
Independent Call	Knoxville	TN	-	19252-1961
Keyana	Knoxville	TN	-	1974
Keyana Spectrum	Knoxville	TN	-	1974-1975
Knoxville Examiner	Knoxville	TN	-	1878-1885
Knoxville Times	Knoxville	TN	weekly	1964-1971
Messenger	Knoxville	TN	-	1908-1910
Monitor	Knoxville	TN	weekly	1944-1954
Negro World	Knoxville	TN	-	1928
Negro World	Knoxville	TN	-	1887-1895
New South	Knoxville	TN	weekly	1887-1895
Public Guide	Knoxville	TN	-	1935-1938
Review	Knoxville	TN	weekly	1904-1910
Spectrum	Knoxville	TN	-	1975
Voice	Knoxville	TN	-	1949

Knoxville newspapers listed in Newspapers in Microform (1984) - Library of Congress

Link at archive.org

The Black Press of Tennessee, 1865-1980 - A doctoral dissertation at UTK (1982) - by Karen Fitzgerald Brown

Link at Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange - TRACE

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