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Note: An attempt has been made to identify notable gaps in issues, but inclusive date ranges do not necessarily indicate that there are no missing issues within those ranges.

WOOD COUNTY

The Baptist Banner
Parkersburg
July 1889-January 4, 1934
Daily Morning News
Parkersburg
February 8, 1898-November 22, 1902
Note: Starting November 23, 1902, it became The Parkersburg News.
Daily Morning News (Misc. Reels M-19)
Parkersburg
April 1, 1898
Daily Morning News (Misc. Reels M-20)
Parkersburg
June 7, 1900
The Daily State Journal
Parkersburg
July 23 1883-June 1895; November 4, 1895-December 1907; May 1908-June 1909; January-September 1910; February 1911-Nov 17, 1917
Note: Beginning November 17, 1903, after the weekly edition of The State Journal was ended, the title of The Daily State Journal changed to The State Journal.
The Daily Times
Parkersburg
February 4, 1869-September 6, 1872
Note: Previously titled Parkersburg Daily Times.
The Daily Times (Misc. Reels M-11)
Parkersburg
August 1, 1871
Methodist Episcopal Times (Misc. Reels, M-134 and 135)
Parkersburg
August 28, 1895-December 26, 1900
Note: At the end of 1900, publication of the paper was moved to Buckhannon.
Northwestern Virginia Baptist (Misc. Reels M-19)
Parkersburg
July 12, 1860
Parkersburg Daily Sentinel
Parkersburg
October 24, 1890-November 24, 1893
Note: The daily Sentinel published concurrently with the weekly Parkersburg Sentinel. Starting November 25, 1893, both the daily and the weekly published under the title of Parkersburg Sentinel.
Parkersburg Daily Sentinel (Misc. Reels M-19)
Parkersburg
January 8, 1884
Parkersburg Daily Sentinel (Misc. Reels M-11)
Parkersburg
July 28 and October 1, 1892; October 7 and 23, 1893
Parkersburg Daily Times
Parkersburg
August 12, 1865-April 5, 1866; January 1, 1867-February 3, 1869
Note: Title changed to The Daily Times beginning with the February 4, 1869, issue.
The Parkersburg Dispatch
Parkersburg
April 1-June 29, 1905
Note: The Parkersburg Dispatch and The Parkersburg News merged to form the Parkersburg Dispatch-News beginning January 1, 1906.
Parkersburg Dispatch-News
Parkersburg
January 1, 1906-December 31, 1914
Note: The result of a merger of The Parkersburg Dispatch and The Parkersburg News, the title reverted to The Parkersburg News beginning January 1, 1915.
Parkersburg Dispatch-News (Misc. Reels M-19)
Parkersburg
March 27, 1909; July 2, 1912; January 3, March 30 and 31, and April 1, 1913
Parkersburg Gazette
Parkersburg
July 1, 1841; January 12, May 12, July 14, September 29, and December 17 and 24, 1842; February 11 and 25, May 30, June 9 September 20, and October 4, 1843; April 25, September 14, and November 7, 1844; February 20, March 20, and July 17, 1845; October 9, 1845-January 8, 1846; February 5-March 5, June 4, July 9, August 20, September 24, and December 3, 1846; January 14 and 21, February 11, March 4, April 15, June 10, July 8-October 21, November 18, and December 1 and 29, 1847; January 19 and 26, February 16, April 26, November 11 and 18, and December 2 and 23, 1848; January 20-February 24, April 28, May 19, June 9, September 22, November 17, and December 1-22, 1849; February 23, April 20, June 1, July 27, August 10 and 24, September 21 and 28, October 5, and November 2-December 21, 1850; January 25, February 22-March 22, May 3, and July 12, 1851; March 12 and 27, April 10, May 15, July 10, October 2 and December 11 and 18, 1852; January 1 and 22, February 5, March 19-April 16, May 7-August 12, September 10-October 15, and December 3 and 17, 1853; March 4-November 25, 1854; December 23, 1854-January 20, 1855; March 24-May 12, June 2-30, July 28, September 8, November 3, 17, and 24, 1855; January 5, June 14, July 5, November 22, and December 27, 1856; February 7, April 11, May 16, and July 4 and 11, 1857; July 29, 1869-May 9, 1872
Note: Title changed to The Parkersburg Gazette and Western Virginia Courier in December 1848 and became the Parkersburg Gazette and Courier in December 1854. Sometime between 1857 and 1869, the title returned to The Parkersburg Gazette.
Parkersburg Gazette (Misc. Reels M-20)
Parkersburg
June 19, 1840; March 1, 1862; and February 11, 1864
Parkersburg Gazette and Courier (Misc. Reels M-9)
Parkersburg
February 21, 1857
Parkersburg Gazette and Western Virginia Advertiser (Misc. Reels M-9)
Parkersburg
November 24, 1837
The Parkersburg News (Misc. Reels M-20)
Parkersburg
May 14, 1852
The Parkersburg News
Parkersburg
November 23, 1902-September 19, 1905; January 1, 1915-April 24, 2009
Note: Following a merger of The Parkersburg Dispatch and The Parkersburg News, between January 1, 1906, and December 31, 1914, the paper was titled Parkersburg Dispatch-News, then reverted to The Parkersburg News on January 1, 1915. It became The Parkersburg News and Sentinel beginning April 25, 2009.
The Parkersburg News (Misc. Reels M-123)
Parkersburg
March 25 and September 15, 1953
The Parkersburg News (Flood Extra) (Misc. Reels M-19)
Parkersburg
January 25 and 26, 1937
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
Parkersburg
April 25-November 30, 2009; January 1, 2010-May 31, 2013; August 1, 2013-November 30, 2014; September 1, 2015-present
Note: The Parkersburg News and the Parkersburg Sentinel combined to become The Parkersburg News and Sentinel beginning April 25, 2009.
The Parkersburg Orthopolitan
Parkersburg
January 1, 1873-October 24, 1874; November 21, 1874-February 13, 1875
Note: In September 1873, title changed to The Parkersburg Examiner and in November 1874 to The Democrat and Examiner.
Parkersburg Sentinel
Parkersburg
July 17, 1875-August 22, 1885; August 1, 1886-November 30, 1914; February 1, 1915-December 30, 1918; January 2, 1920-March 31, 1939; June 1, 1939-December 31, 1948; January 1955-December 1982-July 1, 1985-November 30, 1987; January 2, 1988-February 22, 1990; April 14-May 31, 1990; July 1990-April 24, 2009
Note: The paper began under this title as a weekly, which continued until 1895, when the paper began publishing a semi-weekly (see separate listing). Concurrently from 1890, the paper published a daily under the title Parkersburg Daily Sentinel until November 24, 1893, when it was renamed Parkersburg Sentinel. It became The Parkersburg News and Sentinel beginning April 25, 2009.
The Parkersburg Sentinel (Misc. Reels M-19)
Parkersburg
November 23, 1896; March 29, 1913 (Flood Special); and January 26, 1937 (Flood Extra)
Parkersburg Sentinel (semi-weekly)
Parkersburg
March 12, 1895-December 31, 1912
The Parkersburg Sunday News (Extra) (Misc. Reels M-19)
Parkersburg
December 7, 1941
Parkersburg Weekly Democrat (Misc. Reels M-20)
Parkersburg
March 27-June 19, 1866
Parkersburg Weekly Gazette (Misc. Reels M-9)
Parkersburg
December 7, 1865
The Pioneer Daughter
Parkersburg
May 23, 1901-May 1903
The Pioneer Daughter (Misc. Reels M-20)
Parkersburg
June 25, September 2 and December 2, 1901; January 1, February 1, April 1, June 20, August-December 1902; February and May 1903
Smith's Index (Misc. Reels M-19)
Parkersburg
January 5, 1881
Smith's Index (Misc. Reels M-11)
Parkersburg
October 1, 1883; May 5, 1884; and October 17, 1892
Southern Methodist Itinerant (Misc. Reels M-11)
Parkersburg / Mineral Wells / Williamstown
March 15, May 1-December 15, 1856; January 1-August 1, 1857; October 15, 1857; December 1, 1857-April 1, 1858; August 2, 1858; February 1, March 15-August 17, 1859; October 5, 1859-July 25, 1860; August 22-November 21, 1860; January 2 and March 13 and 20, 1861
Note: Initially published at Parkersburg and Mineral Wells, the paper was published at Williamstown starting November 1856, and moved back to Parkersburg by February 1, 1859.
The State Journal (weekly but filed with daily papers)
Parkersburg
September 22, 1869-December 18, 1890; January 12, 1893-November 8, 1900; January 2-December 25, 1902
The State Journal (Misc. Reels M-11)
Parkersburg
February 20, 1879
The State Journal (Misc. Reels M-9)
Parkersburg
December 19, 1889
The State Journal (West Virginia National Guard Souvenir Edition) (Misc. Reels M-22)
Parkersburg
August 15-24, 1905
State Journal Supplement (Misc. Reels M-19)
Parkersburg
July 5, 1881
The State Weekly & Gazette
Parkersburg
August 19, 1911-June 23, 1913
The Sunday Morning News
Parkersburg
May 2, 1897-February 6, 1898
The Volcano Lubricator (Misc. Reels M-8)
Volcano
October 26, 1871
The West Virginia Baptist
Parkersburg
May 1936-June 1994
West Virginia Baptist Record
Parkersburg
March 1869-May 1871
West Virginia Freeman
Parkersburg
February 23, 1881-December 19, 1888
West Virginia Freeman (Misc. Reels M-9)
Parkersburg
October 24 and 31, November 21, and December 5, 1883; September 10, October 22, November 19, and December 3, 17 and 24, 1884; February 4, 1885
West Virginia Freeman (Extra Edition) (Misc. Reels M-19)
Parkersburg
July 1881
West Virginia Walking Beam (Misc. Reels M-8)
Volcano
August 13, 1879
The West Virginia Weekly Times
Parkersburg
September 23-December 30, 1865; February 11, 1866-June 18, 1868; July 23, 1868-June 20, 1872
Note: Title changed to The Weekly Times with the February 4, 1869, issue, then a week later to The Weekly Times and the Elizabeth Gazette. On April 14, 1870, the title returned to The Weekly Times.
Western Republican and Parkersburg Gazette (Misc. Reels M-11)
Parkersburg
September 12, 1834 (very dark)
The Wood County News
Williamstown
January 6, 1911-March 1, 1912


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