Delaware historic newspapers: 42,082 free digitised pages
Everything below is what the Library of Congress holds online for Delaware in Chronicling America, counted on 2026-10-06. The pages are free to read and searchable by name; an obituary or a marriage notice here is often the only record of a date before civil registration.
Titles with the most digitised pages
| Newspaper | Years | Pages online |
|---|---|---|
| Evening Journal (Wilmington, Del.) | 1888–1932 | 10,685 |
| Smyrna Times (Smyrna, Del.) | 1854–1987 | 5,511 |
| Milford Chronicle (Milford, Del.) | 1878–1974 | 3,714 |
| Daily Republican ([Wilmington, Del.]) | 1874–1890 | 3,599 |
| The Wilmington Daily Republican (Wilmington, Del.) | 1890–1902 | 3,174 |
| The Daily Gazette (Wilmington, Del.) | 1874–1883 | 2,833 |
| Middletown Transcript (Middletown, Del.) | 2,154 | |
| Every Evening, Wilmington Daily Commercial (Wilmington, Del.) | 1878–1928 | 1,438 |
| Wilmington Daily Commercial (Wilmington, Del.) | 1866–1877 | 1,149 |
| The Sun (Wilmington, Del.) | 973 |
Counties
- New Castle 32,591 pages
- Kent 5,668 pages
- Sussex 3,823 pages
Cities
- Wilmington 29,446 pages
- Smyrna 5,584 pages
- Milford 3,745 pages
- Middletown 2,156 pages
- Newark 931 pages
- Dover 69 pages
- Georgetown 68 pages
- Delaware City 46 pages
- Clayton 15 pages
- Odessa 6 pages
By decade
- 1790 to 1799 35 pages
- 1800 to 1809 46 pages
- 1810 to 1819 77 pages
- 1820 to 1829 578 pages
- 1830 to 1839 80 pages
- 1840 to 1849 37 pages
- 1850 to 1859 469 pages
- 1860 to 1869 1,682 pages
- 1870 to 1879 6,334 pages
- 1880 to 1889 6,488 pages
- 1890 to 1899 8,022 pages
- 1900 to 1909 6,182 pages
- 1910 to 1919 5,449 pages
- 1920 to 1929 3,309 pages
- 1930 to 1939 1,068 pages
- 1940 to 1949 1,067 pages
- 1950 to 1959 1,064 pages
- 1960 to 1969 441 pages
Languages
- English 42,080 pages
- German 2 pages
Ethnic press: African American, German
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