Historic newspapers · Nevada

Nevada historic newspapers: 73,833 free digitised pages

Everything below is what the Library of Congress holds online for Nevada 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

NewspaperYearsPages online
Morning Appeal (Carson City, Nev.)1877–19068,849
The Silver State (Unionville, Nev.)1870–19038,582
Daily Independent (Elko, Nev.) 188?-6,156
Gold Hill Daily News (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.])1863–18825,677
Tonopah Daily Bonanza (Tonopah, Nev.)1906–19294,608
Carson City Daily Appeal (Carson City, Nev.)1907–19304,571
Eureka Daily Sentinel (Eureka, Nev.)1871–18874,438
Lyon County Times (Silver City, Nev.)1874–19072,235
The Silver State (Winnemucca, Nev.)1909–19252,018
Walker Lake Bulletin (Hawthorne, Nev.)1883–19261,619

Counties

  • Carson City 16,998 pages
  • Ormsby 16,998 pages
  • Humboldt 12,331 pages
  • Elko 9,387 pages
  • Eureka 6,275 pages
  • Nye 6,136 pages
  • Storey 5,677 pages
  • Lincoln 4,465 pages
  • White Pine 3,331 pages
  • Lyon 3,023 pages

Cities

  • Carson City 16,998 pages
  • Winnemucca 11,988 pages
  • Elko 9,387 pages
  • Unionville 8,582 pages
  • Eureka 6,275 pages
  • Tonopah 6,136 pages
  • Gold Hill 5,677 pages
  • Pioche 3,508 pages
  • Ely 3,164 pages
  • Yerington 3,023 pages

By decade

  • 1860 to 1869 3,024 pages
  • 1870 to 1879 12,235 pages
  • 1880 to 1889 12,895 pages
  • 1890 to 1899 13,613 pages
  • 1900 to 1909 13,363 pages
  • 1910 to 1919 14,345 pages
  • 1920 to 1929 3,988 pages
  • 1930 to 1939 409 pages
  • 1940 to 1949 39 pages
  • 1950 to 1959 4 pages
  • 1960 to 1969 3 pages

Languages

  • English 73,833 pages

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