The Leaf-Chronicle

The Leaf-Chronicle
The July 27, 2005 front page of
The Leaf-Chronicle
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Gannett
EditorGary Estwick
Founded1808
(as the Clarksville Chronicle)
Headquarters200 Commerce St.
Clarksville, Tennessee 37040
 United States
Circulation22,264 Morning
26,327 Sunday [1]
Websitetheleafchronicle.com

The Leaf-Chronicle is a newspaper in the state of Tennessee, founded, officially, in 1808.

First appearing as a weekly newspaper under various names as early as 1808 and eventually as the Clarksville Chronicle, the current name is the result of a subsequent merger, in 1890, with the Tobacco Leaf, named for the area's predominant agricultural crop. (See Goodspeed's History of Tennessee, pg. 817) The Leaf-Chronicle is published daily in Clarksville, Tennessee. The Leaf-Chronicle achievement that has perhaps received the greatest acclaim in recent years is its continuing to publish every day after downtown Clarksville and its printing plant received a direct hit from a powerful tornado in January 1999.

  1. ^ "About Gannett: The Leaf-Chronicle". Gannett Co., Inc. Retrieved 2006-11-08.