List of defunct newspapers of the United States

This is a list of defunct newspapers of the United States. Only notable names among the thousands of such newspapers are listed, primarily major metropolitan dailies which published for ten years or more.[inconsistent]

The list is sorted by distribution and state and labeled with the city of publication if not evident from the name.

Note that there are lists of newspapers in every state, such as List of newspapers in Alabama, each with a section on defunct newspapers in the state. These lists often include titles missing below.