Cecil County Maryland Newspapers

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Key Newspapers for Genealogy

• The Cecil Whig: Published continuously since 1841, it is the leading current source for local obituaries, recent death notices, and vital community statistics.
• The Cecil Democrat: Published from 1850 to 1981 out of Elkton, this historical paper is an invaluable resource for 19th and 20th-century marriage, birth, and death announcements.
• The Midland Journal: Based in Rising Sun, MD, this historic regional paper covered births, marriages, and deaths for northern Cecil County sections and is referenced heavily in local genealogical abstracts.
• The Cecil County News: Active from 1880 to 1937, it served as a vital record keeper for local family notices before being absorbed into neighboring publications.

Directory of Cecil County Maryland Newspapers

A listing of Cecil County Maryland newspapers, their location, and dates published.

• The Appeal (Elkton, Md.) 1884-1894
• The Bainbridge Mainsheet (Bainbridge, MD) 1942-Current
• The Call (Port Deposit, Md.) 18??-18??
• The Cecil County Advocate (Elkton [Md.]) 1847-184?
• The Cecil County News (Elkton, Md.) 1880-1937
• Cecil County Star (Elkton and North East, Md.) 192?-19??
• The Cecil Democrat (Elkton, Md.) 1842-1845
• The Cecil Democrat (Elkton, Md.) 1850-1981
• The Cecil Democrat, and Farmers' Journal (Elkton, Md.) 1846-1850
• The Cecil Gazette, and Farmers' and Mechanics' Advertiser (Elkton, Md.) 1834-1842
• Cecil Republican and Farmers' and Mechanics' Advertiser (Elkton, Md.) 1832-1834
• The Cecil Star (North East, Md.) 188?-192?
• Cecil Times (Elkton, Md.) 1940-19??
• The Cecil Whig (Elkton, Md.; Elkton, MD) 1841-Current
• Cecil Whig, and Port Deposit Weekly Courier (Port Deposit, Md.) 1835-1836
• The Cecil Whig (Elkton, Md.) 1841-Current
• Central Courant, and Port Deposit Intelligencer (Port Deposit, Md.) 1833-1834
• Chesapeake Chesapike (Chesapeake City, Md.) 1876-1878
• Chesapeake Record (Chesapeake City, Md.) 1878-1879
• Elkton Appeal (Elkton, Md.) 1895-19??
• Elkton Courier (Elkton, Md.) 1836-18??
• The Elkton Press (Elkton, Md.) 1823-183?
• The Home Journal (Rising Sun, Md.) 1878-1880
• The Jackson Picket Guard (Elkton, Md.) 1856-185?
• The Maryland News (Oxford, Pa.) 1947-1947
• The Maryland News Courier (Oxford, Pa.) 1947-19??
• Maryland Pythian (North East, Md.) 1894-18??
• The Midland Journal (Rising Sun, Cecil County, Md.) 1885-1947
• The Midland Journal (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947
• The News (Port Deposit, Md.) 1945-19??
• North-East Record (North-East, Md.) 1878-18??
• The North-East Star (North East, Md.) 1882-188?
• The Observer (Perryville, Md.) 1946-19??
• The Perryville Record (Perryville, Md.) 1893-19??
• Port Deposit Journal (Port Deposit [Md.]) 19??-19??
• Port Deposit Rock, and Cecil County Commercial Advertiser (Port Deposit, Md.) 1839-184?
• The Rising Sun Herald (Rising Sun, Md.) 1989-Current
• Rising Sun Journal (Rising Sun, Md.) 1880-1885