New Jersey Online Historical Newspapers

There are around 2,000 newspapers that have been published in the Garden State - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are quite a few that are indeed available. So go for it - find articles about the events, history, and people that capture the stories of New Jersey. 

Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also I suspect that some of these links may change over time - so if there is a dead link - please use your favorite search engine to find their new location. 

(Updated December, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America - New Jersey

• Bridgeton, N.J., 1884-1919 - Bridgeton pioneer.
• Bridgeton, N.J., 1851-1884 - West-Jersey pioneer.
• Jersey City [N.J.], 1889-1906 - The Jersey City news.
• Jersey City [N.J.], 1886-1891 - The Sunday morning news.
• Perth Amboy, N.J., 1903-1959 - Perth Amboy evening news. 

Google News Archive

• Bayonne City - The Bayonne Herald
• Camden - Camden Democrat
• Newark - The Sunday Call
• Newark - Newark Sunday Call
• New Brunswick - Political Intelligence and New-Jersey Advertiser
• Paterson - Paterson Daily Press
• Paterson - The Paterson Weekly Press
• Paterson - The Paterson Press
• Trenton - Evening True American
• Trenton - Trenton True American
• Trenton - Daily True American

New Jersey Historical Portal

• Asbury Park
• Belmar Twp.
• Bernardsville News
• Boonton
• Caldwell
• Carlstadt
• Chatham
• Cliffside
• Cranbury
• Cranford
• Dover
• Glen Ridge
• Haddonfield
• Hightstown
• Hillside
• Hoboken
• Home News Tribune
• Jersey City
• Lake Hopatcong
• Long Branch
• Maplewood
• Matawan
• Metuchen
• Montclair
• Morristown
• New Brunswick
• Nutley
• Ocean City
• Ocean Grove
• Plainfield
• Rahway
• Red Bank
• Ringwood
• Secaucus
• Somerville
• Spring Lake
• Summit
• Tuckerton
• Washington
• Watertown
• Westfield
• Woodbridge

New Jersey Digital Highway - Newspapers

New Jersey Media Group Archives (index; articles must pay)

• The Record
• Herald News

County and Library Collections:

Asbury Park Newspapers

• Asbury Park Daily Press
• Asbury Park Journal

Atlantic County Digitized Newspapers

• Atlantic Journal     1860
• Hammonton Farmer     1863 and 1866
• South Jersey Republican     1863-1923
• Atlantic Democrat and Cape May County Register     1864-1865
• Atlantic Democrat and Cumberland County Patriot     1866
• Atlantic Democrat   1867-1868
• Hammonton Item     1872-1877
• Mays Landing Record     1877-1906
• Atlantic County Record     1908-1917
• South Jersey Star     1917-1923

Belmar Newspapers

• The Crab
• Coast Advertiser
• Ocean Grove Times
• Coast Echo

Burlington County Newspapers

• Burlington County Newspaper Notices Index   
• Batsto Citizens Gazette   
• Bordentown Register/Register News   
• Central Record   
• New Jersey Mirror   
• Times-Advertiser/Community News Index 

Cape May Court House Library (in library access only)

• Cape May County Gazette
• Cape May County Herald
• Cape May County Times
• Cape May Daily Herald
• Cape May Daily Star
• Cape May Herald
• Cape May Ocean Wave
• Daily Cape May Wave
• Ocean City Sentinel
• Star of the Cape

Chatham Newspapers

• Chatham Courier
• Chatham News
• Chatham Press

Cherry Hills Public Library

• Cherry Hill News
• Cherry Hill News Suburban
• Delaware Township News
• Cherry Hill And Delaware Township News
• Delaware Township News ​

Chester Library

• Observer-Tribune 
• The Mendham-Chester Tribune

Clark Public Library Historical Newspapers 

• Clark Patriot 
• The Eagle 
• Union County Local Source

Cranbury Public Library

• Cranbury Press

Cranford Public Library

• Cranford Chronicle 
• Cranford Citizen & Chronicle
• Cranford Citizen 

Elizabeth Public Library

• Elizabeth Daily Journal

Englewood Public Library Newspapers

• Englewood Press
• Press Journal

Fanwood Memorial Library & Scotch Plains Public Library

• The Scotch Plains - Fanwood Times Newspaper

Franklin Township (Library access only)

• Record (1948-1958)
• Franklin News (1954-1958)
• Franklin News-Record (1958-1998)
• Franklin Focus (1989-1997)
• Spectator (1992-1998)
• Strictly Somerset (1994-1997)

Hightstown Newspapers

• Excelsior
• Hightstown Gazette
• Village Record
• Daily Graphic
• Independent
• Independent Weekly
• Reporter

Hillside Public Library Newspapers

• Local Source
• Leader
• Times

Lake Hopatcong Newspapers

• The Angular
• The Breeze

Lyndhurst Public Library

• Leader

Maplewood Public Library

• News Record

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Matawan Aberdeen Public Library

• Home News Tribune
• Matawan Independent 
• Matawan Journal 

Metuchen Public Library

• Metuchen Recorder
• Metuche Review

Millburn Archives

• The Alert
• The Budget
• The Item of Millburn & Short Hills
• The Thistle
• The Township Tattle

New Brunswick Public Library​

• Daily Home News 1887, 1889, 1903-1926
• Daily Times 1871-1916

Newark Public Library Digitized Newspapers

• After Hours Magazine (1949-1986)
• Black Mirror News (1998-2011)
• City News (1990-2002)
• Grafrica (1981-1982) 
• Information/Informacion (1972-1979) 
• Ironbound Voices (1978-2001) 
• La Tribuna De New Jersey (1975-2011)
• New Community Clarion (1983-1994)
• New Community Douglass-Harrison News Highlights (1997-1998)
• New Community Intercom (1996-2014) 
• Newark Herald 
• PREA Collection Newspapers
• Tenant Action News (1990-2001) 
• Trend Magazine (1957-1959) 
• Urban League of Essex Co. (1971-1972)
• La Hispanidad Newsletter Collection 

Ocean City Free Public Library Newspaper Archive

• Daily Sentinel (in library)
• Daily Reporter (in library)
• Ledger (in library)
• Ocean City News (in library)
• Ocean City Sentinel (in library)
• Cape May County Gazette (in library)
• Somers Point Herald (in library)
• Ocean City Sentinel Ledger (in library)

Ocean City Newspapers

• ​Cape May County Gazette
• Daily Reporter
• Ledger
• Ocean City Sentinel
• Sentinel Ledger

Ocean County Library

• Tuckerton Beacon
• New Jersey Courier

Ocean Grove Newspapers

• Asbury Park Daily Press
• Asbury Park Journal
• Ocean Grove Times

Paterson Newspaper Archive​

• East Paterson News-Record
• Eastside Criterion

Plainfield Historical Newspaper Collection

• Central New Jersey Times
• The Constitutionalist
• Plainfield Courier-News 
• Daily Press
• Plainfield Daily Press
• Evening News
• Plainfield Evening News
• North Plainfield Weekly Review
• Plainfield Gazette
• Plainfield Record
• Plainfield Union, various names
• The Suburbanite
• The Voice
• Plainfield Courier
• Mid-State Press

Princeton University Library

• Princeton Herald
• Princeton Recollector

​Rahway Newspapers

• Clark Patriot
• The Daily Record
• National Democrat
• News Herald
• News Record
• Rahway Advocate
• Rahway Progess
• The Rahway Record
• The Weekly Advocate and Times

Red Bank Public Library​

• Daily Register
• Echo Express
• Red Bank Register

Riverton Historical Newspapers

• The New Era
• The Palmyra Record
• The Riverton Journal
• The Weekly News

Rockaway Township Free Public Library

• Iron Era
• Record

Sadie Pope Dowdell Public Library

• Sayreville Times
• South Amboy Citizen

South Brunswick Public Library

• South Brunswick Forum

South Plainfield Collection

• The Chronicle (2003 - 2007)
• Observer (1997 - 2002)
• Observer (2003 - 2008)
• Observer (2009 - 2012)
• The Reporter (1990-1994, 2003)

Spring Lake Newspapers

• Asbury Park Journal
• Coast Echo
• Coast Star
• Manasquan Seaside

Summit Free Public Library Historical Newspapers

• Herald
• Observer
• Dispatch
• Herald-Dispatch
• Union County Local Source
• Record

Watertown Newspapers

• Post
• Post Boy
• Sunday Republican
• Watertown Journal
• Watertown News

Westfield Memorial Library Newspapers

• The Westfield Leader
• The Westfield Record Press
• Union County Standard

Woodbridge Township Historic Newspapers

• Avenel Bulletin - 1922 - 1923
• Carteret Press - 1925 - 1965
• Fords Beacon - 1936 - 1960
• Independent Leader - 1940 - 1965
• Leader Journal - 1934 - 1939
• Leader Press - 1967 - 1970
• The Independent Hour - 1876 - 1877
• The Weekly Register - 1898 - 1902
• The Woodbridge Leader - 1926 - 1931
• The Woodbridge News - 1899 - 1902
• Woodbridge Independent - 1919 - 1939
• Woodbridge Leader - 1931 - 1934

Student Collections:

Bergen Community College - Paramus

• Monitor
• Torch

Bordentown Manual Training School - Bordentown

• Ironsides Echo

College of New Jersey - Ewing

• The Signal

Drew University - Madison

• Acorn

Essex County College - Newark

• The Drum
• Ecco

Farleigh Dickinson University - Teaneck

• Bulletin
• Equinox
• Gauntler
• Tarrevir

Farleigh Dickinson University - Florham

• Bulletin
• Metropolitan
• Pillar

Highland Park High School - Highland Park

• The Highland Fling

John P Stevens High School - Edison Township

• The Hawkeye

Kean University - Union

• Reflector
• Independent
• Tower

Montclair State University - Montclair

• Montclarion

New Jersey City University - Jersey City

• Gothic Times

New Jersey Institute of Technology - Newark

• Vector

New Jersey School for the Deaf - Ewing Township

• Silent Worker  

North Plainfield High School - North Plainfield

• Tunlaw

Princeton University - Princeton

• Local Express

• Nassau Lit

• Princeton University Weekly Bulletin

• The Daily Princetonian
• Town Topics

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

• Daily Targum

Summit High School - Summit

• Verve

Seton Hall University - South Orange

•  Seton Hall Setonian 

St. Peters University - Jersey City

• Pauw Wow

Stevens Institute of Technology - Hoboken

• Stute

The College of New Jersey - Ewing Township

• Signal

Thomas Edison State University - Trenton

• Invention
• Signals

West Essex Regional High School - North Caldwell

• Wessev Wire

William Paterson University - Wayne

• Beacon
• Pioneer Times

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Independent Voices - Alternative Press

• Fort Dix 38 speak Out
• Fragging Action
• Shakedown
• New Directions for Women
• New Directions for Women in New Jersey

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

• ​Branchville - Camp Paper (Company 1266)
• Branchville - Campus 57 Echoes (Company 1266)
• Branchville - Kittinews (Company 218)
• Branchville - S-71 Weekly (Company 1266)
• Branchville - Stoker (Company 218)
• Branchville - Trail Blazer (Company 218)
• Branchville - Two Eighteen Times (Company 218)
• Butler - 239Ers (Company 239)
• Fort Hancock - Bugler (Company 288)
• Freehold - Monmouth Monitor (Company 259)
• Mays Landing - 265Th Woodsmen (Company 265)
• Mays Landing - Happy Landing (Company 265)
• Morristown - Fort Nonsense News (Company 241)
• Morristown - Jockey Hollow Chips (Company 241)
• Orange - Mountain-Ear (Company 1281)
• Sussex - High Pointer (Company 216)
• Tuckerton - Bass River Log (Company 225)
• Woodbine - Camp Bulletin (Company 242)

Old Fulton Postcards

• Bloomfield NJ Citizen
• Bloomfield NJ Independient Press
• Bloomfield NJ Record
• Clifton NJ Jewish Community News
• Fair Lawn NJ Israelight
• Hackettstown NJ Forum
• Hackettstown NJ Gazette
• Hackettstown NJ Gazetteold
• Hackettstown NJ Warren Republican
• Jersey City NJ Jewish Standard
• Little Falls NJ Herald
• Little Falls NJ Passaic Valley Journal
• Little Falls NJ Reporter
• Little Falls NJ Times Herald
• Paterson NJ Evening News
• Paterson NJ Morning Call
• Paterson NJ Sunday Call
• Paterson NJ The Jewish Post
• Pattern NJ Federation News (Patterson}
• Peterson NJ Daily Gardian
• Peterson NJ Evening News
• Red Bank NJ Register
• Wayne NJ Passaic Valley Today

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Small Town Papers

• Bernardsville News Bernardsville

The Olden Times - New Jersey

Newspaper Abstracts - New Jersey

Other Free Sites:

Bernardsville

• Bernardsville News (in library only)

Boonton

• The Weekly Bulletin

Burlington

• Rural Visiter 

Caldwell

• Caldwell News

Camden

• Catholic Star Herald -

Carlstadt

• Free Press (Freie Presse) 

Clifton

• The Beacon - 2014-present
• Post Eagle 2012-

Dover​

• Dover Advance

Fort Dix

• Camp Dix News

Haddonfield

• The Haddonfield Basket

Hoboken

• Hoboken Advisor

Lawrenceville

• Hellcat News

Long Branch

• Daily Record

Maplewood

• Home News

Matawan

• Journal

Metuchen

• The Catholic Spirit - 2014-present

Montclair

• Montclair Times

Morristown

• Morristown Topics

Newark

• The Catholic Advocate 1958-1964
• The Jewish News

New Brunswick

• Daily Times

Nutley

• The Nutley Sun

Parsippany

• Svoboda (Freedom)

Passaic

• Catholic Falcon / Katoli Cky Sobol 

Plainfield

• Constitution

Princeton

• Town Topics

Secaucus

• Secaucus News

Trenton

• True American (index)
• New Jersey Catholic Journal
• Peces - 2014-present

Washington

• Washington Star 

Woodland Park

• Eastern Catholic Life - 2012-present