Taken from HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL GAZETTEER OF NEW YORK STATE; J. H. French; 1860; R. P. Smith, publisher; Syracuse NY;

Early Newspapers in Ontario County NY

• The Ontario Gazette and Genesee Advertiser; the first paper in the present Ontario County; started at Geneva Apr 1797 by Lucius Carey; removed to Canandaigua in 1799;
• The Impartial American, or Seneca Museum; published at Geneva in 1800 by Ebenezer Eaton;
• The Expositor; started in Geneva 19 Nov 1806 by James Bogert; in 1809 changed it to:
• The Geneva Gazette; continued it until 4 Dec 1833; in 1827 it bore the title The Gazette and General Advertiser; published by John Greves and J. C. Merrill until 1837; by J. Taylor Bradt until 1839; and by Stone & Frazer a short time longer when it was discontinued.  It was revived in Jan 1845 by Ira and S. H. Parker.
• The Geneva Palladium was commenced in 1816 by Young & Crosby; published successively by S. P. Hull, John T. Wilson, and ______Connelly until 1828 when it was discontinued.
• The Geneva Chronicle; started in 1828 by _______Jackson and continued 2 years;
• The Independent American; published by Franklin Cowdery in 1830;
• The Geneva Courier; established by John C. Merrill in 1830 and continued until 1833.  Its publication was continued by Snow & Williams; Ira Merrill; Howlett & Van Valkenburgh; Cleveland & Hook; and Winthrop Atwell, successively until Oct 1854 when it passed to William Johnson, its present publisher.
• The Herald of Truth; (Univ) was started in 1834 at Geneva by Prescott & Chase and continued until 1837 when it was removed to Rochester.
• The Geneva Democrat; published during the campaign of 1840 by Stone & Frazer;
• The District School Journal; mo. was started at Geneva in 1840 by Francis Dwight and removed to Albany in 1841;
• The Geneva Advertiser and Mechanics' Advocate; started in 1841 by S. Merrill & Co. and continued 1 year
• The Geneva Budget; commenced in 1852 by Sproul & Tanner; continued 2 years;
• The New York State Intelligencer; published in 1848;
• The Ontario Whig; started at Geneva by Wm. C. Busted in 1850; continued until 1852;
• The Geneva Independent and Freeman's Gazette; established in 1851 by W. K. Fowle and continued by him until 1855, and by H. G. Moore until June 1857.  Since then it has been published by W. K. Fowle as:
• The Geneva Ledger;
• The Geneva Daily Union; published since 10 May 1858 by W. K. Fowle;
• The Ontario Gazette and Genesee Advertiser; brought from Geneva to Canandaigua in 1799; published by Lucius Carey until 1802.  John Keep Gould, who then became the publisher, changed its name to:
• The Western Repository and Genesee Advertiser; and in 1803 it was again changed to:
• The Western Repository; James D. Bemis became interested in its publication in 1804; in 1808 he issued it as:
• The Ontario Repository; and continued it until 1828.  It was published by Morse & Ward, Morse & Wilson, and Morse & Harvey, until 1835 and until 1840 by Chauncey Morse.  The last named was succeeded by George L. Whitney, who in Jan 1856, sold it to H. G. Moore.  The following month the office was burned and the paper suspended.  In May following it was revived as:
• The National New Yorker and Ontario Repository; by H. G. Moore and Dr. B. F. Tifft; in May 1857 it passed into the hands of George L. Whitney & Son, by whom it is now published;
• The Ontario Freeman; established at Canandaigua by Isaac Tiffany in 1803.  In 1806 it passed into the hands of John A. Stevens who changed its name to:
• The Ontario Messenger; successively published by Day & Morse, L. L. Morse, B. W. Jones and T. B. Hohn.  The latter was succeeded in Nov 1845 by Jacob J. Mattison, the present publisher.
• The Republican; started at Canandaigua by A. N. Phelps in 1824 and was afterward published a short time by T. M. Barnum;
• The Ontario Phoenix; issued at Canandaigua in 1827 by W. W. Phelps.  R. Royce became its publisher soon after and changed its name to:
• The Freeman; in 1836 it was united with The Repository;
• The Clay Club; a campaign paper published at Canandaigua in 1844;
• The Seminarian; a literary monthly published at Canandaigua in 1851;
• The Ontario Co. Times; established 1 Jan 1852 by N. J. Milliken and in 1855 sold to Wilson Miller who changed it to:
• The Ontario Times; in Feb 1856 the establishment was burned and the paper suspended.  It was re-established in May following by Mr. Milliken and is still published by him as:
• The Ontario Republican Times;
• The Vienna Republican; started at Vienna (now Phelps) in Jan 1831 by C. H. Lowre and A. Kilmer.  In 1832 it was published by J. O. Balch and in 1834 changed to:
• The Phelps Journal; E. N. Phelps, publisher, and soon after to:
• The Phelps Journal and Vienna Advertiser; in 1838 to:
• The Western Atlas; from 1845 until 1856 it was published by Washington Shaw, Dillon & Phelps, and W. W. Redfield; and since then it has been continued as:
• The Ontario Free Press;
• The Naples Free Press; established at Naples in 1832 by Waterman & Coleman and continued 2 years;
• The Neapolitan; started in 1840 by David Fairchild.  In 1845 it was sold to _______Phelps who changed its title to:
• The Naples Visitor; it was discontinued soon after;
• The Village Record; was published at Naples in 1842;
• The Naples Journal; was published in 1851 by R. Denton;