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Lorain County, Ohio

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180newspaper titles
5digitized titles
124historic places
1829earliest paper
1822formed
312,964pop. 2020
63cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 180 newspaper titles published in Lorain County, Ohio, with the earliest starting in 1829. 5 of these titles have digitized pages on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 124 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 3 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Elyria, Wellington, Lorain.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Lorain

Library of Congress
180 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Lorain GazetteElyria1829–1831
Ohio AtlasElyria1832–1833
The Ohio Atlas, and Elyria AdvertiserElyria1832–1844
The Ohio Atlas, and Lorain County GazetteElyria1832–1832
Elyria Republican and Working Men's AdvocateElyria1834–1837
The Elyria RepublicanElyria1837–1840
People's BannerElyria1838–1838
The Oberlin EvangelistOberlin1838–1862
Old Tip's BroomElyria1840–1849
The Lorain StandardElyria1840–1840
The Independent TreasuryElyria1841–1842
Lorain RepublicanElyria1842–1844
Buckeye SentinelElyria1844–1844
Buckeye Sentinel and Elyria AdvertiserElyria1845–1846
People's PressOberlin1845–1899
Elyria CourierElyria1846–1854
Oberlin Peace BannerOberlin1848–1899
The Lorain ArgusElyria1848–1852
The Independent DemocratElyria1852–1859
The Lorain County ArgusElyria1852–1855
The Village ItemOberlin1852–1899
The Wellington JournalWellington1852–1854
Oberlin Weekly Times and Student's Literary JournalOberlin1853–1859
The Lorain County EagleElyria1857–1861
Elyria Independent DemocratElyria1859–1877
Lorain County NewsOberlin, Wellington1860–1873
The BudgetElyria1860–1899
Our CabinetOberlin1864–1899
Lorain ConstitutionalistElyria1866–1872
The Wellington EnterpriseWellington1867–1889
The Wellington Enterprise DigitizedWellington1867–?
Lorain ConstitutionElyria1872–1875
The Oberlin TimesOberlin1872–1873
Der Elyria VolksfreundElyria1873–1876
The Oberlin NewsOberlin1873–1874
Oberlin College ReviewOberlin1874–1875
The Anti-License MonitorElyria1874–1874
The Elyria Weekly RepublicanElyria1874–1875
The Oberlin Weekly NewsOberlin1874–1891
The Amherst Free PressAmherst1875–1879
The Elyria ConstitutionElyria1875–1887
The Elyria RepublicanElyria1875–1912
The Oberlin ReviewOberlin1875–?
The Vermillion BugleVermilion, Vermilion1876–1878
Citizens' ProtectorWellington1878–1899
Elyria AstonisherElyria1878–1879
Amherst Weekly RecordNorth Amherst1879–1899
The Lorain TimesLorain1879–1901
The Weekly NewspaperHuron, Vermillion, Berlin Heights1879–1880
The Enterprise DigitizedWellington1880–1899
The TimesElyria1880–1881
The Weekly TimesElyria1882–1882
Jubilee DailyOberlin1883–1883
The Oberlin TimesOberlin1883–1885
The Reform ClubOberlin1883–1889
St. John ClubOberlin1884–1884
The CitizenOberlin1884–1889
Lorain County ExponentOberlin1885–1889
The MammothOberlin1885–1899
The Oberlin HeraldOberlin1885–1899
The People's FriendOberlin1885–1899
Elyria Daily TelephoneElyria1886–1888
JumboOberlin1886–1899
The Bumble BeeOberlin1886–1899
The Elyria DemocratElyria1887–1916
The Elyria Saloon QuestionElyria1887–1887
The Temperance HeraldOberlin1888–1899
The Oberlin RecordOberlin1889–1891
Lorain County ReporterElyria1890–1898
The ExponentOberlin1890–1892
The Oberlin NewsOberlin1891–1930
Amherst ReporterAmherst1892–1917
Elyria Daily RepublicanElyria1892–1899
The CitizenOberlin1892–1894
Cheese City CourierWellington1894–1896
Lorain PostLorain1894–1918
The Evening HeraldLorain1894–1901
The OwlOberlin1894–1899
The Oberlin NewsOberlin1895–1897
The Vermilion NewsVermilion, Vermilion1897–1964
Elyria Daily ReporterElyria1898–1901
The Elyria ReporterElyria1898–1907
The ObserverWellington1898–1900
The TribuneOberlin1899–1906
The Wellington Enterprise DigitizedWellington1899–1900
The Wellington Enterprise DigitizedWellington1899–?
Reformatusok LapjaOberlin1900–1999
The Commencement DailyOberlin1900–1999
The Daily DemocratLorain1900–1903
The Daily ReviewOberlin1900–1900
The Elyria ChronicleElyria1900–1913
The Wellington Enterprise and ObserverWellington1900–1901
The Daily ChronicleElyria1901–1903
The Lorain Times-HeraldLorain1901–1932
The Wellington EnterpriseWellington1901–?
Elyria ReporterElyria1902–1907
The Weekly ChronicleElyria1902–1999
Elyria ChronicleElyria1903–1905
The Daily News-DemocratLorain1903–1903
The Lorain Daily NewsLorain1903–1918
Elyria Daily ChronicleElyria1905–1906
The Elyria ChronicleElyria1906–1919
The Oberlin TribuneOberlin1906–1930
The Evening TelegramElyria1907–1913
The CitizenLorain1908–1999
The Oberlin BugleOberlin1909–1999
The Elyria Republican and Evening TelegramElyria1912–1912
The Elyria Republican and TelegramElyria1912–1913
Elyria Evening TelegramElyria1913–1915
Lorain És Vidéke = Lorain & VicinityLorain1913–1978
The Elyria Republican and Weekly TelegramElyria1913–1917
Amherst Weekly NewsAmherst1914–1919
The Evening TelegramElyria1915–1919
The ElephantOberlin1916–1999
The SirenOberlin1916–1916
The Amherst TimesAmherst1917–1919
The Rational PatriotOberlin1917–1999
The Lorain Ohio NewsLorain1918–1918
The Amherst News-TimesAmherst1919–?
The Chronicle-TelegramElyria1919–?
The Grafton CitizenGrafton1919–1999
The SiestaOberlin1919–1919
The Sunday NewsElyria1919–1919
The Lorain JournalLorain1921–1932
Oberlin TimesOberlin1927–1999
The Oberlin News-TribuneOberlin1930–?
Evening DemocratOberlin1932–1932
The Lorain Journal the Lorain Times-HeraldLorain1932–1933
ProgressOberlin1933–1934
The Lorain Journal and Times-HeraldLorain1933–1937
Student VanguardOberlin1934–1935
The Council NewsOberlin1934–1934
VanguardOberlin1934–1934
Oberlin Peace BulletinOberlin1935–1937
The New CampusOberlin1936–1999
The Oberlin TimesOberlin1936–1950
The Lorain Journal and the Lorain Times-HeraldLorain1937–1957
The Lorain NewsLorain1937–1940
The Campus ObserverOberlin1938–1939
The Oberlin CooperatorOberlin1939–1999
Lorain Sunday NewsLorain1940–1954
Lorain Labor LeaderLorain1943–1983
Rural-Urban RecordColumbia Station, Eaton, Belden1945–?
The Breakwall-NewsBuffalo, Lorain1946–1999
The Daily AdvanceOberlin1948–1948
Columbia ClarionColumbia Station1952–1954
The Lorain JournalLorain1957–1961
Vermilion PhotojournalVermilion, Vermilion1959–?
The JournalLorain1961–?
Ford Local 425 Uaw NewsLorain1962–1962
Labor's Shield and BannerLorain1962–?
PressAvon Lake1963–?
Sheffield Lake PressAvon Lake1963–1999
The RecorderAvon Lake1963–1964
The Independent Oberlin OtherOberlin1966–1967
The North Ridgeville LightNorth Ridgeville1966–1972
The New Autocrat of the TableOberlin1967–1999
The TimesLorain1968–1984
Lorain County Free PressOberlin1969–1969
NommoOberlin1969–2005
Red AlertOberlin1971–1999
Spotlight on Lorain CountyElyria1971–1972
The LightNorth Ridgeville1972–1988
The SheffielderSheffield, Lorain1972–1999
What the Review Wouldn't PrintOberlin1972–1999
Ruby TuesdayOberlin1975–1978
The Senior YearsElyria1975–1984
RubyOberlin1978–1985
Oberlin College ObserverOberlin1979–?
Vermilion BugleVermilion1979–1987
The Local PaperOberlin1981–1981
The Westlaker TimesLorain1983–?
Lorain County TimesLorain1984–?
Below the BeltOberlin1988–?
The North Ridgeville Press & the LightNorth Ridgeville1988–?
The CollectiveOberlin1989–?
The Oberlin ForumOberlin1990–?
The SunNorth Olmsted, Avon Lake, North Ridgeville1991–?
Lorain County Community GuideAmherst, Oberlin, Wellington2018–2025
The Enterprise DigitizedWellington?–

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

18201871192319742026

Sample front pages

Chronicling America

Digitized page-1 issues from papers published in Lorain. Thumbnails link to the Library of Congress.

Courtesy Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Page images are hotlinked from loc.gov; generally public domain / no known restrictions (U.S. papers older than 95 years are public domain in their entirety; newer issues may contain some copyrighted third-party material). Rights & access.

On this day — November 5

Front pages

Front pages from Lorain papers published on November 5 in past years. Refreshed when the site data is rebuilt (weekly now; could be daily).

Courtesy Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Page images are hotlinked from loc.gov; generally public domain / no known restrictions (U.S. papers older than 95 years are public domain in their entirety; newer issues may contain some copyrighted third-party material). Rights & access.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

109 of 124 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

124 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Association BarracksSheffield LakeBuilding1978
Allen, Darlon, HouseWellingtonBuilding1979
American Felsol Company BuildingLorainBuilding2011
Amherst Town HallAmherstBuilding1975
Antlers HotelLorainBuilding1982
Avery, Carlos, HouseWellingtonBuilding1984
Avon IsleAvonBuilding2010
Baker, O. T., HouseWellingtonBuilding1979
Baptist Parsonage, OldWellingtonBuilding1979
Bradford, Henry, FarmRochesterBuilding1982
Breckenridge, Justin, HouseGraftonBuilding1978
Broadway BuildingLorainBuilding1985
Broadway Historic DistrictLorainDistrict2022
Brownhelm Historic DistrictVermilionDistrict1979
Burrell FortSheffield VillageSite1978
Burrell Orchard SiteSheffield LakeSite1977
Burrell, Jabez and Robbins, House and Cheese FactorySheffield TownshipBuilding1976
Burrell-King HouseOberlinBuilding1979
Cahoon, Samuel C., HouseNorth RidgevilleBuilding1978
Cahoon, Wilbur, HouseAvonBuilding1978
Carlin, Patrick, HouseElyriaBuilding1979
Central SchoolAmherstBuilding1987
Century BlockElyriaBuilding1979
Chapman, John A., HouseWellingtonBuilding1979
Christ Episcopal ChurchOberlinBuilding1978
Clark, Ansel, HouseWellingtonBuilding1979
Clark, Whitney, HouseWellingtonBuilding1979
Columbia Baptist ChurchColumbia CenterBuilding1976
Columbia Town HallColumbia CenterBuilding1976
Commercial BuildingElyriaBuilding1979
Congregational Church of ChristOberlinBuilding1974
Dean Road BridgeSouth AmherstStructure1978
Downtown Oberlin Historic DistrictOberlinDistrict2003
Duane BlockLorainBuilding1987
Eagles BuildingLorainBuilding1986
Eiden Prehistoric DistrictLorainDistrict1978
Ely BlockElyriaBuilding1979
Elyria Downtown-West Avenue Historic DistrictElyriaDistrict2001
Elyria Elks ClubElyriaBuilding1979
Elyria High School - Washington BuildingElyriaBuilding1979
Evans, Wilson Bruce, House NHLOberlinBuilding1980
First Church Of Christ, ScientistElyriaBuilding1975
First National Bank BuildingElyriaBuilding1979
First United Methodist ChurchElyriaBuilding1979
Garfield, Halsey, HouseSheffieldBuilding1978
Garfield, Milton, HouseSheffieldBuilding1978
Garford, Arthur L., HouseElyriaBuilding1974
Gould BlockLorainBuilding2005
Grafton SchoolGraftonBuilding2008
Gregg HouseWellingtonBuilding1979
Gunn HouseWellingtonBuilding1979
Huntington GrangeWellingtonBuilding1979
Huntington Inn, OldWellingtonBuilding1979
Huntington Public SchoolWellingtonBuilding1979
Huntington Township HallWellingtonBuilding1979
Hurst, William E., HouseAvonBuilding1974
Immaculate Conception ChurchGraftonBuilding1976
Jewett, Frank, HouseOberlinBuilding1979
Johnson Steel Street Railway Company General Offices BuildingLorainBuilding1992
Johnson, E. J., HouseElyriaBuilding1979
Langston, John Mercer, House NHLOberlinBuilding1975
Laundon, Thomas W., HouseElyriaBuilding1975
Lersch, John, HouseElyriaBuilding1979
Lorain Carnegie Public LibraryLorainBuilding2023
Lorain County CourthouseElyriaBuilding1975
Lorain Fire Station No. 1LorainBuilding1987
Lorain LighthouseLorainBuilding1978
Lorain YMCA BuildingLorainBuilding1992
Lord, Addison, HouseElyriaBuilding1999
Methodist Parsonage, OldWellingtonBuilding1979
Mill Hollow House, TheVermilionBuilding1976
Miller, Peter, HouseAvon LakeBuilding1978
Monteith HallElyriaBuilding1974
Moore, Leonard M., HouseLorainBuilding1993
Morris-Franks SiteVermilionSite1975
Mosher HouseWellingtonBuilding1979
New York Central Freight HouseElyriaBuilding1982
Nichols, Walter, HouseElyriaBuilding1979
Nimocks HouseWellingtonBuilding1979
Nooney, William , HouseWellingtonBuilding1979
North Ridgeville City HallNorth RidgevilleBuilding1974
Oberlin College NHLOberlinSite1966
Oberlin Gas Lighting Company Gasholder HouseOberlinStructure1998
Oberlin Lake Shore And Michigan Southern StationOberlinBuilding1979
Old Amherst Freight DepotAmherstBuilding1978
Old City HallElyriaBuilding1979
Old Elyria Water TowerElyriaStructure1979
Old Railroad StationElyriaBuilding1979
Old St. Patrick's ChurchWellingtonBuilding1979
Palace Theatre BuildingLorainBuilding1978
Reamer BarnOberlinBuilding1979
Redington BlockElyriaBuilding1979
Reefy, Frederick, HouseElyriaBuilding1979
Robinson BuildingElyriaBuilding2022
Root, William H., HouseLorainBuilding1978
Sage HouseWellingtonBuilding1979
Seher, William, HouseLorainBuilding1976
Sheffield Village HallSheffieldBuilding1978
Shipherd, John J., HouseElyriaBuilding1979
Smith, Charles William and Anna, HouseElyriaBuilding1997
Soldiers and Sailors MonumentElyriaObject1979
South Ridge SchoolhouseAmherst TownshipBuilding1985
Sprague HouseWellingtonBuilding1979
St. Andrew's Episcopal ChurchElyriaBuilding1979
St. Ladislaus Roman Catholic ChurchLorainBuilding1982
St. Mary's Catholic SchoolElyriaBuilding1979
St. Mary's Roman Catholic ChurchElyriaBuilding1979
Starr, Horace C., House and Carriage BarnsElyriaBuilding1979
U.S. Post OfficeElyriaBuilding1979
U.S. Post OfficeLorainBuilding1982
Union ChurchKiptonBuilding1982
United Church of HuntingtonWellingtonBuilding1979
Wadsworth, Benjamin, HouseWellingtonBuilding1979
Washington Avenue Historic DistrictElyriaDistrict1987
Washington Terrace ApartmentsElyriaBuilding1979
Webber, A. R., HouseElyriaBuilding1979
Wellington Center Historic DistrictWellingtonDistrict1974
Wellington Historic DistrictWellingtonDistrict1979
West HouseWellingtonBuilding1979
Westervelt HallOberlinBuilding1974
Wilber, J. B., HouseWellingtonBuilding1979
Williams, Henry Harrison, HouseAvonBuilding1978
Wilson-Falkner-Baldauf HouseAvonBuilding2010
Wooster BlockElyriaBuilding1979

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Lorain was formed in 1822 (1822-12-26) from Cuyahoga, Huron, Medina.

LORAIN created from CUYAHOGA, HURON, and MEDINA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Lorain County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

313k159k5,69618301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
5,69618,46729,74435,52654,85790,612112,390148,162217,500274,909284,664312,964

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

63 cemeteries and 7 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 63 of 63 listed
NameLatLon
Agudath Achim Cemetery41.36812-82.18998
Aldrich Cemetery41.2378-82.06599
Andress Cemetery41.33671-82.33155
Avon Cemetery41.45892-82.01986
Beckley Cemetery41.07116-82.27071
Belden Cemetery41.23727-82.01847
Brighton Township Cemetery41.16782-82.3096
Brookdale Cemetery41.3327-82.13125
Brownhelm Cemetery41.38643-82.30488
Butternut Ridge Cemetery41.34086-82.04891
Calvary Park41.42281-82.17237
Calvin Hoadley Historical Cemetery41.34868-81.90052
Camden Cemetery41.25893-82.2921
Claus Cemetery41.42976-82.26964
Cleveland Street Cemetery41.40117-82.22
Columbia Township Cemetery41.31454-81.92441
Crownhill Cemetery41.39487-82.23091
Day Cemetery41.45115-82.10302
East Cemetery41.23782-82.21293
Elmhurst Park Cemetery41.4517-81.98042
Elmwood Cemetery41.42699-82.17429
Evergreen Cemetery41.35475-82.24529
Fields Cemetery41.37087-81.99514
Garfield Cemetery41.42142-82.09209
Greenwood Cemetery41.15949-82.21376
Henrietta Cemetery41.27949-82.30127
Henrietta Methodist Cemetery41.3363-82.32881
Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery41.45226-81.99181
Huntington Center Cemetery41.10409-82.2206
Jackson Cemetery41.20005-82.16932
Kendeigh Corner Cemetery41.37795-82.25131
Knowles Cemetery41.23318-82.08764
La Grange Cemetery41.2381-82.12598
La Porte Cemetery41.3256-82.08403
Lake Shore Cemetery41.51308-82.02035
Middle Ridge Cemetery41.39799-82.18766
North Murray Ridge Cemetery41.37343-82.14961
North Ridgeville Center Cemetery41.38948-82.02347
North Street Cemetery41.26116-82.03236
Old Brighton Cemetery41.14838-82.27016
Penfield Cemetery41.16782-82.10876
Pioneer Cemetery41.35429-82.24069
Pioneer Cemetery41.16838-82.22265
Ridge Hill Memorial Park41.41448-82.18293
Ridgelawn Cemetery41.37337-82.09681
Ridgeview Cemetery41.38949-82.02348
Rochester Cemetery41.10366-82.30099
Rochester Station Cemetery41.12866-82.30766
Rockwood Cemetery41.26615-82.15709
Rugby Cemetery41.37572-82.32704
Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery41.38116-82.2385
Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery41.44948-82.03543
Saint Marys Cemetery41.2981-82.07042
Saint Marys Cemetery41.39255-82.13346
Saint Peters Cemetery41.3892-82.01542
Saint Teresa Cemetery41.46587-82.07764
Salem Cemetery41.41828-82.1475
Sanders Hill Cemetery41.34559-82.28516
South Murray Ridge Cemetery41.33754-82.13015
South Pittsfield Cemetery41.22866-82.21849
Sugar Ridge Cemetery41.36721-82.0525
Universalist Cemetery41.07149-82.25738
Westwood Cemetery41.28504-82.23321
Historical populated places — 7 of 7
NameLatLon
Coonville41.34644-82.09709
Folger41.47837-82.01931
Nickelplate41.26422-82.15765
Oakpoint41.4356-82.24849
Rugby41.37949-82.31711
Shawville41.3756-82.01875
Trinity41.4481-82.00042

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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