Port Tobacco Times

The Port Tobacco Times was a 147-year-old newspaper published from 1844 to July 24, 1991 in Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland. It was founded as a Democratic newspaper with Samuel O. Wells as the publisher and editor. A competitor newspaper, The Maryland Independent, was begun in Port Tobacco in 1874.

In 1886, after a bitter controversy, the Charles County courthouse was moved from Port Tobacco to La Plata. Shortly thereafter, in 1898, The Times and the La Plata Crescent merged and changed the newspapers name to the Times-Crescent.

At the time of its demise, the Library of Congress reported that the Times-Crescent was the oldest newspaper in the State of Maryland [1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Angela, Walters (24 July 1991). "Times-Crescent Suspends Publication after 147 years". The Charles County Times-Crescent 148 (28) (La Plata, Maryland).
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