The Leaf-Chronicle
The July 27, 2005 front page of The Leaf-Chronicle | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Gannett |
| Editor | Gary Estwick |
| Founded | 1808 (as the Clarksville Chronicle) |
| Headquarters | 200 Commerce St. Clarksville, Tennessee 37040 United States |
| Circulation | 22,264 Morning 26,327 Sunday |
| Website | theleafchronicle.com |
The Leaf-Chronicle is a newspaper in the state of Tennessee, founded, officially, in 1808.
First appearing as a weekly newspaper under various names as early as 1808 and eventually as the Clarksville Chronicle, the current name is the result of a subsequent merger, in 1890, with the Tobacco Leaf, named for the area's predominant agricultural crop. (See Goodspeed's History of Tennessee, pg. 817) The Leaf-Chronicle is published daily in Clarksville, Tennessee. The Leaf-Chronicle achievement that has perhaps received the greatest acclaim in recent years is its continuing to publish every day after downtown Clarksville and its printing plant received a direct hit from a powerful tornado in January 1999.