The Columbian Centinel (1790–1840) was a Boston, Massachusetts, newspaper established by Benjamin Russell.

It continued its predecessor, the Massachusetts Centinel and the Republican Journal, which Russell and partner William Warden had first issued on March 24, 1784.

Until c. 1800 its circulation was the largest in Boston, and its closest competitor was the anti-Federalist Independent Chronicle ("the compliments that were frequently exchanged by these journalistic adversaries were more forcible than polite").

[3] Russell "can be justly characterized as the Horace Greeley of his time.

"[4] In 1828 Russell sold the Centinel to Joseph T. Adams and Thomas Hudson, who continued publishing it.