Missouri Online Historical Newspapers Summary

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(This page's most recent update is July 2024)
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Missouri has several free online collections for searching historical newspapers. Many states use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main central online site for searching old newspapers. Currently, Missouri has quite a few newspapers available on that site. There are free online newspapers also available on other sites, and collections are available on subscription sites. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them.

There are over 4,700 newspapers that have been published in the Show-Me State – certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it – find your Missouri ancestors and all the interesting articles that capture the stories of their lives.

Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also, I suspect that some of these links may change over time – so if there is a dead link – please use your favorite search engine to find their new location.

(Recently added links are in BOLD)

Missouri Historical Newspapers

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America – Missouri 

Google News Archive

State Historical Society of Missouri Digital Newspapers

Index to Selected Missouri Newspapers, 1808-1929

  • Boonville Weekly Advertiser (Jan 2, 1880-Dec 30, 1927)
  • Boonville Eagle (May 2, 1868-July 12, 1878)
  • Boonville Observer (March 13, 1844-December 27, 1856)
  • Boonville Western Emigrant (January 10, 1839-March 26, 1840)
  • Columbia Missouri Intelligencer (May 4, 1830-December 12, 1835)
  • Columbia University Missourian (September 14, 1908-August 1, 1916)
  • Columbia Missourian (August 2, 1916-December 31, 1929)
  • Columbia Statesman (1843-1886)
  • Fayette Missouri Intelligencer (June 29, 1826-April 9, 1830)
  • Franklin Missouri Intelligencer (April 23, 1819-June 16, 1826)
  • Jackson Independent Patriot (December 23, 1820-December 15, 1826)
  • Jackson Missouri Herald (August 13, 1819-August 26, 1820)
  • Jefferson City Inquirer (September 10, 1840-January 26, 1861)
  • Jefferson City Jeffersonian Republican (April 30, 1831-August 10, 1844)
  • Jefferson City People’s Tribune (October 4, 1865-December 26, 1883)
  • Jefferson City Daily Tribune (January 1, 1875-December 30, 1926)
  • Jefferson City Weekly Tribune (January 2, 1884-December 31, 1884; January 4, 1888-December 27, 1888)
  • Liberty Tribune (April 4, 1846-January 29, 1869)
  • St. Louis Missouri Argus (May 22, 1835-July 4, 1840)
  • St. Louis Missouri Gazette (July 26, 1808-March 6, 1822)
  • St. Louis Missouri Republican (March 20, 1822-December 23, 1828)

County and Library Collections:

Grundy County
Grundy County Library

  • Grundy County Gazette 
  • Trenton Times
  • Trenton Republican Tribune
  • Trenton Tribune
  • Trenton Republican Times 
  • Trenton Weekly Republican Tribune 
  • Daily Evening Republican
  • Daily Evening Republican Star 
  • Grand River Republican 
  • Trenton Times Republican
  • Grundy County Gazette 
  • Grundy County Gazette 
  • The Republic 
  • Laredo Tribune
  • Trenton Weekly Tribune 
  • Trenton Times News 
  • Trenton Weekly News
  • Trenton Times Weekly News 
  • Rambler
  • Trenton Weekly Times
  • Trenton Weekly Republican 
  • Trenton Republican
  • Western Pioneer 
  • Republican Times 
  • Republican Times And Grundy County Gazette
  • Daily Star Journal

Putnam County
Putnam County Library

  • Lucerne Standard 
  • Chronicle 
  • Powersville Record 
  • Unionville Democrat 
  • Putnam County Leader 
  • New Century 
  • Putnam County Journal 
  • Putnam Journal 
  • Unionville Weekly Republican 
  • Unionville Republican 
  • Unionville Weekly Republican And Putnam County Ledger 
  • Putnam Ledger 
  • Unionville Republican And Putnam County Journal 
  • Unionville Weekly Argus 
  • Worthington Gazette 

Chillicothe Constitution Tribune Archives

Jefferson County Newspaper Index

  • Jefferson County Leader
  • Jefferson Democrat

Scenic Regional Library (Franklin, Gasconade, and Warren counties) 

  • Licht-Freund –  1843-1845
  • Hermamaner Volksblatt u. Gasconade Zeitung –  1872-1873
  • Hermanner Wochenblatt –  1872-1873
  • Franklin County Record –  1874-1890
  • Hermanner Volksblatt –  1875-1879, 1923-1928
  • Hermann Advertiser and Advertiser-Courier –  1875-1922
  • Pacific Our County Paper –  1882-1887
  • Franklin County Tribune –  1887-1919, 1927-1966
  • Pacific City Herald –  1889-1891
  • Pacific Transcript –  1895-1921, 1923-1933
  • Warrenton Herald –  1898-1905
  • Sullivan Sentinel –  1901-1914
  • Warrenton Volksfreund –  1902-1918
  • Warrenton Banner –  1902-1968
  • New Haven Leader –  1903-1918
  • Sullivan News –  1910-1952, 1955-1966
  • Washington Citizen –  1924-1939,1943-1965
  • St. Clair Chronicle –  1927-1977
  • Die Gasconade Zeitung –  1873-1874
  • Der Missionar –  1881-1883
  • Franklin County Observer –  1893-1926
  • Marthasville News –  1896-1897
  • Gasconade County Republican –  1897-1898,1903-1905,1918-1921,1925-1966
  • Tribune-Republican –  1897-1919, 1927-1966
  • Marthasville Record –  1901-1966
  • Union Republican Headlight –  1904-1919
  • Bland Courier –  1904-1951, 1963-1966
  • Union Republican Tribune –  1919-1922
  • The Gerald Journal –  1922-1928, 1962-1965
  • The Washington Missourian –  1939-1964

Springfield-Greene County Library – Ozarks News and Historical Newspaper Index

  • Advertiser
  • Daily News
  • Gateway Heritage
  • Greene County Commonwealth
  • Leader & Press
  • Missouri Municipal Review
  • Missouri Weekly Patriot
  • News-Leader
  • OzarksWatch
  • Springfield Business Journal
  • Springfield Newspaper
  • The Leader
  • The Ozarks Mountaineer

Student Collections:

Avila University – Kansas City

Fontbonne University – St. Louis

Francis Howell Central High School – St. Charles

Lincoln High School – Kansas City

Lindenwood University – St. Charles

Maryville University – St. Louis

Missouri Southern State University – Joplin

Missouri State University – Springfield

Missouri University of Science and Technology – Rolla

Missouri Western State University – St. Joseph

Northwest Missouri State University – Maryville

Parkway Central High School – Chesterfield

Southeast Missouri State University – Cape Girardieu

St. Louis Community College – Forest Park

St. Louis Community College – Meramec

St. Louis Country Day School – St. Louis

St. Louis University – St. Louis

St. Louis University High School – St. Louis

Truman State University – Kirksville

University of Central Missouri – Warrensburg

University of Missouri – Columbia

University of Missouri – Kansas City

University of Missouri – St. Louis

 Washington University – St. Louis

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Independent Voices – Alternative Press

  • Underwood
  • Both Sides Now
  • Heresy II
  • Leavenworth Brothers Offense/Defense Committee
  • Other Voice
  • Pawns Pawn, The
  • River Styx
  • Veterans Voice
  • Woodpecker

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1941

Small Town Papers

Old Fulton Postcards

For Obituary Indexes, transcriptions, and other death/obituary information from historical newspapers, please check out the Obituaries page.

Other Free Sites:

Aurora

Cape Girardeau

Chillicothe

Independence

Jefferson City

Kansas City

Springfield

St. Louis

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 53 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Ancestry – Missouri Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 582 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank – Missouri Newspapers

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 241 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive – Missouri

Newspapers.com:

There are currently 1,911 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com – Missouri 

And Finally:

You also need to visit the State Historical Society site from time to time, which can tell you what is occurring in the state with regard to online newspaper availability. 

Please note – even more may be available via a local or state library where a library card is required. And of course, there is always microfilm for those that have not been made available online as yet.

For more links for different states, provinces, and countries – please see the Newspaper Links page on this website.

For all Free Missouri Collection Links in 24 Genealogy Categories, go to the By Location Page, click on Missouri, and then click on the category of interest.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

4 replies on “Missouri Online Historical Newspapers Summary”

It’s nice to see that newspapers in the 1910’s used to discuss cultural, social, and moral issues to evoke what could be life changing thoughts and movements for Missouri and America. History finds its way to progress society in the end. There are good references here. Thanks for sharing!

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