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 and currently, Missouri has quite a few newspapers available on that site. There are free online newspapers also available on other sites and there are collections 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.
(Updated January 2024; recently added links are in BOLD)
Missouri Historical Newspapers
Free Sites:
Statewide Collections:
Chronicling America – Missouri
- Aurora, Mo., 1911-1920 The menace.
- Benton, Mo., 1901-1917 Scott County kicker.
- Benton, Scott County, Mo., 1888-1901 The news boy.
- Bowling Green [Mo., 1841-1845 The radical.
- Bowling Green, Mo., 1833-1841 Salt River journal.
- Bowling Green, Pike County, Mo., 1845-1852 Democratic banner.
- Butler, Mo., 1881-1918 The Butler weekly times.
- Butler, Mo., 1918-1950 The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record.
- Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1876-1909 The Cape Girardeau Democrat.
- Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1911-1914 The Cape County herald.
- Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1914-1914 The Cape weekly tribune.
- Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1914-1918 The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald.
- Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1918-1919 The weekly tribune.
- Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo., 1877-1878 The crisis.
- Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo., 1878-19?? Weekly Chillicothe crisis.
- City of Hannibal, Mo., 1850-1851 Western union.
- City of Warsaw, Mo., 1845-1849 Saturday morning visitor.
- Columbia, Mo., 1901-192? The professional world.
- Columbia, Mo., 1908-1916 University Missourian.
- Columbia, Mo., 1916-1917 The daily Missourian.
- Columbia, Mo., 1917-1920 The Evening Missourian.
- Columbia, Mo., 1920-1923 The Columbia evening Missourian.
- Doniphan, Mo., 1905-1920 Ripley County democrat.
- Farmington, Mo., 1874-1902 The Farmington times.
- Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo., 1902-1905 The Farmington times and herald.
- Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo., 1905-1926 The Farmington times.
- Fayette, Mo., 1840-1848 Boon’s Lick times.
- Forsyth, Mo., 1895-1992 The Taney County republican.
- Glasgow, Howard County, Mo., 1866-1869 Glasgow weekly times.
- Glasgow, Mo., 1848-1861 Glasgow weekly times.
- Glasgow, Mo., 1865-1866 The Howard union.
- Hannibal, Mo., 1851-1852 Hannibal journal and western union.
- Hannibal, Mo., 1852-1853 Hannibal journal.
- Hannibal, Mo., 1853-1853 Hannibal journal.
- Hayti, Mo., 1908-1922 The Hayti herald.
- Hayti, Mo., 1922-1990 The Missouri herald.
- Hermann, Mo., 1856-187? Hermanner Volksblatt.
- Hermann, Mo., 1872-1873 Hermanner Volksblatt u. Gasconade Zeitung.
- Hermann, Mo., 1873-187? Die Gasconade zeitung.
- Hermann, Mo., 1875-1928 Hermanner Volksblatt.
- Ironton, Iron County, Mo., 1867-1965 Iron County register.
- Ironwood, Mich., 1906-19?? – Auttaja.
- Jackson, Mo., 1897-1911 The Jackson herald.
- JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo., 1891-19?? World’s cresset.
- Jasper, Mo., 1898-1924 The Jasper news.
- Jefferson City, Mo., 1871-1896 The state republican.
- Jefferson City, Mo., 1872-1886 The state journal.
- Kansas City, Mo., 1892-1897 Kansas City daily journal.
- Kansas City, Mo., 1896-19?? – Kansas City observer. [volume]
- Kansas City, Mo., 1896-19?? The Rising son.
- Kansas City, Mo., 1897-1928 Kansas City journal.
- Kansas City, Mo., 1908-1924 The Kansas City sun.
- Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo., 1878-current Chariton courier.
- Kirksville, Adair Co., Mo., 1880-1949 Weekly graphic.
- Laclede, Mo., 1890-1945 The Laclede blade.
- Lexington, Lafayette County, Mo., 1866-1875 The weekly Caucasian.
- Lexington, Mo., 1871-1887 Lexington weekly intelligencer.
- Lexington, Mo., 1887-1891 The intelligencer.
- Lexington, Mo., 1891-1901 The weekly intelligencer.
- Lexington, Mo., 1901-1949 The Lexington intelligencer.
- Macon ;, 1894-1900 – The Missouri messenger. [volume]
- Mansfield, Wright County, Mo., 1908-1912 The Mansfield press.
- Mansfield, Wright County, Mo., 1908-1957 Mansfield mirror.
- Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo., 1881-1923 Marble Hill press.
- Marshall, Mo., 1892-1899 The Saline republican.
- Marshall, Saline County, Mo., 1899-1914 The Marshall republican.
- Memphis, Mo., 1891-1895 The Farmers’ union.
- Mexico, Audrain County, Mo., 1899-1918 Mexico Missouri message.
- Mexico, Mo., 1855-1956 Mexico weekly ledger.
- Monett, Mo., 1899-1939 The Monett times.
- Monroe City, Mo., 1888-1919 Monroe City Democrat.
- Montgomery City, Mo., 1892-1910 The Montgomery tribune.
- Oregon, Mo., 1865-1880 The Holt County sentinel.
- Oregon, Mo., 1881-1883 The County paper.
- Oregon, Mo., 1883-1980 The Holt County sentinel.
- Potosi, Mo., 1894-1929 Potosi journal.
- Rich Hill, Mo., 1900-1902 The tribune.
- Rich Hill, Mo., 1903-1911 The Rich Hill tribune.
- Richmond, Ray County, Mo., 1873-1906 Richmond democrat.
- Savannah, Mo., 1871-1876 The Andrew County Republican.
- Sedalia, Mo., 187?-1904 The Sedalia weekly bazoo.
- Sedalia, Mo., 1903-1909 Sedalia weekly conservator.
- Springfield, Mo., 1890-1890 – The American Negro. [volume]
- Joseph, Mo., 1906-1932 The St. Joseph observer.
- Louis, Mo., 1888-1919 The St. Louis Republic.
- Louis, Mo., 1894-19?? – The American eagle. [volume]
- Genevieve [Mo.], 1872-1961 Fair play.
- Troy, Lincoln County, Mo., 1865-1873 The Lincoln County herald.
- Troy, Mo., 1873-1890 The Troy herald.
- Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo., 1879-1881 Osage Valley banner.
- Versailles, Mo., 1900-1906 Morgan County democrat.
- Versailles, Mo., 1906-1914 Morgan County republican.
- Westphalia, Mo., 1896-1917 Osage County Volksblatt.
Google News Archive
- Canton – Press-News Journal
- Cape Girardeau – Southeast Weekly Bulletin
- Cape Girardeau – The Southeast Missourian
- Cape Girardeau – The Daily Republican
- Cape Girardeau – Bulletin Journal
- Cape Girardeau – Cape Girardeau Bulletin
- Cuba – Cuba Free Press
- Excelsior Springs – The Excelsior Springs Standard
- Nevada – Nevada Mail and Herald
- Nevada – Nevada Mail
- Nevada – The Nevada Daily Mail and Evening Post
- Nevada – The Nevada Daily Mail
- Paris – Monroe Appeal County
- Paris – Monroe County Appeal
- Saint Joseph – Daily Morning Herald
- St Joseph – St. Joseph Daily Herald
- St Joseph – The St. Joseph Daily Gazette
- St Joseph – St. Daily Joseph Gazette
- St Joseph – Morning Daily Herald
- St. Joseph – St. Joseph Gazette
- St. Joseph – St. Joseph Weekly News
- St. Joseph – St. Joseph News-Press
- St. Joseph – The St. Joseph Weekly Gazette
- St. Joseph – The Sunday News-Press
- St. Joseph – St. Joseph Sunday Herald
- St. Joseph – The St. Joseph Daily News
- St. Joseph – St. Joseph Herald
- St. Joseph – The St. Joseph Gazette-Herald
- St. Joseph – St. Joseph News and Press
- St. Joseph – St. Joseph News-Press/Gazette
- St. Joseph – The St. Joseph Weekly Herald
- St. Joseph – St. Joseph Sunday Gazette-Herald
- St. Joseph – The St. Joseph Sunday Gazette
- St. Joseph – The Gazette
State Historical Society of Missouri Digital Newspapers
- Albany – Albany Ledger
- Albany – The Albany Capital
- Alton – Oregon County Democrat
- Alton – South Missourian-Democrat
- Appleton – The Appleton Democrat
- Arrow Rock – The Arrow Rock Times
- Aurora – The Menace
- Ava – The Douglas County Herald
- Benton – Scott County Kicker
- Benton – The News Boy
- Bethany – Bethany Clipper
- Bethany – Bethany Clipper
- Bethany – Bethany Republican-Clipper
- Bevier – Bevier Appeal
- Billings – The Billings Times
- Bland – The Bland Courier
- Bloomfield – The Bloomfield Vindicator
- Bloomington – Bloomington Journal
- Bolivar – The Bolivar Free Press
- Boonville – Boonville Weekly Advertiser
- Bowling Green – Democratic Banner
- Bowling Green – Salt River Journal
- Bowling Green – The Radical
- Braymer – The Braymer Bee
- Breckenridge – Weekly Breckenridge Bulletin
- Brookfield – Brookfield Gazette
- Brookfield – The Brookfield Chronicle
- Brunswick – Democratic State Gazette
- Brunswick – The Brunswick News
- Brunswick – The Brunswicker
- Brunswick – The Trade Review
- Buffalo – Buffalo Reflex
- Butler – The Butler Weekly Times
- Calhoun – The Calhoun Clarion
- California – California Democrat
- California – Moniteau Journal
- California – The California Dispatch
- California – The Central Missourian
- California – The Daily Fair Dispatch
- California – The Loyal Journal
- California – The Loyal Missourian
- California – Weekly California News
- Camdenton – The Reveille
- Cameron – The Cameron Sun
- Canton – Canton Weekly Press
- Canton – The Canton News
- Canton – The Canton Press
- Canton – The Canton Press-News
- Cape Girardeau – Cape Girardeau News
- Cape Girardeau – The Cape County Herald
- Cape Girardeau – The Cape Girardeau Democrat
- Cape Girardeau – The Weekly Tribune
- Cape Girardeau – The Weekly Western Press
- Cape Girardeau – Westliche Presse
- Carrollton – Daily Record
- Carrollton – The Carrollton Democrat
- Carthage – Carthage Banner
- Carthage – The Carthage Patriot
- Carthage – The Carthage Weekly Banner
- Carthage – The Silver Review
- Caruthersville – Caruthersville Journal
- Caruthersville – Pemiscot Press
- Caruthersville – The Democrat-Argus
- Caruthersville – The Pemiscot Argus
- Cassville – Cassville Democrat
- Cassville – Cassville Republican
- Centralia – Centralia Fireside Guard
- Centralia – The Centralia Courier
- Chamois – Osage County Leader
- Charleston – Enterprise-Courier
- Charleston – The Charleston Courier
- Chillicothe – Weekly Chillicothe Crisis
- Clarence – Clarence Republican
- Clarence – Independent-Courier
- Clarence – The Clarence Courier
- Clarksville – The Clarksville Sentinel
- Clinton – Henry County Democrat
- Clinton – The Clinton Advocate
- Clinton – The Clinton Daily Democrat
- Clinton – The Clinton Eye
- Clinton – The Henry County Republican
- Clinton – The Republican
- Clinton – Urich Herald-Montrose Tidings
- Columbia – Columbia Missouri Herald
- Columbia – The Professional World
- Commerce – Commerce Dispatch
- Commerce – The Dispatch
- Crane – The Crane Chronicle
- Cuba – The Cuba Review
- Cuba – The Cuba Times
- Darlington – Darlington Record
- De Soto – The Jefferson Republic
- Deepwater – Deepwater World
- Dexter – The Dexter Messenger
- Dexter – The Dexter Statesman
- Doniphan – Ripley County Democrat
- Easton – Banner, Times and Observer
- Edina – The Edina Sentinel
- El Dorado Springs – The El Dorado Springs Sun
- Eldon – Eldon Advertiser
- Ellington – The Ellington Press
- Ellsinore – The Carter County News
- Eminence – Current Wave
- Eminence – The Current Wave
- Fairfax – The Fairfax Forum
- Farmington – The Farmington Times
- Farmington – The New Era
- Fayette – Boon’s Lick Times
- Fayette – Fayette Democratic Banner
- Fayette – Howard County Advertiser
- Fayette – Howard County Banner
- Fayette – Western Monitor
- Fayette – Western Monitor & Boonslick Correspondent
- Festus – The Tri-City Independent
- Festus – The Twin-City Advertiser
- Forsyth – The Taney County Republican
- Fort Scott, Kansas – The Church Advocate and Holiness Banner
- Fort Scott, Kansas – The Church Herald and Holiness Banner
- Fredericktown – Fredricktown Conservative
- Fredericktown – The Democrat-News
- Fredericktown – The Plain Dealer
- Fulton – Daily Telegraph
- Fulton – Fulton Weekly Enterprise
- Gainesville – Ozark County Times
- Gainesville – The Ozark County News
- Galena – Stone County News
- Galena – Stone County News-Oracle
- Galena – Stone County Oracle
- Gallatin – The Gallatin Democrat
- Gallatin – The North Missourian
- Gayoso – The South-East Missouri Statesman
- Gerald – Gerald Journal
- Gerald – The Gerald Journal
- Glasgow – Glasgow Weekly Times
- Glasgow – The Howard Union
- Grandin – The Grandin Herald
- Grant City – Grant City Star
- Grant City – The Times-Tribune
- Grant City – Worth County Times
- Grant City – Worth County Tribune
- Greenfield – Dade County Advocate
- Greenfield – The Greenfield Vidette
- Greenville – Greenville Sun
- Greenville – Wayne County Journal
- Hamilton – Hamilton Advocate-Hamiltonian
- Hamilton – The Hamilton Farmer’s Advocate
- Hamilton – The Hamilton News
- Hannibal – Hannibal Daily Journal
- Hannibal – Hannibal Daily Messenger
- Hannibal – Hannibal Journal
- Hannibal – The Hannibal Clipper
- Hannibal – The Weekly Monitor
- Hannibal – Western Union
- Harrisonville – The Cass County Democrat-Missourian
- Hawk Point – Hawk Point Transcript
- Hayti – The Critic
- Hayti – The Missouri Herald
- Hermann – Hermanner Volksblatt
- Hermann – Hermanner Wochenblatt
- Hermann – Licht-Freund
- Hermitage – The Hermitage Gazette
- Hermitage – The Index
- Higbee – The Higbee News
- Hillsboro – Jefferson Democrat
- Holden – The Holden Enterprise
- Houston – The Houston Herald
- Hunnewell – Hunnewell Graphic
- Huntsville – The Randolph Citizen
- Iberia – Iberia Sentinel
- Iberia – The Miller County Sentinel
- Ironton – Iron County Register
- Jackson – The Jackson Herald
- Jackson – The Missouri Cash-Book
- Jasper – The Jasper County News
- Jefferson City – Jefferson City Post-Tribune
- Jefferson City – Missouri State Times
- Jefferson City – The Daily Capital News
- Jefferson City – The Lincoln Clarion
- Jefferson City – The State Republican
- Jefferson City – Weekly People’s Tribune
- Joplin – Joplin Globe
- Kahoka – Clark County Courier
- Kansas City – The Central Christian Advocate
- Kansas City – The Kansas City Deaconess
- Kansas City – The Kansas City Sun
- Kansas City – The Kansas City Times
- Kansas City – The Rising Son
- Kansas City – Word and Way
- Kansas City, Kansas – Neue Kansas Staats-Zeitung
- Kennett – Dunklin County News
- Kennett – Dunklin Democrat
- Kennett – The Daily Dunklin Democrat
- Kennett – The Twice-A-Week Dunklin Democrat
- Keytesville – Chariton County Union
- Keytesville – Chariton Courier
- Keytesville – The Keytesville Signal
- King City – King City Democrat
- King City – The King City Chronicle
- King City – The King City Times
- King City – Tri-County News
- Kingston – Caldwell Citizen
- Kirksville – The North Missouri Tribune
- Koshkonong – The Oregon County Times-Leader
- La Belle – The La Belle Star
- La Grange – La Grange National American
- La Grange – The La Grange Democrat
- La Plata – La Plata Home Press
- La Plata – La Plata Republican
- Lamar – The Lamar Republican
- Lathrop – The Lathrop Optimist
- Lebanon – Laclede County Republican
- Lebanon – Lebanon Anti-Monopolist
- Lebanon – The Laclede County Republican
- Lebanon – The Laclede County Sentinel
- Lebanon – The Lebanon Republican
- Lebanon – The Lebanon Rustic
- Lexington – Lexington Appeal
- Lexington – The Lexington Intelligencer
- Lexington – The Weekly Caucasian
- Liberal – The Liberal News
- Lockwood – Lockwood Luminary
- Louisiana – The Riverside Press
- Macon – Macon Argus
- Macon – Macon Chronicle-Herald
- Macon – Macon Daily Chronicle
- Macon – Macon Times
- Macon – The Daily Times
- Macon – The Daily Times-Democrat
- Macon – The Examiner
- Macon – The Macon Citizen
- Macon – The Macon Daily Herald
- Macon – The Macon Democrat
- Macon – The Macon Gazette
- Macon – The Macon Republican
- Macon – The Macon Times-Democrat
- Macon – The Missouri Granger
- Macon – The North Missouri Register
- Mansfield – Mansfield Mirror
- Mansfield – The Mansfield Press
- Marble Hill – Marble Hill Press
- Marionville – Marionville Free Press
- Marshall – Saline County Democrat
- Marshall – The Marshall Democrat
- Marshall – The Marshall Republican
- Marshall – The Saline Republican
- Marshfield – The Marshfield Chronicle
- Marshfield – The Marshfield Democrat
- Marshfield – The Marshfield Mail
- Marthasville – Der Missionar
- Marthasville – Marthasville News
- Marthasville – The Marthasville Record
- Maryville – Daily Democrat-Forum
- Maryville – Nodaway Democrat
- Maryville – The Maryville Daily Forum
- Maryville – The Maryville Times
- Maryville – The Maryville Tribune
- Maysville – DeKalb County Herald
- McFall – The McFall Mirror
- McFall – The McFall New Mirror
- McFall – The McFall Weekly Mirror
- Memphis – Memphis Conservative
- Memphis – Scotland County News
- Memphis – The Farmers’ Union
- Memphis – The Memphis Reveille
- Mendon – The Mendon Constitution
- Metz – The Metz Times
- Mexico – Mexico Missouri Message
- Mexico – Mexico Weekly Ledger
- Mexico – Missouri Messenger
- Milan – Daily Republican
- Milan – The Milan Republican
- Milan – The Milan Standard
- Moberly – Moberly Evening Democrat
- Moberly – Moberly Weekly Enterprise-Monitor
- Moberly – The Moberly Daily
- Moberly – The Moberly Headlight
- Mokane – Mokane Missourian
- Monett – The Monett Times
- Monroe City – Monroe City Democrat
- Monroe City – Monroe City News
- Montgomery – Montgomery Standard
- Montgomery City – The Montgomery Tribune
- Montgomery City – The Ray
- Monticello – Lewis County Journal
- Montrose – Montrose Recorder
- Montrose – The Montrose Tidings
- Morley – The Transcript
- Mound City – Mound City Globe
- Mount Vernon – Lawrence Chieftain
- Mountain View – Mountain View Standard
- Mt. Vernon – Fountain and Journal
- Neosho – The Neosho Times
- Nevada – Daily Democrat
- Nevada – Nevada Daily Democrat
- Nevada – Nevada Ledger
- Nevada – Nevada Noticer
- Nevada – Southwest Mail and The Weekly Post
- Nevada – The Evening Post
- Nevada – The Industrial Review
- Nevada – The Living Democrat
- Nevada – The Nevada Herald
- Nevada – The Southwest Mail
- Nevada – The Weekly Democrat
- Nevada – The Weekly Post
- Nevada – Vernon County Democrat
- New Cambria – New Cambria Leader
- New Cambria – The New Cambria Enterprise
- New Franklin – The News Echo
- New Haven – New Haven Leader
- New Haven – The New Haven Leader
- New London – Ralls County Record
- New Madrid – The New Madrid Times
- New Madrid – The Weekly Record
- Norborne – Norborne Independent
- Norwood – World’s Cresset
- Oregon – The Holt County Sentinel
- Osborn – The Osborn Enterprise
- Osceola – The Osceola Herald
- Osceola – The Sentinel-Democrat
- Owensville – Gasconade County Republican
- Owensville – Owensville Republican
- Owensville – The Owensville Argus
- Ozark – Christian County Republican
- Pacific – Meramec Valley Transcript
- Pacific – Pacific City Herald
- Pacific – Pacific Transcript
- Pacific – The Plowman-Transcript
- Palmyra – Marion County Herald
- Palmyra – The Daily Spectator
- Palmyra – The Marion County Standard
- Palmyra – The Palmyra Spectator
- Paris – The Monroe County Appeal
- Perryville – People’s Forum
- Perryville – Perry County Republican
- Perryville – The Perry County Sun
- Perryville – The Perryville Weekly Union
- Piedmont – Piedmont Weekly Banner
- Piedmont – The Piedmont Banner
- Piedmont – Wayne County Journal and The Piedmont Weekly Banner
- Piedmont – Wayne County Journal-Banner
- Pierce City – Peirce City Record
- Pineville – Pineville Herald
- Pineville – Pineville News
- Pineville – The Independent
- Pineville – The McDonald County Republican
- Pineville – The Pineville Democrat
- Pineville – The Pineville Herald
- Pineville – The Pineville Record
- Platte – The Landmark
- Platte City – Platte County Advocate
- Platte City – Platte County Reveille
- Plattsburg – Plattsburg Leader
- Pleasant Hill – Pleasant Hill Weekly Leader
- Poplar Bluff – Poplar Bluff Republican
- Poplar Bluff – Weekly Citizen Democrat
- Potosi – Potosi Journal
- Princeton – The Princeton Telegraph
- Purdy – Purdy News-Review
- Republic – The Republic Monitor
- Rhineland – Rhineland Record
- Rich Hill – The Rich Hill Tribune
- Richmond – Richmond Democrat
- Rock Port – The Atchison County Mail
- Rolla – Rolla Herald
- Rolla – The Missouri Sharp Shooter
- Sainte Genevieve – Fair Play
- Sainte Genevieve – Freie Presse
- Salem – The Democrat Bulletin
- Salem – The Democratic Bulletin
- Salem – The Salem Monitor
- Salem – The Salem Post and The Democrat-Bulletin
- Salem – Western Success
- Salisbury – The Salisbury Press
- Savannah – Patron of Husbandry
- Savannah – The Andrew County Republican
- Sedalia – Daily Bazoo
- Sedalia – Sedalia Weekly Conservator
- Sedalia – Sedalia Weekly Democrat
- Sedalia – The Sedalia Capital
- Sedalia – The Sedalia Register
- Sedalia – The Sedalia Weekly Bazoo
- Sedalia – Weekly Sedalia Times
- Seymour – Seymour Citizen
- Shelbina – Shelbina Daily Democrat
- Shelbina – Shelbina Democrat
- Shelbina – The Shelbina Torchlight
- Shelbyville – Shelby County Herald
- Springfield – Springfield Advertiser
- Springfield – Springfield Mirror
- Springfield – Springfield Weekly Patriot
- Springfield – Springfield Whig
- Springfield – The Farm Club News
- Springfield – The Southwest
- Springfield – The Springfield Democrat
- Springfield – The Springfield Leader
- Springfield – The Springfield Leader
- Springfield – The Springfield Press
- Springfield – Union Labor Record
- Springfield – Weekly Springfield Advertiser
- St. Charles – Der St. Charles Demokrat
- St. Clair – Ozark News
- St. Clair – St. Clair Chronicle
- St. Joseph – Saint Joseph Daily Union
- St. Joseph – St. Joseph Commercial Cycle
- St. Joseph – St. Joseph Gazette
- St. Joseph – St. Joseph Standard
- St. Joseph – St. Joseph Times-Review
- St. Joseph – St. Joseph Weekly Herald
- St. Joseph – St. Joseph Weekly Union
- St. Joseph – The Catholic Tribune
- St. Joseph – The Eye
- St. Joseph – The Fraternalist
- St. Joseph – The Journal for Progressive Stockmen, Farming and Businessmen
- St. Joseph – The Saturday Chronicle
- St. Joseph – The St. Joseph Herald
- St. Joseph – The St. Joseph Journal
- St. Joseph – The St. Joseph Observer
- St. Joseph – The St. Joseph Union-Observer
- St. Joseph – The St. Joseph Weekly Free Democrat
- St. Joseph – The St. Joseph Weekly Gazette
- St. Joseph – The Weekly Herald and Tribune
- St. Joseph – The Weekly West
- St. Louis – Carondelet Review
- St. Louis – Central Law Journal
- St. Louis – Christian News
- St. Louis – Colman’s Rural World
- St. Louis – Cumberland Presbyterian
- St. Louis – Daily Missouri Republican
- St. Louis – Franklin Avenue Weekly Bulletin
- St. Louis – Jefferson-Gravois Business Circle News
- St. Louis – Live-Stock and Commercial Record
- St. Louis – Mississippi Blätter
- St. Louis – Missouri Gazette and Public Advertiser
- St. Louis – Neighborhood News
- St. Louis – Saint Louis Commercial Gazette
- St. Louis – South St. Louis Neighborhood News
- St. Louis – St. Louis Christian Advocate
- St. Louis – St. Louis Commercial
- St. Louis – St. Louis Daily Journal
- St. Louis – St. Louis Evangelist
- St. Louis – St. Louis Palladium
- St. Louis – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- St. Louis – St. Louis Tribune
- St. Louis – The Central Baptist
- St. Louis – The Christian
- St. Louis – The Missouri Republican
- St. Louis – The Missouri Republican
- St. Louis – The St Louis Republic
- St. Louis – The St. Louis Republican
- St. Louis – The Western Watchman
- St. Louis – Western Watchman
- St. Louis – Westliche Post
- Stanberry – Stanberry Herald
- Stanberry – Stanberry Herald – Headlight
- Stanberry – Stanberry Owl-Headlight
- Stanberry – The Stanberry Headlight
- Steele – The Steele Enterprise
- Steelville – Crawford Mirror
- Steelville – Steelville Register
- Steelville – The Steelville Ledger
- Stockton – Stockton Journal
- Stoutland – Country Standard
- Sullivan – Sullivan Sentinel
- Sullivan – Tri-County News
- Sumner – The Sumner Star
- Sumter, South Carolina – The Sumter Watchman
- Thayer – The Thayer News
- Tipton – The Tipton Gazette
- Tipton – The Tipton Times
- Trenton – The Grundy County Times
- Trenton – The Trenton Republican
- Troy – The Lincoln County Herald
- Troy – The Troy Herald
- Tuscumbia – Aurora Springs Autogram
- Tuscumbia – Miller County Vidette
- Tuscumbia – Osage Valley Banner
- Tuscumbia – The Helmet
- Tuscumbia – The Miller County Autogram-Sentinel
- Union – Franklin County Tribune
- Union – Republican Headlight
- Union – Union Record
- Unionville – Putnam County Ledger
- Utica – Utica Herald
- Van Buren – Carter County Journal
- Van Buren – The Current Local
- Van Buren – The Van Buren Echo
- Versailles – Morgan County Democrat
- Versailles – Morgan County Republican
- Walnut Grove – The Walnut Grove Tribune
- Warrensburg – The Journal-Democrat
- Warrensburg – The Star-Journal
- Warrensburg – The Warrensburg Journal
- Warrensburg – The Western Missourian
- Warrenton – Daily Banner
- Warrenton – Warren County Economist
- Warrenton – Warrenton Banner
- Warrenton – Warrenton Herald
- Warrenton – Warrenton Volksfreund
- Warsaw – Saturday Morning Visitor
- Washington – Die Washingtoner Post
- Washington – Washington Citizen
- Washington – Washington Missourian
- Waynesville – The Pulaski County Democrat
- Webb City – Webb City Register
- Wentzville – The Wentzville Union
- West Plains – The West Plains Journal
- Weston – The Border Times
- Westphalia – Osage County Volksblatt
- Wheaton – The Wheaton Journal
- Windsor – The Windsor Review
- Winona – Shannon County Democrat
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
- Chillicothe Constitution (1889 – 1976)
- Chillicothe Constitution Tribune (1927 – 2009)
- Chillicothe Morning Constitution (1889 – 1890)
- Chillicothe Weekly Constitution (1902 – 1920)
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
- Ibis (1969 – 1980)
- Ignite (2008 – 2009)
- Legacy (2006 – Present)
- Linden Bark (1924 – 1969)
- Linden Barks (1920 – 1921)
- Linden World (1985 – 1997)
- Lindenwood Ledger (1980 – 1984)
- LU Chronicle (1998 – 1999)
- LUX (2009 – 2010)
- Sibley Standard (1993)
- Under the Lindens (1898 – 1899)
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
- Albany – The Seven Thirty Edition (Company 730)
- Berryman – Lost Creek Lyre (Company 3733)
- Bethany – Oak Leaf (Company 1734)
- Blue Springs – Camp Cutting Comet (Company 3773)
- Bunker – Company Attention (Company 1730)
- Centerville – Windjammer (Company 3735)
- Columbia – Columbian (Company 3745)
- DeSoto – C.C.C. Call (Company 1743) (AA)
- Eagleville – Shain Creek Scribe (Company 774)
- Ellington – Deer Run Diary (Company 734)
- Ellington – Deer Runner (Company 734)
- Ellington – Trail Blazers (Company 734)
- Fort Leonard Wood – Respirator (Company 729)
- Kahoka – Khok Camp News (Company 3745)
- Kahoka – Khok Camp News (Company 3745)
- Kahoka – Khok Camp News (Company 3745)
- Kahoka – Khok Camp News (Company 3745)
- Kahoka – Progress Pioneer (Company 3745)
- Kaiser – Lakeside Echoes (Company 1756)
- Kirksville – Flying Colors (Company 3775)
- Kirksville – Flying Colors (Company 774)
- Kirksville – What Is It News (Company 3775)
- Laclede – Perishing Patriot (Company 767)
- Maryville – Camp Hadman Weekly (Company 1773)
- Maryville – Camp Taylor Weekly (Company 1773)
- Maysville – Old Indian (Company 2730)
- Mound City – 1741 Tabloid (Company 1741)
- Mt. Vernon – Chronicle (Company 1729)
- Mt. Vernon – Herald (Company 3774)
- Paris – Parisonian (Company 3747)
- Shell Knob – Shell Knobber (Company 3753)
- Trenton – Camp Crowder (Company 767)
- Warrensburg – Boomerang (Company 1771)
- Wentzville – Daniel Boone Record (Company 3747)
- Winona – Ozark Oracle (Company 1731)
- Cuba Free Press Cuba, Missouri
- The Excelsior Springs Standard Excelsior Springs, Missouri
- Monroe County Appeal Paris, Missouri
- Press-News Journal Canton, Missouri
- Lewis County Journal Canton
- Madison Times Madison
- Paris Mercury Paris
- Press News Canton
Old Fulton Postcards
Newspaper Abstracts – Missouri
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
- Anzeiger des Westens
- Christian Evangelist
- Daily Missouri Democrat
- Daily Missouri Republican
- Der Forshṭeher – דער פארשטעהער
- Der Wöchentliche Anzeiger des Westens
- Forward St. Louis
- Journal of Agriculture
- Lutheran Witness
- Pastoral Blatt
- Pine Street Torch
- Shepherd of the Valley
- Louis Argus
- Louis Globe Democrat (clippings)
- Louis Weekly Reveille
- Sulamith
- The Jewish Voice
Subscription or Pay Sites:
Ancestry.com:
There are currently 50 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Ancestry – Missouri Newspapers
Genealogy Bank:
There are currently 578 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 1,599 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.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
3 replies on “Missouri Online Historical Newspapers Summary”
Very useful information, thanks for sharing!
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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