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 July 2023; 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
Historic Newspapers Collection 1835-1975 (By County)
- Adair – North Missouri Tribune (1870 – 1870)
- Adair – Kirksville Weekly Graphic (1880 – 1896)
- Adair – The North Missouri Register (1870 – 1879)
- Andrew – Savannah Andrew County Republican (1871 – 1876)
- Atchison – Fairfax Forum (1901 – 1946)
- Atchison – The Atchison County Mail (1880 – 1946)
- Audrain – Mexico Missouri Message (1899 – 1918)
- Audrain – Mexico Weekly Ledger (1876 – 1922)
- Barry – Cassville Republican (1890 – 1946)
- Barry – Monett Times (1909 – 1922)
- Barry – Wheaton Journal (1919 – 1994)
- Barton – Lamar Republican/South-West Missourian (1869 – 1934)
- Barton – Lamar South-West Missourian (1870 – 1874)
- Bates – Butler Bates County Record (1868 – 1878)
- Bates – Butler Weekly Times & Bates County Record (1918 – 1922)
- Bates – Butler Weekly Times (1881 – 1918)
- Bates – The Rich Hill Tribune (1903 – 1911)
- Bates – The Tribune (1901 – 1902)
- Benton – Warsaw Saturday Morning Visitor (1848 – 1849)
- Bollinger – Marble Hill Press (1889 – 1922)
- Boone – Centralia Courier (1915 – 1934)
- Boone – Centralia Fireside Guard (1871 – 1945)
- Boone – Columbia Evening Missourian (1920 – 1922)
- Boone – Columbia Missourian (1929 – 1985)
- Boone – Columbia Professional World (1901 – 1903)
- Boone – The evening Missourian (1917 – 1920)
- Boone – University Missourian (1908 – 1916)
- Buchanan – Adventure (1850 – 1851)
- Buchanan – Catholic Tribune (1889 – 1924)
- Buchanan – Daily Morning Herald (1866 – 1876)
- Buchanan – Eye (1855 – 1916)
- Buchanan – Fraternalist (1923 – 1927)
- Buchanan – Journal for Progressive Stockmen, Farming and Businessmen (1940 – 1966)
- Buchanan – Saint Joseph Daily Union (1869 – 1870)
- Buchanan – St. Joseph Commercial Cycle (1855 – 1856)
- Buchanan – St. Joseph Daily Herald (1876 – 1877)
- Buchanan – St. Joseph Gazette-Herald (1878 – 1902)
- Buchanan – St. Joseph Herald (1882 – 1900)
- Buchanan – St. Joseph Journal (1939 – 1950)
- Buchanan – St. Joseph Morning Herald (1862 – 1864)
- Buchanan – St. Joseph Observer (1906 – 1932)
- Buchanan – St. Joseph Observer (1915 – 1922)
- Buchanan – St. Joseph Standard (1871 – 1873)
- Buchanan – St. Joseph Times-Review (1954 – 1955)
- Buchanan – St. Joseph Union-Observer (1909 – 1966)
- Buchanan – St. Joseph Union-Observer (1933 – 1950)
- Buchanan – St. Joseph Weekly Free Democrat (1859 – 1861)
- Buchanan – St. Joseph Weekly Gazette (1879 – 1900)
- Buchanan – St. Joseph Weekly Herald (1880 – 1900)
- Buchanan – St. Joseph Weekly Union (1869 – 1890)
- Buchanan – The Morning Herald and Daily Tribune (1864 – 1866)
- Buchanan – Weekly Herald and Tribune (1862 – 1864)
- Buchanan – Weekly West (1859 – 1860)
- Butler – Evening Citizen (1905 – 1907)
- Butler – Poplar Bluff Citizen (1878 – 1908)
- Butler – Poplar Bluff Republican (1915 – 1945)
- Butler – Weekly Citizen Democrat (1908 – 1938)
- Caldwell – Braymer Bee (1898 – 1947)
- Caldwell – Hamilton Advocate-Hamiltonian (1916 – 1946)
- Caldwell – The Hamilton Farmer’s Advocate (1890 – 1919)
- Caldwell – The Hamilton News (1876 – 1876)
- Callaway – Fulton Daily Telegraph (1877 – 1877)
- Callaway – Fulton Telegraph (1869 – 1890)
- Callaway – Fulton/Callaway County Gazette (1877 – 1893)
- Callaway – Missouri Telegraph (1863 – 1869)
- Callaway – The Sun (Fulton) (1888 – 1889)
- Camden – Reveille (1932 – 1944)
- Cape Girardeau – Cape Girardeau Democrat (1891 – 1901)
- Cape Girardeau – Jackson Herald/Cape County Herald/Cape Weekly Tribune (1901 – 1918)
- Cape Girardeau – Jackson Missouri Cash Book (1871 – 1878)
- Carroll – Carrollton Daily Record (1873 – 1873)
- Carroll – Carrollton Wakenda Record (1872 – 1878)
- Carter – Carter County Journal (1914 – 1914)
- Carter – Carter County News (1921 – 1926)
- Carter – Current Local (1884 – 1994)
- Carter – Grandin Herald (1905 – 1909)
- Carter – Van Buren Echo (1904 – 1905)
- Cass – Pleasant Hill Weekly Leader/Leader (1869 – 1873)
- Cedar – Cedar County Republican (1890 – 1942)
- Cedar – El Dorado Springs Sun (1895 – 1946)
- Cedar – Stockton Journal (1888 – 1940)
- Chariton – Chariton Courier (1878 – 1922)
- Chariton – The Brunswick News (1876 – 1891)
- Chariton – The Brunswicker (1854 – 1904)
- Christian – Billings Times (1900 – 1945)
- Christian – Christian County Republican (1898 – 1945)
- Clark – Clark County Courier (1895 – 1946)
- Clinton – Cameron Sun (1887 – 1974)
- Clinton – Lathrop Optimist (1911 – 1964)
- Clinton – Plattsburg Leader (1895 – 1964)
- Cole – Jefferson City Missouri State Times (1863 – 1870)
- Cole – Jefferson City Peoples’ Tribune (1865 – 1878)
- Cole – Jefferson City State Journal (1872 – 1878)
- Cole – Jefferson City State Republican (1890 – 1896)
- Cole – Lincoln University Clarion (1940 – 1975)
- Cole – Weekly People’s Tribune (1868 – 1870)
- Cole – Word and Way (1896 – 1979)
- Cooper – Boonville Weekly Advertiser (1854 – 1966)
- Cooper – Boonville Weekly Observer (1854 – 1856)
- Crawford – Crawford County Democrat/Steelville Ledger (1896 – 1922)
- Crawford – Crawford Mirror (1872 – 1922)
- Crawford – Cuba Review (1903 – 1945)
- Crawford – Cuba Times (1966 – 1966)
- Dade – Dade County Advocate (1874 – 1945)
- Dade – Greenfield Vidette (1889 – 1945)
- Dade – Lockwood Luminary (1901 – 1945)
- Dallas – Buffalo Reflex (1869 – 1873)
- Daviess – Gallatin North Missourian (1864 – 1874)
- DeKalb – DeKalb County Herald (1889 – 1946)
- DeKalb – Osborn Enterprise (1901 – 1946)
- Dent – Democrat Bulletin (1903 – 1909)
- Dent – Democratic Bulletin (1901 – 1911)
- Dent – Salem Monitor (1872 – 1920)
- Dent – Salem Post and Democrat-Bulletin (1912 – 1946)
- Dent – Western Success (1875 – 1875)
- Douglas – Douglas County Herald (1887 – 1923)
- Dunklin – Dunklin County News (1917 – 1931)
- Dunklin – Dunklin Democrat (1893 – 1925)
- Dunklin – Twice-A-Week Democrat (1925 – 1944)
- Franklin – Franklin County Observer (1893 – 1926)
- Franklin – Franklin County Tribune (1896 – 1966)
- Franklin – Franklin County Tribune/Tribune/Republican Tribune (1887 – 1966)
- Franklin – Gerald Journal (1915 – 1964)
- Franklin – Meramec Valley Transcript (1933 – 1936)
- Franklin – New Haven Leader (1918 – 1964)
- Franklin – Our County Paper (1882 – 1887)
- Franklin – Ozark News (1940 – 1952)
- Franklin – Pacific City Herald (1889 – 1891)
- Franklin – Pacific Transcript (1923 – 1933)
- Franklin – Plowman-Transcript (1931 – 1932)
- Franklin – Republican Headlight (1904 – 1919)
- Franklin – St. Clair Chronicle (1927 – 1977)
- Franklin – Sullivan News/Tri-County News (1918 – 1966)
- Franklin – Sullivan Sentinel (1901 – 1914)
- Franklin – Sullivan Tri-County News (1951 – 1966)
- Franklin – Tri-County News (1966 – 1966)
- Franklin – Union Record (1874 – 1890)
- Franklin – Washington Citizen (1924 – 1973)
- Franklin – Washington Missourian (1939 – 1964)
- Gasconade – Advertiser-Courier (1875 – 1880)
- Gasconade – Bland Courier (1921 – 1966)
- Gasconade – Die Gasconade Zeitung (1873 – 1874)
- Gasconade – Gasconade County Republican (1897 – 1966)
- Gasconade – Hermanner Volksblatt und Gasconade Zeitung (1872 – 1873)
- Gasconade – Hermanner Volksblatt (1875 – 1928)
- Gasconade – Hermanner Wochenblatt (1845 – 1855)
- Gasconade – Licht-Freund (1843 – 1845)
- Gasconade – Owensville Argus (1903 – 1904)
- Gasconade – Owensville Republican (1896 – 1897)
- Gentry – Albany Capital (1901 – 1961)
- Gentry – Albany Ledger (1868 – 1966)
- Gentry – Darlington Record (1891 – 1907)
- Gentry – King City Chronicle (1893 – 1947)
- Gentry – King City Democrat (1898 – 1918)
- Gentry – King City Times (1918 – 1918)
- Gentry – McFall Mirror (1894 – 1920)
- Gentry – McFall New Mirror (1914 – 1917)
- Gentry – McFall Weekly Mirror (1903 – 1905)
- Gentry – Stanberry Headlight (1898 – 1910)
- Gentry – Stanberry Herald (1888 – 1905)
- Gentry – Stanberry Herald-Headlight (1914 – 1975)
- Gentry – Stanberry Owl-Headlight (1902 – 1913)
- Gentry – Tri-County News (1920 – 1975)
- Greene – Springfield Advertiser (1844 – 1850)
- Greene – Springfield Advertiser (1954 – 1955)
- Greene – Springfield Leader (1867 – 1891)
- Greene – Springfield Mirror (1856 – 1859)
- Greene – Springfield Weekly Patriot (1865 – 1876)
- Greene – Springfield Whig (1848 – 1849)
- Greene – The Farm Club News (1924 – 1941)
- Greene – The Southwest (1876 – 1876)
- Greene – The Springfield Democrat (1890 – 1895)
- Greene – The Springfield Press (1929 – 1933)
- Greene – Union Labor Record (1937 – 1964)
- Greene – Walnut Grove Tribune (1904 – 1918)
- Greene – Weekly Springfield Advertiser (1844 – 1850)
- Grundy – Grand River Republican (1869 – 1872)
- Grundy – The Trenton Republican (1872 – 1878)
- Harrison – Bethany Clipper (1883 – 1929)
- Harrison – Bethany Republican-Clipper (1880 – 1946)
- Henry – Calhoun Clarion (1902 – 1918)
- Henry – Clinton Advocate (1874 – 1891)
- Henry – Clinton Daily Democrat (1965 – 1965)
- Henry – Clinton Eye (1885 – 1966)
- Henry – Daily Advocate (1886 – 1887)
- Henry – Deepwater World (1901 – 1918)
- Henry – Henry County Democrat (1875 – 1966)
- Henry – Henry County Republican (1891 – 1910)
- Henry – Montrose Recorder (1901 – 1918)
- Henry – Montrose Tidings (1919 – 1943)
- Henry – Republican (1911 – 1917)
- Henry – Urich Herald-Montrose Tidings (1893 – 1970)
- Henry – Windsor Review (1876 – 1966)
- Hickory – Hermitage Gazette (1895 – 1898)
- Hickory – Index (1885 – 1964)
- Holt – Oregon Holt County Sentinel (1865 – 1921)
- Howard – Boon’s Lick Times/The Howard Union (1840 – 1848)
- Howard – Glasgow Weekly Times (1848 – 1861)
- Howard – Howard Union (1865 – 1866)
- Howard – Missouri Intelligencer and Boon’s Lick Advertiser (1827 – 1830)
- Howard – Missouri Intelligencer (1819 – 1830)
- Howell – Journal-Gazette (1898 – 1946)
- Howell – Mountain View Standard (1909 – 1924)
- Howell – West Plains Journal (1905 – 1945)
- Howell – West Plains Journal (1946 – 1946)
- Iron – Iron County Register (1867 – 1922)
- Iron – Iron County Register (1880 – 1922)
- Jackson – Kansas City Deaconess (1908 – 1943)
- Jackson – Kansas City Journal (1895 – 1899)
- Jackson – Kansas City Rising Son (1903 – 1907)
- Jackson – Kansas City Sun (1914 – 1920)
- Jackson – The Daily Journal of Commerce (1865 – 1878)
- Jackson – Word and Way (1896 – 1980)
- Jasper – Carthage Banner (1870 – 1879)
- Jasper – Jasper News/Jasper County News (1901 – 1944)
- Jasper – Silver Review (1897 – 1939)
- Jasper – The Carthage Weekly Banner (1866 – 1869)
- Jasper – Webb City Register (1903 – 1917)
- Jefferson – Jefferson Democrat (1866 – 1940)
- Jefferson – The Jefferson Republic (1905 – 1946)
- Jefferson – Tri-City Independent (1913 – 1952)
- Johnson – Johnson County Star (1885 – 1913)
- Johnson – Journal-Democrat (1876 – 1911)
- Johnson – Standard-Herald (1893 – 1896)
- Johnson – Star-Journal (1919 – 1945)
- Johnson – Warrensburg Daily Star (1896 – 1897)
- Johnson – Warrensburg Journal (1867 – 1876)
- Johnson – Warrensburg Journal-Democrat (1892 – 1898)
- Johnson – Warrensburg Standard (1865 – 1892)
- Johnson – Warrensburg Standard-Herald (1897 – 1946)
- Johnson – Warrensburg Star-Journal (1914 – 1916)
- Johnson – Warrensburg Star-Journal (1914 – 1916)
- Knox – Edina Sentinel (1869 – 1880)
- Laclede – Laclede County Republican (1889 – 1893)
- Laclede – Laclede County Republican (1911 – 1938)
- Laclede – Laclede County Sentinel (1898 – 1907)
- Laclede – Lebanon Anti-Monopolist (1880 – 1917)
- Laclede – Lebanon Republican (1893 – 1910)
- Laclede – Lebanon Rustic (1880 – 1934)
- Lafayette – Intelligencer (1887 – 1891)
- Lafayette – Lexington Intelligencer (1901 – 1922)
- Lafayette – Lexington Missouri Valley Register (1866 – 1869)
- Lafayette – Lexington Weekly Intelligencer (1872 – 1887)
- Lafayette – Weekly Caucasian (1866 – 1875)
- Lafayette – Weekly Intelligencer (1891 – 1901)
- Lawrence – Lawrence Chieftain (1876 – 1922)
- Lawrence – Marionville Free Press (1952 – 1952)
- Lawrence – Menace (1911 – 1919)
- Lawrence – Mt. Vernon Fountain and Journal (1874 – 1880)
- Lewis – Canton News (1907 – 1919)
- Lewis – Canton Press (1877 – 1928)
- Lewis – Canton Press-News (1928 – 1939)
- Lewis – Canton Weekly Press (1862 – 1864)
- Lewis – La Grange National American (1857 – 1871)
- Lewis – Lewis County Journal (1881 – 1929)
- Lewis – The La Belle Star (1883 – 2007)
- Lewis – The La Grange Democrat (1872 – 1891)
- Lincoln – Hawk Point Transcript (1870 – 1918)
- Lincoln – Troy Lincoln County Herald (1866 – 1878)
- Linn – Brookfield Gazette (1867 – 1874)
- Linn – Laclede Blade (1902 – 1922)
- Livingston – Crisis (1877 – 1878)
- Livingston – Weekly ChillicoCrisis (1878 – 1885)
- Macon – Bevier Appeal (1901 – 1921)
- Macon – Daily Times (1890 – 1890)
- Macon – Daily Times-Democrat (1916 – 1916)
- Macon – La Plata Home Press (1876 – 1945)
- Macon – La Plata Republican (1913 – 1925)
- Macon – Macon Argus (1867 – 1870)
- Macon – Macon Chronicle-Herald (1916 – 1990)
- Macon – Macon Citizen (1898 – 1901)
- Macon – Macon Daily Chronicle (1910 – 1916)
- Macon – Macon Daily Herald (1913 – 1916)
- Macon – Macon Democrat (1898 – 1900)
- Macon – Macon Gazette (1862 – 1865)
- Macon – Macon Republican (1871 – 1929)
- Macon – Macon Times (1889 – 1901)
- Macon – Macon Times-Democrat (1901 – 1916)
- Macon – Missouri Granger (1874 – 1876)
- Macon – New Cambria Leader (1914 – 1958)
- Macon – The North Missouri Register (1870 – 1879)
- Madison – Democrat-News (1898 – 1946)
- Maries – Vienna Banner of Liberty (1873 – 1874)
- Maries – Vienna Courier (1874 – 1875)
- Marion – Daily Spectator (1895 – 1898)
- Marion – Hannibal Journal (1853 – 1853)
- Marion – Hannibal Journal/Western Union (1850 – 1853)
- Marion – Hannibal Messenger (1858 – 1859)
- Marion – Hannibal Tri-Weekly Messenger (1854 – 1858)
- Marion – Marion County Herald (1883 – 1925)
- Marion – Marion County Standard (1925 – 1941)
- Marion – Palmyra Spectator (1880 – 1956)
- Marion – Palmyra Weekly Whig (1846 – 1856)
- McDonald – Independent (1890 – 1890)
- McDonald – McDonald County Republican (1894 – 1894)
- McDonald – Pineville Democrat (1899 – 1945)
- McDonald – Pineville Herald (1894 – 1919)
- McDonald – Pineville Herald (1919 – 1943)
- McDonald – Pineville News (1880 – 1896)
- McDonald – Pineville Record (1886 – 1886)
- Mercer – The Princeton Telegraph (1892 – 1944)
- Miller – Tuscumbia Osage Valley Banner (1879 – 1881)
- Mississippi – Charleston Courier (1859 – 1876)
- Mississippi – Enterprise-Courier (1879 – 1945)
- Moniteau – California Democrat (1872 – 1876)
- Moniteau – Californial Central Missourian (1865 – 1868)
- Moniteau – Moniteau County Democrat (1870 – 1871)
- Moniteau – Moniteau Journal (1869 – 1875)
- Moniteau – The Loyal Journal (1867 – 1869)
- Moniteau – The Loyal Missourian (1866 – 1867)
- Moniteau – Weekly California News (1858 – 1865)
- Monroe – Monroe City Democrat (1898 – 1919)
- Montgomery – Montgomery Tribune (1900 – 1910)
- Montgomery – Rhineland Record (1885 – 1952)
- Morgan – Versailles Morgan County Democrat and Morgan County Republican (1903 – 1914)
- New Madrid – Southeast Missourian (1894 – 1944)
- New Madrid – Weekly Record (1876 – 1924)
- Newton – Neosho Times (1870 – 1938)
- Nodaway – Daily Maryville Republican (1907 – 1910)
- Nodaway – Daily Maryville Tribune (1915 – 1925)
- Nodaway – Maryville Nodaway Democrat (1881 – 1885)
- Nodaway – Maryville Times (1870 – 1910)
- Nodaway – Nodaway County Democrat (1869 – 1870)
- Nodaway – The Maryville Daily Forum (1917 – 1977)
- Nodaway – Weekly Maryville Republican (1870 – 1910)
- Nodaway – Weekly Maryville Tribune (1890 – 1957)
- Oregon – Oregon County Democrat (1901 – 1905)
- Oregon – Oregon County Times-Leader (1903 – 1946)
- Oregon – South Missourian-Democrat (1898 – 1923)
- Oregon – Thayer News (1918 – 1945)
- Osage – Osage County Volksblatt (1899 – 1917)
- Ozark – Ozark County News (1883 – 1904)
- Ozark – Ozark County Times (1901 – 1923)
- Pemiscot – Caruthersville Journal (1917 – 1964)
- Pemiscot – Critic (1915 – 1915)
- Pemiscot – Democrat-Argus (1891 – 1966)
- Pemiscot – Hayti Herald (1908 – 1922)
- Pemiscot – Missouri Herald (1909 – 1966)
- Pemiscot – Pemiscot Argus (1905 – 1921)
- Pemiscot – Pemiscot Press (1901 – 1908)
- Pemiscot – Steele Enterprise (1849 – 1966)
- Perry – Perry County Republican (1897 – 1946)
- Perry – Perry County Sun (1881 – 1946)
- Perry – Perryville Weekly Union (1862 – 1883)
- Pettis – Sedalia Democrat Press/Sedalia Weekly Democrat (1868 – 1890)
- Pettis – Sedalia Weekly Bazoo (1877 – 1893)
- Pettis – Sedalia Weekly Conservator (1903 – 1908)
- Pettis – Sedalia Weekly Democrat (1891 – 1977)
- Phelps – Missouri Sharp Shooter (1900 – 1911)
- Phelps – Rolla Herald (1877 – 1953)
- Phelps – Rolla Herald/Rolla Weekly Herald (1869 – 1953)
- Pike – Bowling Green Salt River Journal (1833 – 1841)
- Pike – Democratic Banner (1845 – 1852)
- Pike – Radical Democrat (1841 – 1845)
- Platte – Platte County Reveille (1866 – 1871)
- Platte – Weston Border Times (1864 – 1870)
- Polk – Bolivar Free Press (1868 – 1875)
- Pulaski – The Pulaski County Democrat (1902 – 1917)
- Ralls – Ralls County Record (1865 – 1946)
- Randolph – Higbee News (1949 – 1949)
- Randolph – Randolph Citizen (1855 – 1861)
- Ray – Richmond Democrat (1879 – 1888)
- Reynolds – Ellington Press (1906 – 1926)
- Ripley – Doniphan Prospect (1874 – 1878)
- Ripley – Ripley County Democrat (1905 – 1918)
- Saint Charles – St. Charles Demokrat (1857 – 1886)
- Saint Charles – Wentzville Union (1914 – 1968)
- Saint Clair – Osceola Herald (1866 – 1873)
- Saint Francois – Farmington Times & Herald (1902 – 1905)
- Saint Francois – Farmington Times (1898 – 1902)
- Saint Francois – Farmington Times (1905 – 1922)
- Saint Louis – Missouri Gazette and Public Advertiser (1808 – 1822)
- Saint Louis – St. Louis Daily Missouri Republican (1854 – 1869)
- Saint Louis – St. Louis Missouri Republican (1869 – 1873)
- Saint Louis – St. Louis Republic (1900 – 1905)
- Saint Louis – St. Louis Republican (1873 – 1876)
- Saint Louis – St. Louis Tribune (1898 – 1898)
- Saint Louis – Western Watchman (1849 – 1859)
- Saint Louis – Western Watchman (1899 – 1899)
- Sainte Genevieve – Sainte Genevieve Fair Play (1872 – 1921)
- Saline – Marshall Democrat (1858 – 1861)
- Saline – Marshall Republican (1898 – 1914)
- Saline – Marshall Saline County Progress (1868 – 1876)
- Saline – The Saline Republican (1892 – 1899)
- Schuyler – Lancaster Excelsior (1866 – 1875)
- Scotland – Farmers’ Union (1891 – 1895)
- Scotland – Memphis Reveille (1865 – 1877)
- Scott – Benton News Boy (1894 – 1897)
- Scott – Commerce Dispatch (1869 – 1872)
- Scott – Scott County Kicker (1901 – 1907)
- Scott – The Dispatch (1867 – 1869)
- Shannon – Current Wave (1884 – 1922)
- Shannon – Shannon County Democrat (1903 – 1946)
- Shelby – Clarence Courier (1901 – 1922)
- Shelby – Clarence Republican (1898 – 1913)
- Shelby – Hunnewell Graphic (1896 – 1956)
- Shelby – Independent-Courier (1925 – 1929)
- Shelby – Shelbina Daily Democrat (1884 – 1884)
- Shelby – Shelbina Democrat (1878 – 1922)
- Shelby – Shelbina Torchlight (1890 – 1923)
- Shelby – Shelby County Herald (1871 – 1926)
- Stoddard – Bloomfield Vindicator (1880 – 1945)
- Stoddard – Dexter Messenger (1917 – 1945)
- Stoddard – Dexter Statesman (1910 – 1945)
- Stone – Crane Chronicle (1906 – 1945)
- Stone – Stone County News (1903 – 1917)
- Stone – Stone County News-Oracle (1917 – 1945)
- Stone – Stone County Oracle (1902 – 1917)
- Sullivan – The Milan Republican (1875 – 1946)
- Sullivan – The Milan Standard (1875 – 1946)
- Taney – Taney County Republican (1895 – 1920)
- Texas – World’s Cresset (1903 – 1918)
- Vernon – Daily Democrat (1881 – 1881)
- Vernon – Evening Post (1899 – 1900)
- Vernon – Industrial Review (1890 – 1890)
- Vernon – Metz Times (1904 – 1943)
- Vernon – Nevada Daily Democrat (1893 – 1893)
- Vernon – Nevada Herald (1905 – 1945)
- Vernon – Nevada Noticer (1886 – 1894)
- Vernon – Southwest Mail and Weekly Post (1922 – 1944)
- Vernon – Southwest Mail (1882 – 1922)
- Vernon – Vernon County Democrat (1880 – 1880)
- Vernon – Weekly Democrat (1888 – 1890)
- Vernon – Weekly Post (1901 – 1917)
- Warren – Daily Banner (1886 – 1886)
- Warren – Der Missionar (1881 – 1883)
- Warren – Marthasville News (1896 – 1897)
- Warren – Marthasville Record (1923 – 1966)
- Warren – Warren County Economist (1887 – 1888)
- Warren – Warrenton Banner (1868 – 1968)
- Warren – Warrenton Herald (1898 – 1905)
- Warren – Warrenton Volksfreund (1902 – 1918)
- Washington – Potosi Journal (1894 – 1922)
- Wayne – Greenville Sun (1896 – 1945)
- Wayne – Piedmont Banner (1896 – 1898)
- Wayne – Piedmont Weekly Banner (1913 – 1919)
- Wayne – Wayne County Journal and Piedmont Weekly Banner (1919 – 1925)
- Wayne – Wayne County Journal (1902 – 1919)
- Wayne – Wayne County Journal-Banner (1924 – 1945)
- Webster – Marshfield Chronicle (1877 – 1920)
- Webster – Marshfield Mail (1893 – 1945)
- Webster – Seymour Citizen (1923 – 1945)
- Worth – Grant City Star (1871 – 1877)
- Worth – Times-Tribune (1929 – 1946)
- Worth – Worth County Times (1876 – 1928)
- Worth – Worth County Tribune (1918 – 1928)
- Wright – Mansfield Mirror (1912 – 1922)
- Wright – Mansfield Press (1908 – 1909)
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 historic 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 48 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Ancestry – Missouri Newspapers
Genealogy Bank:
There are currently 572 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 1,356 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!
2 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!