Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Independence.
Our newspaper information for Independence is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.
The following list contains the names of 45 papers that were published in the immediate area of Independence. In addition, the list contains another 142 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Independence. In total, we've identified 187 papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Independence.
To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Independence.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is very large and will take extra time to load.
Newspapers Published In Independence ...
We know of 45 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Independence:
- Daily Evening Gazette (from 1861)
- Daily Record (from 1904)
- Equality (from 1909)
- Years of publication: 1909 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Equality
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93060038
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28918987
- Independence Chronicle (from 1840)
- Independence Daily News (from 1954)
- Independence Democrat (from 1877)
- Independence Messenger (from 1864)
- Independence Pictorial News (from 1938)
- Independence Progress (from 1881)
- Independence Weekly News (from 1967)
- Jackson County Democrat (from 1907)
- Jackson County Independent (from 1937)
- Continue List (33 more) ...
- Jackson County Judge (from 1901)
- Jackson County Tribune (from 1895)
- New Wine For Christians Today (from 1990)
- Semi-Weekly Missouri Commonwealth, And Independent Commercial Intelligencer (from 18??)
- The Community Observer (from 1970)
- The Daily Democrat (from 1908)
- The Daily Enterprise (from 1873)
- The Daily Evening Messenger (from 1860)
- The Daily News (from 1900)
- The Daily Sentinel (from 18??)
- The Evening And Morning Star (from 1900)
- The Evening And The Morning Star (from 1832)
- The Examiner (from 1963)
- The Independence Examiner (from 1905)
- The Independence Gazette (from 1888)
- The Independence Journal (from 1844)
- The Independence Leader (from 1929)
- The Independence Sentinel (from 1866)
- The Independence Tribune (from 19??)
- The Independent (from 18??)
- The Item (from 1893)
- The Item (from 18??)
- The Jackson Examiner (from 1898)
- The Letter (from 1899)
- The Observer (from 1969)
- The Occidental Messenger (from 1851)
- The Orchard City Amateur (from 18??)
- The Re-planet (from 18??)
- The Re-plant (from 1882)
- The Upper Missouri Advertiser (from 1832)
- The Western Dispatch (from 1854)
- The Western Expositor (from 1843)
- Zion's Ensign (from 1891)
Newspapers Neighboring Independence ...
The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Independence.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Independence.
- Published In Raytown ...
- Raytown Dispatch-Tribune (from 1979)
- Raytown Dispatch (from 1981)
- Raytown News-Tribune (from 1974)
- Raytown News (from 1975)
- Raytown Post (from 1975)
- The Raytown News (from 1926)
- Published In Kansas City ...
- We know of 199 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Kansas City. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Kansas City
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Independence. This extended list includes all the papers from Kansas City. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Independence.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is very large and will take extra time to load
- Published In North Kansas City [Clay County] ...
- North Star (from 1971)
- The Clay County News (from 1920)
- The Dispatch (from 195?)
- The Industrial Press (from 1930)
- The News-Dispatch (from 1952)
- The North Kansas City News (from 1920)
- The Northtowner (from 1957)
- The Press-Dispatch (from 1952)
- Published In Blue Springs ...
- Blue Springs Herald (from 1887)
- Blue Springs Leader (from 1956)
- Jackson County Sentinel (from 1966)
- The Blue Springs Examiner (from 1974)
- The Blue Springs Herald The Sni-a-Bar Voice (from 1924)
- The Blue Springs Herald (from 1922)
- The Examiner (from 1990)
- The Sni-a-Bar Voice (from 1901)
- Published In Westport ...
- Westport Border Times (from 1856)
- Published In Liberty [Clay County] ...
- Clay County Democrat (from 1870)
- Clay County Flag (from 1860)
- Clay County Sun (from 1969)
- Liberty Sun Chronicle (from 1990)
- Liberty Tribune-News (from 1988)
- Liberty Tribune (from 1860)
- Liberty Weekly Tribune (from 1852)
- Sun (from 1969)
- Years of publication: 1969 to 1988
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Sun
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90061014
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20981710
- The Advance (from 1875)
- The Clay County Democrat (from 1895)
- The Clay County Progress (from 1888)
- The Democratic Platform (from 1853)
- The Far West (from 1836)
- The Liberty Advance (from 1878)
- The Liberty Banner (from 1843)
- The Liberty Chronicle (from 1933)
- The Liberty Weekly Union (from 1867)
- The Missouri Enquirer (from 183?)
- The Weekly Tribune (from 1846)
- Upper Missouri Enquirer (from 1834)
- Western Journal (from 1842)
- Western Pioneer (from 1844)
- Western Star (from 1838)
- Published In Buckner ...
- Buckner Tribune (from 1897)
- Buckner Villager (from 197?)
- The Buckner Record (from 1907)
- The Buckner Star
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1902
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Buckner Star
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93060046
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 29563313
- The Buckner Weekly Star (from 1897)
- The Villager (from 1981)
- Villager Newspaper (from 1990)
- Published In Gladstone [Clay County] ...
- Clay Sun Chronicle (from 1990)
- Clay/Platte Sun (from 1989)
- Gladstone Dispatch (from 1962)
- Sun Chronicle (from 1990)
- The Chronicle (from 1977)
- The Clay County Chronicle (from 19??)
- The Gladstone News (from 195?)
- The Gladstone Sun Chronicle (from 1980)
- Published In Missouri City [Clay County] ...
- The Missouri City Herald (from 1869)
- Published In Kansas City [Wyandotte County] ...
- We know of 114 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Kansas City. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Kansas City
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Independence. This extended list includes all the papers from Kansas City. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Independence.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is very large and will take extra time to load
- Published In Argentine [Wyandotte County] ...
- Argentine Siftings (from 1886)
- The Argentine Advocate (from 1888)
- The Argentine Eagle (from 1892)
- The Argentine Weekly Argus (from 1887)
- The Kansas Citizen (from 1894)
- The Labor Review (from 1891)
- Published In Merriam [Johnson County] ...
- The Merriam Leader (from 1934)
- The Suburban News (from 1927)
- The Suburban (from 19??)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Published In Grandview ...
- Grandview Independent-Times (from 19??)
- The Grandview Advocate (from 1953)
- The Grandview Times (from 1925)
- The Jackson County Advocate (from 1955)
- Published In Parkville [Platte County] ...
- Industrial Luminary (from 1853)
- Parkville Independent (from 1885)
- Platte County Dispatch (from 1955)
- Platte County World (from 1900)
- The Northland Gazette (from 1985)
- The Parkville Weekly Courier (from 18??)
- The Platte County Gazette (from 1899)
- The Platte County Gazette (from 1988)
- The Platte Dispatch (from 1964)
- Weekly Southern Democrat (from 1855)
- Published In Greenwood ...
- The Greenwood Chronicle (from 1911)
- Published In Orrick [Ray County] ...
- Orrick Advertiser (from 1935)
- Orrick Times (from 1891)
- The Orrick Sentinel (from 1958)
- The Orrick Star (from 1898)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Independence: www.ci.independence.mo.us/
The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.mo.us/
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Independence) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Independence. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0937, Longitude: -94.4131 |