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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.  

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Newspapers Published In Independence ...

We know of 45 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Independence:

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.

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  • Published In North Kansas City [Clay County] ...
  • Published In Blue Springs  ...
  • Published In Westport  ...
  • Published In Liberty [Clay County] ...
  • 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] ...
  • Published In Missouri City [Clay County] ...
  • 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.

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  • Published In Argentine [Wyandotte County] ...
  • Published In Merriam [Johnson County] ...
    • The Merriam Leader (from 1934)
    • The Suburban News (from 1927)
    • The Suburban (from 19??)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...

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    









 

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