Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Kansas City.
Our newspaper information for Kansas City 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 114 papers that were published in the immediate area of Kansas City. In addition, the list contains another 82 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Kansas City. In total, we've identified 196 papers within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Kansas City.
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 Kansas City.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.
Newspapers Published In Kansas City ...
We know of 114 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Kansas City:
- Armourdale Booster (from 19??)
- Daily American Citizen (from 1897)
- Daily American Citizen (from 1898)
- Kansas & Colorado Gazette (from 187?)
- Kansas City Advocate And Independent (from 1916)
- Kansas City Advocate And Independent (from 1916)
- Kansas City Advocate (from 1917)
- Kansas City Advocate (from 1917)
- Kansas City Daily Gazette (from 1888)
- Kansas City Daily Tribune (from 1896)
- Kansas City Kansas News (from 1918)
- Kansas City Ledger (from 1885)
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- Kansas City Tribune (from 1879)
- Kansas Herold (from 1890)
- Kansas Pionier (from 1887)
- Kansas Staats-Zeitung (from 1904)
- Kansas Staats-Zeitung (from 1894)
- Kansas State Globe (from 198?)
- Light (from 1884)
- Years of publication: 1884 to 1887
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Light
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85032346
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13025858
- Neue Kansas Staats-Zeitung (from 1902)
- Plaindealer (from 1933)
- Plaindealer (from 1933)
- Plaindealer (from 1933)
- Silver City Record (from 196?)
- Southern Wyandotte County's Silver City Record (from 1979)
- Svenska Sydvestern (from 189?)
- Sydvestern (from 1891)
- The Advertiser (from 1923)
- The Advertiser (from 1941)
- The Age (from 1890)
- The American Citizen (from 1887)
- The American Eagle (from 1893)
- The Argentine Republic (from 1923)
- The Argentine Republic (from 1918)
- The Armourdale Booster Combined With The Kansas City Advertiser (from 1928)
- The Champion (from 1897)
- The Evening Spy (from 1880)
- The Free Pagan Press (from 1968)
- The Gazette Globe (from 1909)
- The Gazette Globe (from 1909)
- The Kansas City Advertiser And The Armourdale Booster (from 1928)
- The Kansas City Advertiser (from 1929)
- The Kansas City Advertiser (from 1923)
- The Kansas City Age (from 1892)
- The Kansas City And Topeka Plaindealer (from 1932)
- The Kansas City Catholic (from 1892)
- The Kansas City Daily Sun (from 1889)
- The Kansas City Gazette And The Kansas City Kansas Globe (from 1909)
- The Kansas City Gazette And The Kansas City Kansas Globe (from 1909)
- The Kansas City Gazette (from 1888)
- The Kansas City Gazette (from 1888)
- The Kansas City Globe (from 1880)
- The Kansas City Globe (from 1917)
- The Kansas City Globe (from 19??)
- The Kansas City Independent (from 1914)
- The Kansas City Independent (from 1914)
- The Kansas City Kansan And The Wyandotte News (from 1916)
- The Kansas City Kansan (from 1916)
- The Kansas City Kansas Globe (from 1905)
- The Kansas City Kansas News (from 1896)
- The Kansas City Kansas News
- The Kansas City Kansas Republic (from 1920)
- The Kansas City Labor Bulletin (from 1943)
- The Kansas City News (from 1932)
- The Kansas City Northwestern (from 19??)
- The Kansas City Republican (from 1893)
- The Kansas Elevator (from 1916)
- The Kansas Elevator (from 1916)
- The Kansas Pilot (from 1878)
- The Kansas Progressive And Labor Record (from 1911)
- The Kansas Sun And Globe (from 1884)
- The Kansas Tribune (from 1894)
- The Kansas Weekly Cyclone (from 1886)
- The Labor Bulletin (from 1919)
- The Labor Record (from 1894)
- The Labor Record (from 1895)
- The Leaven (from 1979)
- The National Review (from 1913)
- The National Review (from 1913)
- The Owl (from 1890)
- The Press (from 1895)
- The Query (from 1960)
- The Quindaro Query (from 19??)
- The Record (from 1986)
- The Republic (from 1912)
- The Topics (from 1895)
- The Wednesday Magazine (from 1937)
- The Weekly Advocate (from 1901)
- The Weekly News (from 190?)
- The Weekly Pioneer (from 1873)
- The Weekly Press (from 1889)
- The Welborn World (from 1923)
- The Wyandotte Chief (from 1912)
- The Wyandotte Chief (from 1894)
- The Wyandotte County Record (from 1945)
- The Wyandotte County Record (from 1932)
- The Wyandotte County Record (from 1929)
- The Wyandotte County Republic (from 1923)
- The Wyandotte Daily Cricket (from 1912)
- The Wyandotte Democrat (from 1867)
- The Wyandotte Echo (from 1928)
- The Wyandotte Echo (from 1928)
- The Wyandotte News (from 1932)
- The Wyandotte News (from 1912)
- The Wyandotte News (from 1917)
- The Wyandotte Sentinel (from 193?)
- Van Peyma's Paper (from 1903)
- Viva! (from 1969)
- Years of publication: 1969 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Viva!
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86090761
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15117859
- Viva (from 19??)
- Years of publication: 19?? to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Viva
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86025829
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13756391
- Western Christian Recorder (from 18??)
- Western Christian Recorder (from 18??)
- Wyandotte County Legal News & Wyandotte World (from 2001)
- Wyandotte County Legal News (from 2002)
- Wyandotte West (from 1968)
Newspapers Neighboring Kansas City ...
The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Kansas City.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Kansas City.
- Published In Argentine ...
- 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 Kansas City [Jackson County] ...
- 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 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Kansas City. 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 Kansas City.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may 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 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 Westport [Jackson County] ...
- Westport Border Times (from 1856)
- Published In Merriam [Johnson County] ...
- The Merriam Leader (from 1934)
- The Suburban News (from 1927)
- The Suburban (from 19??)
- 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 Shawnee [Johnson County] ...
- Shawnee Journal-Herald (from 1978)
- The Journal-Herald (from 1985)
- The Shawnee Chief (from 1932)
- Published In Lenexa [Johnson County] ...
- The Lenexa Leader (from 1908)
- The Lenexa News (from 1971)
- Published In Bonner Springs ...
- Bonner Springs Chieftain And The Bonner Springs Herald (from 1920)
- Bonner Springs Chieftain (from 1965)
- Bonner Springs Chieftain (from 1921)
- Bonner Springs Citizen (from 1890)
- Bonner Springs-Edwardsville Chieftain (from 1975)
- The Bonner Springs Chieftain (from 1900)
- The Bonner Springs Enterprise (from 1935)
- The Bonner Springs Herald (from 1913)
- The Chieftain (from 1961)
- The Kansas Courier (from 1936)
- The News Press (from 19??)
- The Wyandotte Chieftain (from 1896)
- Published In Independence [Jackson County] ...
- We know of 45 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Independence. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Independence
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Kansas City. This extended list includes all the papers from Independence. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Kansas City.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
- Published In Raytown [Jackson County] ...
- 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 Overland Park [Johnson County] ...
- Golos Immigranta (from 199?)
- Overland Park Herald (from 1924)
- The Johnson County Courier (from 1962)
- The Northeast Johnson County Herald (from 1929)
- The Overland Park Star (from 1923)
- The Overland Park Weekly Herald (from 1924)
- The Platte County Sun-Gazette (from 199?)
- Voice Of New Americans (from 199?)
- 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)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Kansas City: www.wycokck.org/
The official website for Wyandotte County: www.wycokck.org/
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kansas City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kansas City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1167, Longitude: -94.6489 |