Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Blue Springs.
Our newspaper information for Blue Springs 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 8 papers that were published in the immediate area of Blue Springs. In addition, the list contains another 252 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Blue Springs. In total, we've identified 260 papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Blue Springs.
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 Blue Springs.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.
Newspapers Published In Blue Springs ...
We know of 8 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of 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)
Newspapers Neighboring Blue Springs ...
The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Blue Springs.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Blue Springs.
- 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 Independence ...
- 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 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Blue Springs. 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 Blue Springs.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
- 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 Greenwood ...
- The Greenwood Chronicle (from 1911)
- Published In Missouri City [Clay County] ...
- The Missouri City Herald (from 1869)
- Published In Orrick [Ray County] ...
- Orrick Advertiser (from 1935)
- Orrick Times (from 1891)
- The Orrick Sentinel (from 1958)
- The Orrick Star (from 1898)
- Published In Pleasant Hill [Cass County] ...
- Pleasant Hill Gazette (from 1890)
- Pleasant Hill Leader (from 1872)
- Pleasant Hill Local (from 1894)
- Pleasant Hill Review (from 187?)
- Pleasant Hill Union (from 1866)
- Pleasant Hill Weekly Leader (from 1869)
- Pleasant Hill Weekly Review (from 18??)
- The Cass County News (from 1927)
- The Cass County Republican (from 1920)
- The Local Dispatch (from 1886)
- The Pleasant Hill Local (from 1890)
- The Pleasant Hill Register (from 1915)
- The Pleasant Hill Times (from 1887)
- The Weekly Local (from 1886)
- The Western Dispatch (from 1872)
- Western Beacon (from 1858)
- 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 Westport ...
- Westport Border Times (from 1856)
- 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 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Blue Springs. 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 Blue Springs.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
- 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 Odessa [Lafayette County] ...
- Missouri Ledger (from 1891)
- The Odessa Democrat (from 1881)
- The Odessa Oracle (from 1901)
- The Odessan (from 1942)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Published In Raymore [Cass County] ...
- The Raymore Bee (from 1909)
- The Raymore Journal (from 1992)
- Published In Wellington [Lafayette County] ...
- The Wellington Free Press (from 1949)
- The Wellington Herald (from 1947)
- The Wellington Qui Vive (from 1894)
- Wellington News (from 1903)
- 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 Belton [Cass County] ...
- Belton Herald (from 1892)
- Belton Progress (from 1875)
- Cass County Leader (from 1880)
- The Star-Herald (from 1923)
- 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)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Blue Springs: www.bluespringsgov.com/
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blue Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blue Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0165, Longitude: -94.2724 |