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 199 papers that were published in the immediate area of Kansas City. In addition, the list contains another 113 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Kansas City. In total, we've identified 312 papers within 16 miles [25.7 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 199 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Kansas City:
- Amateur Argosy (from 1883)
- The first year of publication was in 1883, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Amateur Argosy
- Holdings for: LCCN SN94051027
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32063958
- Blue Valley News (from 1929)
- Central Oil News (from 1919)
- Clay Dispatch-Tribune (from 1979)
- Commercial Indicator (from 1878)
- Daily Commercial Advertiser (from 1864)
- Daily Journal Of Commerce--Extra (from 1861)
- Daily Journal Of Commerce (from 1861)
- Daily Kansas City Journal Of Commerce (from 1859)
- Daily Kansas City Western Journal Of Commerce (from 1862)
- Daily Kansas City Wsetern [sic] Journal Of Commerce (from 1860)
- Daily Western Journal Of Commerce (from 1861)
- Continue List (187 more) ...
- Dos Mundos = Two Worlds (from 1981)
- El Mercurio (from 1883)
- Future (from 1935)
- Gimme Shelter (from 1971)
- Greater Kansas City Community Challenger (from 197?)
- Jackson Co. Sentinel-Tribune (from 1974)
- Jackson Co. Sentinel (from 1976)
- Journal Of Commerce (from 1864)
- Kansas City Call (from 1922)
- Kansas City Daily Drovers Telegram (from 1923)
- Kansas City Daily Journal Of Commerce (from 1863)
- Kansas City Daily Journal (from 1878)
- Kansas City Daily Journal (from 1892)
- Kansas City Daily News (from 1870)
- Kansas City Daily News (from 1885)
- Kansas City Daily Traveler (from 1887)
- Kansas City Daily Western Journal Of Commerce (from 1858)
- Kansas City Enquirer And Star (from 1860)
- Kansas City Enquirer (from 1860)
- Kansas City Enterprise (from 1854)
- Kansas City Journal-Post (from 1928)
- Kansas City Journal (from 1938)
- Kansas City Journal (from 1891)
- Kansas City Journal (from 1897)
- Kansas City Observer (from 1896)
- Kansas City Presse (from 1883)
- Kansas City Presse (from 1883)
- Kansas City Price Current And Live Stock Record (from 18??)
- Kansas City Price Current (from 1873)
- Kansas City Reform (from 1909)
- Kansas City Tribunen
- Kansas City Truth (from 1903)
- Kansas City Weekly Bulletin (from 1868)
- Kansas City Weekly Journal (from 1885)
- Kansas City Weekly Journal (from 1923)
- Kansas City Weekly Post (from 1912)
- Kansas City Weekly Progress (from 1888)
- Kansas Public Ledger (from 1851)
- Kellogg's Kansas City Record (from 1893)
- King's Illustrated Life (from 1884)
- L'Osservatore = The Observer (from 1908)
- La Voce Dell'emigrante = The Emigrant's Voice (from 1909)
- Labor Journal (from 1939)
- Lenexa World (from 1912)
- Linwood Ledger (from 1898)
- Matrimonial News (from 1886)
- Merriam Herald-chieftain (from 1912)
- Missouri And Kansas Farmer (from 1884)
- Missouri Staats-Zeitung (from 1894)
- North Kansas City Sun Chronicle (from 1990)
- North-East Kansas Citian (from 1931)
- Oil Times (from 1917)
- Our Country (from 1912)
- Overland Park News (from 1912)
- Platte Dispatch-Tribune (from 1979)
- Saturday Evening Herald (from 1879)
- Shelter (from 1971)
- Years of publication: 1971 to 1974
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Shelter
- Holdings for: LCCN SN94053463
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17762740
- South City Press (from 1915)
- Svenska Pressen (from 1900)
- Svenska Tidningen (from 1892)
- Telegraphic Dispatch Extra (from 18??)
- The Amateur Tribune (from 1884)
- The American Citizen (from 1941)
- The Baptist Record (from 192?)
- The Bee (from 1895)
- The Call (from 1933)
- The Call (from 1933)
- Years of publication: 1933 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Call
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065699
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16736831
- The Call (from 1933)
- The Call (from 1919)
- The Castle Trail (from 1873)
- The Catholic Register (from 1899)
- The Catholic Reporter (from 1959)
- The Centropolis (from 1883)
- The Chicago Packer (from 18??)
- The Crusader (from 1906)
- The Daily Drovers Telegram (from 1885)
- The Daily Globe (from 1891)
- The Daily Journal Of Commerce (from 18??)
- The Daily Kansas City Mail (from 187?)
- The Daily Record And The Kansas City Daily News-Press (from 1959)
- The Daily Record (from 1888)
- The Daily Reporter (from 1873)
- The Dispatch-Tribune (from 1979)
- The Evening Mail (from 1892)
- The Evening Mail (from 1875)
- The Evening News (from 1869)
- The Evening News (from 1887)
- The Evening Star-Mail (from 1882)
- The Evening Star (from 1882)
- The Evening Times (from 1890)
- The Gate City Press (from 1880)
- The Herald (from 1886)
- The Inter-State Herald (from 1903)
- The Italian Press = La Stampa-italiana (from 1931)
- The Jewish World (from 1901)
- The Kansas City American (from 1902)
- The Kansas City American (from 1928)
- The Kansas City Daily Democrat (from 1926)
- The Kansas City Daily Times (from 1868)
- The Kansas City Daily Times (from 1882)
- The Kansas City Evening Star (from 1880)
- The Kansas City Evening Star (from 1883)
- The Kansas City Globe (from 1889)
- The Kansas City Jewish News (from 193?)
- The Kansas City Labor Beacon (from 19??)
- The Kansas City Labor News And The Kitchen Journal (from 1930)
- The Kansas City Labor News (from 192?)
- The Kansas City Labor News (from 1937)
- The Kansas City Leader (from 1903)
- The Kansas City Mail (from 1878)
- The Kansas City Mail (from 1892)
- The Kansas City Mail (from 1895)
- The Kansas City News-Press (from 1914)
- The Kansas City Packer (from 189?)
- The Kansas City Pioneer (from 188?)
- The Kansas City Post (from 1906)
- The Kansas City Record (from 18??)
- The Kansas City Son (from 1908)
- The Kansas City Star And The Kansas City Times (from 1901)
- The Kansas City Star (from 1885)
- The Kansas City Star (from 1890)
- The Kansas City Sunday Sun (from 1890)
- The Kansas City Sun (from 1908)
- The Kansas City Times (from 1908)
- The Kansas City Times (from 1877)
- The Kansas City Times (from 18??)
- The Kansas City Times (from 1872)
- The Kansas City Times (from 1884)
- The Kansas City Tribune (from 1958)
- The Kansas City Weekly Journal & Agriculturist (from 1883)
- The Kansas City Weekly Journal And Missouri And Kansas Farmer (from 1920)
- The Kansas City Weekly Star (from 1903)
- The Kansas City Weekly Times (from 1869)
- The Kansas City World (from 1894)
- The Kansas City-St. Joseph Register (from 1958)
- The Kaw's Mouth (from 1893)
- The Kriterion (from 1904)
- The Kriterion (from 1904)
- The Labor Herald (from 1904)
- The Liberator (from 1901)
- The Mediator (from 1913)
- The Mid-Continent (from 1880)
- The Mirror Of Progress (from 1879)
- The Missouri & Arkansas Farmer And Fruitman (from 1888)
- The Missouri Democrat (from 1925)
- The Missouri Mule (from 1919)
- The Modern Argo (from 18??)
- The New People (from 1967)
- The Penny Press (from 1890)
- The People's Advocate (from 1902)
- The People's Advocate (from 1902)
- The Pioneer (from 1878)
- The Register (from 1939)
- The Rising Son (from 1896)
- The Rising Son (from 1896)
- The Rural World (from 1904)
- The Screw : a Twisted Device For Holding Things Together (from 1969)
- The Screw (from 1967)
- The Service Star (from 1942)
- The Stanley Review (from 1912)
- The Sunday Mail (from 1892)
- The Weekly Kansas City Star (from 19??)
- The Weekly Kansas City Star (from 19??)
- The Weekly Kansas City Star (from 1908)
- The Weekly News (from 1870)
- The Weekly Pioneer (from 1879)
- The Weekly Western Journal Of Commerce (from 1865)
- The Weekly Westport Trucker (from 1973)
- The Western Champion (from 1888)
- The Western Journal Of Commerce (from 1865)
- The Westport News (from 1913)
- The Word And Way (from 1896)
- Tri-Weekly Journal Of Commerce (from 18??)
- Unsere Zeit Von Kansas City (from 1874)
- Waldo-Country Club Weekly (from 192?)
- Weekly Journal Of Commerce (from 1867)
- Weekly Journal (from 1878)
- Weekly Star Farmer (from 1952)
- Weekly Western Journal Of Commerce (from 1861)
- Western Journal Of Commerce (from 1857)
- Western Journal Of Commerce (from 1863)
- Western Metropolitan (from 1858)
- Western Newspaper Union (from 187?)
- Western Wealth (from 1889)
- Westliche VolksZeitung (from 187?)
- Women INKC (from 1975)
- Word And Way And Central Baptist (from 1913)
Newspapers Neighboring Kansas City ...
The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 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 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 Westport ...
- Westport Border Times (from 1856)
- 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 16 miles [25.7 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 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??)
- 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 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 16 miles [25.7 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 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 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 Lenexa [Johnson County] ...
- The Lenexa Leader (from 1908)
- The Lenexa News (from 1971)
- 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 Shawnee [Johnson County] ...
- Shawnee Journal-Herald (from 1978)
- The Journal-Herald (from 1985)
- The Shawnee Chief (from 1932)
- 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 Grandview ...
- Grandview Independent-Times (from 19??)
- The Grandview Advocate (from 1953)
- The Grandview Times (from 1925)
- The Jackson County Advocate (from 1955)
- Continue List (1 more) ...
- Published In Bonner Springs [Wyandotte County] ...
- 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)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Kansas City: www.kcmo.org/
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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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: 39.0969, Longitude: -94.5722 |