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Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Platte City.

Our newspaper information for Platte 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 6 papers that were published in the immediate area of Platte City. In addition, the list contains another 222 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Platte City. In total, we've identified 228 papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Platte 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 Platte City.  

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Newspapers Published In Platte City ...

We know of 6 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Platte City:

Newspapers Neighboring Platte City ...

The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Platte City.

The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Platte City.

  • Published In Camden Point  ...
    • The Home Bee
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Home Bee
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93060077
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28946844
    • The Platte County News (from 1917)
  • Published In Weston  ...
  • Published In Leavenworth [Leavenworth County] ...
    • We know of 127 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Leavenworth. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Leavenworth
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Platte City. This extended list includes all the papers from Leavenworth. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Platte City.

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  • Published In Smithville [Clay County] ...
  • Published In Dearborn  ...
    • Dearborn Democrat (from 189?)
    • The Democrat (from 1890)
  • Published In Edgerton  ...
  • Published In Parkville  ...
  • Published In Gladstone [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 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Platte 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 Platte City.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is very large and will take extra time to load
  • Published In De Kalb [Buchanan County] ...
  • Published In Easton [Leavenworth County] ...
    • Easton Light (from 1895)
    • Easton Light (from 1900)
    • Easton Transcript (from 1911)
    • The Easton Herald (from 1904)
    • The Transcript (from 1908)
  • Published In North Kansas City [Clay County] ...
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The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Platte City: www.plattecity.org/

The official website for Platte County: www.co.platte.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- Platte City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Platte City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3588, Longitude: -94.7685       In this case, the coordinates for Platte City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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