Local Newspapers
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:
- Platte County Advocate (from 1874)
- Platte County Democrat (from 187?)
- Platte County Reveille (from 1866)
- The Platte City Atlas (from 1863)
- The Platte County Conservator (from 1862)
- The Weekly Tenth Legion (from 186?)
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 ...
- Platte Eagle And Weston Commercial Gazette (from 1842)
- The Border Times (from 1864)
- The Missouri Commercial (from 1872)
- The Platte County Views (from 1966)
- The Western Mail (from 1860)
- The Weston Chronicle (from 1883)
- The Weston Commercial (from 187?)
- The Weston Journal (from 1906)
- The Weston News (from 1940)
- The Weston Reporter (from 1849)
- The Weston Times (from 1863)
- The Weston World (from 1896)
- Weekly Platte Argus (from 185?)
- Weston Daily Times (from 1867)
- Weston Journal (from 1845)
- Weston Weekly Platte Argus (from 1855)
- 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] ...
- Smithville Star (from 1899)
- The Democrat-Herald (from 1909)
- The Smithville Democrat-Herald (from 1975)
- The Smithville Herald (from 1889)
- The Smithville Lake Democrat-Herald (from 1982)
- Published In Dearborn ...
- Dearborn Democrat (from 189?)
- The Democrat (from 1890)
- Published In Edgerton ...
- The Edgerton Citizen (from 196?)
- The Edgerton Journal (from 1895)
- Published In Parkville ...
- 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 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 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.
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- Published In De Kalb [Buchanan County] ...
- The DeKalb Tribune (from 1897)
- 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] ...
- 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)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Published In Gower [Clinton County] ...
- Gower Enterprise (from 1905)
- Gower epitomist (from 1897)
- 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)
- Published In Potter [Atchison County] ...
- The Atchison County Recorder : The Potter Defender (from 1900)
- The Potter Kansan And Leaf (from 1903)
- The Potter Kansan (from 1908)
- The Potter Leaf (from 1900)
- The Potter Press (from 1898)
- 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 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 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 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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). |