Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Joplin 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 4 papers that were published in the immediate area of Joplin. In addition, the list contains another 15 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Joplin. In total, we've identified 19 papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Joplin.

Newspapers Published In Joplin ...

We know of 4 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Joplin:

Hill County Leader (from 1918)
- Years of publication: 1918 to 192?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Hill County Leader
- Holdings for: LCCN SN84036294
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11512254
Liberty County Farmer (from 1924)
- Years of publication: 1924 to 1936
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Liberty County Farmer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85053200
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12275134
The Joplin Independent (from 191?)
- Years of publication: 191? to 1911
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Joplin Independent
- Holdings for: LCCN SN84036292
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11503139
The Joplin Times (from 1911)
- Years of publication: 1911 to 1918
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Joplin Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN84036293
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11503194

Newspapers Neighboring Joplin ...

The following newspapers were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Joplin.

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

Published In Chester ...
- Chester Signal (from 1905)
  - Years of publication: 1905 to 191?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Chester Signal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84036307
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11514738
- The Chester Democrat (from 1914)
  - Years of publication: 1914 to 1920
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chester Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84036300
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11512304
- The Chester Reporter And North Montana Enterprise (from 1923)
  - Years of publication: 1923 to 1925
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chester Reporter And North Montana Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84036302
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11514661
- The Chester Reporter (from 1920)
  - Years of publication: 1920 to 1923
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chester Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84036301
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11514586
- The Chester Reporter (from 1925)
  - Years of publication: 1925 to 1936
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chester Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84036306
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11514699
- The Liberty County Times (from 1936)
  - Years of publication: 1936 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Liberty County Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85042376
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12289981
- The Newspaper Of Chester (from 1910)
  - Years of publication: 1910 to 191?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Newspaper Of Chester
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84036291
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11503117
Published In Rudyard [Hill County] ...
- The Rudyard Dispatch (from 1914)
  - Years of publication: 1914 to 1918
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Rudyard Dispatch
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85053272
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12547318
Published In Hingham [Hill County] ...
- Hingham American (from 1918)
  - Years of publication: 1918 to 1935
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Hingham American
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85053193
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12260675
- Hingham Review (from 1911)
  - Years of publication: 1911 to 1918
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Hingham Review
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85053192
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12260668
- The Hi-Line Weekly (from 1935)
  - Years of publication: 1935 to 1952
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hi-Line Weekly
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85053194
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12260682
- The Hingham Herald (from 1913)
  - Years of publication: 1913 to 1914
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hingham Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85053191
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12260664
Published In Gildford [Hill County] ...
- The Gildford Tribune (from 1912)
  - Years of publication: 1912 to 1925
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Gildford Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85053136
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12102180
Published In Galata [Toole County] ...
- The Galata Herald (from 1913)
  - Years of publication: 1913 to 191?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Galata Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85053132
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12102107
- The Galata Journal (from 1910)
  - Years of publication: 1910 to 192?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Galata Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85053133
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12102120

Footnotes ...

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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- Joplin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Joplin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.5608, Longitude: -110.7725 In this case, the coordinates for Joplin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).