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Newspapers Serving Franklin County, MO

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Please remember to post your obituaries and other records on the New Boards so other researchers can benefit from the information. With over 11,000 postings, the Franklin County boards have become a serious research tool.

Also, if you have newspaper articles that do not fit any of the categories on the New Boards and would like to contribute them (it) to this website, I will be happy to post them if you will type them in (no scans) and if you are the author or the publication date

 

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Present-Day Newspapers serving Franklin County Communities

Franklin County Watchman
255 Kitchell
St. Clair, MO 63077
636-629-3898

New Haven Leader
P.O. Box 168
New Haven, MO 63068
573-237-3222

Sullivan Independent News
P.O. Box 268
Sullivan, MO 63080
573-468-6511
http://www.sullivannews.com

Gasconade County Republican
P. O. Box 540
Owensville, MO 65066
573-437-2323
email: wardpub@fidnet.com
Note: This newspaper contains a section for Gerald, MO.

 

The Missourian publications include the:
St. Clair Missourian,
Union Missourian,
Washington Missourian, &
Senior Life Times
(each issue of Senior Life Times features several area seniors).

The Missourian maintains offices in several communities, but their headquarters are at Washington. Missourian website 

St. Clair Missourian
515 South Main Street
St. Clair, MO 63077
636-629-1027
 

Union Missourian
115 North Church Street
Union, MO 63084
636-583-7701
 

Washington Missourian
P.O. Box 336
Washington, MO 63090
636-239-7701

 

Old Franklin County Newspapers Available on Microfilm (All weekly unless notated otherwise)

NEW HAVEN
New Haven Leader
(weekly)
July 1903 - February 1904
January 1910 - December 1910
March 1911
January 1912 - Present

PACIFIC
Meramec Valley Transcript
(weekly)
October 1933 - February 1995
Plowman Transcript
(weekly)
Jan 1931 - Nov 1932
Transcript
May 1895 - Jan 1931
Nov 1932 - Sep 1933
Tri-County Journal
Aug 1984 - Present
Franklin County Democrat (weekly)
May 1878
City Herald
Feb and Mar 1889
Jan, Apr, Sep, Nov and Dec 1890
Jan 1891
Our County Paper
Aug 1882 - Dec 1884
Jan 1886 - Oct 1886
May, May and Jun 1887
Many gaps in dates

ST. CLAIR
The Ozark News
Aug 1940 - Oct 1952
St. Clair Chronicle
Mar 1927 - May 1985
St. Clair Missourian (bi-weekly)
Jun 1985 - Present

SULLIVAN
Independent News
Feb 1977 - Nov 1993
Jan 1994 - Apr 1994
Feb 1995 - Present
News
Jun 1910 - Nov 1951
Sullivan Sentinel
Jul 1901 - Jun 1914
Tri-County News
Dec 1951 - May 1985
Tri-County Review
Nov 1996 - Present

 

UNION
Franklin County Record
Sept 1874 - Nov 1890
Many gaps in issues available
Franklin County Tribune
Dec 1896 - Feb 1919
Mar 1937 - Sep 1988
Jan 1989 - Oct 1995
Missourian
May 1995 - Present
Record
Jan 1888 - Jun 1890
Many gaps in issues available
Republican Headlight
Mar 1904 - Aug 1904
Jan 1914 - Dec 1918
Jan 1919 - Feb 1919
Republican-Tribune
Jan 1919 - Mar 1937
Tribune
Jan 1887 - Dec 1890
Tribune-Republican

Dec 1890 - Dec 1896

WASHINGTON

Buyer's Guide
Oct 1938
Feb 1939
May 1939 - Aug 1940
The Citizen
Aug 1905 - Aug 1984
Deutsche Welt
April 1889
Die Washingtoner Post

(German newspaper)
Nov 1870 - Nov 1878
Oct 1890
Nov 1895 - Oct 1896
Franklin County Democrat
May 1878 - May 1882
Many gaps in issues available
Franklin County Observer
June 1869; May and June 1876
Oct 1884; Jan 1889
July 1893; Nov 1895
Oct 1896; Oct 1897
Oct 1899
Apr 1901 - Nov 1901
Apr 1902 - Aug 1902
Jan 1903 - Dec 1904
Apr 1905 - Dec 1906
Mar 1907
Jan 1908 - Aug 1926
Journal

Dec 1895
Missourian
Sept 1984 - Present
Republican

Oct 1890

 


 

GERALD

Franklin County Watchman
December 1988 - January 1990

 

 

This page was last updated Tuesday February 04, 2003 .

  Sue Cooley, Franklin County Coordinator, Missouri USGenWeb Project

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