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Newspapers in Henry County

This page lists all newspapers known to have been published in Henry County. For many of these papers there are no surviving issues available, and for others only a relatively small portion of the total life of the paper has been preserved. For the list of papers which are available on microfilm see Microfilm Newspapers at the Henry County Library or Microfilm Newspapers at the Henry County Library, Arranged by City and Year.

Papers are listed under each city in the order of their establishment.

The year figures after the city names indicate the years during which there was an active newspaper in that city.

[Microfilm Newspapers at the Library] [Microfilm Newspapers Arranged by City and by Year]
[Blairstown] [Brownington] [Calhoun] [Clinton] [Deepwater] [Montrose] [Urich] [Windsor]

• Banner (weekly), 1891 - 1892?
• Times (weekly), 1893 - 1902?
• Herald (weekly), 1902 - 1917?
• Courier (weekly), 1904
• Record (weekly), 1914-1924
• Record (weekly), 1925-1950?

  Later Record is a different paper than the first one.

[Blairstown] [Brownington] [Calhoun] [Clinton] [Deepwater] [Montrose] [Urich] [Windsor]

• Boomer (weekly), 1885 - 1886
• Argus (weekly), 1887 - 1889
• News (weekly), 1889 - 1891?
• Progress (weekly), 1895 - 1896
• Index (weekly), 1907 - 1908?

[Blairstown] [Brownington] [Calhoun] [Clinton] [Deepwater] [Montrose] [Urich] [Windsor]

• Gleaner (weekly), 1887 (1889?) - 1890
• Journal (weekly), 1889 - 1890
• Courier (weekly), 1891 - 1900
• Call (weekly), 1896
• Free Press (weekly), 1901
• Clarion (weekly), 1902 - 1918
• Star (weekly), 1919 - 1951

  Subscritpion list sold to Windsor Review in 1951.

[Blairstown] [Brownington] [Calhoun] [Clinton] [Deepwater] [Montrose] [Urich] [Windsor]

• Journal (weekly), 1859 - 1861?
• Advocate (weekly), 1866 - 1891

  Became Henry County Republican in April of 1891

• Independent (weekly), 1867 - 1868?
• Henry County Democrat (weekly), 1868? - 1968

  After May 18, 1968 the Clinton Eye replaced the Henry County Democrat

• Enterprise (weekly), 1872
• News (weekly), 1873
• Southwest Outlook (weekly), 1873
• Farmers and Laborers Journal (weekly), 1880
• Messenger (weekly), 1881 - 1883
• Sentinel (weekly), 1881 - 1882?
• Daily Advocate (daily), 1882 - 1889
• Hash (weekly), 1882
• Bee (weekly), 1883
• Pen and Sword Daily (daily), 1885
• Eye (weekly), 1885 - present

  Became semi-weekly Nov 16, 1954, returned to weekly January, 1969

• Daily Democrat (daily), (1886 - present)
• Henry County Republican (weekly), 1889 - 1917

  Renamed from Advocate.

  Became the Progressive Missourian on October 1, 1914.

  Renamed back to Henry County Republican on March 25, 1915

• Farmers and Laborers Plain Dealer (weekly), 1890?
• Daily Republican (daily), 1892 - 1917

  Sources are not clear as to whether the Daily Republican was published continuously from 1892 to 1917, or ceased publication between 1897 and 1904

• Commonwealth (weekly), 1894
• Tribune (semi-weekly), 1895 - 1916
• Daily Tribune (daily), 1913 - 1916
• Progressive Missourian (weekly and daily), 1914 - 1915

  Renamed from Henry County Republican and Daily Republican on October 1, 1914.

  Original names resumed March 25, 1915

• Record (weekly), 1919
• Henry County Republican (weekly), 1924? - 1925?

  Sources not certain as to whether this paper actually existed

• Golden Valley Independent (weekly), 1986? - 1986?

[Blairstown] [Brownington] [Calhoun] [Clinton] [Deepwater] [Montrose] [Urich] [Windsor]

• Democrat (weekly), 1885 - 1890?
• Citizen (weekly), 1890 - 1892?
• World (weekly, 1890 - 1942
• Chronicle (weekly), 1893
• American Citizen (weekly), 1907 - 1908?

[Blairstown] [Brownington] [Calhoun] [Clinton] [Deepwater] [Montrose] [Urich] [Windsor]

• John Orear's Banner (weekly), 1884
• Monitor (weekly), 1884 - 1885
• Herald (weekly), 1886
• Magnet (weekly), 1886 - 1893

  Name changed to Democrat in 1894.

• Democrat (weekly), 1886 - ?
• Signal
• News (weekly), 1894
• Democrat (weekly), 1894 - 1899?

  Name changed from Magnet

• Messenger (weekly), 1895 - 1898?
• Recorder (weekly), 1899 - 1918
• Tidings (weekly), 1918 - 1941, 1947 - 1957

  Combined with Urich Herald as Herald-Tidings in 1957.

• Herald-Tidings, 1957 - 1971

  Combined Urich Herald and Montrose Tidings

[Blairstown] [Brownington] [Calhoun] [Clinton] [Deepwater] [Montrose] [Urich] [Windsor]

• Chronicle (weekly), 1886 - 1892?
• Herald (weekly), 1893 - 1957

  Combined with Montrose Tidings as Herald-Tidings in 1957.

• Home Talk (weekly), 1891
• Herald-Tidings, 1957 - 1971

  Combined Urich Herald and Montrose Tidings

[Blairstown] [Brownington] [Calhoun] [Clinton] [Deepwater] [Montrose] [Urich] [Windsor]

• Helmet (weekly), 1874 - 1875
• Review (weekly), 1876 - present
• Times (weekly), 1881 - 1891
• Times-Democrat (weekly), 1881 - 1897

  Sources not clear as whether this was a separate paper the entire period, or if the Times became the Times-Democrat in 1891.

• New Democrat (weekly), 1883
• 4-County Windsorite (weekly), 1911 - 1916
• Herald (weekly), 1885
• Republican (weekly), 1895 - Feb. 1900 ?
• Journal (weekly), 1903
• Star (weekly), 1919 - 1936

  Subscription list sold to Review in 1936.

[Blairstown] [Brownington] [Calhoun] [Clinton] [Deepwater] [Montrose] [Urich] [Windsor]

Principal source of data is the books Missouri Newspapers: When and Where, 1808 - 1963, copyright 1964 by the State Historical Society of Missouri, and Newspapers in Missouri, A Union List, 1994, published in 1994 by University Libraries, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO.