Missouri Directories
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Online Resources
- Missouri State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1881 at Ancestry ($)
- Missouri Online Historical Directories - listed by county
History
Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in Missouri.
Resources for Missouri Directories
Libraries and Archives
The St. Louis Public Library owns these Missouri city directories on microfilm:
St. Louis (City): 1821-1980
St. Louis (County): 1893-1979
St. Louis & Suburban Telephone Directories: 1912-1950
Cape Girardeau: 1912-11935
Carthage: 1937-1960
Columbia: 1940-1960
Hannibal: 1903-1959
Independence: 1911-1960
Jefferson City: 1904-1935
Joplin: 1902-1907
Kansas City: 1865-1960
St. Charles: 1906-1934
Springfield: 1890-1950
You can request copies from these St. Louis Public Library directories cmillar@slpl.org
Directories Online
- Fold3.com ($) has St. Louis City Directories 1863-1923 (only 3 yrs. missing) available online. Fold3 is free at some libraries including St. Louis County Library.
- Fold3.com ($) has Kansas City Directories 1865-1923 (only 4 yrs. missing) available online.
- Ancestry.com ($) has Missouri directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection.
The FamilySearch Library
The FamilySearch Library has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Missouri including:
St. Louis
1821-60 FS Library fiche 6044444-62
1863-1935 FS Library film 1377473-506
1942, 1965, 1970 etc. FS Library book 977.866 E4p
Kansas City
1860-61 FS Library fiche 6044015
1865-1935 FS Library film 1376961-73
1940, 1975, 1989 etc. FS Library book 978.139/K1 E4p
To find directories, consult the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
- MISSOURI, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES
- MISSOURI, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES
Websites
- St.Louis Public Library
- US City Directories This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.
- Google books has some Directories for St. Louis.
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