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Online Resources

• Missouri State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1881 ($)
• 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 Family History Library

The Family History Library has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Missouri including:

St. Louis

1821-60 FHL fiche 6044444-62

1863-1935 FHL film 1377473-506

1942, 1965, 1970 etc. FHL book 977.866 E4p

Kansas City

1860-61 FHL fiche 6044015

1865-1935 FHL film 1376961-73

1940, 1975, 1989 etc. FHL 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

• Missouri City Directories
• 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.