Newspapers

Kansas Historical Society provides an index of Johnson County newspapers on microfilm, and available through interlibrary loan.

The following newspapers are available on microfilm at the Johnson County Central Resource Library:

1860-1861 Olathe Herald
1861-1959 Olathe Mirror
1868-1868 Kansas Central
1873-1974 Olathe News Letter
1875-1878 Western Progress
1876-1916 Kansas Star
1879-1881 Olathe Leader
1879-1879 Olathe Evening Meteor
1880-1880 Educational Herald
1880-1881 Educational Advocate
1881-1881 Kansas Patron and Farmer
1881-1903 Kansas Patron
1881-1882 Weekly Review
1883-1884 Visitor
1883-NOW Spring Hill New Era
1884-1885 Olathe Republican
1887-1887 Kansas Plain Dealer
1887-1887 Olathe Baptist Builder
1889-1890 Young Kansan
1890-1891 Kansan
1891-1893 Olathe Leader
1891-1893 Olathe Herald
1893-1894 Alliance Echo
1893-1903 Progressive Thought
1894-1895 Kansas True Flag
1894-1905 Olathe Tribune
1894-1895 Headlight
1895-1896 Edgerton Gazette
1895-1898 Olathe Weekly Herald
1895-1896 Local
1895-1895 Gardner Flag
1896-1896 Gardner Weekly Message
1896-1896 Gardner Weekly Message and Flag
1897-1898 Kansas Baptist Review
1897-1898 De Soto Pioneer
1898-1902 Olathe News-Herald
1898-1928 Olathe Register
1898-1921 De Soto Eagle Eye
1899-1942 Gardner Gazette
1903-1903 Kansas Patron and Cooperator
1903-1904 Edgerton Enterprise
1904-1904 Weekly Enterprise
1905-1907 Olathe Repblican Tribune
1906-1912 Lenexa News
1908-1909 Lenexa Leader
1910-1913 De Soto Herald
1912-1916 Olathe Independent
1913-1913 Stanley Review
1913-1913 Merriam Herald-Chieftain
1917-1917 Dawn of Equity
1921-1930 De Soto News
1921-1959 Johnson County Democrat
1923-1929 Kansas Grange Monthly
1923-1923 Overland Park Star
1924-1924 Overland Park Weekly Herald
1924-1929 Overland Park Herald
1926-1926 Premier Chautauga
1928-1928 Johnson County Democrat and Olathe Register
1929-1941 Northeast Johnson County Herald
1930-1942 Suburban News
1932-1934 Shawnee Chief
1934-1936 Merriam Leader
1942-1978 Johnson County Herald
1944-NOW Gardner News
1951-1964 Prairie Scout
1965-NOW Johnson County Sun
1978-1978 Daily News
1978-1985 Shawnee Journal Herald
1980-1985 Blue Valley Gazette
1982-1983 Gazette
1983-1984 Blue Valley Gazette and Country Life Weekly
1985-1997 College Boulevard News
1985-1995 Journal Herald
1987-NOW Olathe Daily News
1995-NOW Shawnee Herald

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