Missouri Directories

Online Resources

 * Missouri State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1881 ($)
 * Missouri Online Historical Directories - listed by county

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 &amp; 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
St. Louis


 * 1821-60
 * 1863-1935
 * 1917, 1942, etc.

Kansas City


 * 1860-61
 * 1865-1935
 * 1940, 1975, etc

Web Sites

 * 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.