Free Online Missouri City Directories

​City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and are what I consider another important set of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research.

This activity of presenting links is a collaborative effort between The Ancestor Hunt and Miriam Robbins, who for years has made available the Online Historical Directories website, which presents links to directories of all types that are available online, including free collections as well as those available only via subscription. I wish to thank Miriam for her help in launching this category of records at The Ancestor Hunt.

So, what kinds of directories are available to the researcher?  Naturally city and business directories, but also telephone directories, and alumni, farm, lodge, rural, and social directories.

What can you find in these records? How about:

• Full names, including middle names
• Spouse name
• Occupation
• Widows, working women, and adult children at home.
• Maps
• Businesses (and index to advertisers).
• Addresses and maps of churches, schools, funeral homes, cemeteries, post offices, courts, hospitals, benevolent associations, newspapers.
• Whether a woman is a widow (including name of husband).
• List of marriages and deaths of previous year.
• Death date.
• etc.

Here are a few good primers on the benefits of searching historical city and other directories:
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• FamilySearch - United States Directories
• How to Use City Directories In Your Genealogy Research 
• What's In A City Directory? (a 10 article series about City Directories)

Note: Some of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections' images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital.

(Updated July, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

Links to these free collections are presented initially with statewide collections, followed in alphabetical order by city or county. Generally, the publishing company is included in the reference to the collection, along with the collection title, and the date(s) of the directory:

Statewide

• A Directory of the dentists practicing in the state of Missouri, January 1st, 1881
• East Kansas and North Missouri Business Directory, Wyckoff, 1867-8
• Missouri and Illinois Business Directory, Montague, 1854
• Missouri school Directory - 1932-1933
• Missouri school Directory - 1956-1957
• Missouri school Directory - 1965-1966
• Missouri school Directory - 1967-1968
• Missouri school Directory - 1969-1970
• Missouri school Directory - 1976-1977
• Missouri State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1876-1877
• Missouri State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1881-1882
• Missouri State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1881-1882
• Missouri, 1905 community & Business Directory
• Official Directory of Missouri for 1878
• Official Directory of Missouri for 1879
• Official Directory of Missouri for 1881
• Official Directory of Missouri for 1883
• Official Directory of Missouri for 1885
• Official Directory of Missouri for 1887 - 1888
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1889 - 1890
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1891 - 1892
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1893 - 1894
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1895 - 1896
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1897 - 1898
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1899 - 1900
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1901 - 1902
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1903 - 1904
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1905 - 1906
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1907 - 1908
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1909 - 1910
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1911 - 1912
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1913 - 1914
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1915 - 1916
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1917 - 1918
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1919 - 1920
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1921 - 1922
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1923 - 1924
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1925 - 1926
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1927 - 1928
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1929 - 1930
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1931 - 1932
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1933 - 1934
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1935 - 1936
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1937 - 1938
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1939 - 1940
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1941 - 1942
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1943 - 1944
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1945 - 1946
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1947 - 1948
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1949 - 1950
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1951 - 1952
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1953 - 1954
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1955 - 1956
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1957 - 1958
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1959 - 1960
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1961 - 1962
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1963 - 1964
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1965 - 1966
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1967 - 1968
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1969 - 1970
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1971 - 1972
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1973 - 1974
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1975 - 1976
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1977 - 1978
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1979 - 1980
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1981 - 1982
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1983 - 1984
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1985 - 1986
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1987 - 1988
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1989 - 1990
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1991 - 1992
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1993 - 1994
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1995 - 1996
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1997 - 1998
• Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1999 - 2000
• Watson & Co.'s Classified Business Directory of St. Louis and Other Enterprising Cities of Missouri and Illinois, 1899-1900

Atchison County

• Atchison County, Missouri, farm Directory - 1965

Aurora

• Aurora City Directory, 1916

Bates

• Bates, Missouri Rural Directory - 1976

Cape Girardeau

• Ohio River Directory, Wiggins & Weaver, 1871-2

Carrollton

• Jewell's Carrollton Directory for 1889

Carthage

• Carthage City Directory, 1888-89

Cass County

• History and Directory of Cass County, Missouri : containing a history of the County, its towns, commercial interests, etc

Cedar County

• Cedar County, Missouri rural Directory - 1972

Clayton

• Directory of Clayton Missouri, 1914

Clinton

• Moore's standard Directory of Clinton, Missouri - 1908/09

Columbia

• Columbia City Directory, Hackman, 1911-12
• ​Fraternity and sorority Directory of the University of Missouri - 1959-1960
• Fraternity and sorority Directory of the University of Missouri - 1961-1962
• Graduates of the College of Agriculture, University of Missouri; a Directory of graduates, 1873-1941
• University of Missouri Alumni Directory, 1911

Dade County

• Dade County, Missouri rural Directory - 1972

Greene County

• Greene County Farmers Directory, Missouri : 1916
• Greene County, Missouri, rural Directory and manual of useful information - 1928

Hannibal

• Hannibal City Directory 1859 - 1860
• Hannibal City Directory 1866
• Hannibal City Directory 1871 - 1872
• Hannibal City Directory 1873-74.
• Hannibal City Directory 1875-76.
• Hannibal City Directory 1877-78.
• Hannibal City Directory 1879-80.
• Hannibal City Directory 1881 - 1882
• Hannibal City Directory 1885-86.
• Hannibal City Directory 1888.
• Hannibal City Directory 1892 - 1893
• Hannibal City Directory 1894 - 1895
• Hannibal City Directory 1895-96.
• Hannibal City Directory 1897 - 1898
• Hannibal City Directory 1901
• Hannibal City Directory 1903
• Hannibal City Directory 1905
• Hannibal City Directory 1907
• Hannibal City Directory 1909
• Hannibal City Directory 1911-1912
• Hannibal City Directory 1912-1913
• Hannibal City Directory 1914
• Hannibal City Directory 1916
• Hannibal City Directory 1918
• Hannibal City Directory 1920
• Hannibal City Directory 1922
• Hannibal City Directory 1923
• Hannibal City Directory 1925
• Stone's Tri-County Directory for 1892-93
• The Colored Directory 1929

Harrison County

• Annual farm & ranch Directory of Harrison County, Missouri - 1968

Independence and Kansas City

• Directory, Independence, Missouri, Kansas City and suburbs - 1924

Jefferson City

• Jefferson City, Missouri City Directory - 1975
• Jefferson City, Missouri City Directory - 1976
• Jefferson City, Missouri City Directory - 1977
• The Mullin-Kille and New Day Press Jefferson City, Missouri con survey City Directory - 1948
• The Mullin-Kille and New Day Press Jefferson City, Missouri con survey City Directory - 1952/53
• The Mullin-Kille and New Day Press Jefferson City, Missouri con survey City Directory - 1959
• The Mullin-Kille and New Day Press Jefferson City, Missouri con survey City Directory - v. 12 (1967)
• Directory of Jefferson City and Cole County, 1900

Kansas City​

• Avila College, Alumni Directory - 2000
• Complete Business professional Directory of Greater Kansas City ... - 1905-1906
• Directory of the public schools and public library, Kansas City, Missouri - 1952-1953
• Directory of the public schools and public library, Kansas City, Missouri - 1953-1954
• Directory of the public schools and public library, Kansas City, Missouri - 1954-1955
• Directory of the public schools and public library, Kansas City, Missouri - 1955-1956
• Directory of the public schools and public library, Kansas City, Missouri - 1956-1957
• Directory of the public schools and public library, Kansas City, Missouri - 1957-1958
• Directory of the public schools and public library, Kansas City, Missouri - 1958-1959
• Directory of the public schools and public library, Kansas City, Missouri - 1959/60
• Directory of the public schools and public library, Kansas City, Missouri - 1960-1961
• Directory of the public schools and public library, Kansas City, Missouri - 1961-1962
• Directory of the public schools and public library, Kansas City, Missouri - 1962-1963
• Directory of the public schools and public library, Kansas City, Missouri - 1963-1964
• Directory of the public schools and public library, Kansas City, Missouri - 1964-1965
• Directory of the public schools and public library, Kansas City, Missouri - 1965-1966
• Directory of the public schools and public library, Kansas City, Missouri - 1966-1967
• Directory of the public schools and public library, Kansas City, Missouri - 1967-1968
• Directory of the public schools and public library, Kansas City, Missouri - 1968-1969
• Directory of the public schools and public library, Kansas City, Missouri - 1969/70
• Directory of the public schools and public library, Kansas City, Missouri - 1970/71
• Directory of the public schools and public library, Kansas City, Missouri - 1971/72
• Gate City Directory Co.'s Kansas City (Missouri) City Directory - 1921
• Kansas City blue book and club Directory - 1914-1915
• Kansas City Social Register, v. 12 (1936)
• Kansas City Social Register, v. 13 (1937)
• Kansas City Social Register, v. 14 (1938)
• Kansas City Social Register, v. 15 (1939)
• Kansas City Social Register, v. 16 (1940)
• Kansas City Social Register, v. 17 (1941)
• Kansas City Social Register, v. 18 (1942)
• Kansas City Social Register, v. 20 (1944)
• Kansas City Social Register, v. 22 (1946)
• Kansas City Social Register, v. 23 (1947)
• Kansas City Social Register, v. 24 (1948)
• Kansas City Social Register, v. 25 (1949)
• Kansas City Social Register, v. 26 (1950-1951)
• Kansas City Social Register, v. 27 (1962)
• Kansas City Social Register, v. 9 (1932-1933)

Lawrence County

• 1969 Farm & Ranch Directory : Lawrence Co., Missouri

Linn

• Linn, Missouri County Directory - 1972

Macon County

• Phinney's 1923 Macon County Missouri Directory

Maplewood

• Directory of the City of Maplewood Missouri, 1912

Marion and Ralls County

• The Missouri ruralist Directory, Marion and Ralls counties, Missouri - 1921

Maryville

• Maryville, Missouri, City Directory - 1949
• Maryville, Missouri, City Directory - 1969

Mercer County

• Mercer, Missouri County Directory - 1974

Moberly

• Moberly, Missouri, City Directory - 1960
• Moberly, Missouri, City Directory - 1962

Nevada

• C.B. Page Directory Co.'s Nevada, Missouri, City Directory - 1923/24
• Nevada, Missouri City Directory - 1972
• Nevada, Missouri City Directory - 1974
• Nevada, Missouri City Directory - 1976
• W.H. Hoffman's City Directory of Nevada, Missouri - 1913

Parkville

• Park College, Alumni Directory, 1957-58
• Park College, Alumni Directory, 1959-60
• Park College, Alumni Directory, 1960
• Park College, Alumni Directory, 1962
• Park College, Alumni Directory, 1970

Plattsburg

• Telephone Directory for Plattsburg, Easton, Gower, Osborn, Stewartsville, Turney, Missouri, August, 1953

Pleasant Hill

• 1960 Pleasant Hill, Missouri : civic Directory

Poplar Bluff

• Poplar Bluff, 1906 City Directory
• Poplar Bluff, 1908 City Directory
• Poplar Bluff, 1909/10 City Directory
• Poplar Bluff, 1911 City Directory
• Poplar Bluff, 1914 City Directory
• Poplar Bluff, 1919 City Directory
• Poplar Bluff, 1926 City Directory
• Poplar Bluff, 1929 City Directory
• Poplar Bluff, 1931 City Directory
• Poplar Bluff, 1945 City Directory
• Poplar Bluff, 1949 City Directory

Ralls County

• Ralls County Farmer's Directory, unknown, 1921

Raytown

• Directory for Raytown High School Alumni : classes 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941
• Raytown South High School student Directory - 1963

Rich Hill

• Directory of Rich Hill and Butler, Bates County, Mo., for 1888, '89, and '90

Rolla

• University of Missouri. School of Mines and Metallurgy Alumni Directory, 1901
• University of Missouri. School of Mines and Metallurgy Alumni Directory, 1915
• University of Missouri. School of Mines and Metallurgy Alumni Directory, 1916
• University of Missouri. School of Mines and Metallurgy Alumni Directory, 1917
• University of Missouri. School of Mines and Metallurgy Alumni Directory, 1919
• University of Missouri. School of Mines and Metallurgy Alumni Directory, 1923

Scotland County

• Scotland County, Missouri farm and ranch Directory - 1966

Springfield

• Directory of Springfield, Missouri, 1881
• Southwest Missouri State College Alumni Directory, 1949

St. Clair County

• St. Clair County, Missouri rural Directory - 1972
• St. Clair County, Missouri rural Directory - 1975

St. Joseph

• Central High School student Directory - 1966-1967
• St. Joseph City Directory, Collins, 1865-6

St. Louis

• 1821 St. Louis City Directory
• 1838 St. Louis City Directory
• 1840 St. Louis City Directory
• 1842 St. Louis City Directory
• 1845 St. Louis City Directory
• 1847 St. Louis City Directory
• 1848 St. Louis City Directory
• 1851 St. Louis City Directory
• 1852 St. Louis City Directory
• 1853 St. Louis City Directory
• 1854 St. Louis City Directory
• 1857 St. Louis City Directory
• 1859 St. Louis City Directory
• 1864 St. Louis City Directory
• 1865 St. Louis City Directory
• 1866 St. Louis City Directory
• 1867 St. Louis City Directory
• 1868 St. Louis City Directory
• 1869 St. Louis City Directory
• 1870 St. Louis City Directory
• 1877 St. Louis City Directory
• Edwards' Eleventh Annual Directory, City of St. Louis for 1869
• Gould & Aldrich's Annual Directory of the City of St. Louis, for 1872
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1883. (For the Year Ending November 1st, 1883.)
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1887. Vol. V. For the Year Ending November 15th, 1887
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1888. Vol. VI. For the Year Ending November 15th, 1888
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1889. Vol. VII. For the Year Ending November 15th, 1889
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1890. Vol. VIII. For the Year Ending November 15th, 1890
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1891. Vol. IX. For the Year Ending November 15th, 1891
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1892. Vol. X. For the Year Ending November 15th, 1892
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1893. Vol. XI. For the Year Ending November 15th, 1893
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1894. Vol. XII. For the Year Ending November 15th, 1894
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1895. Vol. XIII. For the Year Ending November 1st, 1895
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1897. Vol. XV. For the Year Ending November 20th, 1897
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1898. Vol. XVI. For the Year Ending November 20th, 1898
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1899
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1900
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1901
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1902
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1903
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1904
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1905
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1906
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1908.
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1909
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1910
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1911
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1912
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1913
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1914
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1915
• Gould's Blue Book, for the City of St. Louis. 1916
• Gould's East St. Louis Directory
• Gould's Red Book of the City of St. Louis 1909
• Gould's Red Book of the City of St. Louis 1911
• Gould's Red Book of the City of St. Louis 1915
• Gould's St. Louis City Directory for 1873
• Gould's St. Louis Director for 1922
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1899 (For the Year Ending April 1st, 1900)
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1900 (For the Year Ending April 1st, 1901)
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1901
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1902
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1903
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1904
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1905
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1906
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1907
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1908
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1909
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1910
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1911
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1912
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1913
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1914
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1915
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1916
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1917
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1918
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1919
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1920
• Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1921
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1874
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1875
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1876
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1877
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1878
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1879
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1880
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1881
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1882
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1883. (For the Year Ending April 1st, 1884.)
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1884. (For the Year Ending April 1st, 1885.)
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1885. (For the Year Ending April 1st, 1886.)
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1886. (For the Year Ending April 1st, 1887.)
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1887. (For the Year Ending April 1st, 1888.)
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1888. (For the Year Ending April 1st, 1889.)
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1889. (For the Year Ending April 1st, 1890.)
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1890. (For the Year Ending April 1st, 1891.)
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1891. (For the Year Ending April 1st, 1892.)
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1892. (For the Year Ending April 1st, 1893.)
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1893 (For the Year Ending April 1st, 1894.)
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1894 (For the Year Ending April 1st, 1895.)
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1895 (For the Year Ending April 1st, 1896)
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1896 (For the Year Ending April 1st, 1897)
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1897 (For the Year Ending April 1st, 1898)
• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1898 (For the Year Ending April 1st, 1899)
• Gould's St. Louis Red-Blue Book for 1918
• St. Louis (Missouri) City Directory - 1860
• St. Louis (Missouri) City Directory - 1873-1874
• St. Louis (Missouri) City Directory - 1875-1876
• St. Louis (Missouri) City Directory - 1877-1878
• St. Louis (Missouri) City Directory - 1880-1900
• St. Louis Business Directory, Tanner & Lee, 1868
• St. Louis City Directory for 1845
• St. Louis City Directory for 1857
• St. Louis City Directory for 1860
• St. Louis City Directory, Green, 1844
• St. Louis Civic and Business Associations Directory, Civic League, 1911
• St. Louis County and Town Directory, 1901
• St. Louis Directory for the years 1840-1
• St. Louis Social Directory, Social Register Association, 1922
• St. Louis Social Register, 1903
• St. Louis Social Register, 1904
• St. Louis Social Register, 1905
• St. Louis Social Register, 1906
• St. Louis Social Register, 1907
• St. Louis Social Register, 1908
• St. Louis Social Register, 1909
• St. Louis Social Register, 1910
• St. Louis Social Register, 1911
• St. Louis Social Register, 1912
• St. Louis Social Register, 1913
• St. Louis Social Register, 1914
• St. Louis Social Register, 1915
• St. Louis Social Register, 1916
• Western Address Business Directory, Robinson, 1837

St. Louis County

• St. Louis County Directory for 1893
• St. Louis County Directory, Spahn, 1893

Warrensburg

• City Directory of Warrensburg, Missouri - 1963

​Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

For other Free Missouri Links, click on the category of interest:​​

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Yearbooks
Directories
Divorce Records
Naturalizations
Church Records
School Records
Coroner Records
Voter Records
Probate and Wills
Immigration
Mortuary Records
Alumni Records

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