Charles Cist (24 April 1792 – 5 September 1868)[1] was an American editor.

He was educated in Philadelphia, and during the War of 1812 was engaged in garrison duty in the eastern forts.

[2] In 1843 Cist established The Western Weekly Advertiser, a family journal devoted to the early history of the First Nations of the west, and to statistics relating to Cincinnati and the state of Ohio.

[1] Their son Henry M. Cist was noted for his history of the Army of the Cumberland.

Another son, Lewis Jacob Cist (born in Harmony, Pennsylvania, 20 November 1818; died in Cincinnati, Ohio, 30 March 1885), worked in banking, and was noted for his verses and his large collection of autographs and old portraits.