City history timeline
The following is a timeline of the
history of
Kansas City ,
Missouri , United States.
19th century
1838 - Settlement named
Town of Kansas .
1846 - Population: 700.
1840 -
City Market active.
1850 - June 3: Town of Kansas formally organized municipality in Jackson County.
[3]
1853 - March 28: City of Kansas incorporated by Missouri.
[3]
1854 -
Bleeding Kansas
1857
Chamber of Commerce established.
November 9 -
Union Cemetery founded by a special act of the Missouri General Assembly, as the private corporation Union Cemetery Assembly
[4]
1860 - Population: 4,418.
1863 - August 13: The collapse of the Union Women's Prison kills four and maims several other women, which the pro-Confederate
bushwhackers will cite revenge as a justification for the
Sacking of Lawrence .
[6]
1864 - October 23:
Battle of Westport .
1867 - March 1: First meeting of the
Kansas City Public Schools Board of Education.
[7]
1869 - July 3:
Hannibal Bridge over the
Missouri River opens, first railroad bridge across the river.
[8]
1870 - Population: 32,260.
[9]
1871 - Kansas City Bar Library Assoc. formed.
[10]
1872 -
Elmwood Cemetery established.
1875 - Fetterman Circulating Library in business.
[10]
1880 - Population: 55,785.
1882
1885
1889
1890 - Population: 132,716.
1892 - Court House built.
1893
1895 -
Kansas City School of Law founded.
1897 - December 20:
City workhouse castle opened, old workhouse abandoned.
[12]
[13]
1900
20th century
1900s-1940s
1950s-1990s
1951 - July:
Great Flood of 1951 .
[21]
1954
1955
1956 - First runway opens at Kansas City Industrial Airport, now KCI
1957
1959 - Five KC firefighters killed in gas tank explosion on Southwest Blvd.
1963
1964 -
Kansas City Repertory Theatre founded
[22]
1967
1968 - April:
1968 Kansas City, Missouri riot .
1969
1970 - Population: 507,330.
1971
1972
1973
1974
Kemper Arena opens.
NHL comes to Kansas City with the establishment of the
Scouts as an expansion team
Sister city relationship established with
Freetown , Sierra Leone.
[23]
1976 -
World Science Fiction Convention held.
1977 - Fairyland Amusement Park closes after extensive damage by windstorm
1978 - Sister city relationship established with
Tainan , Taiwan.
[23]
1979 -
Richard L. Berkley becomes mayor.
1980
1981 - July 17:
Hyatt Regency walkway collapse .
1982
1985 -
World Series won by Kansas City Royals with Manager Dick Howser
1986 -
Town Pavilion hi-rise built.
1988
1989 - Sister city relationship established with
Xi'an , China.
[23]
1990 - Population: 435,146.
[9]
1991
1993
1994 -
Bartle Hall Convention Center opens.
1995 - Sister city relationship established with
Arusha , Tanzania.
[23]
1997
1998 - Sister city relationship established with
Ramla , Israel.
[23]
1999 -
Kay Barnes becomes mayor.
2000 - Population: 441,545.
[26]
21st century
See also
References
^
a
b Shortridge, James R. (2012). Kansas City and How it Grew, 1822-2011 . University of Press of Kansas.
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"Union Cemetery" . Kansas City Parks & Rec. Retrieved August 4, 2023 .
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"Collapse of the Union Women's Prison in Kansas City | Civil War on the Western Border: The Missouri-Kansas Conflict, 1854-1865" . civilwaronthewesternborder.org . Retrieved May 11, 2020 .
^ Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.), July 4, 1897. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers . Lib. of Congress. <
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063615/1897-07-04/ed-1/seq-3/ >
^ Rick Montgomery; Shirl Kasper (1999). Kansas City: An American Story . Kansas City Star Books.
ISBN
978-0-9604884-0-7 .
^
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b
Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 , US Census Bureau, 1998
^
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b Davies Project.
"American Libraries before 1876" . Princeton University. Retrieved March 5, 2014 .
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"Ready for Its Hobo Guests" .
The Kansas City Times . December 20, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved July 19, 2020 .
^ Lawson, Ben (January 2, 2018).
"Taste & See KC: Kansas City Workhouse Castle becoming a ruin" . KSHB. Retrieved April 14, 2020 .
^
a
b Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei, ed. (May 9, 2013).
"Kansas City, Missouri" . Nonprofit Explorer . New York:
ProPublica . Retrieved November 30, 2014 .
^ Nina Mjagkij (1994).
Light in the Darkness: African Americans and the YMCA, 1852-1946 . University Press of Kentucky.
ISBN
0-8131-2801-3 .
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"Timeline" . Union Station Kansas City. Retrieved November 30, 2014 .
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"Member Institutions in Missouri" . Washington DC:
American Association of Community Colleges . Retrieved October 30, 2014 .
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"Truman: Chronology" . Independence, Mo.:
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum . Retrieved November 30, 2014 .
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a
b
"Movie Theaters in Kansas City, MO" . CinemaTreasures.org . Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved March 5, 2014 .
^ "Missouri".
Official Congressional Directory . Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1953.
hdl :
2027/mdp.39015038055821 .
^
a
b Kansas City Public Library.
"Local history & genealogy: Alphabetical List of Special Collections" . Retrieved November 30, 2014 .
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"History of the Rep" . Kansas City Repertory Theatre . Retrieved December 20, 2017 .
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"Kansas City Sister Cities" . kcsistercities.org . Sister City Association of Kansas City, MO. Archived from
the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2014 .
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"Royals Timeline" .
MLB Advanced Media . Retrieved November 30, 2014 .
^
"City of Kansas City, Mo" . Archived from
the original on April 13, 1997 – via Internet Archive,
Wayback Machine .
^
"Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000" . Kansas City city, Kansas QuickLinks . State & County QuickFacts. US Census Bureau.
^ Civic Impulse, LLC.
"Members of Congress" .
GovTrack . Washington, D.C. Retrieved March 5, 2014 .
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"Kansas City (city), Missouri" . State & County QuickFacts . U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from
the original on April 23, 2012. Retrieved March 5, 2014 .
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"30 Cities: An Introductory Snapshot" . American Cities Project . Washington, DC:
Pew Charitable Trusts . 2013.
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"Google Fiber: Why does Kansas City get to go high-speed?" , Christian Science Monitor , July 27, 2012
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"Two Cities With Blazing Internet Speed Search for a Killer App" , New York Times , September 5, 2014
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"Kansas City Startup Village" . 2012.
Bibliography
19th century publications
20th century publications
"Kansas City, Mo." . Kansas State Gazetteer and Business Directory, including a complete business directory of Kansas City, Mo .
R.L. Polk & Co. 1908.
Carrie Westlake Whitney (1908),
Kansas City, Missouri: its History and its People 1808-1908 , Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co.,
OL
6544377M
"Kansas City (Missouri)" .
Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 661–662.
Federal Writers' Project (1941),
"Kansas City" , Missouri: A Guide to the 'Show Me' State ,
American Guide Series , New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce {{
citation }}
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link )
"Kansas City, Heartland U.S.A.",
National Geographic Magazine , vol. 150, Washington DC, 1976
Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980),
"Kansas City, MO" , Encyclopedia of American Cities , New York:
E.P. Dutton , p. 179+,
OL
4120668M
Rick Montgomery; Shirl Kasper (1999). Kansas City: An American Story . Kansas City Star Books.
ISBN
978-0-9604884-0-7 .
21st century publications
External links
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