It was never incorporated as a municipality. Bethel – a neighborhood located generally along Leavenworth Rd., between 72nd and 77th Streets.Armstrong – a small town sitting on the northern bluff of the Kansas River, absorbed in the merger of Wyandotte, Kansas City, and Armourdale.Armourdale – formerly a city, it was consolidated with the city of Kansas City in 1886.Argentine – former home to the silver smelter for which it was named it was consolidated with Kansas City in 1910.Neighborhoods of Kansas City, Kansas, include the following: Main article: Neighborhoods of Kansas City, Kansas Geography Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 128.38 square miles (332.50 km 2), of which, 124.81 square miles (323.26 km 2) is land and 3.57 square miles (9.25 km 2) is water. In 1997, voters approved a proposition to unify the city and county governments creating the Unified Government of Wyandotte County. Īs with adjacent Kansas City, Missouri, the percentage of the city's most populous ethnic group, non-Hispanic whites, has declined from 76.3% in 1970 to 40.2% in 2010. Census counts, from 1890 to 1960, including 1920, when it had a population of over 100,000 residents for the first time. It was one of the nation's 100 largest cities for many U.S. In the 1890s, the city saw an explosive growth in population as a streetcar suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. The oldest city of the group was Wyandotte, which was formed in 1857 by Wyandot Native Americans and Methodist missionaries. In March 1886, 'new' Kansas City, Kansas, was formed through the consolidation of five municipalities: 'old' Kansas City, Armstrong, Armourdale, Riverview, Wyandotte. John, proclaimed the city of Kansas City a city of the second class with Mayor McConnell present. In June 1880, the Governor of Kansas, John St. The mayors of the city after its organization were James Boyle, C. The first city election was held on October 22 of that year, by order of Judge Hiram Stevens of the Tenth Judicial District, and resulted in the election of Mayor James Boyle. In October 1872, 'old' Kansas City, Kansas, was incorporated.

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