Kansas City, Kansas’s beginning came to be by way of a merger of towns. A merger of towns which then became KCK neighborhoods.
In 1886 Kansas City, Kansas was formed when the independent settlements of Kansas City, Wyandotte City, Armstrong, Riverview and Armordale combined.
Twenty-four years later, Kansas City annexed Argentine. Argentine was built around smelting and mining plants. Argentine’s plants, benefitting from Argentine’s location alongside the Santa Fe Railroad.
Today’s KCK neighborhood of Argentine borders Rosedale.
Prior to its annexation by Kansas City in 1922, Rosedale had been The Town of Rosedale. Settled in 1872.
Annexed by Kansas City in 1923, Quindaro was originally a free state port alongside the Missouri River. Within the abolitionist movement, Quindaro was once an Underground Railroad station.
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