Kansas City
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- Names
Kansas City
Greenwood
Milton
Moscow
Winnetonka
Winnwood
Westport
Westport Landing
Town of Kansas
City of Kansas
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located on Missouri River in W Missouri, adjoining Kansas City, Kansas; developed as river port; terminus for Santa Fe and Oregon trails; was divided during Civil War and was site of destructive raids by Confederates; railroad stimulated economic growth.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
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