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Kansas City, Kansas

"KCK"

Often overshadowed by its Missouri neighbor, Kansas City, Kansas is its own city with its own identity — home to the Kansas Speedway, one of the nation's largest rail yards, and a legendary barbecue scene of its own.

Founded 1886 | Population 156,977 | Peak 185,399 (1970) | County Wyandotte

Top 10 Most Important Events for Kansas City, Kansas

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1868Town of Wyandotte Founded:

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1886Kansas City Incorporated:

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1903Great Flood Devastates City:

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1920Meatpacking Industry Peak:

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1951Great Flood Returns:

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1997Unified Government Created:

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2001Kansas Speedway Opens:

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2011Sporting KC Stadium Opens:

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2022Panasonic Battery Plant Announced:

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Complete Historical Timeline

1868

Town of Wyandotte founded at river confluence

1886

Multiple towns consolidate as Kansas City, Kansas

1903

Great Flood devastates Bottoms district

1920

Meatpacking and stockyard industry at peak

1951

Great Flood causes over $1 billion in damage

1997

City merges with Wyandotte County (Unified Government)

2001

Kansas Speedway opens, anchoring Village West

2011

Sporting KC's Children's Mercy Park opens

2022

Panasonic announces $4B EV battery plant nearby

Did You Know?

Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que (formerly Oklahoma Joe's), located in a gas station in KCK, has been ranked among the best barbecue restaurants in America.

The Strawberry Hill neighborhood in KCK is a historic Slavic enclave where Croatian, Serbian, and Slovenian immigrants settled in the early 1900s.

Despite sharing a name, Kansas City, KS and Kansas City, MO are separate cities in separate states with separate governments.

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