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    Westport is a historic neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Originally an independent town, it was annexed by Kansas City in 1897. It is one of...
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    Battle of Westport, sometimes referred to as the "Gettysburg of the West", was fought on October 23, 1864, in modern Kansas City, Missouri, during the...
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    Kansas City, Missouri (KC or KCMO) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by population and area. Most of the city lies within Jackson County...
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  • neighborhoods of Kansas City, Missouri has nearly 240 neighborhoods. The list includes only Kansas City, Missouri and not the entire Kansas City metropolitan...
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    Market (formerly known as Westport Landing, the City Market, and River Quay) is a riverfront neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri that comprises the first...
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    The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U...
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    of MissouriKansas City (UMKC or Kansas City) is a public research university in Kansas City, Missouri. UMKC is part of the University of Missouri System...
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    Westport High School was a public high school located at 315 East 39th Street in Kansas City, Missouri. It was part of the Kansas City, Missouri School...
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    the Kansas City metropolitan area has significant records since the 19th century, when Frenchmen from St. Louis, Missouri moved up the Missouri River...
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    County is located in the western portion of the U.S. state of Missouri, on the border with Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 717,204. making...
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  • of Westport. 1867 - March 1: First meeting of the Kansas City Public Schools Board of Education. 1869 - July 3: Hannibal Bridge over the Missouri River...
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    Kelly's Westport Inn is a historical bar in Westport, Kansas City, Missouri, constructed around 1850. Kelly's and the adjoining Chouteau Store are considered...
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    Rudy Reyes (actor) (category Male actors from Kansas City, Missouri)
    younger brothers, Michael, worked at Lucille's Restaurant in Westport, Kansas City, Missouri, in the 1990s. In 1998, Reyes joined the United States Marine...
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    Kansas City 33 School District, operating as Kansas City Public Schools or KCPS (formerly Kansas City, Missouri School District, or KCMSD), is a school...
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  • Westport Town Farm Westport, Minnesota Westport Township, Pope County, Minnesota Westport, Kansas City, a historic district of Kansas City, Missouri Westport...
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    The Loretto is a multipurpose venue in the Westport neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. It was adapted from a former girls' academy known as Loretto...
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    Union Cemetery is the oldest surviving public cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri. It was founded on November 9, 1857, as the private shareholder-owned...
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  • southside of Kansas City, Missouri, that has continued to maintain its own unique character, even though it was annexed by Kansas City in 1909. Waldo's...
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    in Kansas City, Missouri focuses on the boom of higher residential occupancy downtown. The modernization of the skyline includes the Kansas City Power...
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    was an unsuccessful Confederate cavalry raid through Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. Led by...
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    Swope Park (category Geography of Kansas City, Missouri)
    Swope Park is a city park in Kansas City, Missouri. At 1,805 acres (7.30 km2), it is the 51st-largest municipal park in the United States, and the largest...
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  • Thumbnail for List of points of interest in Kansas City, Missouri
    The list of points of interest in Kansas City, Missouri includes businesses, museums, historical monuments, and theme parks. American Jazz Museum, in...
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    Morewood Lake Ice company Mutual Ice Company – its building in Westport, Kansas City, Missouri is listed on the U.S. NRHP New Britain Ice Corporation New...
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  • periods of up to six weeks of captivity. His crimes took place in Kansas City, Missouri, between 1984 and 1987. Describing his murders as being "some of...
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    (MAX) bus rapid transit service in Kansas City, Missouri, and 78 local bus routes in seven counties of Missouri and Kansas. In 2023, the system had a ridership...
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    urban area of 4900 Truman Road at the corner of Van Brunt Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. With an estimated 35,000—38,000 plots, the cemetery is owned, operated...
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    Loose Park (category Geography of Kansas City, Missouri)
    cities of Kurashiki, Japan and Kansas City, Missouri. The original pasture belonged to Kansas City pioneer Seth Ward. During the Battle of Westport in...
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    Harris-Kearney House (category Houses in Kansas City, Missouri)
    located in Kansas City, Missouri, in the Westport neighborhood. Originally, the house was located at the intersection of modern-day Westport Road and Main...
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  • districts) in Kansas City, Missouri and the surrounding Kansas City metropolitan area. School districts included: Independence, North Kansas City, Park Hill...
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  • in Kansas City, MO that lies just northwest of the Westport historic and entertainment district. The 39th Street West District and the Old Westport Shopping...
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