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Wyandotte County, Kansas

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
52historic places
—earliest paper
1859formed
169,245pop. 2020
28cemeteries
5CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 52 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Kansas City, Bonner Springs, Muncie.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Kansas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Wyandotte titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

28 of 52 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

52 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Argentine Carnegie LibraryKansas CityBuilding1986
Bonner Springs High SchoolBonner SpringsBuilding2002
Brotherhood BlockKansas CityBuilding2019
Brown-Blachly HouseKansas CityBuilding2025
Castle RockKansas CityBuilding2000
Fairfax Hills Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict2007
Fire Station No. 9Kansas CityBuilding1985
First African Methodist Episcopal ChurchKansas CityBuilding2024
Franklin Elementary SchoolKansas CityBuilding2013
Gates, Judge Louis, HouseKansas CityBuilding1980
Granada TheaterKansas CityBuilding2005
Grinter PlaceMuncieBuilding1971
H.W. Gates Funeral HomeKansas CityBuilding2010
Hanover Heights Neighborhood Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict1990
Huron CemeteryKansas CitySite1971
Immanuel Baptist ChurchKansas CityBuilding2025
Kansas City, Kansas City Hall and Fire HeadquartersKansas CityBuilding1986
Kansas City, Kansas City Hall and Fire Headquarters (Boundary Increase)Kansas CityBuilding2022
Kansas City, Kansas High School Gymnasium and LaboratoryKansas CityBuilding2012
Kansas City, Kansas YMCA BuildingKansas CityBuilding2019
Lake of the Forest Historic DistrictBonner SpringsDistrict1996
Lowell Elementary SchoolKansas CityBuilding2008
Mann, Horace, Elementary SchoolKansas CityBuilding2012
Meeks, Cordell D. Sr., HouseKansas CityBuilding2013
Northeast Junior High SchoolKansas CityBuilding2008
Quindaro TownsiteKansas CitySite2002
Rosedale World War I Memorial ArchKansas CityStructure1977
Saint Margaret's HospitalKansas CityBuilding2013
Sauer CastleKansas CityBuilding1977
Schleifer-McAlpine HouseKansas CityBuilding2007
Schmotz, Frank and Agnes, FarmsteadBonner SpringsDistrict2024
Scottish Rite TempleKansas CityBuilding1985
Shafer, Theodore, HouseKansas CityBuilding2000
Shawnee Street OverpassKansas CityStructure1984
Simmons Funeral HomeKansas CityBuilding2014
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial BuildingKansas CityBuilding1985
St. Augustine HallKansas CityBuilding1971
Sumner High School and Athletic FieldKansas CityBuilding2005
Town House HotelKansas CityBuilding2014
Trowbridge Archeological SiteKansas CitySite1971
Vernon SchoolKansas CityBuilding2023
Welborn Community Congregational ChurchKansas CityBuilding2013
Westheight Apartments Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict2015
Westheight Manor DistrictKansas CityDistrict1975
Westheight Manor Historic District (Boundary Increase)Kansas CityDistrict1982
Whitefeather SpringKansas CitySite1975
Whittier SchoolKansas CityBuilding2023
Williamson, Roy, HouseEdwardsvilleBuilding2007
Wyandotte County CourthouseKansas CityBuilding2002
Wyandotte High SchoolKansas CityBuilding1986
Wyandotte National Burying Ground, Eliza Burton Conley Burial Site NHLKansas CitySite
Wyandotte National Burying Ground, Eliza Burton Conley Burial Site NHLKansas CitySite

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Wyandotte was formed in 1859 (1859-01-29) from Johnson, Leavenworth.

WYANDOTTE created by Kansas Territory from JOHNSON and LEAVENWORTH.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Wyandotte County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

187k95k2,6091860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
2,60919,14373,227122,218145,071165,318185,495172,335157,882169,245

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
HSTRPark unit30.1 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

28 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 28 of 28 listed
NameLatLon
Bethel Cemetery39.14258-94.76196
Bonner Springs Cemetery39.07131-94.88011
Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens39.11183-94.79575
Edwardsville Cemetery39.0727-94.82013
Griffith Cemetery39.14189-94.73665
Grinter Cemetery39.07976-94.76221
Highland Park Cemetery39.11461-94.67534
Huron Cemetery39.11471-94.62601
Huron Indian Cemetery39.11488-94.62594
Maple Hill Cemetery39.05745-94.66554
Maywood Community Church Cemetery39.12789-94.84025
Memorial Park Cemetery39.14676-94.64665
Mount Calvary Cemetery39.11814-94.67737
Mount Hope Cemetery39.12945-94.67051
Oak Grove Cemetery39.13334-94.6169
Old Quindaro Cemetery39.15492-94.66154
Prairie Cemetery39.14385-94.81708
Quindaro Cemetery39.1296-94.67255
Riverview Cemetery39.04313-94.89196
Saint John's Cemetery39.11612-94.66885
Saint Patrick Catholic Church Cemetery39.1155-94.79814
Saylor Cemetery39.15757-94.73833
Shawnee Township Cemetery39.07699-94.70478
Stony Point Cemetery39.09532-94.76001
Tensquatawa Burial Ground39.07153-94.67357
Westlaw Cemetery39.11111-94.67524
Woodlawn Cemetery39.13056-94.63162
Wyandotte County Cemetery39.12252-94.79815

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Westport5,63718.6 kmMO027
Byram'S Ford1,97923.1 kmMO026
Independence1,35830.0 kmMO014
Independence1,46130.3 kmMO025
Liberty4,73833.3 kmMO003

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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