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Jackson County, Missouri

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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—digitized titles
401historic places
—earliest paper
1825formed
717,204pop. 2020
73cemeteries
7CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 401 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 5 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Kansas City, Independence, Lee's Summit.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

210 of 401 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

401 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
1524 Grand Avenue BuildingKansas CityBuilding2004
18th and Vine Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict1991
1901 McGee Street Automotive Service BuildingKansas CityBuilding2009
85th and Manchester "Three Trails" Trail SegmentKansas CitySite2012
A.B.C. Storage and Van Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding2007
ABC Storage & Van Company Warehouse BKansas CityBuilding2022
ACME Cleansing Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding2017
Acme Brass and Machine Works BuildingKansas CityBuilding2004
Adams, Charles Francis Jr., BuildingKansas CityBuilding2020
Agee Apartments Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict2017
Aines Farm Dairy BuildingKansas CityBuilding2008
Ambassador Hotel Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict1983
Ambassador Hotel Historic District (Boundary Increase)Kansas CityBuilding2008
Anderson Electric Car Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding2022
Archbishop O’Hara High SchoolKansas CityBuilding2021
Argyle BuildingKansas CityBuilding2005
Armour Boulevard Post-World War II Apartment Building Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict2007
Attucks SchoolKansas CityBuilding1991
Aurora ApartmentsKansas CityBuilding2017
Auto Coach BuildingKansas CityBuilding2007
BMA TowerKanssas CityBuilding2002
Bailey Family Farm Historic DistrictLee's SummitDistrict2006
Baker-Vawter BuildingKansas CityBuilding2000
Bancroft SchoolKansas CityBuilding2012
Barclay BuildingKansas CityBuilding2007
Bayles Addition Historic DistrictLee's SummitDistrict2013
Bellefontaine Avenue Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict2011
Bellerive HotelKansas CityBuilding1980
Belmont HotelKansas CityBuilding2016
Benton, Thomas Hart, House and StudioKansas CityBuilding1980
Beth Shalom SynagogueKansas CityBuilding1982
Bingham-Waggoner House and EstateIndependenceBuilding1980
Bixby, Walter E., HouseKansas CityBuilding1978
Blenheim SchoolKansas CityBuilding2017
Blue MillsIndependenceSite1994
Boley BuildingKansas CityBuilding1971
Bon Air Apartments BuildingKansas CityBuilding2008
Bonfils BuildingKansas CityBuilding1984
Braley, Charles A., HouseKansas CityBuilding2013
Bryant BuildingKansas CityBuilding1989
Bryant, Dr. John S. Jr. and Harriet Smart, HouseIndependenceBuilding1992
Buick Automobile Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding2004
Bunker BuildingKansas CityBuilding1975
Burnette-Berry HouseKansas CityBuilding2011
Byram's Ford Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict1989
Campbell-Continental Baking Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding2016
Cave SpringKansas CitySite1978
Chambers BuildingKansas CityBuilding2001
Chappell, Philip E., HouseKansas CityBuilding1990
Chatham HotelKansas CityBuilding2008
Cherry Street Colonnades Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict2005
Chicago ApartmentsKansas CityBuilding1980
Christian Church HospitalKansas CityBuilding2004
Circle ApartmentsKansas CityBuilding2002
City Bank BuildingKansas CityBuilding1983
Coates House HotelKansas CityBuilding1972
Coca-Cola BuildingKansas CityBuilding1988
Colonnade Apartment Building at 4302 Oak StreetKansas CityBuilding2008
Columbia BuildingKansas CityBuilding2000
Commerce TowerKansas CityBuilding2014
Commerce Trust Company Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict2015
Community ChurchKansas CityBuilding2020
Continental HotelKansas CitySite1983
Corrigan, Bernard, HouseKansas CityBuilding1978
Corrigan, Thos., BuildingKansas CityBuilding1982
Crane Company Building, TheKansas CityBuilding2018
Creamery Package Manufacturing Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding2016
Crestwood Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict1998
Crossroads Historic Freight DistrictKansas CityDistrict2000
Crown Center Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict2019
Curtiss, Louis, Studio BuildingKansas CityBuilding1972
Dean, O.H., BuildingKansas CityBuilding2009
Dierks BuildingKansas CityBuilding2009
Disney, Walt, House, and GarageKansas CityBuilding1978
District IKansas CityDistrict1983
District IKansas CityDistrict1983
District IIKansas CityDistrict1983
District IIIKansas CityDistrict1983
District III (Boundary Increase)Kansas CityBuilding2006
Dorson Apartment BuildingKansas CityBuilding1987
Drumm, Andrew, InstituteIndependenceDistrict2006
East 27th Street Colonnades Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict2006
East Ninth Street-Grand Boulevard Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict2020
East Plaza Apartments Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict2025
East Side Apartments Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict2022
El Torreon BallroomKansas CityBuilding2022
Ellsworth ApartmentsKansas CityBuilding2002
Elmwood CemeteryKansas CitySite1983
Englewood TheatreIndependenceBuilding2026
Executive Plaza Office BuildingKansas CityBuilding2017
Fairfax Building, TheKansas CityBuilding2015
Faultless Starch Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding2002
Federal Office BuildingKansas CityBuilding2021
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas CityKansas CityBuilding2007
Fidelity National Bank and Trust Company Building, TheKansas CityBuilding1997
Fire Department Headquarters; Fire station #2Kansas CityBuilding1982
Fire Station No. 11Kansas CityBuilding2026
Firestone BuildingKansas CityBuilding1986
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Service StationKansas CityBuilding2021
First Swedish Baptist ChurchKansas CityBuilding2018
Floyd, Jacobs, HouseKansas CityBuilding1983
Fort Osage NHLSibleyDistrict1966
Fort Osage Archeological DistrictSibleyDistrict1972
Four Gates FarmKansas CityDistrict1991
Gary, Hunter, HouseKansas CityBuilding2008
Gate City National BankKansas CityBuilding1982
George, Todd M. Sr., HouseLee's SummitBuilding2010
Georgen, John and Adele, HouseIndependenceBuilding2000
German Evangelical Pastors' Home Historic DistrictBlue SpringsDistrict1988
Gillham Court Apartments BuildingKansas CityBuilding2007
Gillis Orphans' HomeKansas CityBuilding2017
Globe Storage and Transfer Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding2007
Goodenow Textiles Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding2003
Gotham ApartmentsKansas CityBuilding2017
Grand Avenue Temple and Grand Avenue Temple BuildingKansas CityBuilding1985
Grandview Residential Historic DistrictGrandviewDistrict2005
Graphic Arts BuildingKansas CityBuilding2005
Greenlease Cadillac BuildingKansas CityBuilding2003
Guadalupe CenterKansas CityBuilding2003
Gumbel BuildingKansas CityBuilding1979
Harris, Col. John, HouseKansas CityBuilding1972
Harry S Truman National Historic SiteIndependenceDistrict1985
Harry S Truman National Historic Site (Boundary Increase)IndependenceDistrict2005
Hazelle, Inc. BuildingKansas CityBuilding2021
Heim Fire Station No. 20Kansas CityBuilding2024
Heim, Ferd., Brewing Company Bottling PlantKansas CityBuilding2016
Helping Hand Institue BuildingKansas CityBuilding2000
Henderson, Dr. Generous, HouseKansas CityBuilding1979
Hesse Carriage Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding2007
Hiland Telphone Exchange BuildingKansas CityBuilding2005
Holy Rosary Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict2007
Hook, Mary Rockwell, HouseKansas CityBuilding1983
Hoover Brothers BuildingKansas CityBuilding2019
Hotel PhillipsKansas CityBuilding1979
House at 5011 Sunset DriveKansas CityBuilding1983
House at 54 E. 53rd TerraceKansas CityBuilding1983
Howard Neighborhood Historic DistrictLee's SummitDistrict2007
Howe, Frank M., ResidenceKansas CityBuilding1985
Hughes, Mollie and Josephine, HouseIndependenceBuilding1994
Hyde Park East Historic District, OldKansas CityDistrict2004
Hyde Park Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict1980
Hyde Park West Historic District, OldKansas CityDistrict2004
Independence Boulevard Christian ChurchKansas CityBuilding2015
Insurance Building-Consumers Cooperative Association BuildingKansas CityBuilding2005
Inter-State BuildingJacksonBuilding2008
Interstate Bakeries Corporation HeadquartersKansas CityBuilding2015
Interstate Securities BuildingKansas CityBuilding2017
Jackson County CourthouseIndependenceBuilding1972
Jackson County Jail and Marshal's HouseIndependenceBuilding1970
Janssen Place Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict1976
Jenkins Music Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding1979
Jensen-Salsbery LaboratoriesKansas CityBuilding1985
John Hancock BuildingKansas CityBuilding2024
Jones, Lewis, HouseIndependenceBuilding1994
Jones, R. Bryson, HouseKansas CityBuilding2009
Kansas City AthenaeumKansas CityBuilding1979
Kansas City Club BuildingKansas CityBuilding2002
Kansas City Cold Storage Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding2005
Kansas City Live Stock ExchangeKansas CityBuilding1984
Kansas City Masonic TempleKansas CityBuilding1980
Kansas City National Guard ArmoryKansas CityBuilding2020
Kansas City Parks and Boulevards Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict2016
Kansas City Police Station Number 4Kansas CityBuilding2005
Kansas City Power and Light Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding2002
Kansas City Power and Light Company Substation "A"Kansas CityBuilding2018
Kansas City Public LibraryKansas CityBuilding1977
Kansas City Southern Railway BuildingKansas CityBuilding2004
Kansas City Star BuildingKansas CityBuilding2019
Kansas City Terminal Railway Company Roundhouse Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict2001
Kansas City Title and Trust BuildingKansas CityBuilding2005
Kansas City Water Department BuildingKansas CityBuilding1994
Kansas City, Missouri Western Union Telegraph BuildingKansas CityBuilding2003
Katz, Michael H. and Rose, HouseKansas CityBuilding2004
Keith, Charles S., HouseKansas CityBuilding2000
Kelley-Reppert Motor Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding2004
Kellogg-Mackay Company BuildingsKansas CityBuilding2022
Kelly's Westport InnKansas CityBuilding1972
Kemper ArenaKansas CityBuilding2016
Kessler ApartmentsKansas CityBuilding2002
Kirkwood BuildingKansas CityBuilding2001
Knight, William Baker and Mary, HouseKansas CityBuilding2003
Kritser HouseIndependenceBuilding1985
Kuehne-Schmidt ApartmentsKansas CityBuilding2007
Land Bank BuildingKansas CityBuilding1985
Lee's Summit Christian Church BuildingLee's SummitBuilding2011
Lee's Summit Downtown Historic DistrictLee's SummitDistrict2005
Lee's Summit Post OfficeLee's SummitBuilding2018
Lewis-Webb HouseIndependenceBuilding1986
Liberty Memorial NHLKansas CitySite2000
Lincoln High SchoolKansas CityBuilding2014
Linwood Presbyterian Church and Home for Convalescent Employed WomenKansas CityBuilding2012
Liquid Carbonic Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding1994
Locust Street ApartmentsKansas CityBuilding2011
Loew's Midland Theater-Midland BuildingKansas CityBuilding1977
Long, R. A., HouseKansas CityBuilding1980
Long, R.A., BuildingKansas CityBuilding2003
Longview FarmLee's SummitBuilding1985
Loose, Jacob, HouseKansas CityBuilding1983
Loretto AcademyKansas CityBuilding1983
Love, Emily Rockwell, HouseKansas CityBuilding1983
Lowe and Campbell Sporting Goods BuildingKansas CityBuilding2012
Luzier Special Formula Laboratories BuildingKansas CityBuilding2018
Maine ApartmentsKansas CityBuilding2002
Mainstreet TheatreKansas CityBuilding2007
Majestic ApartmentsKansas CityBuilding2003
Majors, Alexander, HouseKansas CityBuilding1970
Maples ApartmentsKansas CityBuilding2002
Marks and Garvey Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict2006
Marty, Albert, BuildingKansas CityBuilding2013
Maryland ApartmentsKansas CityBuilding2002
Mason BuildingKansas CityBuilding2021
Mayfair Apartment HotelKansas CityBuilding2025
McConahay BuildingKansas CityBuilding1978
McGee Street Automotive Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict2018
McIntire, Levi, HouseKansas CityBuilding1983
McMahon ApartmentsKansas CityBuilding2002
Mercantile Bank & Trust BuildingKansas CityBuilding2009
Meyer, August, HouseKansas CityBuilding1982
Michelson BuildingKansas CityBuilding2018
Midwest HotelKansas CityBuilding2004
Milo ApartmentsKansas CityBuilding2011
Mineral HallKansas CityBuilding1976
Minor, Charles, HouseIndependenceBuilding1984
Missouri ApartmentsKansas CityBuilding2002
Missouri Pacific DepotIndependenceBuilding1979
Moline Plow Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding2019
Monroe HotelKansas CityBuilding2004
Montgomery Ward and Company General Merchandise WarehouseKansas CityBuilding2010
Morningside Acres Historic Ranch House DistrictLee's SummitDistrict2012
Mount Washington SchoolIndependenceBuilding2013
Murdock, C.A., Manufacturing Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding2016
Mutual Ice Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding2004
Mutual Musicians' Foundation Building NHLKansas CityBuilding1979
Myers, George J., HouseKansas CityBuilding1983
National Bank of Commerce BuildingKansas CityBuilding1999
National Cloak and Suit CompanyKansas CityBuilding2018
Nettleton, George H., HomeKansas CityBuilding1999
New England ApartmentsKansas CityBuilding2002
New Santa Fe "Three Trails" Trail SwalesKansas CitySite2012
New York Life BuildingKansas CityBuilding1970
Newbern HotelKansas CityBuilding1980
Newcomer's, D. W., Sons Funeral HomeKansas CityBuilding1983
Nicholson, George E., HouseKansas CityBuilding2005
Noland, Smallwood V., HouseIndependenceBuilding1994
Norman SchoolKansas CityBuilding2014
Northeast Douglas Street Residential Historic DistrictLee's SummitDistrict2008
Northeast Forest Avenue and Northeast Green Street Residential Historic DistrictLee's SummitDistrict2008
Northeast Green and 1st Streets Residential Historic DistrictLee's SummitDistrict2008
Oakwood Country ClubKansas CityDistrict2021
Old New England BuildingKansas CityBuilding1973
Old Town Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict1978
Old Town Historic District (Boundary Increase II)Kansas CityBuilding2005
Old Town Historic District (Boundary Increase III)Kansas CityBuilding2006
Old Town Historic District (Boundary Increase IV)Kansas CityDistrict2012
Old Town Historic District (Boundary Increase)Kansas CityBuilding2005
Ostertag, Robert, HouseKansas CityBuilding1983
Overfelt-Campbell-Johnston HouseIndependenceBuilding1975
Owens-McCoy HouseIndependenceBuilding1994
Palace Clothing Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding1985
Parade Park Maintenance BuildingKansas CityBuilding2008
Paris and Weaver Apartment BuildingsKansas CityBuilding2006
Park Lane ApartmentsKansas CityBuilding2004
Park Manor Historic DistrictKansas CityBuilding2006
Parkview, TheKansas CityBuilding2002
Paseo YMCAKansas CityBuilding1991
Peck, George B., Dry Goods Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding1980
Pendergast, Thomas J., HeadquartersKansas CityBuilding2011
Pennbroke ApartmentsKansas CityBuilding2009
Peppard, Joseph Grear, HouseKansas CityBuilding1985
Perfection Stove Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding2014
Peters, Charles and Josephine, HouseKansas CityBuilding2016
Peters, Nelle E., Troost Avenue Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict2009
Phillis Wheatley School-Willis Chapel AME ChurchKansas CityBuilding2026
Pickwick Hotel, Office Building, Parking Garage and Bus TerminalKansas CityBuilding2005
Pilgrim Lutheran Church for the Deaf of Greater Kansas City and ParsonageKansas CityBuilding2001
Pink HouseKansas CityBuilding1983
Plaza House ApartmentsKansas CityBuilding2013
Plaza TowersKansas CityBuilding2016
Pratt and Whitney Plant ComplexKansas CityBuilding2013
President Gardens Apartments Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict1998
President HotelKansas CityBuilding1983
Professional BuildingKansas CityBuilding1979
Quality HillKansas CityDistrict1978
Quality Hill Center Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict2017
R. J. DeLano School for Crippled ChildrenKansas CityBuilding2022
Repp, William D., HouseKansas CityBuilding1983
Rice-Tremonti HouseRaytownBuilding1979
Richards and Conover Hardware Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding1999
Ridenour-Baker Grocery Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding2014
Rieger HotelKansas CityBuilding2004
Rockhill NeighborhoodKansas CityDistrict1975
Rockwell, Bertrand, HouseKansas CityBuilding1983
Row House BuildingKansas CityBuilding1978
Row House Buildings (Boundry Increase)Kansas CityBuilding1985
Sacred Heart Church, School and RectoryKansas CityBuilding1978
Safeway No. 357Kansas CityBuilding2023
Safeway Stores and Office and Warehouse BuildingKansas CityBuilding2000
Saint Paul's Episcopal ChurchLee's SummitBuilding1985
Sanford B. Ladd SchoolKansas CityBuilding2021
Santa Fe Place Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict1986
Santa Fe Trail-Minor Park, Kansas City, Trail SegmentsKansas CitySite1994
Santa Fe Trail-Santa Fe Trail Park, Independence Trail SegmentsIndependenceSite1994
Savoy Hotel and GrillKansas CityBuilding1974
Scarritt Building and ArcadeKansas CityBuilding1971
Scarritt Point North Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict1997
Scarritt Point South Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict1997
Scarritt, Edward Lucky, HouseKansas CityBuilding1977
Scarritt, Rev. Nathan, HouseKansas CityBuilding1978
Scarritt, William Chick, HouseKansas CityBuilding1978
Seven Oaks SchoolKansas CityBuilding2012
Sewall Paint and Glass Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding2002
Shankman BuildingKansas CityBuilding2018
Shelley, William Francis, HouseKansas CityBuilding1978
Sherwood Manufacturing Company BuildingLees' SummitBuilding2010
Simpson-Yeomans-Country Side Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict1984
Simpson-Yeomans-Country Side Historic District (Boundary Increase II)Kansas CityDistrict2011
Simpson-Yeomans-Country Side Historic District (Boundary Increase)Kansas CityDistrict2000
Sophian PlazaKansas CityBuilding1983
South Hyde Park Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict2007
South Side Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict1983
Southeast Grand Avenue and Fifth Street Residential Historic DistrictLee's SummitBuilding2011
Southeast Green Street Historic Cottage DistrictLee's SummitDistrict2010
Southeast Third Street Residential Historic DistrictLee's SummitDistrict2010
Southeast Third Street and Southeast Corder Avenue Ranch House Historic DistrictLee's SummitDistrict2011
Southwest Market Street Historic DistrictLee's SummitDistrict2013
Southwest Third and Southwest Madison Historic DistrictLee's SummitDistrict2013
Southwestern Bell Administration BuildingKansas CityBuilding2020
Spofford Home for ChildrenKansas CityBuilding2016
Squibb, E.R. and Sons, BuildingKansas CityBuilding2010
Squier Park Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict2012
St. Francis Xavier Parish Church & RectoryKansas CityBuilding2022
St. Francis Xavier SchoolKansas CityBuilding2017
St. John’s High School and SeminaryKansas CityDistrict2021
St. Mary's Episcopal ChurchKansas CityBuilding1978
St. Regis HotelKansas CityBuilding2013
St. Stephen Baptist ChurchKansas CityBuilding2026
St. Teresa's Academy Music and Arts BuildingKansas CityBuilding2000
Standard TheatreKansas CityBuilding1974
Stenzel, R.O. & Company, WarehouseKansas CityBuilding2007
Stevens, Edward A., HouseKansas CityBuilding2016
Stine and McClure Undertaking Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding1990
Studna Garage BuildingKansas CityBuilding2006
Sunset TowerKansas CityBuilding2021
Sweeney Automobile and Tractor SchoolKansas CityBuilding2014
Swinney, E.F., SchoolKansas CityBuilding2013
Switzer School BuildingsKansas CityBuilding2009
TWA Corporate Headquarters' BuildingKansas CityBuilding2002
Temple SiteIndependenceSite1970
Ten Main CenterKansas CityBuilding2015
Tocoma,TheKansas CityBuilding1979
Toll, Alfred, HouseKansas CityBuilding1983
Town of Kansas SiteKansas CitySite2011
Townley Metal & Hardware Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding1994
Traders National Bank BuildingKansas CityBuilding2016
Triangle Battery and Service Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding2003
Trinity Episcopal ChurchIndependenceBuilding1979
Tromanhauser, Norman, HouseKansas CityBuilding2001
Truman, Harry S, Historic District NHLIndependenceDistrict1971
Twenty-Ninth Street Colonnaded Apartments Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict2007
Twenty-Twenty Grand BuildingKansas CityBuilding2012
U.S. Courthouse and Post Office-Kansas City, MOKansas CityBuilding2007
Union CemeteryKansas CitySite2016
Union StationKansas CityBuilding1972
Union Station (Boundary Increase)Kansas CityBuilding2004
United States Post Office-Kansas CityKansas CityBuilding2004
Unity School of Christianity Historic DistrictUnity VillageDistrict1989
Uptown Building and TheatreKansas CityBuilding1979
Vaccaro, Joe, Soda Water Manufacturing Company BuildingKansas CityBuilding2003
Vaile, Harvey M., MansionIndependenceBuilding1969
Valentine on Broadway HotelKansas CityBuilding2008
Van Noy, Ira C. and Charles S., HousesKansas CityBuilding1987
Villa Serena Apartment HotelKansas CityBuilding2009
Virginia ApartmentsKansas CityBuilding2002
Vitagraph Film Exchange BuildingKansas CityBuilding2008
Volker, William, HouseKansas CityBuilding1993
WILLIAM S. MITCHELL (dredge)Kansas CityStructure1985
Waldo Water TowerKansas CityStructure1977
Walnut Street Warehouse and Commercial Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict1999
Walnut Street Warehouse and Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase II)Kansas CityDistrict2008
Walnut Street Warehouse and Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)Kansas CityBuilding2008
Waltower BuildingKansas CityBuilding2001
Ward, Seth E., HomesteadKansas CityBuilding1978
Warner, Maj. William, HouseKansas CityBuilding1977
Webster SchoolKansas CityBuilding1982
West Bottoms Historic District (Additional Documentation)Kansas CityDistrict2016
West Bottoms Historic District (Boundary Increase)Kansas CityDistrict2022
West Eleventh Street Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict1982
West Ninth Street-Baltimore Avenue Historic DistrictKansas CityDistrict1976
West Ninth Street-Baltimore Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase I)Kansas CityDistrict2002
West Ninth Street-Baltimore Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase II)Kansas CityBuilding2010
Western Newspaper Union BuildingKansas CityBuilding2007
Westport High SchoolKansas CityBuilding2015
Westport Junior High SchoolKansas CityBuilding2014
Wheatley-Provident HospitalKansas CityBuilding2020
Wholesale DistrictKansas CityDistrict1979
Wholesale District (Boundary Increase)Kansas CityDistrict2013
Windsor Hall ApartmentsKansas CityBuilding2011
Woodson-Sawyer HouseIndependenceBuilding1986
Woolworth, F.W., BuildingKansas CityBuilding2005
Wornall HouseKansas CityBuilding1969
Young, Solomon, Farm-Truman, Harry S., Farm NHLGrandviewDistrict1978

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Jackson was formed in 1825 (1825-02-16) from Lillard.

JACKSON created from LILLARD (extinct); JACKSON not fully organized, attached to LAFAYETTE "for all civil and military purposes."

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Jackson County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

717k360k2,82318301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
2,8237,61222,91382,325195,193367,846477,828541,035622,732629,266654,880717,204

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 unit11.6 km

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

73 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 73 of 73 listed
NameLatLon
Adams Cemetery38.907-94.22276
Alley Cemetery38.92613-94.22509
Blue Ridge Cemetery38.90111-94.53384
Blue Ridge Lawn Cemetery39.07583-94.47217
Blue Springs Cemetery39.01513-94.29468
Brooking Cemetery39.02694-94.45995
Brown Cemetery38.98983-94.16193
Buckner Hill Cemetery39.12536-94.19863
Calvary Cemetery39.0049-94.57186
Campground Cemetery39.03811-94.42967
Carr Cemetery39.05061-94.38341
Chiddix Cemetery39.07935-94.1924
Chiles Cemetery39.15472-94.28323
Corn Cemetery38.93528-94.17466
Corn Cemetery38.96128-94.13547
Cowherd Cemetery38.97311-94.29714
Douglass Cemetery39.16139-94.25466
Drake Cemetery39.16472-94.283
Elmwood Cemetery39.09611-94.52578
Flanery Cemetery38.95194-94.443
Floral Hills Cemetery38.99722-94.488
Forest Hill Cemetery39.00194-94.57023
Franklin Cemetery39.15194-94.29355
Ganzer Cemetery38.9425-94.45161
George Cemetery38.98444-94.14827
Gibson-Russell Cemetery39.06735-94.31621
Gosney Cemetery38.93314-94.19296
Grain Valley Cemetery39.02639-94.188
Grange Cemetery38.96166-94.578
Green Chapel Cemetery39.09365-94.15329
Green Lawn Cemetery38.97639-94.51661
Greenwood Cemetery38.86528-94.34077
Hendrick Cemetery39.10731-94.39183
Highland Cemetery39.08528-94.47633
Hill Cemetery39.08371-94.45428
Hudspeth Cemetery39.15007-94.27421
Jewish Cemetery (historical)39.0875-94.4769
Kehilath Israel Blue Ridge Cemetery39.08778-94.47439
Koger Cemetery38.94944-94.1916
Lee's Summit Cemetery38.91611-94.36383
Levasy Cemetery39.11053-94.13514
Lincoln Cemetery39.09556-94.48155
Lobb Cemetery39.07111-94.28911
Loose Memorial Park39.03139-94.59467
Mann Cemetery39.15111-94.4005
Mecklin Cemetery39.06611-94.12661
Memorial Park Cemetery38.98055-94.51467
Mound Grove Cemetery39.11227-94.42731
Mount Carmel Cemetery39.02278-94.47078
Mount Moriah Cemetery38.93556-94.57939
Mount Olivet Cemetery38.98443-94.47801
Mount Pleasant Cemetery38.90139-94.59134
Mount Saint Mary's Cemetery39.08555-94.53606
Mount Washington Cemetery39.09583-94.47606
Noland CemeteryNoneNone
Noland Oliver Besonia Church Cemetery38.94585-94.48069
Oak Grove Cemetery38.98861-94.13688
Oak Ridge Memory Gardens39.10472-94.36411
Oakland Cemetery39.07944-94.2205
Palestine Cemetery38.95667-94.50717
Perdue Cemetery38.9341-94.2029
Pitcher Cemetery39.06361-94.4705
Purdee Chapel Cemetery38.99028-94.23105
Rice Cemetery39.01938-94.49569
Rice Cemetery39.15972-94.28383
Rose Hill Cemetery39.00167-94.57606
Saint Clair Cemetery39.07151-94.17158
Sheffield Cemetery39.10833-94.50856
Soldiers Cemetery38.86586-94.17262
Stanley Cemetery39.01443-94.32078
Underwood Cemetery38.86306-94.12244
Union Cemetery39.07528-94.58134
Woodlawn Cemetery39.08555-94.41106
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Delavan38.87001-94.46273

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
Independence1,46111.4 kmMO025
Independence1,35811.7 kmMO014
Little Blue River2,05214.0 kmMO024
Byram'S Ford1,97916.0 kmMO026
Westport5,63720.9 kmMO027
Lone Jack81621.2 kmMO015
Liberty4,73823.2 kmMO003

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

Historical markers

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