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The town of Kansas, Missouri was incorporated on the 1st of June 1850. It was reincorporated and renamed the City of Kansas on the 28th of March 1853, then renamed Kansas City in 1889 after rapid growth following the opening of Hannibal Bridge.
Kansas City, Missouri had a population of 508,090 at the 2020 census, making it the largest city in Missouri and the 38th most populous city in the United States. The broader Kansas City metropolitan area holds approximately 2.25 million residents.
Henry Perry, a migrant from Memphis, is generally credited with opening Kansas City's first barbecue stand in 1921 in the 18th and Vine neighborhood. Arthur Bryant's later took over his restaurant, and in 1946, George W. Gates, one of Perry's cooks, founded Gates Bar-B-Q.
On the 17th of July 1981, a walkway collapsed at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Kansas City's Crown Center, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200 during a tea dance. It remains the deadliest structural collapse in United States history other than the September 11 attacks. A memorial called Skywalk Memorial Plaza was built in 2015 across the street from the hotel.
The Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl IV in 1969, Super Bowl LIV in 2020, Super Bowl LVII in 2023, and Super Bowl LVIII in 2024. They lost Super Bowl I to the Green Bay Packers by a score of 35-10.
Kansas City is officially nicknamed the City of Fountains because it hosts more than 200 working fountains, more than any city except Paris. The fountains at Kauffman Stadium, commissioned by original Kansas City Royals owner Ewing Kauffman, are the largest privately funded fountains in the world.
Tom Pendergast led the dominant political machine in Kansas City from 1925 until 1939, during which time Kansas City City Hall and the Jackson County Courthouse were built. He aided the political rise of Harry S. Truman, who went on to become president. Pendergast pleaded guilty to tax evasion in 1939 after long federal investigations.