Muncie, Kansas

Muncie is a neighborhood in Kansas City, Kansas on the north bank of the Kansas River. Rail lines run through it.

Muncie
Neighborhood
Muncie
Location within the state of Kansas
Coordinates: 39°5′15″N 94°44′50″W
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyWyandotte
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

The area[1] derives its name from the Munsee (tribe) which was part of the Algonquian speaking Delaware (tribe). Reverend Jesse Vogler[2] and John Kilbuck, and 72 Christianized Munsee Indians, came to the area aboard the St. Peters. The Munsee Moravian Mission was located in the Westfield settlement.[3]

On December 8, 1874, the James-Younger Gang are believed to have robbed a Kansas Pacific Railroad there of $30,000.

Grinter Place in the Grinter Heights neighborhood is on the National Register of Historic Places. A ferry that was used on the military route between Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and Fort Scott, Kansas crossed the river here.

Grinter House

References and citations
  1. eight miles above the Kaw's mouth, and north of the river
  2. Moravian (United Brethren) missionary
  3. Kansas Historical Quarterly - Kansas Before 1854, A Revised Annals, Part Nine - Kansas Historical Society
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