Kingdom City, Missouri - Population 128
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 38° 57.119 W 091° 57.251
15S E 590621 N 4311968
The county is called the Kingdom of Callaway from a Civil War incident, and this town gets it names from there.
Waymark Code: WMX1FW
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member wayfrog
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County of sign: Callaway County
Location of sign: CR-226 (Old US 40), just W. of US-54

Sign Text:

City Limit
KINGDOM CITY
POP 128

"Kingdom City has its origins in the building of US Route 40 in 1925, at the same time US Route 54 was being planned with the intention of intersecting US 40 somewhere along the route. The city of Fulton had hoped for US 40 to go from Columbia through Fulton and intersect US 54 in their city, but the final decision had the highways intersect in what would become Kingdom City, which was then just a rural farm and forested area south of McCredie. McCredie residents fought so hard for the highway that they staged a parade through the heart of Fulton with banners that read "54-40 or Fight". When the road was being built and huge numbers of workers were brought in to do the work, McCredie became a boom town, with future Kingdom City receiving its first gas station and a two-story hotel, which (however) burned down in 1930.

"Since the area had no name at the time the intersection was referred to only as the "Y", with people in Fulton wanting to name it "North Fulton" and the people in McCredie naming it "South McCredie". The Kingdom Oil Company, owned by B.P. (Bernard Parker) Beamer, suggested Kingdom City, in reflection of the nickname for Callaway County. Through the 1920s and 30s numerous dance halls, restaurants, cafés, and hotels would come and go in Kingdom City. In 1965, Gasper's (which became a local landmark) opened for business. In 1970, the McCredie Post Office moved to Kingdom City and took the community's name. This was the same year Kingdom City incorporated as a village and included the former unincorporated community of McCredie.

"The Richland Christian Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001." ~ Wikipedia

Address: CR-226 Old US-40

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