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History · Kingdom City

Kingdom City’s post office opened in 1970, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Winston Churchill Memorial. Below: maps from 1928 on and the census since 1970.

1970first post office
1on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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How Kingdom City began

When was Kingdom City founded?

1970

The Kingdom City post office opened in 1970, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Mc Credie (1872), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 53 in 19702020 census: 13456 years
Founding year: the first Kingdom City post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Kingdom City’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Kingdom City are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story

How Kingdom City came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Kingdom City.

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The intersection that would give rise to Kingdom City was built in the late 1920s. The city of Fulton hoped that the planned US Route 40 would run from Columbia to their city, where it would intersect with the planned US Route 54. But residents of McCredie to the north fought for a route closer to their town, including staging a parade through the heart of Fulton with banners that read "54-40 or Fight". On December 30, 1925, the Supreme Court backed the Highway Commission's chosen route through a rural farm and forested area south of McCredie.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Kingdom City, 1872 to 1970

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Mc Credie post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1928On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1969BuiltWinston Churchill Memorial is built
  6. 1970Post officeThe Mc Credie post office closes
  7. 1970Post officeThe Kingdom City post office opens
By decade

Kingdom City, decade by decade

Today7 recent
Kingdom City, Missouri2026Kingdom City, MissouriUpdated Richland Christian Church2016Updated Richland Christian ChurchFire Fighters Memorial of Missouri2014Fire Fighters Memorial of MissouriFire Fighters Memorial Walkway2014Fire Fighters Memorial WalkwayFire Fighter in Prayer Kingdom City Missouri2014Fire Fighter in Prayer Kingdom City MissouriSuper8KingdomCity2012Super8KingdomCityMOMap-doton-Kingdom City2004MOMap-doton-Kingdom City
On the map

Kingdom City on the map, 1928 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Kingdom City. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Kingdom City on the 1928 USGS mapKingdom City on the 1931 USGS mapKingdom City on the 1973 USGS mapKingdom City on the 1985 USGS map1928Fulton sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Kingdom City.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Kingdom City

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1972
Winston Churchill Memorial
Winston Churchill Memorial, built 1969
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

English Baroque1
Winston Churchill MemorialEnglish Baroque · Built 1969

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Kingdom City, census by census

0100198020002020Peak: 146

Between 53 and 146 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Kingdom City’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Kingdom City

Nobody well known was born in Kingdom City itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Norbert WienerAmerican mathematician, scientist in cybernetic… · b. 1894
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Jessica CapshawAmerican actress · b. 1976
Carlos PenaVegaAmerican film and TV actor, singer-songwriter, … · b. 1989
Helen StephensAthletics competitor · b. 1918
Stan KroenkeAmerican businessman · b. 1947
Tyronn LueAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1977
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Kingdom City’s post office has been open since 1970. Another post office, Mc Credie, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Mc Credie
1872–1970
Kingdom City
1970–today
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
McCredie

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Kingdom City’s history

What year was Kingdom City founded?

The Kingdom City post office opened in 1970, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Kingdom City?

One place: the Winston Churchill Memorial (listed 1972).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (7), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.