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History · Kinloch

Kinloch dates to 1890, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1933 on and the census since 1950.

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12%homes built before 1940
3famous people
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How Kinloch began

When was Kinloch founded?

1890

Kinloch dates its founding to 1890 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1950.

First census: 5,957 in 19502020 census: 263136 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1892.The full story ↓

What stands out about Kinloch’s past

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

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kinloch’s history is told.

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The story

How Kinloch came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Kinloch.

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The current city of Kinloch grew up around Kinloch Park, a commuter suburb first developed in the 1890s.

A Mrs. "B" and her husband are thought to be the first black family to purchase a home in Kinloch Park. As soon as the neighbors discovered the new owners were black they sold their properties, and new sales to permanent white residents of south Kinloch Park ceased. In a few years, more than 30 black families had bought into a six-block area that became called South Kinloch Park.

ChaptersDecline and revitalization efforts2015 election rejection

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Kinloch, 1890 to 1987

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890
    FoundingKinloch is established
  3. 1892Post officeThe Kinloch post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1929Born hereRoy Clay is born here
  6. 1929Post officeThe Kinloch post office closes
  7. 1933On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1957Born hereJenifer Lewis is born here
  9. 1987Born hereHuey is born here
By decade

Kinloch, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Kinloch, Missouri2017Kinloch, MissouriKinloch Park2017Kinloch Park
On the map

Kinloch on the map, 1933 to 1993

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

Kinloch on the 1933 USGS mapKinloch on the 1941 USGS mapKinloch on the 1954 USGS mapKinloch on the 1968 USGS mapKinloch on the 1974 USGS mapKinloch on the 1993 USGS map1933Clayton sheet · 1:24,000

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

People over time

Kinloch, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0004,5005,0005,5006,0006,5007,0001960198020002020Peak: 6,501

Between 263 and 6,501 people in every census since 1950.

8 censuses, 1950–2020.

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

Famous people

3 famous people were born in Kinloch

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Jenifer LewisAmerican actress · b. 1957
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HueyAmerican rapper · b. 1987
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Roy ClayAmerican computer scientist · b. 1929
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Kinloch had its own post office from 1892 to 1929.

Kinloch
1892–1929
18901960today

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about Kinloch’s history

What year was Kinloch founded?

In 1890, according to Wikidata. Kinloch’s post office opened in 1892, and the census of 1950 counted 5,957 people here.

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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 (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.