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History · Northmoor

Northmoor’s post office opened in 1927, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1935 on and the census since 1960.

1927first post office
0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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How Northmoor began

When was Northmoor founded?

1927

The Northmoor post office opened in 1927, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 696 in 19602020 census: 29199 years
Founding year: the first Northmoor post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Northmoor’s past

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

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The story

How Northmoor came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Northmoor.

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A post office called Northmoor was established in 1927, and remained in operation until 1947. The community's name is an amalgamation of Moore, the name of a first settler, and "north", a directional name relative to the community's location from Kansas City.

On May 4, 2003 an F4 tornado ripped through the town, destroying several homes and causing extensive damage to the police station and to City Hall. Despite the damage, no serious injuries were reported.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Northmoor, 1927 to 1947

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1927Post officeThe Northmoor post office opens
  3. 1935On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1947Post officeThe Northmoor post office closes
By decade

Northmoor, decade by decade

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On the map

Northmoor on the map, 1935 to 1990

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

Northmoor on the 1935 USGS mapNorthmoor on the 1948 USGS mapNorthmoor on the 1951 USGS mapNorthmoor on the 1964 USGS mapNorthmoor on the 1970 USGS mapNorthmoor on the 1990 USGS map1935North Kansas City 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 Northmoor.

People over time

Northmoor, census by census

01002003004005006007001960198020002020Peak: 696

Between 291 and 696 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Northmoor

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

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Ed AsnerAmerican actor · b. 1929
Jean HarlowAmerican film actress · b. 1911
Robert AltmanAmerican filmmaker · b. 1925
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Don CheadleAmerican actor · b. 1964
Dianne WiestAmerican actress · b. 1948
Janelle MonáeAmerican singer and actress · b. 1985
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Northmoor had its own post office from 1927 to 1947.

Northmoor
1927–1947
19201970today

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.

RiversideIts storyD−Kansas City333 historic placesA−

Questions about Northmoor’s history

What year was Northmoor founded?

The Northmoor post office opened in 1927, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (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.