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History · Tarsney Lakes

Half of Tarsney Lakes’ homes were built after 1949

Most of Tarsney Lakes was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1949. Below: maps from 1935 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Tarsney Lakes’ past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Tarsney Lakes are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Tarsney Lakes’ homes were built before 1949.
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The story so far

Tarsney Lakes, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Tarsney Lakes yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Tarsney Lakes is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County, Missouri, United States. It is in the eastern part of the county, northeast of the unincorporated community of Tarsney, and consisting of residential neighborhoods surrounding Tarsney Lake and Wood Lake, just south of the West Fork of Sni-A-Bar Creek. It is 28 miles (45 km) southeast of downtown Kansas City. As of the 2020 census, Tarsney Lakes had a population of 250. Tarsney Lakes was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Tarsney Lakes on the map, 1935 to 1990

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

Tarsney Lakes on the 1935 USGS mapTarsney Lakes on the 1955 USGS mapTarsney Lakes on the 1965 USGS mapTarsney Lakes on the 1975 USGS mapTarsney Lakes on the 1990 USGS map1935Tarsney 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 Tarsney Lakes.

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.