Northeast Kansas City in Jackson County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Scarritt Point Neighborhood

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 14, 2013

1. Scarritt Point Neighborhood Marker

Inscription.
By late 1890's, Kansas City began its third major boom and industry expanded into residential neighborhoods. To escape the encroaching commercial activity, parks and boulevards were built east of downtown, near the old Scarritt homestead. This new area is now known as the Scarritt Point Neighborhood.

Erected by Scarritt Renaissance.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Parks & Recreational Areas • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 39° 6.387′ N, 94° 32.766′ W. Marker is in Kansas City, Missouri, in Jackson County. It is in Northeast Kansas City. It is on Gladstone Boulevard near Independence Avenue (U.S. 24), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kansas City MO 64124, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Independence Boulevard (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Independence Boulevard (approx. ¼ mile away); Gladstone Boulevard Bridge over Anderson Avenue (approx. 0.4 miles away); Founders of Children's Mercy Hospital (approx. 0.4 miles away); Scarritt Point

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(approx. ¾ mile away); The Rebirth of Twelfth and Vine (approx. one mile away); Goin' to Kansas City Plaza (approx. one mile away); In Memory of William T. Fitzsimons (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kansas City.

Also see . . . Scarritt Point. Neighborhood Scout website entry (Submitted on May 16, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 14, 2013

2. Scarritt Point Neighborhood Marker

Looking south toward Independence Avenue

Credits. This page was last revised on May 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 9, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 743 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 9, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.