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Cass County, Missouri

Street maps, historic prints and keepsakes for 17 Cass County towns.

The oldest is Harrisonville, established 1851. The largest by population is Belton (23,953).

Town	Established	Population
Archie	–	1,268
Belton	–	23,953
Cleveland	–	650
Creighton	–	327
East Lynne	–	294
Freeman	–	475
Garden City	–	1,629
Gunn City	–	80
Harrisonville	1851	10,121
Lake Annette	1982	107
Loch Lloyd	2003	863
Peculiar	–	5,621
Pleasant Hill	–	8,777
Raymore	–	22,941
Riverview Estates	–	78
Strasburg	–	107
West Line	–	117

About these towns

Archie: On August 10, 1932, a meteorite fell near Archie that received national attention. A fragment is on display in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.

Belton: It is a part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Cleveland: Cleveland was originally called Maxwell, and under the latter name was platted in 1890 by Thomas T. Maxwell. The present name is after President Grover Cleveland.

Creighton: It is 57 miles south southeast of the Kansas City metropolitan area.

East Lynne: It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the United States.

Freeman: The town of Freeman is located on land once belonging to the Osage Nation that was ceded under duress in the Osage Treaty (1825).

Garden City: The city lies roughly 50 miles southeast the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Gunn City: A famous vigilante action took place in Gunn City on April 23, 1872, that came to be called the "Gunn City Massacre." Outraged by a swindle by certain officials of a company building a rail line to Santa Fe, local citizens reacted by trapping the perpetrators on a train and shooting them dead.

Harrisonville: Harrisonville was founded in 1837 upon land donated to Cass County by Congress for county purposes, and was named for Congressman Albert G.

Lake Annette: It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Loch Lloyd: The Village of Loch Lloyd is a private gated resort-like community in northwestern Cass County, Missouri, United States, which lies adjacent the Kansas border on the south side of the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Peculiar: Early settlers of the town came to Western Missouri by riverboat from Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Peculiar also had families coming from Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia.

Pleasant Hill: Pleasant Hill was platted in 1844 by William Wright and was recorded as the "Original Town of Pleasant Hill." Wright and Methodist circuit rider William Ferrell operated a mercantile store.

Raymore: Raymore was platted in 1872 and incorporated on March 20, 1877. The name Raymore is an amalgamation of the surnames of two railroad men, George Rea and Henry Moore.

Riverview Estates: It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Strasburg: Strasburg was originally called Crawford's Fork, and under the latter name was founded in the 1860s. The present name is after the city of Strasbourg (German: Strassburg), then in Germany, but now part of France.

West Line: West Line was originally called State Line, and under the latter name was platted in 1870. The village was named from its position near the west boundary of the county and state.