Muncie, Kansas

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Grinter House
Grinter House

Muncie is a neighborhood in Kansas City, Kansas on the north bank of the Kansas River. Rail lines run through it. On December 8, 1874, the James-Younger Gang are believed to have robbed a Kansas Pacific Railroad there of $30,000.

It derives its name from the Munsee (tribe) which was part of the Algonquian speaking Delaware (tribe) who inhabited the area.

Grinter Place in the neighborhood is on the National Register of Historic Places. A ferry that was used on the military route between Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and Fort Scott, Kansas crossed the river here. Grinter Place was used as a mission there.