The town of Piper proper was located at about 123rd and Leavenworth Road. Originally it was a fairly prosperous little town. It hosted a Post Office, store, railroad depot, Piper Baptist Church (still standing), A.O.U.W. Hall,etc. The High School was built ca. 1920. My husband's grandparent's graduated there in 1924 & 26. I have many of the original yearbooks. Many changes affected Piper. The first being the Parallel Road which basically bypassed Piper along with the demise of the railroad. A fire destroyed much of the town. The depression got the rest of it. Many began banking in Basehor, Kansas. Those of us who have been here a while can still see remnants of the burms from the rail roadtracks. Piper's neighboring towns were Maywood to the South; White Church to the Southeast; Wolcott to the North; Basehor/Victory Junction to the west, Wallulla to the north. Some people like to describe the town of Piper as: West of Kansas City Kansas-North of Edwardsville-Northeast of Bonner Springs-East of Basehor-South of Leavenworth. In the 1980's when my husband and I built our home, our address was Piper, Kansas, our phone was Bonner Springs; our lights came from Leavenworth; and the gas from Bonner. In the later part of the 1980's we were annexed by Kansas City, Kansas. All that remains of Piper is the original High School located at 123rd and Leavenworth Road; Piper Baptist Church (renamed now but still standing) the Wash Brown residence; Maywood Community Church & cemetery; a few other small cemeteries. There is still a Piper School District which as of yet has not been combined with Kansas City Kansas. -----Original Message----- From: kswyando-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:kswyando-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John O'Brien Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 10:32 AM To: kswyando@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Wyandotte County] Piper, KS Diane, I've seen Piper mentioned in old news articles. About where is/was Piper. Is Piper an old community like Rosedale, Armoudale, etc. but is now KCK? John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Treff" <dianetreff@sunflower.com> To: <kswyando@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 8:48 AM Subject: Re: [Wyandotte County] NEWTON > Judy: > I've been on vacation and just saw your post of 1/14/09. I live in what > is > or was called Piper Kansas and I have run across the Newton name often. > There was also a Gale Newton I believe. My first thought is that many of > them are buried at the Maywood cemetery in Kansas City Kansas. Maywood > was > another small town very near Piper. After I get caught up on my paperwork > left undone from pre vacation, I'll check my Piper Kansas records and send > you what I have IF you'd like. The surnames in Piper that I am > researching > are: Treff, Barker, Storm, Witt, Litchen, Hilty, Bornhauser and ANY old > Piper information, including the names of non family connections but of > those with long time Piper connections, ie. Waldron, Scott,etc. Happy > Hunting and have a great day. Diane Millsap Treff > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message