Editing Kingdom City, Missouri (section)

==History==
Kingdom City has its origins in the building of US Route 40 in 1925, at the same time US Route 54 was being planned with the intention of intersecting US 40 somewhere along the route. The city of [[Fulton, Missouri|Fulton]] had hoped for US 40 to go from [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]] through Fulton and intersect US 54 in their city, but the final decision had the highways intersect in what would become Kingdom City, which was then just a [[Rural area|rural farm]] and [[Forest|forested area]] south of [[McCredie Township, Callaway County, Missouri|McCredie]]. McCredie residents fought so hard for the highway that they staged a parade through the heart of Fulton with banners that read "[[54-40 or Fight]]". When the road was being built and huge numbers of workers were brought in to do the work, McCredie became a [[Boomtown|boom town]], with future Kingdom City receiving its first [[Filling station|gas station]] and a two-story [[hotel]], which (however) burned down in 1930.<ref name=History>{{cite web | url = http://callaway.county.missouri.org/kingdomcity.shtml | title = History of Kingdom City, Missouri | publisher = Daniel Boone Regional Library | author = Berry, Evelyn | year = 1990 | access-date = October 24, 2010}}</ref>

Since the area had no name at the time the intersection was referred to only as the "Y", with people in Fulton wanting to name it "North Fulton" and the people in McCredie naming it "South McCredie". The Kingdom Oil Company, owned by B.P. (Bernard Parker) Beamer, suggested Kingdom City, in reflection of the nickname for [[Callaway County, Missouri|Callaway County]]. Through the 1920s and 30s numerous [[dance hall]]s, [[restaurant]]s, [[Coffeehouse|café]]s, and hotels would come and go in Kingdom City. In 1965, Gasper's (which became a local landmark) opened for business. In 1970, the McCredie [[Post Office]] moved to Kingdom City and took the community's name. This was the same year Kingdom City incorporated as a [[village]] and included the former unincorporated community of McCredie.<ref name=History/>

The [[Richland Christian Church]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2001.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>