Editing Merriam, Kansas (section)

==History==
Merriam was incorporated as a third class city on October 23, 1950, and established second class city status on January 18, 1957.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.merriam.org/city/index.htm| title=Our City| access-date=2006-07-23| publisher=City of Merriam| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060811201425/http://www.merriam.org/city/index.htm| archive-date=2006-08-11}}</ref>

The city was named in honor of Charles Merriam, a one-time secretary/treasurer of the then Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf railroad (later the [[St. Louis–San Francisco Railway]]) which ran through the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/johnson-county-kansas/15301|title=Johnson County, Kansas - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society|website=www.kshs.org|access-date=11 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.exploremerriam.com/MERRIAM/index.htm#History |title=ABOUT MERRIAM ~ HISTORY |website=www.exploremerriam.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060422105134/http://www.exploremerriam.com/MERRIAM/index.htm |archive-date=2006-04-22}}</ref>