Waldron, Missouri

Waldron is an unincorporated community in southwestern Platte County, Missouri. It is not located on a highway, but is about two miles southwest of the Interstate 435 and Route 45 interchange. It is about five miles west of the Kansas City, Missouri city limits.

History

Waldron was laid out in 1869. It was named for its founders, J. M. and M. H. Waldron.^[1]

References

↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 342.

Coordinates: 39°13′20″N 94°47′36″W / 39.22222°N 94.79333°W / 39.22222; -94.79333

Municipalities and communities of Platte County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Platte City

Cities	Camden Point Dearborn‡ Edgerton Houston Lake Kansas City‡ Lake Waukomis Northmoor Parkville Platte City Platte Woods Riverside Smithville‡ Tracy Weatherby Lake Weston

Villages	Farley Ferrelview Iatan Ridgely

Townships	Carroll Fair Fox Green Kickapoo Lee Marshall May Pawnee Pettis Preston Sioux Waldron Weston

Unincorporated communities	East Leavenworth Waldron

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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