Piper is a neighborhood within
Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City (commonly known as KCK) is the third-most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is an inner suburb of the older and more populous Kansas City, Missouri, after which it is named. As ...
, United States. Before Piper was annexed in 1991, it was formerly an unincorporated semi-rural area, similar to
Turner
Turner may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Turner (surname), a common surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Turner (given name), a list of people with the given name
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History
Piper was first laid out as a village in 1888. A post office was opened in Piper in 1888, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1971.
Education
The community is served by
Piper USD 203 public school district. Piper High School, Piper Middle School, Piper Prairie Elementary School, Piper Creek Elementary School and the Early Childhood Center at the District Office comprise the district. These schools are the first in the nation to have
Google Fiber
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bandwidth.
The Piper Pirates 2012-2013 football team won its first regional bracket. Piper USD 203 shares Wyandotte County's school districts with 3 other school districts. Kansas City,
Kansas City USD 500,
Bonner Springs–Edwardsville USD 204
Bonner Springs–Edwardsville USD 204 is a public unified school district headquartered in Bonner Springs, Kansas, United States. The district includes portions of the cities of Bonner Springs, Edwardsville, Kansas City, and nearby rural are ...
, and Turner USD 202.
[http://kckps.cloudaccess.net/images/schools/map.pdf]
Notable people
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Eric Stonestreet
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- Actor, alumnus of Piper High School.
Further reading
* ''Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas - Historical and Biographical''; Goodspeed Publishing Co; 932 pages; 1890.
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References
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Neighborhoods in Kansas City, Kansas