The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The city was named for Henry Dearborn, Revolutionary War general and Secretary of War, and was incorporated in 1882.
From 1913 to 1933, Dearborn was one of the stops along the Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway (KCCC&SJ), an interurban light rail line connecting Kansas City and St. Joseph. Portions of the right-of-way and roadbed are still visible from Dearborn north to St. Joseph.
In November 2012, one of two winning tickets for a then record-breaking $587.5 million Powerball jackpot was purchased at the Trex Mart gas station in Dearborn.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dearborn’s history is told.
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Dearborn, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Dearborn is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Dearborn has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Pleasant Ridge United Baptist Church in Weston, 7.9 miles away.
Dearborn and the nearest listed places
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.