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Encyclopedia Britannica



PARSONS

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 869 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PAI-PAS
PARSONS , a city of Labette county, in
south
 -eastern Kansas, U.S.A., situated at the junction of the Big and Little Labette creeks, about 138 m. S. by W. of Kansas City. Pop. (1890), 6736; (1900), 7682, of whom 807 were negroes; (1905), 11,720; (1910), 12i463. It is served by the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis (St Louis & San Francisco
system
 ) and the Missouri Kansas &
Texas
  railways. The city has large
machine
  shops of the Missouri Kansas &
Texas
  railway and various manufactures. Natural gas is utilized for light and heat. The first
settlement
  on the site of the city was made in 1869 and was called Mendota ("
place
  of
meeting
  "i.e. of the creeks). In 1871 the city was chartered, and in 1910 government by commission went into effect. It was named in honour of
Levi
  Parsons (1822-1887), the first
president
  of the Missouri Kansas and Texas railway.


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