Indian Mound neighborhood association is made up of a large member of Northeast residents that reside in the Indian Mound neighborhood. The association came together in 2000 to look at the connections where they live, work, and socialize. The participants engaged in a neighborhood mapping excerise, celebrated the accomplishments they have made over the years and discussing the challenges and barriers facing the neighborhood and meeting them head on.
The boundaries of Indian Mound are Gladstone on the North, Independence Ave on the south. Jackson to the west and Belmont to the East.

The History of Indian Mound: The Indian Mound neighborhood is named in honor of an ancient indian camp ground located in Kessler Park. In 1877 the Rev. Nathaniel Scarritt lead a group of excavators along the Missouri River Bluff. They unearthed 2 hills. One contained a hearth of flat stones, thought to be an ancient cooking area the other contained human bones and was thought to be an ancient burial ground. When in 1923, Edward Butts conducted a dig in the area, he found spear point, flint, knives and arrowheads. Butts pronounced it “truly of Indian origin”. In 1938, the Works Progess Administration and the Kansas City Parks department reconstructed the area and returned it to what was it’s original form, which is today’s Indian Mound.

photos by Cindy Baker