1 (nautical) A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder.  The train had a searchlight mounted on a pintle on a flat car. 1  For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:pintle. ( gunnery) An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves.
The area outside of Westport Landing was renamed the Town of Kansas, after the local Kanza Native Americans, in 1839. The town was chartered by Jackson County in 1850 and incorporated by the State of Missouri as the City of Kansas in 1853.
North Kansas City, MO. Sponsored Topics. North Kansas City is a city in Clay County, Missouri, United States and is an independent municipality that is a part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The population was 4,714 as of the 2000 census but a large business/industrial base swells the daytime population by thousands more.