North Kansas City also adjoins the small municipality of Avondale.

A post office called North Kansas City was established in 1891.

[7] Large scale development of the area was not possible before the construction of levees protecting North Kansas City from flooding from the Missouri River.

A five-member board of trustees was elected in 1914 to oversee municipal affairs.

One of the original trustees was William E. Macken, who was elected as the first mayor of North Kansas City in 1924.

Since 2010, the city has seen the openings of two micro breweries, a distillery and a pickleball facility.

The new businesses were fueled by the repopulation of downtown Kansas City, just across the Missouri River.

A dedicated bicycle/pedestrian path on the Heart of America Bridge opened in October 2010.

53.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

51.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

North Kansas City has its own hospital, library and park system.

Macken Park is an approximate 60-acre (240,000 m2) park with a walking trail, running track, picnic shelters, playgrounds, lighted tennis and handball courts, baseball fields, soccer fields and basketball courts.

The North Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department offers an extensive list of programs and activities year-round.

The city cooperates with local merchants in providing area residents and workers with entertainment events like Northtown's Noontime Friday in the Park concerts, parades and special displays.

[19] North Kansas City Library, located at the southeast corner of 23rd and Howell, offers loans of books, magazines, video tapes, DVDs, and compact discs.

North Kansas City Hospital, founded in 1958, is a primary acute care center with 451 beds.

liNKCity is one of the first municipally operated broadband networks in the state and provides speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second.

In 2014, the city entered into an agreement for liNKCity to be managed by a third-party provider, DataShack.