SoHa Directory 2026

18 2026 | SOHA Community Directory History of North Hampton Much of North Hampton was the city’s last open land. Development had occurred to the west in Lindenwood Park due to interurban rail and to the north and east with immigrant workers of the Oak Hill railroad and its coal and clay mines. This land, however, was the area of actual deposits, and thus residential development did not occur until well after its depletion and settling of the mines. Though deposits were discovered in the 1830s and depleted by the turn of the century, the settling of the land would take another half century. The earliest subdivision was Kingshighway Hills in 1929 between South Kingshighway and Macklind Avenue. South Kingshighway became the place to buy a car after the “automobile row” of Locust Street west of Downtown moved to Southtown south of Fyler Avenue. The area west of Macklind Avenue did not develop until after World War II because of the old mines and lack of demand and labor during the war. Hampton Gardens, a 510-unit apartment complex, was built in 1952. A neighborhood centerpiece, Tilles Park, was named for Rosalie Tilles in 1957. Much of the commercial development along Hampton took place after the postwar construction of neighboring homes. A newly-built home on Mardel Avenue in 1931. Missouri Historical Society Day and Evening Appointments