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.
As of 2013, the estimated population of Kansas City is 467,007. Jackson County has the highest number of people per square mile. According to 2010 United States census data, there are 1,115 people per square mile in Jackson County, 558 in Clay County, 212 in Platte County and 142.8 in Cass County.