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.
, lives in Kansas City, MO. There are two cities in the United States named Kansas City. Kansas City, Missouri was incorporated in 1852, and Kansas City, Kansas was incorporated 20 years later. Kansas City is not a bi-state city that grew past its borders like St Louis or Louisville, it is two separate cities that share a border.