Piper community

Community

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 is a former unincorporated town in Wyandotte County

Wyandotte County, Kansas

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, Kansas

Kansas

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, United States

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, now part of Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...

. Piper is home to the Kansas Speedway

Kansas Speedway

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, the Legends at Village West

The Legends at Village West

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, and the CommunityAmerica Ballpark

CommunityAmerica Ballpark

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 which is the stadium of the Kansas City T-Bones

Kansas City T-Bones

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Education

The Unified School District 203 operates the following schools in Piper:

• Piper Middle School (5-8)
• Piper Elementary School.

The Piper School District is expanding, due to overcrowding in Piper High School. Piper has already completed building a new school, remodeling the high school and laying new astro-turf on the football field.