Strawberry Hill is a Kansas City, Kansas neighborhood on the bluffs overlooking the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers. It is now a mainly South Slavic community.
Strawberry Hill was previously known as Splitlog Hill, after Mathias Splitlog, a wealthy Indian mill owner who purchased the area and built a mansion on it in 1870.[1] He later sold parcels to the Catholic church and to railroad interests.[2]
After the area was subdivided, the new Strawberry Field neighborhood was established in the late 19th century Immigrants from Croatia and Slovenia found a home along the river's hillside. They built a community where people could worship, celebrate and prosper while maintaining their distinct Slavic heritage.
The neighborhood is bordered by I-70, 7th St, Central and Minnesota.