Kansas City, Kansas Explained

Kansas City, Kansas
Settlement Type:Consolidated city-county
Nickname:"KCK"
Image Map1:Kck-map.gif
Map Caption1:Kansas City map
Coordinates:39.1067°N -94.6764°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Kansas
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Wyandotte
Subdivision Type3:Township
Established Title:Founded
Established Title1:Platted
Established Title2:Incorporated
Established Date2:1872, 1886
Named For:Kansas City, Missouri
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Tyrone Garner (D)
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:128.30
Area Land Sq Mi:124.74
Area Water Sq Mi:3.57
Area Total Km2:332.31
Area Land Km2:323.07
Area Water Km2:9.24
Unit Pref:Imperial
Elevation Ft:869
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:156607
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Postal Code:66101–66113, 66115, 66117–66119, 66160
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:913
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:20-36000
Blank1 Name:GNIS ID
Blank1 Info:478635

Kansas City (abbreviated as KCK) is the third-most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is an inner suburb of the older and more populous Kansas City, Missouri, after which it is named.[2] [3] [4] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 156,607,[5] [6] making it one of four principal cities in the Kansas City metropolitan area.[7] It is situated at Kaw Point, the junction of the Missouri and Kansas rivers. It is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified Government". It is the location of the University of Kansas Medical Center and Kansas City Kansas Community College.

History

See also: History of Kansas. In October 1872, "old" Kansas City, Kansas, was incorporated. The first city election was held on October 22 of that year by order of Judge Hiram Stevens of the Tenth Judicial District and resulted in the election of Mayor James Boyle. The mayors of the city after its organization were James Boyle, C. A. Eidemiller, A. S. Orbison, Eli Teed, and Samuel McConnell. In June 1880, the Governor of Kansas, John St. John, proclaimed the city of Kansas City a city of the second class with Mayor McConnell present.

In March 1886, "new" Kansas City, Kansas, was formed through the consolidation of five municipalities: "old" Kansas City, Armstrong, Armourdale, Riverview, and Wyandotte. The oldest city of the group was Wyandotte, which was formed in 1857 by Wyandot Native Americans and Methodist missionaries.

In the 1890s, the city saw an explosive growth in population as a streetcar suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. This growth continued until the 1930s. It was one of the nation's 100 largest cities for many U.S. Census counts, from 1890 to 1960, including 1920, when it had a population of over 100,000 residents for the first time.[8]

As with adjacent Kansas City, Missouri, the percentage of the city's most populous ethnic group, non-Hispanic whites, has declined from 76.3% in 1970 to 40.2% in 2010.[9] [10] In 1997, voters approved a proposition to unify the city and county governments, creating the Unified Government of Wyandotte County.[11]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 128.38sqmi, of which, 124.81sqmi is land and 3.57sqmi is water.[12]

Neighborhoods

Neighborhoods of Kansas City, Kansas, include the following:

Parks and parkways

See main article: List of Wyandotte County parks and parkways.

Climate

See also: List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks, List of tornadoes striking downtown areas and 1980 United States heat wave. Kansas City lies in the Midwestern United States, as well as near the geographic center of the country, at the confluence of the longest river in the country, the Missouri River, and the Kansas River (also known as the Kaw River). The city lies in the humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa) zone, with four distinct seasons and moderate precipitation, and is part of USDA plant hardiness zone 6.[13] Being located in the center of North America, far removed from a significant body of water, there is significant potential for extremes of hot and cold swings in temperature throughout the year. Unless otherwise stated, normal figures below are based on data from 1981 to 2010 at Downtown Airport. The warmest month of the year is July, with a 24-hour average temperature of 81°F. The summer months are hot but can get very hot and moderately humid, with moist air riding up from the Gulf of Mexico. High temperatures surpass on 5.6 days of the year and on 47 days.[14] The coldest month of the year is January, with an average temperature of 31°F. Winters are cold, with 22 days where the high is at or below the freezing mark and 2.5 nights with a low at or below . The official record maximum temperature is 113°F, set on August 14, 1936, at Downtown Airport, while the official record minimum temperature is -23°F, set on December 22 and 23, 1989. Normal seasonal snowfall is 13.4inches at Downtown Airport and 18.80NaN0 at Kansas City International Airport. The average window for freezing temperatures is October 31 to April 4, while for measurable (0.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on) snowfall, it is November 27 to March 16 as measured at Kansas City International Airport. Precipitation, both in frequency and total accumulation, shows a marked uptick in late spring and summer.

Kansas City is situated on the edge of the "Tornado Alley", a broad region where cold air from the Rocky Mountains in Canada collides with warm air from the Gulf of Mexico, leading to the formation of powerful storms, especially during the spring. A few areas of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area have had some severe outbreaks of tornadoes at different points in the past, including the Ruskin Heights tornado in 1957,[15] the May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence, and the Tornado Outbreak Sequence of May 2019. The region can also fall victim to sporadic ice storms during the winter months, such as the 2002 ice storm during which hundreds of thousands lost power for days and (in some cases) weeks.[16] Kansas City and its outlying areas are also subject to flooding, including the Great Flood of 1951 and the Great Flood of 1993.

Demographics

Historical racial profile 2020[17] 2010 1990 1970 1950
41.0%52.2% 65.0% 78.9% 79.4%
34.5%40.2% 61.9% 76.3%[18] N/A
21.5%26.8% 15.8% 10.7% 9.9%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 34.6%27.8% 7.1% 3.2% N/A
4.85%2.7% 1.2% 0.1%

2020 census

Kansas City, Kansas – Racial and ethnic composition
!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)!Pop 2000[19] !Pop 2010[20] ![21] !% 2000!% 2010!
White alone (NH)71,87058,655style='background: #ffffe6; 53,96248.94%40.23%style='background: #ffffe6; 34.46%
Black or African American alone (NH)43,86538,403style='background: #ffffe6; 33,10529.87%26.34%style='background: #ffffe6; 21.14%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)830702style='background: #ffffe6; 6190.57%0.48%style='background: #ffffe6; 0.40%
Asian alone (NH)2,4773,815style='background: #ffffe6; 7,5121.69%2.62%style='background: #ffffe6; 4.80%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)39136style='background: #ffffe6; 3470.03%0.09%style='background: #ffffe6; 0.22%
Other race alone (NH)212179style='background: #ffffe6; 5370.14%0.12%style='background: #ffffe6; 0.34%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)2,9343,374style='background: #ffffe6; 6,3812.00%2.31%style='background: #ffffe6; 4.07%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)24,63940,522style='background: #ffffe6; 54,14416.78%27.80%style='background: #ffffe6; 34.57%
Total146,866145,786style='background: #ffffe6; 156,607100.00%100.00%style='background: #ffffe6; 100.00%

The 2020 United States census counted 156,607 people, 57,079 households, and 36,392 families in Kansas City.[22] The population density was 1,255.5 per square mile (484.7/km). There were 63,446 housing units at an average density of 508.6 per square mile (196.4/km).[23] [24]

The U.S. Census accounts for race by two methodologies. "Race alone" and "Race alone less Hispanics" where Hispanics are delineated separately as if a separate race.

The racial makeup (including Hispanics in the racial counts) was 40.98% (64,177) white or European American (34.46% non-Hispanic white), 21.53% (33,715) black or African-American, 1.14% (1,786) Native American or Alaska Native, 4.85% (7,590) Asian, 0.24% (370) Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, 16.07% (25,172) from other races, and 15.2% (23,797) from two or more races.[25]

The racial and ethnic makeup (where Hispanics are excluded from the racial counts and placed in their own category) was 34.46% (53,962) White alone (non-Hispanic), 21.14% (33,105) Black alone (non-Hispanic), 0.40% (619) Native American alone (non-Hispanic), 4.80% (7,512) Asian alone (non-Hispanic), 0.22% (347) Pacific Islander alone (non-Hispanic), 0.34% (537) Other Race alone (non-Hispanic), 4.07% (6,381) Multiracial or Mixed Race (non-Hispanic), and 34.57% (54,144) Hispanic or Latino.[21]

Of the 57,079 households, 34.9% had children under the age of 18; 38.2% were married couples living together; 30.7% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. 29.2% of households consisted of individuals, and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.7, and the average family size was 3.5.[26] The percent of those with a bachelor’s degree or higher was estimated to be 12.0% of the population.[27]

27.1% of the population was under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 101.8 males.

The 2016–2020 5-year American Community Survey estimates show that the median household income was $46,424 (with a margin of error of ±$1,298) and the median family income was $54,955 (±$2,431).[28] Males had a median income of $32,908 (±$1,298) versus $26,001 (±$789) for females. The median income for those above 16 years old was $29,809 (±$1,006).[29] Approximately, 15.5% of families and 19.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.6% of those under the age of 18 and 9.6% of those ages 65 or over.[30] [31]

2010 census

According to the 2010 census, there were 145,786 people, 53,925 households, and 35,112 families residing in the city.[32] The population density was 1168.1PD/sqmi. There were 61,969 housing units at an average density of 496.5/sqmi.[33] The median age in the city was 32.5 years. 28.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.7% were from 25 to 44; 23.7% were from 45 to 64; and 10.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.4% male and 50.6% female.

There were 53,925 households, of which 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.1% were married couples living together, 18.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.9% were non-families. 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.32.

The racial composition of Kansas City, Kansas, as of 2010, was as follows:

2000 census

As of the 2000 census, the median household income in the city was $33,011, and the median income for a family was $39,491. Males had a median income of $30,992 versus $24,543 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,737. About 13.0% of families and 17.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.8% of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over.

Economy

Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows that employment in Wyandotte County, Kansas, increased 4% from March 2011 to March 2012. The sharp rise in the number of workers resulted in Wyandotte County ranking 19th in the nation and 1st in the Kansas City metropolitan area for job growth as of September 28, 2012.[34]

Kansas City is the home to the General Motors Fairfax Assembly Plant, which manufactures the Chevrolet Malibu and the Cadillac XT4. The Federal Bureau of Prisons maintains its North Central Region Office in the city.[35] In addition, Associated Wholesale Grocers and Kansas City Steak Company are based within the city. The largest employer is the University of Kansas Hospital. The adjoining University of Kansas Medical Center, including the schools of medicine, nursing, and allied health, is also among the city's largest employers (with a student population of about 3,000).

Village West is a business and entertainment district located at the intersection of Interstates 70 and 435. Anchored by the Kansas Speedway, tenants include Hollywood Casino,[36] The Legends At Village West, AMC Theatres IMAX, Cabela's, Nebraska Furniture Mart, Great Wolf Lodge, Monarchs Stadium, the home stadium of the Kansas City Monarchs of the American Association of Professional Baseball, over three dozen restaurants, and Children's Mercy Park, the home stadium of the Sporting Kansas City Major League Soccer franchise. Schlitterbahn Vacation Village, a 370acres resort and waterpark, opened across I-435 from Village West in June 2009; however, it has been closed since the end of the 2018 season.

Kansas City was ranked in 2010 as the #7 best city in the U.S. to start over after foreclosure. Average rent in Kansas City is only $788, which is low in relation to the national average of $1,087 spent on rent.[37]

On March 30, 2011, Google announced that Kansas City had been selected as the site of an experimental fiber-optic network that it would build at no cost to the city. Kansas City was chosen from a field of 1,100 U.S. communities that had applied for the network. The network became operational in 2012.[38] Piper, Kansas, became the first full community in the nation (based on actual residential votes and pre-registration counts) to have residential broadband internet network infrastructures using fiber-optic communication of 1 Gbit/s download and upload speeds provided by Google Fiber.[39]

Largest employers

According to the city's 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[40] the largest employers in the city are:

Employer
  1. of employees
1University of Kansas Hospital5,000+
2University of Kansas Medical Center3,500–4,000
3General Motors Corporation3,500–4,000
4Kansas City, KS School District #5002,500–4,000
5Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Railroad2,500–4,000
6Cerner Closed 20201,000–2,499
7Unified Government of Wyandotte Co/KCK / Kansas City, Kansas 1,000–2,499
8Associated Grocers1,000–2,499
9Providence Medical Center1,000–2,499
10Nebraska Furniture Mart1,000–2,499

Government

City government

Kansas City, Kansas, has a consolidated city-county government in which the city and county have been merged into one jurisdiction. As such, it is simultaneously a city, which is a municipal corporation, and a county, which is an administrative division of a state. The Kansas Legislature passed enabling legislation in 1997, and voters approved the consolidation proposal the same year.

The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department was founded in 1898. By 1918, the department had begun taking photographs and fingerprints of all the people its officers had arrested.

The Kansas City, Kansas Fire Department was founded on December 25, 1883. The fire department is part of the Firefighter's Relief Association and the International Association of Fire Fighters. IAFF Local 64 is a charter member and was organized on February 28, 1918. The department has 18 fire stations in the city and covers an area of approximately 127 square miles. The department also has specialty teams, including heavy rescue, hazardous materials, foam team, water rescue, tactical medic, trench rescue, high angle/rope rescue, and technical urban search and rescue. The fire department has four public service programs: a citizens assist program, fire prevention, safe place, and a smoke detector program.

Mayor/CEO
Board of Commissioners

Law enforcement

City Name:Kansas City
Year:2012
Homicide:15
Rape:85
Robbery:277
Aggravated Assault:500
Violent Crime:877
Burglary:1,772
Larceny Theft:4,558
Motor Vehicle Theft:1,208
Arson:69
Property Crime:7,538
Source Url:https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/tables/8tabledatadecpdf/table-8-state-cuts/table_8_offenses_known_to_law_enforcement_by_kansas_by_city_2012.xls
Source Name:2012 FBI UCR Data
Notes:2012 population: 147,201

The Kansas City Police Department (Kansas) performs law enforcement in the city. The department was established in 1898 with a staff of 46.[41]

Of the statistics available in 2000 based on data collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as part of its Uniform Crime Reporting Program, which represent from arrests made by State and local law enforcement agencies as reported to the FBI, there were a total of 696 incidents.[42]

Golubski scandal

Retired KCK police detective Roger Golubski has been accused of sexual assault, protecting organized crime, and obtaining convictions on falsified evidence and coerced perjury.

Lamonte McIntire was exonerated and released in October 2017 after 23 years in prison for a double murder. His mother claimed Golubski tried to force her into a sexual relationship. When she refused, Golubski framed her son. Detectives working the case refused to collect basic evidence. Former KCK Police Chief Terry Ziegler and other supervisors knew about this.

On September 15, 2022, Golubski was indicted by a federal grand jury in Topeka, Kansas, and arrested on six counts of sexual assault under color of law. Another three-count federal indictment was unsealed November 14, almost two months later: Golubski and three other men—Cecil Brooks, LeMark Roberson, and Richard Robinson—were charged with conspiring, decades ago, to keep young women as sex slaves. At the time of this indictment, Brooks was in a federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas; the locations of the others were unavailable.

Education

Colleges and universities

Public
Private

School districts

Public
Private

Secondary schools

Public libraries

The Kansas City, Kansas Public Library system has five branch libraries spread throughout Wyandotte County: the Main Library, South Branch Library, Turner Community Library, West Wyandotte Library, and the Mr. & Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Environmental Library in Wyandotte County Lake Park. The system was formed in 1895. In 1899, it came under the authority of the Kansas City, Kansas Public School District Board of Education.[47]

Transportation

River transportation was important to early Kansas City, Kansas, as its location at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers afforded easy access to trade. Kansas City Area Transportation Authority provides transportation for 60k riders daily. A portion of I-70 was the first project in the United States completed under the provisions of the new Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (though not the first constructed or to begin construction).

Major highways

Spur routes and roads

Roads

Airports

The nearest airport is Kansas City International Airport.

Culture

Kansas City, Kansas, has a number of buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The city is home to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, which covers 12500sqmi in eastern Kansas.

Memorial Hall is a 3,500-seat indoor arena/auditorium located in the city's downtown. The venue, which has a permanent stage, is used for public assemblies, concerts, and sporting events. In 1887, John G. Braecklein constructed a Victorian home for John and Margaret Scroggs in the area of Strawberry Hill. It is a fine example of the Queen Anne style architecture erected in Kansas City, Kansas.

The Rosedale Arch, dedicated to the men of Kansas City, Kansas, who served in World War I, is a small-scale replica of France's famous Arc de Triomphe. It is located on Mount Marty in Rosedale, overlooking the intersection of Rainbow and Southwest Boulevards.

Wyandotte High School is a public school building located at 2501 Minnesota Avenue. Built in 1936 as a Works Progress Administration project, the school was later designated as a Historical Landmark by the city in 1985 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 30, 1986. In 1889, the Wyandotte County Museum and Historical Society was established as a permanent repository of the county's history.[48] The Argentine Carnegie Library, the only Carnegie library that exists in the metropolitan area, was built in 1917.[49] The library has moved the collections and staff from Argentine to the new South Branch, at 3104 Strong Ave., a few blocks to the west and north, which opened September 26, 2012. The library has turned over the building to the Kansas City, Kansas, USD 500.[50]

Other points of interest in the Kansas City, Kansas, area include Fire Station No. 9,[51] [52] Granada Theater,[53] [54] Hanover Heights Neighborhood Historic District,[55] Huron Cemetery,[56] Judge Louis Gates House,[57] Kansas City, Kansas Hall, Kansas City, Kansas Fire Headquarters, Great Wolf Lodge, Schlitterbahn Vacation Village, Quindaro Townsite,[58] [59] [60] Sauer Castle,[61] Scottish Rite Temple,[62] Shawnee Street Overpass,[63] [64] Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building, St. Augustine Hall, Theodore Shafer House, Trowbridge Archeological Site,[65] Westheight Manor and Westheight Manor District,[66] White Church Christian Church,[67] Wyandotte County Courthouse and the Muncie area.

Media

See main article: Media in Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas City, Kansas, is part of a bi-state media market that comprises 32 counties in northeastern Kansas and northwestern Missouri. The Kansas City media market (ranked 32nd by Arbitron[68] and 31st by Nielsen[69]) includes 10 television stations and 30 FM and 21 AM radio stations. Due to its close proximity to the Topeka media market, most of the television and radio stations from that city are receivable over-the-air in portions of the Kansas City, Kansas, area. KCTV, the market's CBS affiliate, is licensed to Kansas City, Missouri, but operates out of Kansas City, Kansas.

Newspapers

Kansas City, Kansas, is served by the Kansan, a daily newspaper which ceased its print publication and became an online-only paper in 2009. Newspapers serving the city's suburbs include The Record (serving Turner, Argentine, and Rosedale), Piper Press (serving Piper), and The Wyandotte West (weekly publication for western Wyandotte County).

Weekly newspapers include alternative publication The Pitch, faith-oriented newspaper The Kansas City Metro Voice, The Wyandotte Echo (which focuses on legal news), The Call (which is focused on the African-American community),[70] business newspaper Kansas City Business Journal, and the bilingual publication Dos Mundos.

Broadcast media

The major U.S. broadcast television networks have affiliates in the Kansas City market, including WDAF-TV 4 (Fox), KCTV 5 (CBS), KMBC-TV 9 (ABC), KCPT 19 (PBS), KCWE 29 (The CW), KSHB-TV 41 (NBC) and KSMO-TV 62 (MyNetworkTV). Other television stations in the market include Saint Joseph, Missouri-based KTAJ-TV 16 (TBN), KCKS-LD 25, Lawrence, Kansas-based KMCI-TV 38 (independent), Spanish-language station KUKC-LD 20 (Univision), and KPXE-TV 50 (Ion Television).

Sports

See main article: Sports in Kansas City.

Sporting Kansas City

The Major League Soccer franchise Sporting Kansas City (which was originally known as the Kansas City Wiz for its inaugural year in 1996 and the Kansas City Wizards from 1997 to 2010) currently plays its home games at Children's Mercy Park in the Village West district. The team originally planned to move to Trails Stadium, a planned stadium facility in Kansas City, Missouri, in 2011, but the project was scuttled in 2009. The developer of the planned venue moved the project to the Village West area, near Legends Field, and received the needed approvals in January 2010.

Kansas City Current

The Kansas City Current replaced the now defunct National Women's Soccer League team FC Kansas City, which ceased operations in 2017. The Current played its inaugural season at Legends Field before moving for the 2022 season to Children's Mercy Park.[71] The team's ownership committed to building a soccer specific stadium across the state line in Kansas City, Missouri, on the Berkley Riverfront Park,[72] [73] which broke ground on October 6, 2022, with a goal to open by March 2024.[74]

Kansas City Monarchs

The Kansas City Monarchs is an independent baseball team in the American Association, which moved to Kansas City, Kansas, in 2003 and, through 2019, played its home games at Legends Field, located adjacent to the Village West development in western Wyandotte County. The team was previously a member of the Northern League (which was not affiliated with Major League Baseball), until it dissolved following the 2010 season. While the remaining Northern League teams became members of the North American League as part of the Northern League's merger with the Golden Baseball League and United Baseball League, the T-Bones joined many other former Northern League teams in the relatively new American Association of Independent Professional Baseball. The T-Bones won the Northern League Championship in 2008 and the American Association Championship in 2018. The Unified Government evicted it from its stadium on October 14, 2019, for nonpayment of rent and utilities.[75]

Auto racing

The Kansas Speedway is an auto racetrack adjacent to the Village West area in western Wyandotte County. The speedway, which is used for races that are part of the NASCAR Cup Series and other racing series, is a 1.5miles tri-oval with turns which bank at a 15° angle. The track held its first race on June 2, 2001, when the Winston West Series contested the Kansas 100. The top-level NASCAR Cup Series holds the annual Hollywood Casino 400 at the track. The IndyCar Series previously ran the RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300 from 2001 to 2010, with IndyCar driver Scott Dixon setting the overall lap record for all series.

Notable people

See main article: List of people from Kansas City, Kansas.

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Garrison Dale. "'Inner-Ring' Suburbs: New Development in Older Communities. (Kansas City Missouri)." Ingram's Magazine November 2008
  3. http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article156005209.html Why isn't Kansas City named Missouri City? A history teacher explains
  4. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=UPs0AQAAMAAJ&rdid=book-UPs0AQAAMAAJ&rdot=1 Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas: Historical and Biographical. Comprising a Condensed History of the State, a Careful History of Wyandotte County, and a Comprehensive History of the Growth of the Cities, Towns and Villages
  5. Web site: Profile of Kansas City, Kansas in 2020 . United States Census Bureau . November 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221118082221/https://data.census.gov/profile/Kansas_City_city,_Kansas?g=1600000US2036000 . November 18, 2022 . live.
  6. Web site: QuickFacts; Kansas City, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010 . United States Census Bureau . August 23, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210824044352/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/kansascitycitykansas/POP010220 . August 24, 2021 . live.
  7. Web site: PRINCIPAL CITIES OF METROPOLITAN AND MICROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS, MARCH 2020.
  8. Media:https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0027/tab15.txt
  9. Web site: Kansas City (city), Kansas . State & County QuickFacts . U.S. Census Bureau . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120823021817/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/20/2036000.html . August 23, 2012 .
  10. Web site: Kansas – Race and Hispanic Origin for Selected Cities and Other Places: Earliest Census to 1990 . U.S. Census Bureau . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120812191959/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html . August 12, 2012 .
  11. Web site: History of Mayors – Unified Government. wycokck.org. Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas. May 31, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20171012041032/http://www.wycokck.org/Mayor/History.aspx. October 12, 2017. live.
  12. Web site: US Gazetteer files 2010 . . July 6, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt . January 12, 2012 .
  13. Web site: Archived copy . June 28, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140224001607/https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/Images/300dpi/MO.jpg . February 24, 2014 .
  14. Web site: Interpretation Of Skew-T Indices . Theweatherprediction.com . July 10, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130917202112/http://www.theweatherprediction.com/thermo/interpret/ . September 17, 2013 . live .
  15. https://web.archive.org/web/20020824021557/http://www.wdaftv4.com/almanac/watorndo.html Kansas City Tornado Almanac
  16. http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/special_packages/star_history/calamities_crime/12508862.htm KC powerless as icy barrage pummels the area, leaves behind disaster zone
  17. Web site: US Census Bureau, Table P2: HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE . 2024-01-03 . data.census.gov.
  18. From 15% sample
  19. Web site: P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Kansas City city, Kansas. United States Census Bureau.
  20. Web site: P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Kansas City city, Kansas. United States Census Bureau.
  21. Web site: P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Kansas City city, Kansas. United States Census Bureau.
  22. Web site: US Census Bureau, Table P16: HOUSEHOLD TYPE . 2024-01-03 . data.census.gov.
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  36. http://www.hollywoodcasinokansas.com/ Home | Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway
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  43. Web site: USD 500 School District Map . June 10, 2016 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220706141033/https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/SchoolDistrict/School%20District_500.pdf . July 6, 2022 . live.
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  50. [Argentine Carnegie Library]
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  55. Located between Olathe Blvd., Frances St., 43rd Ave., and State Line Rd., Kansas City
  56. Downtown KCK
  57. "Prairie School" architect Clarence E. Shepard designed house for Judge Louis R. Gates
  58. Web site: Quindaro, Kansas / Kansas Collection at KCKPL. https://web.archive.org/web/20010708020956/http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/KSCOLL/lochist/quindaro/quindaro.htm. dead. July 8, 2001. July 8, 2001.
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  61. 935 Shawnee Rd, Kansas City
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  64. now called Shawnee Rd.
  65. [Harry M. Trowbridge]
  66. North 18th Street to North 25th Street, State Avenue to Wood Avenue, which is just north of the Wyandotte High School
  67. Built with native stone in 1832, oldest Kansas church still in use. It is located at 2200 N 85th St.
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  72. Kansas City NWSL and Port KC Finalize Plans for First NWSL Purpose-Built Stadium at Kansas City Riverfront . . December 1, 2021 . October 26, 2021.
  73. News: Stadium for Kansas City NWSL to be built along Berkley Riverfront . October 26, 2021 . April 24, 2023 . . Katelyn . Brown.
  74. News: KC Current sets timeline for new stadium construction . April 22, 2023 . April 24, 2023 . . PJ . Green.
  75. News: Hardy . Kevin . Wyandotte County evicts T-Bones for unpaid rent, utilities . October 16, 2019 . . October 14, 2019.
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