Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City
Kansas City
Crime rates* (2012)
Violent crimes
Homicide	15
Robbery	277
Aggravated assault	500
Total violent crime	877
Property crimes
Burglary	1,772
Larceny-theft	4,558
Motor vehicle theft	1,208
Arson	69
Total property crime	7,538
	Notes; *Number of reported crimes per 100,000 population.; 2012 population: 147,201; Source: 2012 FBI UCR Data

City and County seat
	Location within Wyandotte County and Kansas
	Coordinates: 39°6′24″N 94°40′35″W / 39.10667°N 94.67639°WCoordinates: 39°6′24″N 94°40′35″W / 39.10667°N 94.67639°W
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Wyandotte
Incorporated	1872, 1886
Government
• Mayor	David Alvey
Area
• Total	128.38 sq mi (332.50 km2)
• Land	124.81 sq mi (323.26 km2)
• Water	3.57 sq mi (9.25 km2)
Elevation	869 ft (265 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	145,786
• Estimate (2016)	151,709
• Density	1,135.58/sq mi (438.454/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	66101-66113, 66115, 66117-66119, 66160
FIPS code	20-36000
GNIS ID	0478635
Website	wycokck.org

Kansas City is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is the county seat of Wyandotte County. Kansas City is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. About two million people live in this region. The city is part of the "Unified Government".^[2] This also includes the cities of Bonner Springs and Edwardsville. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 146,867. The city is at Kaw Point, which is the junction of the Missouri and Kansas rivers.

History

Kansas City formed in 1868. It was first officially mentioned in October 1872. The Kansas-Missouri border area became the first battlefield in the conflict over slavery that led to the American Civil War. The first city election was held on October 22, 1872. It resulted in the election of Mayor James Boyle. The mayors of the city after its organization have been James Boyle, C. A. Eidemiller, A. S. Orbison, Eli Teed and Samuel McConnell. John Sheehan was appointed Marshal in 1875. He was also Chief of Police. He had the control over five policemen. In June 1880, the Governor of Kansas made the city of Kansas City a city of the second class with the Mayor Samuel McConnell present. James E. Porter was Mayor in 1910.

It was one of the 100 largest cities for many US Census counts, from 1890 to 1960, including 1920, when it had over 100,000 residents for the first time.^[3] In 1997, voters approved a proposition to unify the city and county governments.

On March 30, 2011, Internet search company Google Inc. announced that Kansas City had been selected as the site of an experimental fiber-optic network that Google will build at no cost to the city. Kansas City was chosen from a field of 1,100 US communities that had applied for the network. Google plans to have the network in operation by 2012.^[4]

Government

Mayor/CEO

Joe Reardon

Board of Commissioners

At-Large District 1, Mayor Pro Tem, Rev Mark Holland
At-Large District 2, John J. Mendez
District 1, Nathaniel Barnes
District 2, William J (Bill) Miller
District 3, Ann Brandau-Murguia
District 4, Mark Mitchell
District 5, Mike Kane
District 6, Particia Huggins Pettey
District 7, Thomas R. Cooley
District 8, Benoyd M. Ellison

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 127.8 sq mi (331.0 km²). 124.3 sq mi (321.8 km²) of it is land and 3.5 sq mi (9.2 km²) of it is water.

Cityscape

Kansas City is organized into a system of neighborhoods, some with histories as independent cities or the sites of major events.

Neighborhoods of Kansas City, Kansas

Downtown Kansas City, Kansas
Argentine, former home to the silver smeltery for which it was named.
Armourdale, formerly a city, consolidated with the city of Kansas City in 1886.
Armstrong, a town absorbed by Wyandotte.
Bethel
Fairfax District, an industrial area along the Missouri River.
Muncie
Maywood
Nearman
Piper
Pomeroy, late 1800s-early 1900s Train Depot, Trading Post, Saw Mill, and river landing for barges to load-unload.
Rosedale
Stoney Point
Strawberry Hill
Turner, community around the Wyandotte-Johnson County border to the Kansas River north-south, and from I-635 to I-435 east-west.
Vinewood
Wolcott
Welborn

Parks and parkways

City Park
Wyandotte County Park
Wyandotte County Lake Park

Climate

Kansas City is near "Tornado Alley", a region where cold air from the Rocky Mountains and Canada meets warm air from the Gulf of Mexico. This situation causes the formation of powerful storms. The most recent tornado to strike Kansas City itself was in May 2003. The region is also prone to ice storms, such as the 2002 ice storm during which hundreds of thousands lost power for days and (in some cases) weeks.^[5] The MoKan area was subject to flooding, including the Great Flood of 1993 and the Great Flood of 1951.

Source: U.S. National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, North Carolina.

*Notes*: Temperatures are in degrees Fahrenheit. Dew point is a humidity measure in degrees Fahrenheit. Precipitation includes rain and melted snow or sleet in inches.
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	41	43	54	66	75	84	90	88	80	69	54	42
Average low	21	25	34	46	56	66	71	69	61	49	36	26
Warmest	75	81	91	95	103	108	112	113	109	98	83	74
Coldest	−20	−21	−10	12	27	42	51	43	31	17	1	−23
Average dew point	18	23	29	41	53	62	66	64	56	44	32	24
Average precipitation	1.3	1.3	2.5	3.3	4.5	4.8	3.7	3.9	4.3	3.0	1.9	1.5

People

Historical populations
Census	Pop.		%±
1880	3,200		—
1890	38,316		1097.4%
1900	51,418		34.2%
1910	82,331		60.1%
1920	101,177		22.9%
1930	121,857		20.4%
1940	121,458		−0.3%
1950	129,553		6.7%
1960	121,901		−5.9%
1970	168,213		38.0%
1980	161,087		−4.2%
1990	149,767		−7.0%
2000	146,866		−1.9%
2010	145,786		−0.7%
Est. 2018	152,958	^[6]	4.1%
U.S. Decennial Census^[7] 2013 Estimate^[8]

Demographic profile	2010^[9]	1990^[10]	1970^[10]	1950^[10]
White	52.2%	65.0%	78.9%	79.4%
—Non-Hispanic	40.2%	61.9%	76.3%^[11]	N/A
Black or African American	26.8%	15.8%	10.7%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	27.8%	7.1%	3.2%^[11]	N/A
Asian	2.7%	1.2%	0.1%	−

As with Kansas City, Missouri, the percentage of the city's biggest ethnic group, non-Hispanic whites, has gone down from 76.3% in 1970 to 40.2% in 2010.^[9]^[10]

Educational institutions

Colleges and universities

Private

Donnelly College
University of Saint Mary

Public

Kansas City Kansas Community College
University of Kansas Medical Center (Home of KU's Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health)

Public and private school districts

Kansas City Kansas Public Schools
Piper Unified School District #203
Turner Unified School District #202
Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas Catholic Schools

Secondary schools

Bishop Ward High School, Kansas City
Fairfax Learning Center
J. C. Harmon High School
Kansas City Kansas Community College: Technical Education Center (Formerly Kansas City Kansas Area Technical School, merged with Kansas City Kansas Community College in 2008)
Piper High School, Kansas City (Piper, Kansas)
F.L. Schlagle High School, Kansas City
Kansas State School for the Blind, Kansas City
Sumner Academy of Arts & Science, Kansas City
Turner High School, Kansas City (Turner, Kansas)
Washington High School, Kansas City
Wyandotte High School, Kansas City

Crime

Sister cities

Kansas City has four sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International:

Kansas City, Kansas Media

Kansas City Municipal Office Building (City Hall) at 701 North 7th Street (2018)
The Cathedral of Saint Peter
Kaw Point Park from the west (2007, highlighted by red arrow)
Wyandotte County Lake Park
Interstate 70 as it enters Kansas, crossing the Kansas River (2010)
City limits of Kansas City, Kansas
Rosedale Arch, a replica of the Arc de Triomphe, at the top of Memorial Drive (39°3′49.8″N 94°36′54.2″W / 39.063833°N 94.615056°W / 39.063833; -94.615056 (Rosedale arch)).
Kansas City's Children's Mercy Park hosts Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer (2011)