Lenexa, Kansas

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Kansas City (MO). It is located about 14 miles [22 km] to the northeast of Lenexa and has a population of 441,545 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Overland Park. It lies just southeast of Lenexa and has a population of 149,080 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Kansas City	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	142,562	2.93% decrease
	Lawrence	W	28 mi [45.06 km]	90,520	13.01% increase
	Leavenworth	NW	26 mi [41.84 km]	34,729	1.95% decrease
	Leawood	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	31,342	13.33% increase
	Olathe	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	119,993	29.08% increase
	Prairie Village	E	5 mi [8.05 km]	21,479	2.69% decrease
	Shawnee	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]	60,954	27% increase
	Belton (MO)	SE	14 mi [22.53 km]	24,591	13.17% increase
	Blue Springs (MO)	E	24 mi [38.62 km]	55,698	15.84% increase
	Gladstone (MO)	NE	19 mi [30.58 km]	28,243	7.12% increase
	Grandview (MO)	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	24,033	3.41% decrease
	Independence (MO)	E	21 mi [33.8 km]	110,440	2.51% decrease
	Lee's Summit (MO)	E	18 mi [28.97 km]	84,208	19.11% increase
	Liberty (MO)	NE	25 mi [40.23 km]	30,568	16.53% increase
	Raytown (MO)	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	28,194	7.22% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bonner Springs	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	7,161	5.81% increase
	Countryside	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	De Soto	W	11 mi [17.7 km]	5,420	18.83% increase
	Edwardsville	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	4,462	7.62% increase
	Fairway	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	3,843	2.76% decrease
	Lake Quivira	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	941	0.97% increase
	Merriam	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]	10,814	1.76% decrease
	Mission Hills	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	3,568	0.7% decrease
	Mission Woods	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	160	3.03% decrease
	Mission	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	9,765	0.39% increase
	Roeland Park	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	6,960	2.1% increase
	Westwood Hills	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	364	3.7% decrease
	Westwood	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	1,481	3.39% decrease
	Indian Village (MO)	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Martin City (MO)	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	---

Johnson County

Lenexa is located in Johnson County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Johnson: Wyandotte, Jackson (MO), Cass (MO), Miami, Franklin, Douglas and Leavenworth.

While not sharing a border with Johnson, the counties of Clay (MO) and Platte (MO) are close to Lenexa.

Below are counties that are near Lenexa (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Lenexa:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Lenexa
	Atchison County	NW	Oak Mills	36 miles [57 km]
	Douglas County	W	Weaver	18 miles [28 km]
	Franklin County	SW	Wellsville	25 miles [40 km]
	Jefferson County	W	Buck Creek	30 miles [48 km]
	Leavenworth County	W	Coldspur	10 miles [16 km]
	Miami County	S	Bucyrus	16 miles [25 km]
	Wyandotte County	N	Morris	6 miles [9 km]
	Bates County (MO)	S	Drexel (MO)	33 miles [53 km]
	Buchanan County (MO)	N	Dearborn (MO)	38 miles [61 km]
	Cass County (MO)	SE	Loch Lloyd (MO)	11 miles [17 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Kansas<3>

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