Lenexa, Kansas

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The city of Lenexa is located in Johnson County.

Lenexa is 320 feet [97.54 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Lenexa lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Lenexa, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Lenexa had a population of 40,238 people^<2> (or 8.85% of the total population of Johnson County). The population of Lenexa represented 1.5% of the total of Kansas, making it the state's 11th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Lenexa had a population of 46,822 people. This is an increase of 16.36% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Lenexa.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Kansas City	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	142,562	2.93% 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
	Belton (MO)	SE	14 mi [22.53 km]	24,591	13.17% 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

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Lenexa.

Websites for Lenexa

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Lenexa. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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