Prairie Village, Kansas

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Kansas City (MO). It is located about 10 miles [16 km] to the northeast of Prairie Village and has a population of 441,545 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Overland Park. It lies just southwest of Prairie Village 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	NW	10 mi [16.09 km]	142,562	2.93% decrease
	Lawrence	W	33 mi [53.1 km]	90,520	13.01% increase
	Leavenworth	NW	27 mi [43.45 km]	34,729	1.95% decrease
	Leawood	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	31,342	13.33% increase
	Lenexa	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	46,822	16.36% increase
	Olathe	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	119,993	29.08% increase
	Shawnee	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	60,954	27% increase
	Belton (MO)	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	24,591	13.17% increase
	Blue Springs (MO)	E	19 mi [30.58 km]	55,698	15.84% increase
	Gladstone (MO)	N	16 mi [25.75 km]	28,243	7.12% increase
	Grandview (MO)	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	24,033	3.41% decrease
	Independence (MO)	NE	16 mi [25.75 km]	110,440	2.51% decrease
	Lee's Summit (MO)	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	84,208	19.11% increase
	Liberty (MO)	NE	21 mi [33.8 km]	30,568	16.53% increase
	Raytown (MO)	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	28,194	7.22% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Countryside	NW	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Edwardsville	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	4,462	7.62% increase
	Fairway	N	2 mi [3.22 km]	3,843	2.76% decrease
	Lake Quivira	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	941	0.97% increase
	Merriam	NW	3 mi [4.83 km]	10,814	1.76% decrease
	Mission Hills	NE	2 mi [3.22 km]	3,568	0.7% decrease
	Mission Woods	N	3 mi [4.83 km]	160	3.03% decrease
	Mission	NW	2 mi [3.22 km]	9,765	0.39% increase
	Roeland Park	N	3 mi [4.83 km]	6,960	2.1% increase
	Westwood Hills	N	3 mi [4.83 km]	364	3.7% decrease
	Westwood	N	3 mi [4.83 km]	1,481	3.39% decrease
	Indian Village (MO)	SE	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Loch Lloyd (MO)	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Martin City (MO)	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	North Kansas City (MO)	N	11 mi [17.7 km]	5,746	21.89% increase

Johnson County

Prairie Village 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 Prairie Village.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Prairie Village
	Atchison County	NW	Oak Mills	37 miles [59 km]
	Douglas County	W	Weaver	23 miles [37 km]
	Franklin County	SW	Wellsville	30 miles [48 km]
	Jefferson County	NW	McLouth	33 miles [53 km]
	Leavenworth County	W	Loring	14 miles [22 km]
	Miami County	S	Bucyrus	18 miles [28 km]
	Wyandotte County	N	Grays Park	4 miles [6 km]
	Bates County (MO)	S	Drexel (MO)	33 miles [53 km]
	Buchanan County (MO)	N	Dearborn (MO)	37 miles [59 km]
	Cass County (MO)	NE	Kansas City (MO)	10 miles [16 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Kansas<3>

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