Blue Springs, Missouri

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The city of Blue Springs is located in Jackson County.

Typical abbreviation for Blue Springs: Blue Spgs. (or less commonly used: Blue Spngs. or Blue Sprngs.)

Blue Springs is 270 feet [82.3 m] above sea level.^<1>

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

Communities that are also named Blue Springs can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Blue Springs had a population of 48,080 people^<3> (or 7.33% of the total population of Jackson County). The population of Blue Springs represented 0.86% of the total of Missouri, making it the state's 11th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Blue Springs had a population of 55,698 people. This is an increase of 15.84% 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 Blue Springs.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<4>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Prairie Village (KS)	W	19 mi [30.58 km]	21,479	2.69% decrease
	Roeland Park (KS)	W	19 mi [30.58 km]	6,960	2.1% increase
	Belton	SW	19 mi [30.58 km]	24,591	13.17% increase
	Grandview	SW	16 mi [25.75 km]	24,033	3.41% decrease
	Independence	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	110,440	2.51% decrease
	Kansas City	NW	16 mi [25.75 km]	451,572	2.27% increase

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

Websites for Blue Springs

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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) Blue Springs. 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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