Kansas City, Missouri

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The city of Kansas City is primarily located in Cass County. A portion of Kansas City extends into Clay County, Jackson County and Platte County.

Kansas City is 220 feet [67.06 m] above sea level.^<1>

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

Kansas, Oregon and Tennessee have communities that are also named Kansas City.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Kansas City had a population of 441,545 people^<2> (or 534.55% of the total population of Cass County). The population of Kansas City represented 7.89% of the total of Missouri, making it the state's most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Kansas City had a population of 451,572 people. This is an increase of 2.27% 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 Kansas City.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Kansas City (KS)	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	142,562	2.93% decrease
	Leawood (KS)	S	15 mi [24.14 km]	31,342	13.33% increase
	Lenexa (KS)	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	46,822	16.36% increase
	Overland Park (KS)	SW	16 mi [25.75 km]	171,231	14.86% increase
	Shawnee (KS)	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	60,954	27% increase
	Blue Springs	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	55,698	15.84% increase

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

Websites for Kansas City

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The Commemorative Quarter for Missouri<4>

Search for Local Businesses

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) Kansas City. 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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