Kansas City, Missouri
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Kansas City, Missouri | |
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City of Kansas City | |
From top left: Downtown Kansas City from Liberty Memorial, Crown Center at Christmas, KC Streetcar, Washington Square Park, Union Station lit blue for the World Series, the Thinker at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Liberty Memorial, and the Library area of Downtown. From top left: Downtown Kansas City from Liberty Memorial, Crown Center at Christmas, KC Streetcar, Washington Square Park, Union Station lit blue for the World Series, the Thinker at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Liberty Memorial, and the Library area of Downtown. | |
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Nickname(s): "KC", "KCMO", the "City of Fountains", or the "Heart of America" | |
Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass counties in the state of Missouri. | |
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Country | United States |
State | Missouri |
Counties | Jackson, Clay, Platte, Cass |
Incorporated | June 1, 1850 (as the Town of Kansas); March 28, 1853 (as the City of Kansas) |
Government | |
• Mayor | Sly James (D) |
• Mayor Pro Tem | Scott Wagner |
Area | |
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Population (2010) | |
• City | 459,787 |
• Estimate (2017) | 488,943 |
• Rank | US: 37th MO: 1st |
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• Urban | 1,519,417 (US: 31st) |
• Metro | 2,159,159 (US: 29th) |
• CSA | 2,428,362 (US: 24th) |
Demonym(s) | Kansas Citian |
Time zone | UTC−06:00 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (CDT) |
ZIP Codes | 64101-64102, 64105-64106, 64108-64114, 64116-64121, 64123-64134, 64136-64139, 64141, 64144-64149, 64151-64158, 64161, 64163-64168, 64170-64172, 64179-64180, 64183-64184, 64187-64188, 64190-64193, 64195-64199, 64999[1] |
Area codes | 816, 975 (planned) |
FIPS code | 29000-38000[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 0748198[3] |
Interstates | 25px 25px 25px 25px 25px 25px 25px |
Airports | Kansas City International Airport |
Website | KCMO.org |
Kansas City is the biggest city in the U.S. state of Missouri. The Kansas River and Missouri River meet one another in Kansas City. The city has about 448,000 people, and the entire metropolitan area has about 2,000,000 people, some of whom live in the state of Kansas. Its mayor is Sly James. Some sports teams there are the Royals (baseball), the Chiefs (American football), and the Wizards (soccer). Kansas City is well known for some of its barbecue restaurants, and is also an important place for business.
References
- ↑ "Zip Code Lookup". USPS. Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.