Kansas City (Kansas)
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| Nickname : Heart of America | |
 Location in Kansas
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1868 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Kansas |
| County : | Wyandotte County |
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 6 ′ N , 94 ° 41 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
151,709 (as of 2016) 2,035,934 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 471.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 331.0 km 2 (approx. 128 mi 2 ) of which 321.8 km 2 (approx. 124 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 266 m |
| Postcodes : | 66101, 66102, 66103, 66104, 66105, 66106, 66109, 66111, 66112, 66115, 66118, 66160 |
| Area code : | +1 913 |
| FIPS : | 20-36000 |
| GNIS ID : | 0478635 |
| Website : | www.wycokck.org |
| Mayor : | Mark Holland |
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With around 152,000 inhabitants, Kansas City is the third largest city in the US state of Kansas and a traditional industrial city with a focus on the food and chemical industry as well as the location of a university hospital. Located on the Missouri River , it forms the center of the Kansas City metropolitan area together with its larger sister city of the same name in the US state of Missouri . The city is the seat of the Kansas City Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church.
Population development
| year | Residents¹ |
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| 1980 | 161.148 |
| 1990 | 149,767 |
| 2000 | 146.906 |
| 2010 | 145.786 |
| 2016 | 151.709 |
¹ 1980–2010: census results; 2016: US Census Bureau estimate
history
In 1845, who founded Wyandot - Indians a settlement on the today's city. In 1855 they sold the place and its surroundings to the federal government in Washington . In 1863 a station was opened in Wyandotte , named after the Indians who settled there , because of the construction of the first transcontinental railroad in North America . As a result, the area developed into an important trading center for cattle .
In 1886, the city of Kansas City was created by the merger of the parishes of Armondale , Armstrong and Wyandotte . In 1905, the University of Kansas Medical Center, one of the most famous educational institutions in Kansas City, was founded, although it is not an independent university, but includes medical research facilities and the University of Kansas University Hospital . The main campus of the University of Kansas is in Lawrence .
geography
The Missouri River forms the northern limit of the city and also the state line of Kansas . In the northeast of the city, at the confluence of the Kansas River in the Missouri River, the state line leaves the course of the Missouri River and runs straight to the south. Across the state line in the state of Missouri lies another city on both sides of the Missouri River called Kansas City . Around 1.9 million people live in the metropolitan area.
The area is very flat, apart from a few man-made hills for office buildings and residential complexes, which are supposed to provide a little variety. The river is surrounded by multilevel dam systems practically everywhere , as there have been several violent floods here in the past .
City structure
Kansas City is organized in neighborhoods that used to be partly independent cities.
Kansas City Neighborhoods:
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population
55.7% of the population of Kansas City are white . 30.1% of the people living there are African American , 0.8% are Indians , 1.7% are Asians , 11.8% are others.
There are slightly more women than men in the city. For every 100 women there are 95.6 men.
17.1% of the population live below the poverty line . Youth poverty is particularly pronounced (23.8% of minors are poor).
Construction
There are some high-rise buildings in the center of the city . Otherwise, the city is very spread out, with many highways connecting Kansas City to various suburbs .
Sports
Kansas Speedway
The Kansas Speedway is a racetrack near Village West in Wyandotte County . In addition to the NASCAR Sprint Cup , the Indy Racing League also hosts races on the 2.41 km long track . The first race that was held as part of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West was held on June 2, 2002 on this speedway.
Kansas City T-Bones
The Kansas City T-Bones are a professional baseball team and play their games in the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, which is independent of Major League Baseball. The home games are played in the CommunityAmerica Ballpark .
Sporting Kansas City
Sporting Kansas City is a football franchise of Major League Soccer in Kansas City , Missouri . The team was founded in 1995 as the Kansas City Wiz . Since the summer of 2011, the franchise has been playing its home games at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas. The greatest successes to date include winning the MLS Cup in 2000 and 2013 and the 2004 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup .
sons and daughters of the town
- Adolphus Alsbrook (1912–1988), jazz bassist, arranger
- Edward F. Arn (1906–1998), lawyer, politician, and governor of Kansas
- Edward Asner (born 1929), actor
- Laura Banks (* 1956), actress, comedian, author and radio producer
- Frank Barkow (* 1957), architect
- Robert Frederick Bennett (1927–2000), politician and governor of Kansas
- BloodPop (born 1990 as Michael Tucker), musician
- Trai Byers (born 1983), actor
- John Carmack (* 1970), programmer and game developer
- Jayne Casselman (1955-2016), opera singer
- Harry Darby (1895–1987), US Senator
- Nathan Davis (1937–2018), modern jazz musician
- James H. DeCoursey (1932-2016), politician
- Robert Docking (1925–1983), politician and governor of Kansas
- Joseph Patrick Dougherty (1905–1970), Roman Catholic clergyman
- Larry Drew (* 1958), basketball player and coach
- Daniel L. Fapp (1904–1986), cameraman
- Samantha Fish (* 1989), blues and country guitarist, singer and songwriter
- Scott Foley (born 1972), actor
- Newell A. George (1904-1992), politician
- Piney Gir (* 19 ??), British singer
- Maurice Greene (* 1974), track and field athlete
- Seth Greisinger (* 1975), baseball player
- Paul Randall Harrington (1911-1980), orthopedic surgeon
- Dick Hickock (1931-1965), criminal and murderer
- John E. Hodge (1914-1996), chemist
- Wilkins P. Horton (1889–1950), politician
- Carmell Jones (1936–1996), jazz trumpeter
- Ron Jones (* 1954), composer
- Edward Keating (1875-1965), politician
- Bart Kosko (* 1960), author and professor of electrical engineering and law
- Christopher R. Johnson (* 1960), computer scientist and biophysicist
- Michael Francis McAuliffe (1920-2006), Roman Catholic bishop
- Gene McDaniels (1935–2011), pop music singer, composer and music producer
- Marcy McGuire (born 1926), actress and singer
- Janelle Monáe (* 1985), soul and funk singer
- Alex Neustaedter (* 1998), actor
- Emerson Norton (1900-1986), track and field athlete
- Bob Orton Sr. (1929-2006), wrestler
- Charlie Parker (1920–1955), jazz musician and composer
- John Quade (1938–2009), actor
- Shanna Reed (* 1956), actress and dancer
- Richard Rhodes (* 1937), non-fiction author, science journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner
- Angus Scrimm (1926-2016), actor
- Eric Stonestreet (born 1971), actor
- Lyle Wagoner (1935-2020), actor
- Dee Wallace-Stone (born 1949), actress
- Matt Stutzman (born 1982), archer
- Tuc Watkins (born 1966), actor
- Earl Watson (born 1979), basketball coach
- Jack Welpott (1923–2007), photographer
- Marva Whitney (1944–2012), funk singer
- Chely Wright (born 1970), country singer
Town twinning
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