| Kansas City | |
| City in the United States | |
| Location | |
| State | Missouri |
| Coordinates | 39°3’N, 94°35’W |
| General | |
| Surface | 826.28 km² |
| – country | 815.71 km² |
| – water | 10.57 km² |
| Residents (April 1, 2020) |
508,090 (623 inhabitant/km²) |
| Politics | |
| Mayor | Quinton Lucas (D) |
| Website | kcmo.gov |
According to toppharmacyschools, Kansas City is a city in the US state of Missouri. The population is estimated at 491,918 inhabitants (2018). It is the 36th largest city in the United States (2010). Its surface area is 811.6 km², making it the 13th largest city.
Opposite this city is its sister city Kansas City (Kansas) in the state of Kansas. Located at the outlet of the Kansas River into the Missouri River, both cities are part of the Kansas City Urban Area.
History
The city was nicknamed Tom’s Town in the 1930s in reference to the corrupt politician Tom Pendergast, who was very influential in the Democratic Party and at the same time had ties to the Kansas City crime scene. The city was a haven for several hitmen, thieves and robbers. After Pendergast’s arrest in 1939, non-partisan attorney John B. Gage was elected mayor in 1940. He remained mayor for three terms and cleaned up the city’s finances.
Climate
In January the average temperature is -3.5 °C, in July it is 25.8 °C. Annual average rainfall is 955.5 mm (data based on the measurement period 1961-1990).
Traffic
Kansas City Public Service Co. for a history of public transportation in Kansas City
Air traffic
Kansas City has two airports. Close to downtown is the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport. A little further north is Kansas City International Airport.
Sports
Kansas City has two sports clubs that compete in one of the top four American professional sports. It’s about:
- Kansas City Royals (baseball)
- Kansas City Chiefs (American football)
Town twinning
- Guadalajara (Mexico)
Nearby places
The figure below shows nearby places within a 12 km radius of Kansas City.
Kansas City
- Countryside (11 km)
- Fairway (9 km)
- Mission (10km)
- Mission Hills (9 km)
- Mission Woods (7 km)
- Prairie Village (12 km)
- Roeland Park (9 km)
- Westwood (7 miles)
- Westwood Hills (6 km)
- Eveningale (9 km)
- North Kansas City (7 km)
- Randolph (11 km)
- Raytown (12 km)
- Riverside (12 km)
- Sugar Creek (11 km)
Famous Kansas City residents
Born
- Wallace Beery (1885-1945), actor
- Jeanne Eagels (1890-1929), actress
- Ub Iwerks (1901-1971), cartoonist
- Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008), mathematician
- James Gunn (1923-2020), science fiction writer
- Robert Altman (1925-2006), film director
- Melba Liston (1926-1999), jazz trombonist, music educator
- Billy Mitchell (1926-2001), jazz saxophonist
- Burt Bacharach (1928), composer
- William F. Nolan (1928-2021), writer
- Ed Asner (1929-2021), actor
- Lynn Cohen (1933-2020), actress
- Michael Rosbash (1944), geneticist, biologist and Nobel laureate (2017)
- Basil Poledouris (1945-2006), Greek-American film music composer
- Dianne Wiest (1948), actress
- Stephen Henderson (1949), actor
- Chris Cooper (1951), actor
- Denis O’Hare (1962), actor
- Don Cheadle (1964), actor
- Wendy Moniz (1969), actress
- Tech N9ne (1971), rapper
- Tim Harden (1974), sprinter
- Krizz Kaliko (1974), rapper
- Mireille Enos (1975), actress
- Columbus Short (1982), actor, singer and choreographer
- Jennifer Nichols (1983), archer
- Bobb’e J. Thompson (1996), actor, rapper and comedian
- Grace VanderWaal (2004), singer
Died
- Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), 33rd President of the United States
