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James J. "Jim" Eagan (March 4, 1926 - November 2, 2000) was an American politician and lawyer who was known for serving as the mayor of Florissant, Missouri, for 37 years from 1963 until his death in the year 2000.
Tuttle Creek Dam and Lake Wilson Dam and Lake Birds on one of Quivira National Wildlife Refuge's salt marshes. Lake Inman is the largest natural lake in Kansas. The shorelines of Kansas Lakes are mostly in government ownership and open to the public for hunting, fishing, camping, and hiking. Large areas of public land surround most of the lakes.
Valley Center was incorporated on September 29, 1885, [5] and was named for its location in the valley of the Arkansas River. [6]The former Valley Center rail depot for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company and the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company was moved to south of Hillsboro, Kansas at the southeast corner of Indigo Rd & 140th St, and is currently a private residence.
Florissant (/ ˈ f l ɒr ɪ s ən t / ⓘ) is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, within Greater St. Louis. It is a middle-class, second-ring northern suburb of St. Louis. Based on the 2020 United States census, the city had a total population of 52,533. [4] It is the largest city in St. Louis County.
William Rockhill Nelson (March 7, 1841 – April 13, 1915) was an American real estate developer and co-founder of The Kansas City Star in Kansas City, Missouri. He donated his estate (and home) for the establishment of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. He is buried at Mt. Washington Cemetery with his wife, daughter and son-in-law.
The Kansas City media market (ranked 32nd by Arbitron [83] and 31st by Nielsen [84]) includes 10 television stations and 30 FM and 21 AM radio stations. Due to its close proximity to the Topeka media market, most of the television and radio stations from that city are receivable over-the-air in portions of the Kansas City, Kansas, area.
The median age in the city was 40.8 years. 26.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.6% were from 25 to 44; 24.6% were from 45 to 64; and 18.5% were 65 years of age or older.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.97 square miles (7.69 km 2), of which, 2.72 square miles (7.04 km 2) is land and 0.25 square miles (0.65 km 2) is water. [6] All but about 200 acres (0.81 km 2) of the City is within the private closed community of Linn Valley Lakes.