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The area south of the King's Road to St. Charles [5] was first settled in the early 1820s, when travelers westward from St. Louis would stop overnight at what became known as "The Overland Park". Daniel Boone constructed a single room cabin here, near the current location of Lake Sherwood and Wyland Elementary School.
Location of Overland Park (in yellow) within the Kansas City metropolitan area. Overland Park is located in northeastern Kansas at the junction of Interstate 435 and U.S. Route 69 immediately east of Olathe, the county seat. The city center is roughly 13 miles (21 km) south-southwest of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. [25]
Current River State Park: Shannon: 780 acres 320 ha: 2008 Don Robinson State Park: Jefferson: 843 acres 341 ha: 2012 Echo Bluff State Park: Shannon: 410 acres 170 ha: 2016 Elephant Rocks State Park: Iron: 131.74 acres 53.31 ha: 1967 Eleven Point State Park: Oregon: 4,167 acres 1,686 ha: 2016 Finger Lakes State Park: Boone: 1,128.69 acres 456.76 ...
With 8,472 square miles (21,940 km 2) and a population of more than 2.2 million people, it is the second-largest metropolitan area centered in Missouri (after Greater St. Louis) and is the largest metropolitan area in Kansas, though Wichita is the largest metropolitan area centered in Kansas. [2]
Oak Park Mall is a super-regional shopping mall located in Overland Park, Kansas, containing over 180 stores in a covered area of 1,607,803 sq ft (149,369.8 m 2). It is the largest mall in the Kansas City Metro Area as well as the entire state of Kansas , and is split into two levels and contains five department stores.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. [2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
The campus is located in Overland Park in the Kansas City metropolitan area; its four buildings are located on a 34.8 acres (14.1 ha) site at 127th Street and Quivira Road. The University of Kansas opened its Edwards Campus in December 1992. [2] As of 2021, more than 2,500 students were enrolled at the campus. [3]
Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens (120 hectares / 300 acres) is an arboretum and botanical garden that was opened in 1991. It is located a mile west of U.S. Highway 69 on 179th Street, Overland Park, Kansas. It is operated by the City of Overland Park, Kansas, a city in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area. [1]