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Joplin is the main hub of the three-county Joplin-Miami, Missouri-Oklahoma Metro area, which is home to 210,077 people; this makes the city the fifth largest metropolitan area in Missouri. In May 2011, a violent EF5 tornado killed more than 150 people and destroyed one-third of the city.
The Joplin, Missouri-Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of Jasper, Newton, and Cherokee counties in southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas anchored by the city of Joplin. The estimated 2023 population of the Joplin, MO-KS (MSA) is 204,787.
Joplin Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri.The district encompasses 48 contributing buildings in the central business district of Joplin.
The district encompasses 11 contributing buildings in the central business district of Joplin. It developed between about 1900 and 1939 and includes representative examples of Renaissance Revival and Late Gothic Revival style architecture. Located in the district is the previously listed Joplin Supply Company. Other notable buildings include ...
A municipality incorporates as a 4th Class city if the population is between 500 and 2,999 (under 500, it may incorporate as a village [1] – see list of villages in Missouri). It may incorporate as a 3rd Class city if the population is between 3,000 and 29,999. [2] There is more flexibility in government for 3rd Class cities than 4th Class.
Jun. 15—A new zoning code will change the way Joplin city officials decide a rezoning request. Members of the Joplin City Council and the Joplin Planning and Zoning Commission were given details ...
Jul. 26—Joplin's new neighborhood services office is open with additional staff members in that department to help residents. Remodeling was completed last month on the northwest corner of the ...
Jul. 28—A $400,000 federal grant obtained by the city of Joplin will be used put together a regional transit authority to operate a public transportation system that would replace the Sunshine ...