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Kansas City, Missouri (KC or KCMO) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by population and area. The city lies within Jackson, Clay, Platte counties, and a small portion in Cass County. It is the central city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles the Missouri–Kansas state line and has a population of 2,392,035.
In the 1910s, Tom Pendergast purchased the Jefferson Hotel near the City Market. For a decade, the building served as the headquarters for his "Goats" political faction. With Kansas City rapidly expanding to the east and south, the River Market area began to be referred to as "Old Town" at this time, because it was seen as a remnant of an older time of licentiousn
This area includes the northern half of Kansas City, Missouri, which is referred to as Kansas City, North to distinguish it from the rest of the Northland and the city of North Kansas City. River Market is an area north of downtown, south of the Missouri River and west of Highway 9, and is home to a large farmer's market.
Kansas City, Kansas, is part of a bi-state media market that comprises 32 counties in northeastern Kansas and northwestern Missouri. 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.
Kansas City, Missouri has nearly 240 neighborhoods [1] including Downtown, 18th and Vine, River Market, Crossroads, Country Club Plaza, Westport, the new Power and Light District, and several suburbs.
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Kansas City is the second largest television media market in the state of Missouri after St. Louis, and, as ranked by population by Arbitron, the 32nd largest market in the United States. [ 18 ] The following is a list of television stations that broadcast from and/or are licensed to Kansas City, Missouri.
H&R Block's new oblong headquarters in downtown Kansas City. The economy of the Kansas City metropolitan area is anchored by Kansas City, Missouri, which is the largest city in the state [citation needed] and the 37th largest in the United States. The Kansas City metropolitan area is the 27th largest in the United States, based on the United ...