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Independence is the county seat of Jackson County, Missouri, United States. [4] It is a satellite city of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the largest suburb on the Missouri side of the Kansas City metropolitan area. In 2020, it had a total population of 123,011, making it the fifth-most populous city in Missouri. [5]
Independence is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 8,548. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was named in commemoration of the Declaration of Independence . [ 5 ]
Montgomery County is a county located in Southeast Kansas. Its county seat is Independence , [ 3 ] and its most populous city is Coffeyville . As of the 2020 census , the county population was 31,486. [ 1 ]
A blank map of United States counties. Every county's object in this SVG has its FIPS code in the object id field, with the county name and 2-letter postal state abbreviation in the label field. In cases where there is a county in a state that also has a county-equivalent city of the same name, the word "County" is appended to the county name.
The average population of Missouri's counties is 53,880; St. Louis County is the most populous (987,059), and Worth County is the least (1,907). The average land area is 599 sq mi (1,550 km 2 ). The largest county is Texas County (1,179 sq mi, 3,054 km 2 ) and the smallest is St. Louis city (61.9 sq mi, 160 km 2 ).
[2] [3] Although Independence retains its status as the original county seat, Kansas City, Missouri, serves as a second county seat and the center of county government. [4] The county was organized December 15, 1826, and named for former Tennessee senator Andrew Jackson , who would become President of the United States three years later in 1829.
Wyandotte County, Kansas (sometimes referred to as just Wyandotte), contains Kansas City, Kansas; Bonner Springs, Kansas; and Edwardsville, Kansas; it is governed by a single unified government. Another bend in the Missouri River forms the county line between Wyandotte County, Kansas , and Platte County, Missouri , to the north and northeast.
1980 U.S. Geological Survey Topographical map of a portion of Independence Missouri with a blurry red line superimposed, showing the route of the ancient "Great Osage Trail" which after 1825 was known as the first section of the Santa Fe Trail, destination New Mexico and Mexico.