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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 ]
[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.
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]
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] The county was named after Richard Montgomery, a major general during the American Revolutionary War.
Blue Summit is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) lodged between Kansas City and Independence in Jackson County, Missouri, United States. [3] It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is located in the Independence School District, [4] and is zoned to Korte Elementary, Nowlin Middle School, and Van Horn High ...
Route 78 is a highway in the Kansas City, Missouri area. Its eastern terminus is at Route 7 east of Independence; its western terminus is at Interstate 435 in Kansas City. Independence and Kansas City are the only two cities on the route. The highway is known as 22nd Street or 23rd Street. and Lake City Buckner Road.
According to that census estimate, the population of Missouri is 6,196,156, an increase of 0.7% from 2020. 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 Jackson County Courthouse, also known as the Truman Courthouse, is a historic courthouse in Independence, Missouri. In 1922, Harry S. Truman won election as county judge for eastern Jackson County as a candidate of the Tom Pendergast faction of the Democratic Party. He failed to be re-elected in 1924, but, then won election as presiding ...