Kansas City Area
The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its fourteen counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri and Kansas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Kansas City and Independence.
Kansas City
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Kansas City is a major Midwestern metropolitan area that spreads across the border of Missouri and Kansas. It is a city that tends to hide itself from tourists.
Independence
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Independence, known as the Queen City of the Trails, is a city in western Missouri just east of Kansas City with a population of approximately 110,000.
Lee’s Summit
Lee's Summit is a city in Missouri. It is the hometown of famous outlaw Cole Younger of the James-Younger Gang, and of Grammy Award-winning musician Pat Metheny.
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Warrensburg
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Warrensburg is a city in and the county seat of Johnson County, Missouri, United States. Its population was 20,313 at the 2020 census. The Warrensburg micropolitan statistical area consists of Johnson County.
Kearney
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Kearney is in Clay County, in the Kansas City Area of Missouri. It is the birthplace of the infamous Jesse James.
Kansas City Area
- Type: Economic region with 2,010,000 residents
- Description: metropolitan area surrounding Kansas City, Missouri; a bi-state (Missouri-Kansas) urban area
- Also known as: “28140”, “Kansas City metro area”, “Kansas City metropolitan area”, “Kansas City, MO-KS”, “Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area”, “Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area”, and “Kansas City, MO–KS Metropolitan Statistical Area”
- Category: metropolitan statistical area
- Location: Missouri, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Kansas City Area” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Área metropolitana de Kansas City”
- Catalan: “àrea metropolitana de Kansas City”
- Chinese: “Kansas City to͘-hōe-khu”
- Chinese: “堪萨斯城大都会区”
- Chinese: “堪萨斯城都会区”
- Chinese: “堪薩斯城大都會區”
- Chinese: “堪薩斯城都會區”
- Chinese: “堪薩斯市都會區”
- Danish: “Kansas City”
- Egyptian Arabic: “منطقة كانزاس سيتى الحضريه”
- French: “Kansas City metropolitan area”
- French: “Zone métropolitaine de Kansas City”
- German: “Metropolregion Kansas City”
- Hebrew: “המטרופולין של קנזס סיטי”
- Hebrew: “מטרופולין קנזס סיטי”
- Italian: “area metropolitana di Kansas City”
- Italian: “Area metropolitana di Kansas City”
- Japanese: “カンザス・シティ都市圏”
- Japanese: “カンザスシティ都市圏”
- Korean: “캔자스시티 도시권”
- Korean: “캔자스시티”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kansas City to͘-hōe-khu”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Kansas City”
- Persian: “کانزاسسیتی بزرگ”
- Persian: “منطقه کلانشهری کانزاسسیتی”
- Polish: “Kansas City”
- Scots: “Kansas City metropolitan aurie”
- Slovak: “Metropolitná oblasť Kansas City”
- Slovenian: “metropolitansko območje Kansas City”
- Spanish: “Area metropolitana de Kansas City”
- Spanish: “Área metropolitana de Kansas City”
- Swedish: “Kansas City”
- Urdu: “کنساس سٹی میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ”
- Welsh: “Ardal fetropolitan Kansas City”
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