Kansas City formed in 1868. It was first officially mentioned in October 1872. The Kansas-Missouri border area became the first battlefield in the conflict over slavery that led to the American Civil War. The first city election was held on October 22, 1872. It resulted in the election of Mayor James Boyle. The mayors of the city after its organization have been James Boyle, C. A. Eidemiller, A. S. Orbison, Eli Teed and Samuel McConnell. John Sheehan was appointed Marshal in 1875. He was also Chief of Police. He had the control over five policemen. In June 1880, the Governor of Kansas made the city of Kansas City a city of the second class with the Mayor Samuel McConnell present. James E. Porter was Mayor in 1910.
It was one of the 100 largest cities for many US Census counts, from 1890 to 1960, including 1920, when it had over 100,000 residents for the first time.[6] In 1997, voters approved a proposition to unify the city and county governments.
On March 30, 2011, Internet search company Google Inc. announced that Kansas City had been selected as the site of an experimental fiber-optic network that Google will build at no cost to the city. Kansas City was chosen from a field of 1,100 US communities that had applied for the network. Google plans to have the network in operation by 2012.[7]
At-Large District 1, Mayor Pro Tem, Rev Mark Holland
At-Large District 2, John J. Mendez
District 1, Nathaniel Barnes
District 2, William J (Bill) Miller
District 3, Ann Brandau-Murguia
District 4, Mark Mitchell
District 5, Mike Kane
District 6, Particia Huggins Pettey
District 7, Thomas R. Cooley
District 8, Benoyd M. Ellison
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 128.3 sq mi (332.3 km2). 124.7 sq mi (323.1 km2) of it is land and 3.6 sq mi (9.2 km2) of it is water.[2]
Cityscape
Kansas City is organized into a system of neighborhoods, some with histories as independent cities or the sites of major events.
Neighborhoods of Kansas City, Kansas
Downtown Kansas City, Kansas
Argentine, former home to the silver smeltery for which it was named.
Armourdale, formerly a city, consolidated with the city of Kansas City in 1886.
Armstrong, a town absorbed by Wyandotte.
Bethel
Fairfax District, an industrial area along the Missouri River.
Turner, community around the Wyandotte-Johnson County border to the Kansas River north-south, and from I-635 to I-435 east-west.
Vinewood
Wolcott
Welborn
Parks and parkways
City Park
Wyandotte County Park
Wyandotte County Lake Park
Climate
Kansas City is near "Tornado Alley", a region where cold air from the Rocky Mountains and Canada meets warm air from the Gulf of Mexico. This situation causes the formation of powerful storms. The most recent tornado to strike Kansas City itself was in May 2003. The region is also prone to ice storms, such as the 2002 ice storm during which hundreds of thousands lost power for days and (in some cases) weeks.[8] The MoKan area was subject to flooding, including the Great Flood of 1993 and the Great Flood of 1951.
University of Kansas Medical Center (Home of KU's Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health)
Public and private school districts
Kansas City Kansas Public Schools
Piper Unified School District #203
Turner Unified School District #202
Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas Catholic Schools
Secondary schools
Bishop Ward High School, Kansas City
Fairfax Learning Center
J. C. Harmon High School
Kansas City Kansas Community College: Technical Education Center (Formerly Kansas City Kansas Area Technical School, merged with Kansas City Kansas Community College in 2008)
