**History of Shawnee, Kansas:**
– Shawnee Indian mission established in 1831
– Town laid out in 1857
– Kansas entered the union as a free state in 1861
– Tension between anti-slave abolitionists and pro-slave Confederate guerrillas
– Quantrill’s raids on Shawnee during the American Civil War
**Geography of Shawnee, Kansas:**
– Total area of 42.86 square miles
– 1,600-acre Shawnee Mission Park with a 120-acre lake
– 41.85 square miles of land and 1.01 square miles of water
**Demographics of Shawnee, Kansas:**
– Population growth from 1930 to 2022
– Shawnee is the 7th largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
– Details from the 2020 United States census including household and family demographics, median household income, and poverty statistics
**Economy of Shawnee, Kansas:**
– Top employers in Shawnee
– Council–manager government structure
– Elected officials’ terms and city manager responsibilities for day-to-day operations
– Information from the town’s 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
**Libraries, Museums, and Sister Cities of Shawnee, Kansas:**
– Johnson County Library branches in Shawnee Mission
– Museums like Shawnee Town 1929 Museum, Wonderscope Children’s Museum, and JoCo Museum of History
– Local media coverage by Shawnee Mission Post
– Sister Cities: Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany; Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland; Pittem, Belgium
References and Further Reading:
– Michelle Distler sworn in as Shawnee’s first female mayor
– U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shawnee, Kansas
– Various data sources from the United States Census Bureau
– Historical references to Shawnee, Kansas
– Information on Shawnee Mission Park
– See also: List of books about Johnson County, Kansas
External Links and City Profile:
– Wikimedia Commons media related to Shawnee, Kansas
– Information on cities and counties in the Kansas City metropolitan area
– Kansas and United States portals
– Kansas City, Missouri as the central city
– Listing of largest and medium-sized cities in the region
– Population statistics, demographic information, median income, poverty status, and financial reports of Shawnee, Kansas
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Shawnee Mission /ʃɔːniˈmɪʃən/ is a region of northern Johnson County, Kansas, part of the Kansas City metropolitan area in the United States. Since August 1, 1960, the United States Postal Service has used the name to denote a large postal coverage area (ZIP Codes 662xx) at the northeastern tip of Johnson County. It contains numerous towns, and the name was created to structure management of the post offices located therein. Effectively, these towns' post offices are subsidiaries of the Shawnee Mission Main Post Office in Mission, Kansas. Properly, a mailing address may indicate the delivery "place" as either Shawnee Mission, or the actual town name, and be treated the same.
The following towns are included in the postal area known as Shawnee Mission:
- Countryside (Incorporated into the City of Mission in January, 2003)
- Fairway
- Lake Quivira (the northern part is in Wyandotte County, Kansas)
- Leawood
- Lenexa
- Merriam
- Mission
- Mission Hills
- Mission Woods
- Overland Park (except some southern parts)
- Prairie Village
- Roeland Park
- Shawnee
- Stanley (unincorporated)
- Westwood
- Westwood Hills
Parts of southern Overland Park are not part of Shawnee Mission, as they were later annexed from the town of Stillwell which was already covered by ZIP Code 66085. Additionally, delivery to the eastern edge of Overland Park was assigned to the Post Office in Prairie Village, with ZIP Code 66208, and the Prairie Village post office was not managed under the Shawnee Mission designation until 2012.
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Shawnee, Kansas:
Shawnee is a city located in the state of Kansas in the United States. It is a suburb of Kansas City and is known for its family-friendly community, parks, and recreational activities.