Numbering of east/west streets begins at the Missouri River with the east/west division occurring at Main Street. In the south are Overland Park, Blue Springs, Olathe, Grandview, and several others.
To the east is Independence, Blue Springs, and Lee's Summit (SE). In the 'Northland' are North Kansas City, Parkville, Gladstone, Liberty, and several others. It is also unique, in that it is split down the middle by the state line of Kansas and Missouri. Reputed to have more boulevards than Paris and more fountains than any other city in the world except for Rome, it can be a beautiful city, too. Kansas City, Missouri is a city that tends to hide itself from tourists. There are also suburbs on both sides of the border. Across the state border is Kansas City, Kansas, often called 'KCK' by locals, which has a population of 157,000 (2020). The central city of the metro area is Kansas City, Missouri, the largest city in Missouri, with a population of over 500,000 (2020). Kansas City is a major Midwestern metropolitan area that spreads across the border of Missouri and Kansas and has a population of 2.2 million (2020). Union Station is in the foreground, with the rest of KC's skyline in the background. View of Kansas City from the top of Liberty Memorial. This populated place extends across a state boundary into Kansas City (Kansas). This page describes Kansas City, Missouri.
