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The city of Kansas City, Missouri, was named for the river, [3] as was later the state of Kansas. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The river valley averages 2.6 miles (4.2 km) in width, with the widest points being between Wamego and Rossville , where it is up to 4 miles (6.4 km) wide, then narrowing to 1 mile (1.6 km) or less in places below Eudora and De Soto .
Kansas City, Missouri (KC or KCMO) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by population and area. The city lies within Jackson, Clay, Platte counties, and a small portion in Cass County. It is the central city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles the Missouri–Kansas state line and has a population of 2,392,035.
Spring River, Kansas. Nearly 75 mi (121 km) of the state's northeastern boundary is defined by the Missouri River.The Kansas River (locally known as the Kaw), formed by the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers at appropriately-named Junction City, joins the Missouri River at Kansas City, after a course of 170 mi (270 km) across the northeastern part of the state.
Originally, Kansas City, Missouri was known as the Town of Kansas, inspired by the Kansas River, named after the Kansa Native American tribe, according to The Kansas City Public Library. By 1889 ...
Quality Hill is a residential and commercial neighborhood atop the bluff on the west side of the Central Business District of Downtown Kansas City, across the river from the Charles B. Wheeler Airport. Washington-Wheatley is a historically Black neighborhood southeast of the 18th and Vine Historical District.
A business owner with land on the Kansas River allowed — with Army Corps of Engineers’ permission — the subcontractor to dump the Docking rubble down the riverbanks to stabilize the bank.
Missouri River. Osage River (MO) Little Osage River. Marmaton River; Marais des Cygnes River; Blue River. Brush Creek; Kansas River. Stranger Creek; Wakarusa River
A subcontractor dumped rubble from the Docking demolition into the Kansas River, and now remediation will be required, state officials said.