Lee's Summit, Missouri

Information about Lee's Summit, Missouri

City of Lee's Summit, Missouri
Coordinates:
Country United States
State Missouri
Counties Jackson, Cass
Government
 - Mayor Karen Messerli
Area
 - City  61.7 sq mi (159.7 km)
 - Land  59.5 sq mi (154.1 km)
 - Water  2.2 sq mi (5.6 km)
Elevation  1,037 ft (316 m)
Population (2006)
 - City 81,913
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 - Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 816
FIPS code 29-41348GR2
GNIS feature ID 0735684GR3
Website: [1]
Lee's Summit is a city in Jackson County and Cass County, Missouri. In 2007, the city had a total population of 81,913[1]., making it the seventh-largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area and the sixth-largest city in Missouri.

In 2006 CNN/Money and Money magazine ranked Lee's Summit 44th on its list of the 100 Best Cities to Live in the United States. [2]

History

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Lee's Summit in the early 20th century
Incorporated by William B. Howard in the 1850s, the town was originally called "The Town of Strother" but changed its name in 1868 to the current name, "The Town of Lee's Summit" to reflect its relatively high elevation.[3] Some say the town had an even earlier name, for Dr. Pleasant Lea, but was changed during the Civil War to "Strother," the first name of Dr. Lea's wife, so as not to be confused as a General Lee sympathizer.

In 1912, R.A. Long, the owner of a lumber company, began building his estate, named Longview Farm, on the western edge of the city and into part of Kansas City. When complete, it had a mansion, five barns and 42 buildings in the 1,700 acres. The farm also had a church, Longview Chapel Christian Church, which was completed in 1915. It soon became internationally known as a showplace farm. Today, one of the horse barns is home to Longview Farm Elementary, and the site of Longview Community College. The church and mansion are on the National Register of Historic Places. Other parts of the farm have been turned into Longview Lake, Longview Community College, and a development called New Longview. <ref name="CHACityHistory" />

In March 2006, a new City Hall was dedicated replacing one that was considered insufficient for the size of the city. The downtown city hall construction had closed portions of 2nd street, Main Street, and Green Street. Currently, the city is working on a streetscaping project for downtown called "Diggin It".[4]

Geography

Lee's Summit is located at (38.922607, -94.374127)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 159.7 km² (61.7 mi²). 154.1 km² (59.5 mi²) of it is land and 5.6 km² (2.2 mi²) of it (3.50%) is water.

Demographics

City Population [2]
Census
year		 Population
19608,267
196512,813
197016,204
197521,765
198028,742
198533,846
199046,418
199557,466
199762,657
199967,079
200173,128
200276,043
200379,515
200482,528


As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 70,700 people, 26,417 households, and 19,495 families residing in the city. The population density was 458.7/km² (1,188.0/mi²). There were 27,311 housing units at an average density of 177.2/km² (458.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 93.17% White, 3.47% African American, 0.36% Native American, 0.99% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.52% from other races, and 1.42% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.97% of the population.

There were 26,417 households out of which 40.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.1% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.2% were non-families. 22.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the city the population was spread out with 29.2% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 33.1% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 91.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $60,905, and the median income for a family was $70,702. Males had a median income of $49,385 versus $32,837 for females. The per capita income for the city was $26,891. About 2.8% of families and 3.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.7% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Lee's Summit is served by parts of three public school districts: Lee's Summit R-VII School District, Blue Springs R-IV School District, Raymore-Peculiar R-II School District. Lee's Summit has two religious private schools as well: Lee's Summit Community Christian School and Our Lady of Presentation Catholic School. Longview Community College is located on the extreme western edge of Lee's Summit. The college is part of Metropolitan Community College (Kansas City) or MCC for short. It also is home to the Summit Technology Center which is a branch campus of the University of Central Missouri.

Notable Residents

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Cole Younger after the 1876 Northfield Raid

Transportation

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References

1. ^ [3] United States Census Estimates 2006
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