The mayors of the city after its organization were James Boyle, C. A. Eidemiller, A. S. Orbison, Eli Teed and Samuel McConnell. About 1.5 percent commuted by other means, including taxi, bicycle, or motorcycle. Although the After the Civil War, Kansas City grew rapidly, largely losing its Southern identity. The selection of the city over Further spurring Kansas City's growth was the opening of the innovative Pendergast may bear comparison to various big-city bosses, but his open alliance with hardened criminals, his cynical subversion of the democratic process, his monarchistic style of living, his increasingly insatiable gambling habit, his grasping for a business empire, and his promotion of Kansas City as a wide-open town with every kind of vice imaginable, combined with his professed compassion for the poor and very real role as city builder, made him bigger than life, difficult to characterize.Kansas City's suburban development began with a streetcar system in the early decades of the 20th century. The Historic Kansas City boundary is roughly 58 square miles (150 kmBetween the 2000 and 2010 Census counts, the urban core of Kansas City continued to drop significantly in population. "KC", "KCMO", the "City of Fountains", "Paris of the Plains", and the "Heart of America"64101-64102, 64105-64106, 64108-64114, 64116-64121, 64123-64134, 64136-64139, 64141, 64144-64149, 64151-64158, 64161, 64163-64168, 64170-64172, 64179-64180, 64183-64184, 64187-64188, 64190-64193, 64195-64199, 64999Downtown Kansas City during the day and at dusk from the lawn of Liberty Memorial.‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or countiesMean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. Of the statistics available in 2000 based on data collected by the River transportation was important to early Kansas City, Kansas, as its location at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers afforded easy access to trade. The 1979 documentary Live music venues are found throughout the city, with the highest concentration in the Westport entertainment district centered on Broadway and Westport Road near the The large community of Irish-Americans numbers over 50,000.The Kansas City Strip cut of steak is similar to the New York Strip cut, and is sometimes referred to just as a Classic Kansas City-style barbecue was an inner-city phenomenon that evolved from the pit of The proportion of Kansas City area residents with a known religious affiliation is 50.75%. the expected highest and lowest temperature readings at any point during the year or given month) calculated based on data at said location from 1981 to 2010.Official records for Kansas City kept at downtown/Weather Bureau Office from July 1888 to December 1933; Downtown Airport from January 1934 to September 1972; and Kansas City Int'l since October 1972.

Average rent in Kansas City is only $788, which is low in relation to the national average of $1,087 spent on rent.According to the City's 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department was founded in 1898.

The department has 18 fire stations in the city, and covers an area of approximately 127 square miles. KC ranks among best places to own rental property." For more information see Located between Olathe Blvd., Frances St., 43rd Ave., and State Line Rd., Kansas City North 18th Street to North 25th Street, State Avenue to Wood Avenue Built with native stone in 1832, oldest Kansas church still in use. It was renamed the Kansas City Wizards in 1997.