8,472 mi²

Spanning over 319 miles, Kansas City has a population density of 1,594 people per square mile.

Originally Answered: Why is Kansas City split between Kansas and Missouri? This is probably because of the confluence of the Kaw River and the Missouri River. This spot is where the great stockyards were and several meat packing giants as well.

Kansas City Missouri is the city and the 2020 population estimates put it at 502k. Kansas City Kansas is a smaller suburb west of the city just across the state line and sits at roughly 150k. It’s not even the biggest suburb.

Kansas City, Mo., was incorporated in 1853, eight years before Kansas became the 34th state. The Missouri city took its name from the Kansas River — which was inspired by the Kanza People, Native Americans of the Kaw Nation — and was originally called the City of Kansas. It became Kansas City in 1889.

Kansas City is the largest city in the US state of Missouri. Most of the city area is in Missouri, and this is why the Kansas City in Missouri is more popular than the Kansas City in Kansas. It should not be mistaken that the Kansas City in Missouri straddles the borders into the next state.

The violent history and legitimate ill will between the regions is what makes the rivalry between Missouri and Kansas the most intense and passionate in college sports. Other rivalries feature teams who are said to have “bad blood” between them. The Border War rivalry is rooted in actual bloodshed.

If you look at the tax rates in all three categories, you’ll notice that Missouri has lower tax rates in all three areas. Kansas has an average income tax rate of 3.95 percent (33rd in the nation), and Missouri has an average income tax rate of 3.75 percent (35th).

Bleeding Kansas describes the period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces following the creation of the new territory of Kansas in 1854.

Bleeding Kansas, (1854–59), small civil war in the United States, fought between proslavery and antislavery advocates for control of the new territory of Kansas under the doctrine of popular sovereignty.

Between roughly 1855 and 1859, Kansans engaged in a violent guerrilla war between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces in an event known as Bleeding Kansas which significantly shaped American politics and contributed to the coming of the Civil War.

1855 – 1861