Shawnee Mission is a region of northern
Johnson County, Kansas, part of the
Kansas City metropolitan area
The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more th ...
in the United States. Since August 1, 1960, the
United States Postal Service has used the name to denote a large postal coverage area (
ZIP Codes 662xx) at the northeastern tip of Johnson County. It contains numerous towns, and the name was created to structure management of the post offices located therein. Effectively, these towns' post offices are subsidiaries of the Shawnee Mission Main Post Office in
Mission, Kansas.
Properly, a mailing address may indicate the delivery "place" as either Shawnee Mission, or the actual town name, and be treated the same.
The following towns are included in the postal area known as Shawnee Mission:
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Countryside (Incorporated into the City of Mission in January, 2003)
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Lake Quivira
Lake Quivira is a city in Johnson and Wyandotte counties in the State of Kansas, and part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,014.
History
Lake Quivira had its start in the 1920s wh ...
(the northern part is in
Wyandotte County, Kansas)
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Leawood
Leawood is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 33,902.
History
19th century
After the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, the area ...
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Lenexa
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Mission
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Mission Hills
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Mission Woods
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Overland Park (except some southern parts)
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Prairie Village
Prairie Village is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. It is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 22,957.
History
After the successful development of the Country ...
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Roeland Park
Roeland Park is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, and located within the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 6,871.
History
The community was named after John Roe, an immigrant f ...
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Shawnee
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Stanley (unincorporated)
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Westwood
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Westwood Hills
Parts of southern Overland Park are not part of Shawnee Mission, as they were later annexed from the town of
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which was already covered by ZIP Code 66085. Additionally, delivery to the eastern edge of Overland Park was assigned to the Post Office in Prairie Village, with ZIP Code 66208, and the Prairie Village post office was not managed under the Shawnee Mission designation until 2012.
History
The name Shawnee Mission derives from the
Shawnee Methodist Mission, a mission to the
Shawnee tribe, founded in 1830 in present-day
Wyandotte County, Kansas by the
Methodist church. The mission was moved to what is now
Johnson County in 1839. Shawnee Mission subsequently became a local, informal designation for the region surrounding the actual mission, especially before the development, expansion and conjoint boundarying of the various towns in northeast Johnson County. The
Shawnee Mission School District
Shawnee Mission USD 512 is a public unified school district headquartered in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, United States. As of 2018, the district comprises five high schools, five middle schools, 34 elementary schools, and six instructional centers ...
and
Blue Valley School District
Blue Valley USD 229 is a public unified school district headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, United States. Located in east central and southeast Johnson County, Kansas, covering of Overland Park including parts of Leawood and Stilwell, a ...
encompass most of the area.
Shawnee Mission is part of the
Kansas City Metropolitan Area
The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more th ...
. If the independent cities that constitute Shawnee Mission were to incorporate into a single municipality, its 2015 population estimate would be 402,662 (up from 325,147 in 2000), and would surpass
Wichita as the largest city in Kansas.
References
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External links
Shawnee Indian Mission
1839 establishments in the United States
Geography of Johnson County, Kansas
Kansas City metropolitan area