Overland Park

Overland Park
/oh'veuhr leuhnd/
a town in E Kansas, near Kansas City. 81,784.

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      city, Johnson county, northeastern Kansas, U.S. Located on a low ridge that affords a broad view of the Missouri River valley, it is a southern suburb of Kansas City, near the Missouri border. Settled in 1906, it lies on the old Santa Fe Trail and was laid out as a stop on an interurban railway from Kansas City to Olathe; later it was the home of the first aviation school in the western United States. The city is now mainly residential, with several medical centres, and is the site of Johnson County Community College (1967). Inc. 1960. Pop. (1990) 111,790; (2000) 149,080.

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  • Overland Park, KS — U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 149080 Housing Units (2000): 62586 Land area (2000): 56.748368 sq. miles (146.977591 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.100890 sq. miles (0.261304 sq. km) Total area (2000): 56.849258 sq. miles (147.238895 sq. km) …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Overland Park — [ō′vər lənd] [after the Overland, or Santa Fe, Trail which passed through the area] city in NE Kans.: suburb of Kansas City: pop. 149,000 …   English World dictionary

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