Tag: Leawood
Leawood /ˈliːwʊd/ is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. The city is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri and is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 31,867.
Leawood was named for Oscar G. Lee, the principal landowner, who purchased about 600 acres of land from 79th to 103rd and State Line to Belinder Road.
Leawood is located at 38°55′15″N 94°37′20″W / 38.92083°N 94.62222°W / 38.92083; -94.62222 (38.920802, -94.622118). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15.17 square miles (39.28 km²), of which, 15.06 square miles (39.02 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.27 km²) is water.
As of the census of 2010, there were 31,867 people, 11,781 households, and 9,367 families residing in the city. The population density was 2115.4 people per square mile (816.8/km²). There were 12,384 housing units at an average density of 822.1 per square mile (317.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city…
