**History of Shawnee, Kansas:**
– Shawnee Indian mission established in 1831
– Town laid out in 1857
– Kansas entered the union as a free state in 1861
– Tension between anti-slave abolitionists and pro-slave Confederate guerrillas
– Quantrill’s raids on Shawnee during the American Civil War
**Geography of Shawnee, Kansas:**
– Total area of 42.86 square miles
– 1,600-acre Shawnee Mission Park with a 120-acre lake
– 41.85 square miles of land and 1.01 square miles of water
**Demographics of Shawnee, Kansas:**
– Population growth from 1930 to 2022
– Shawnee is the 7th largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
– Details from the 2020 United States census including household and family demographics, median household income, and poverty statistics
**Economy of Shawnee, Kansas:**
– Top employers in Shawnee
– Council–manager government structure
– Elected officials’ terms and city manager responsibilities for day-to-day operations
– Information from the town’s 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
**Libraries, Museums, and Sister Cities of Shawnee, Kansas:**
– Johnson County Library branches in Shawnee Mission
– Museums like Shawnee Town 1929 Museum, Wonderscope Children’s Museum, and JoCo Museum of History
– Local media coverage by Shawnee Mission Post
– Sister Cities: Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany; Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland; Pittem, Belgium
References and Further Reading:
– Michelle Distler sworn in as Shawnee’s first female mayor
– U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shawnee, Kansas
– Various data sources from the United States Census Bureau
– Historical references to Shawnee, Kansas
– Information on Shawnee Mission Park
– See also: List of books about Johnson County, Kansas
External Links and City Profile:
– Wikimedia Commons media related to Shawnee, Kansas
– Information on cities and counties in the Kansas City metropolitan area
– Kansas and United States portals
– Kansas City, Missouri as the central city
– Listing of largest and medium-sized cities in the region
– Population statistics, demographic information, median income, poverty status, and financial reports of Shawnee, Kansas
Shawnee /ʃɔːˈniː/ is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. It is the seventh most populous municipality in the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 67,311.
Shawnee, Kansas | |
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 Flag  Seal | |
 Location within Johnson County and Kansas | |
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| Coordinates: 39°00′57″N 94°48′27″W / 39.01583°N 94.80750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Johnson |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mickey Sandifer |
| Area | |
| • Total | 42.86 sq mi (111.01 km2) |
| • Land | 41.98 sq mi (108.72 km2) |
| • Water | 0.89 sq mi (2.30 km2) |
| Elevation | 820 ft (250 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 67,311 |
| • Estimate (2022) | 69,198 |
| • Density | 1,600/sq mi (610/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 66203, 66214, 66216-20, 66226-27, 66299 |
| Area code | 913 |
| FIPS code | 20-64500 |
| GNIS ID | 485652 |
| Website | cityofshawnee.org |
