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located in Johnson County, a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is near Lenexa, Prairie Village and Leawood. As of 2002, the total population was 158,430, a 6.3% gain over the population in 2000.
The city was incorporated as a first-class city in 1960, when its population was 28,085. The city traces its roots back to 1905, with the arrival of its founder, William B. Strang Jr. , who platted subdivisions along a military roadway. One of those subdivisions was named Overland Park, and was the site for the first airplane flight in Greater Kansas City, sponsored by Strang, on December 24, 1909.
The city is home to a 300 acre (1.2 km²) arboretum & botanical garden. Examples of ecosystems demonstrated there are dry-mesic prairieDry-mesic prairie has a high forb diversity and low percentage of grass cover. Dominant species are porcupine grass and Canada blue-joint grass., dry oak savanna , riparian woodland , and wooded draws .
The Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead, named after a police officer killed in the line of duty, is a replica of an early 1900sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s Years: 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 Events and Trends Technology Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first doc farmhouse. It includes farm animals, gardens, a one-room country schoolhouse, a fishing pond, and horse-drawn wagon rides.
The New Theatre Restaurant, with seating for 600, is the only year-round professional theaterTheater ( American English) or Theatre ( British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, mus in the state.
The city is home to one of Dick ClarkRichard Wagstaff Clark (born November 30, 1929), more commonly known as Dick Clark is an American television entertainer. In addition to his television work, he is known for his continued youthful appearance. Dick Clark was born in Mount Vernon, New York's American BandstandAmerican Bandstand was a live dance music television show. It premiered locally as Bandstand on Philadelphia television station WFIL on October 7, 1952, and was hosted by Bob Horn. On July 9, 1956, Horn was replaced by Dick Clark. The show was picked up b Grills, complete with music memorabilia from his personal collection.
The largest employer in Overland Park is Sprint Corporation. Its world headquarters campus occupies 240 acres (1 km²) in the city, and employs about 14,500 people. The city is also the headquarters for the Yellow Corporation and the employee-owned Black & Veatch Corporation .
The Shawnee Mission School DistrictOverview The Shawnee Mission School District ( Kansas Unified School District 512) is one of the major school districts in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. Located in northeast Johnson County, Kansas, the school district enrolled 29,389 students in the and Blue Valley School District employ several thousand people in the city.
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