EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, a city of Clay county, Missouri, U.S.A., 25m. N.E. of Kansas City, at an altitude of 939 feet. It is on Federal highway 69, and is served by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific and the Wabash railways. The population in 192o was 4,165; it was 4,565. There are over 20 medicinal springs, which supply five different kinds of mineral water, and the city is an all-year health resort. It was founded about 188 i and incorporated in 1886. A city-manager form of government has been in operation since 1922.