KANSAS CITY, Kan., city, of Wyandotte County, on the Kansas and Mis souri rivers, and on the Union Pacific, the Missouri Pacific, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, the Chicago Great Western and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroads. Branches of other railroads enter the city and the nearby towns are connected by electric Statistics of 1855 gave Kan sas a population of 8,501; this increased in 1860 to 107,206; in 1870 to 364,399; in 1880 to 396,096; in 1890 to 1,427,096; in 1900 to 1,470, 495; in 1910 to 1,699,944.
There are 134 cities and towns having a population of 1,000 or more, the number of in habitants in cities of 10,000 or more being 393,490, or nearly 23 per cent of the total popu lation. The 12 largest cities and their present population are Kansas City, 93.121; Wichita, 62,404; Topeka, 40,624; Hutchinson, 23,401; Leavenworth, 21,849; Pittsburg, 18,048; Par sons, 17,286; El Dorado, 16,246; Atchison, 15,300; Coffeyville, 13,465; Lawrence, 13,456; Salina. 13.278.
trolley lines. Kansas City, Mo. (q.v.), con tinuous on the east is one with Kansas City, Kan., in commercial development, but each has an independent municipal organization. Sev eral bridges connect the two cities. In one part of the city, east of the Kansas River and south of the Missouri, the dividing line be tween the two cities is a street.
Kansas City is the largest city in the State. It was formerly known as Wyandotte, until in 1886 the municipalities of Armourdale, Arm strong, Wyandotte and Kansas City united un der the name of Kansas City. The area is square miles. A portion of the city is built on
the river bottoms, and many fine public and private buildings are on the high bluffs and extend back on the level land. The city is on both sides of the Kansas River, so the bound ary line between the States of Missouri and Kansas is in part the boundary line between the twin cities. It is noted for its live-stock and meat-packing industries; but the second largest live-stock-interest establishments in the country are on the boundary dividing the two cities. Some of its other chief industrial estab lishments are railroad car shops, machine shops, grain elevators, smelters, iron and steel works, flour mills, soap and candle factories, box and barrel factories, foundries, wholesale grocery houses, slaughter yards, lumber and brick yards. The manufacturing interests of the city represent a capital investment of $45,000,000, an annual production of $175,000,000, giving em ployment to over 15,000 persons. The city is the seat of Kansas City University (Methodist Episcopal), established in 1896; Western Uni versity (colored) ; the State Institution for the Blind; College of Medicine and Surgery; Saint Margaret's and Bethany hospitals, and Carnegie Library. It has fine public parks, high schools and excellent public and parish schools. The waterworks representing an in vestment of over $2,000,000, and the electric light plant are civic property. Since 1909 the city is administered under the commission form of government. Pop. 94,300.