The following is a list of people from Johnson County, Kansas . Inclusion on the list is reserved for notable people who have resided in the rural county area or in smaller cities such as Leawood, Prairie Village, Stilwell, or De Soto. For residents of the more populous Olathe and Overland Park, see list of people from Olathe, Kansas and list of people from Overland Park, Kansas.
Johnson County is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas, along the border of the state of Missouri. Its county seat is Olathe. As of the 2020 census, the population was 609,863, the most populous county in Kansas. The county was named after Thomas Johnson, a Methodist missionary who was one of the state's first settlers. Largely suburban, the county contains a number of suburbs of Kansas City, Missouri, including Overland Park, a principal city of and second most populous city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.
Leawood is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 33,902.
Olathe is the county seat of Johnson County, Kansas, United States. It is the fourth-most populous city in both the Kansas City metropolitan area and the state of Kansas, with a 2020 population of 141,290.
Overland Park is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, and the second-most populous city in the state of Kansas. It is one of four principal cities in the Kansas City metropolitan area; along with being more densely populated than and the largest suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 197,238.
The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area around Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri and Kansas. With 8,472 square miles (21,940 km2) and a population of more than 2.2 million people, it is the second-largest metropolitan area with its 1950s dominant historic core city in Missouri and is the largest metropolitan area in Kansas, though Wichita is the largest metropolitan area with its 1950s dominant historic core city in Kansas. Alongside Kansas City, Missouri, these are the suburbs with populations above 100,000: Overland Park, Kansas; Kansas City, Kansas; Olathe, Kansas; Independence, Missouri; and Lee's Summit, Missouri.
The following is a list of players both past and current who appeared at least in one game for the Toronto Blue Jays American League franchise (1977–present).
The Texas Rangers Major League Baseball team has played in Arlington, Texas, since 1972. The team began in 1961 as the Washington Senators, an American League expansion team based in Washington, D.C., before relocating to Texas. Since that time, over 1,200 players have competed in at least one game for the Senators/Rangers.
Resurrection, A United Methodist Church also known as The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, or simply Church of the Resurrection, is a multi-site, United Methodist megachurch in Kansas City metropolitan area. The original campus is located in Leawood, Kansas, with additional locations in Olathe, Kansas, downtown Kansas City, Missouri, Blue Springs, Missouri, Overland Park, Kansas, Brookside, Kansas City, Missouri. It is one of the largest United Methodist congregations in the world and reported a membership of 15,359 in 2020. The United Methodist Saint Paul School of Theology moved its facilities from Kansas City, Missouri, to the Church of the Resurrection in fall of 2013.
The Johnson County Library (JCL), established in 1952, is the county library system for Johnson County, Kansas and includes 16 branches. As of 2013, it had 1,092,294 items. It lent 6,690,893 items in 2013. It serves a population of 598,555.
This is a list of lists of people from Kansas. Inclusion in this list should be reserved for existing Wikipedia lists about people from the American state of Kansas.
Lexington Township is one of seven townships in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,312.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Kansas, one from each of the state's four congressional districts.
Kansas's 7th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Ethan Corson since 2021.