Welcome to East Kansas City ...
East Kansas City is located in Clay County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of East Kansas City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1920.
A typical abbreviation for East Kansas City: E. Kansas City
East Kansas City is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: East Kansas City lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for East Kansas City: 816 & 975<3>
Communities near East Kansas City ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near East Kansas City.
- Kansas City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Overland Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Overland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overland Park
- Overland Park is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197,381 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Overland Park <4>
- Kansas City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Independence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lee's Summit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee's Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee's Summit
- Lee's Summit is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 101,467 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee's Summit <4>
- Shawnee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shawnee have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
- Shawnee is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66,298 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shawnee <4>
- Blue Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lenexa
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lenexa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenexa
- Lenexa is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56,156 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lenexa <4>
- Leawood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around East Kansas City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Kansas City.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of East Kansas City. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Kansas City.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around East Kansas City. See our Newspapers Page for East Kansas City.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Kansas City ...
Looking for more information about East Kansas City? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to East Kansas City, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for East Kansas City.
Adding East Kansas City to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of East Kansas City in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for East Kansas City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the East Kansas City post office opened in 1920.
We also found East Kansas City on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Missouri (1956).
For more details, see References and Mentions for East Kansas City.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Kansas City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 816 code has been Overlayed with the 975 area code. New phone numbers in the East Kansas City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 816 or 975. As a result, placing a call in the East Kansas City area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |