De Soto /dəˈsoʊtoʊ/ is a city in Johnson and Leavenworth counties in the U.S. state of Kansas, and part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The vast majority of the city, 11.13 sq. mi., lies within Johnson County.
Population: 5,720
Latitude: 38° 58' 45.01" N
Longitude: -94° 58' 6.89" W
Bishop Seabury Academy is a private, co-educational, Episcopal middle school and high school (grades 6–12) in Lawrence, Kansas. The school is accredited by ISACS (Independent Schools Association of the Central States) and is a member of KSHSAA. It i…
Aubry Township is one of seven townships in Johnson County, Kansas, USA.
The 23rd Street viaduct is an automobile crossing of the Kansas River, and south of the Rock Island Bridge (Kansas City). It was built in 1921, and rebuilt in 2007. It is an elevated deck truss, and about 3,000 feet long. It survived the 1951, and 1…
The 12th Street Bridge is an automobile crossing of the Kansas River in Kansas City, Kansas.
St. Paul's Episcopal Day School is a private primary school in Kansas City, Missouri.
Williamstown is an unincorporated community in southeastern Jefferson County, Kansas, United States, at the junction of US-24 and US-59.
The U.S. 40 and 59 Bridges are twin multi-beam girder bridges over the Kansas River at Lawrence, Kansas. The west bridge carries two lanes of southbound traffic, connecting to Vermont Street, while the east bridge carries two lanes of northbound tra…
Thompsonville is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Kansas, United States. It was established in 1851 by a group of Mormon settlers who refused to follow the main group led by Brigham Young into the Salt Lake Valley of Utah. Among thos…
Richards Field was the first airport in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
Penn Valley Skatepark is one of the more recent additions to the park, and is also known as Kansas City Skate Plaza because of the similar appearance of a "plaza-type" Skatepark. Officially opened in late Fall of 2005, Escapist Skateboarding has hos…
Newman is an unincorporated community in southern Jefferson County, Kansas, United States, off U.S.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad bridge was built in 1909, by the MoPac. In 1984 it was merged with Union Pacific in the Missouri Pacific-Union Pacific merger. The bridge is upstream of I-670, over the Kansas River.
Midland Adventist Academy is a private, coeducational, K-12 grade school located in Shawnee, Kansas. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.
The Lecompton Road Bridge is a two lane girder bridge over Kansas River at Lecompton, Kansas, connecting to the nearby town of Perry.
Kenegy Skatepark is a skatepark located in Raytown, Missouri, USA. Its host park, C. Lee Kenagy Park, is at the intersection of 79th Street and Raytown Road. The skatepark dates back to 2005, and was Raytown's first, and is currently, its only, skat…
The Kansas Turnpike Bridges are a pair of multi-beam girder bridge that carry the Kansas Turnpike and Interstate 70 over the Kansas River at Lawrence, Kansas.
The Kansas Avenue Bridge (West) is a four lane, multi-beam girder bridge crossing the Kansas River, and a small company on the east side. It was first built in 1916 as a 9 span thru-truss, but later in 1988 destroyed, and replaced with the current m…
KNBU (89.7 FM) is a non-profit educational radio station licensed to Baldwin City, Kansas, USA.