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Leawood, KS - History
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Welcome to the Leawood Home page. The Leawood Home page provides as much information as possible on Leawood. Knowing Leawood’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Leawood’s Home page, you will also find Leawood’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Leawood has a population of 34702. 48.5% of Leawood’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.5 are female. 70.8% of Leawood is married and 89.8% own their own home. The Average Home price is $473,052, and the average rent is $1,629. Household median income in Leawood is $156,538, and the individual median income is $68,528. Leawood’s Ethnic is the following: White(91.5%), Asian(5.1%), Hispanic(3.3%), Multiple(1.8%), Black(1.4%), Other(0.2%).
Modern Leawood was established in the 1920s, after Oscar G. Lee, a retired police chief from Oklahoma, moved to Johnson County. He supervised the construction of Lee Boulevard for public use. In 1948, a housing development by the Kroh brothers led to the incorporation as a city. On November 30, 1948, Leawood became a city of the third class with a population of less than 2,000.
By 1959, it had become a city of the second class. As of 2014, it is a city of the first class with approximately 32,800 residents.As of 2015, it was one of the Kansas City metropolitan area's wealthiest suburbs, alongside Mission Hills, Kansas, the Country Club Plaza neighborhood, and Olathe, Kansas.
Particularly the neighborhoods of Hallbrook, Mission Hill Estates, and Tuscany Reserve were all rated in the top 1%, according to a widely cited research professor.
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