Located in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties, Kansas City is the largest city in the state of Missouri. The city was originally simply called Kansas and was incorporated in 1850, being constructed at the confluence between the Missouri River and Kansas River. With the establishment of the Kansas Territory in 1854, people began to get confused between the city and the territory, so the name of the city was changed to Kansas City to minimize confusion.

Kansas City is located in the western part of Missouri and covers an area of 319.03 square miles. It has an estimated population of 488,000, with over 2.1 million living in the surrounding metropolitan area, which also extends into the state of Kansas. As the state capital, Kansas City is a major cultural, commercial, touristic, and economic hub for Missouri.

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