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Olathe is a city in , and is the county seat ___MASK90___ , Johnson County , Kansas , United States . Located in northeastern Kansas , it is also the fourth most populous city in the state , with a population ___MASK90___ 125 , 872 recorded by the 2010 census . Olathe is also the fourth - largest city in the Kansas City metropolitan area . It is bordered by the cities ___MASK90___ Lenexa to the north , Overland Park to the east , De Soto to the northwest , and Gardner to the southwest . A metropolitan planning organization ( MPO ) is a federally mandated and federally funded transportation policy - making organization in the United States that is made up ___MASK90___ representatives from local government and governmental transportation authorities . MPOs were introduced by the Federal - Aid Highway Act ___MASK90___ 1962 , which required the formation ___MASK90___ an MPO for any urbanized area ( UZA ) with a population greater than 50 , 000 . Federal funding for transportation projects and programs are channeled through this planning process . Congress created MPOs in order to ensure that existing and future expenditures ___MASK90___ governmental funds for transportation projects and programs are based on a continuing , cooperative , and comprehensive ( 3  C ) planning process . Statewide and metropolitan transportation planning processes are governed by federal law . Transparency through public access to participation in the planning process and electronic publication ___MASK90___ plans now is required by federal law . As ___MASK90___ 2015 , there are 408 MPOs in the United States . St . ___MASK88___ is an independent city and major U . S . port in the State ___MASK90___ ___MASK53___ , built along the western bank ___MASK90___ the Mississippi River , on the border with Illinois . The city has an estimated 2015 population ___MASK90___ 315 , 685 , and is the cultural and economic center ___MASK90___ the Greater St . ___MASK88___ area ( home to 2 , 916 , 447 people ), making it the largest metropolitan area in ___MASK53___ and the 19th - largest in the United States . ___MASK3___ International Airport ( originally Mid - Continent International Airport ) is a public airport located 15 miles ( 24 km ) ___MASK67___ ___MASK90___ downtown ___MASK3___ in Platte County , ___MASK53___ . In 2015 , 10 . 47 million passengers used the airport . The airport received high marks for ease ___MASK90___ access and security experience but otherwise receives poor scores in the North America Airport Satisfaction Study by J . D . Power and Associates , ranking 27th ___MASK90___ 34 medium - sized airports . The airport previously ranked in the top five . In February 2010 the airport was the highest - rated medium - sized airport receiving five stars in all categories . ___MASK53___ ( see pronunciations ) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States , achieving statehood in 1821 . With over six million residents , it is the eighteenth most populous state and host to the mean center of United States population . The largest urban areas are St . Louis , Kansas City , Springfield , and Columbia . The capitol is in Jefferson City on the ___MASK53___ River . The state is the twenty - first most extensive by area and is geographically diverse . The Northern Plains were once covered by glaciers , then tallgrass prairie , and now the deep soils yield great agricultural productivity . In the South are the Ozarks , a forested highland , providing timber , minerals , and recreation . The Mississippi River forms the eastern border of the state , eventually flowing into the swampy ___MASK53___ Bootheel . The Mid - America Regional Council ( MARC ) serves as the Council ___MASK90___ Governments ( COG ) and the Metropolitan Planning Organization ( MPO ) for the bistate Kansas City region . MARC encourages cooperation and collaboration on issues that extend beyond the jurisdiction ___MASK90___ a single city , county or state . These issues include transportation , child care , aging , emergency services , environmental issues and other regional issues . ___MASK95___ is a county located in the northwestern portion ___MASK90___ the U . S . state ___MASK90___ ___MASK53___ . As ___MASK90___ the 2010 census , the population was 89 , 322 . Its county seat is Platte City . The county was organized December 31 , 1838 from the Platte Purchase , named for the Platte River . (" Platte " is derived from the French word for a low , shallow , or intermittent stream .) Greater St . ___MASK88___ is the metropolitan area that completely surrounds and includes the independent city ___MASK90___ St . ___MASK88___ ( the principal city ). It includes parts ___MASK90___ both the U . S . states ___MASK90___ ___MASK53___ and Illinois . The city core in on the border to Illinois and collectively the two regions form the combined metropolitan area . St . ___MASK88___ is the largest metro area in ___MASK53___ , and is the second largest in Illinois . St . ___MASK88___ County overlays the city ___MASK90___ St . ___MASK88___ and their two populations are generally tabulated independently ___MASK90___ each other . ___MASK3___ ( often abbreviated as " KCK " to differentiate it from its adjacent namesake , ___MASK3___ , ___MASK53___ ) is the third - largest city in the state of Kansas , the county seat of Wyandotte County , and the third - largest city of the ___MASK3___ metropolitan area . It is part of a consolidated city - county government known as the " Unified Government ". Wyandotte County also includes the independent cities of Bonner Springs and Edwardsville . As of the 2010 census , the city had a population of 145 , 786 residents . It is situated at Kaw Point , which is the junction of the ___MASK53___ and Kansas rivers . ___MASK77___ is a U . S . state located in the Midwestern United States . Its capital is ___MASK25___ and its largest city is Wichita . ___MASK77___ is named after the Kansa Native American tribe , which inhabited the area . The tribe ' s name ( natively "") is often said to mean " people ___MASK90___ the wind " or " people ___MASK90___ the south wind ", although this was probably not the term ' s original meaning . For thousands ___MASK90___ years , what is now ___MASK77___ was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes . Tribes in the eastern part ___MASK90___ the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys . Tribes in the western part ___MASK90___ the state were semi - nomadic and hunted large herds ___MASK90___ bison . A state highway , state ___MASK43___ , or state route ( and the equivalent provincial highway , provincial ___MASK43___ , or provincial route ) is usually either a ___MASK43___ " numbered " by the state or province , falling below numbered national highways in the hierarchy ( route numbers are used to aid navigation , and may or may not indicate ownership or maintenance ); or a ___MASK43___ " maintained " by the state or province , including both nationally numbered highways and un - numbered state highways . Depending on the state , state highway may be used for one meaning and state ___MASK43___ or state route for the other . Councils ___MASK90___ governments ( CoGs  also known as regional councils , regional commissions , regional planning commissions , and planning districts ) are regional governing and / or coordinating bodies that exist throughout the United States . CoGs are normally controlled by their member local governments , though some states have passed laws granting CoGs region - wide powers over specific functions , and still other states mandate such councils . A " metropolitan area ", sometimes referred to as a " metro area " or just " metro ", is a region consisting ___MASK90___ a densely populated urban core and its less - populated surrounding territories , sharing industry , infrastructure , and housing . A metro area usually comprises multiple jurisdictions and municipalities : neighborhoods , townships , boroughs , cities , towns , exurbs , suburbs , counties , districts , states , and even nations like the eurodistricts . As social , economic and political institutions have changed , metropolitan areas have become key economic and political regions . Metropolitan areas include one or more urban areas , as well as satellite cities , towns and intervening rural areas that are socio - economically tied to the urban core , typically measured by commuting patterns . Route 152 is a state highway in the ___MASK27___ Kansas City metropolitan area . It begins at Interstate 435 south of the Kansas City International Airport and ends at Route 291 in Liberty . The route is a limited access highway between its two junctions with I - 435 . It crosses I - 29 five miles ( 8 . 0 km ) south of the airport in Platte County and US 169 in Clay County . The original route was called `` Military Road '' and connected the Liberty Arsenal with Fort Leavenworth . Military Road has been renamed Barry Road . Barry Road runs parallel to 152 on its south side on the west side and parallel to 152 on the north side in the eastern portions . In 2008 , the Kansas City City Council approved a master plan for Kansas City International Airport that called for extensive improvements to the road so it could become a main thoroughfare to the proposed Central Terminal on the south side of the airport by 2025 . ___MASK46___ is the fifth - largest city in the state ___MASK90___ ___MASK53___ . It lies within Jackson County , ___MASK90___ which it is the county seat . ___MASK46___ is a satellite city ___MASK90___ Kansas City , ___MASK53___ , and is part ___MASK90___ the Kansas City metropolitan area . In 2010 , it had a total population ___MASK90___ 116 , 830 . Overland Park is the second ___MASK10___ populous city in the U . S . state ___MASK90___ Kansas . Located in Johnson County , it is also the second ___MASK10___ populous city in the Kansas City metropolitan area . As ___MASK90___ the 2010 census , the city population was 173 , 372 . ___MASK3___ is the largest city in ___MASK53___ and the sixth largest city in the Midwest . According to the U . S . Census Bureau , the city had an estimated population of 475 , 378 in 2015 , making it the 36th largest city by population in the United States . It is the anchor city of the ___MASK3___ metropolitan area , which straddles the Kansas  ___MASK53___ border . ___MASK3___ was founded in the 1830s as a ___MASK53___ River port at its confluence with the Kansas River coming in from the west . On June 1 , 1850 the town of Kansas was incorporated ; shortly after came the establishment of the Kansas Territory . Confusion between the two ensued and the name ___MASK3___ was assigned to distinguish them soon thereafter . The ___MASK3___ metropolitan area is a 15 - county metropolitan area anchored by ___MASK3___ , ___MASK53___ , that straddles the border between the U . S . states of ___MASK53___ and Kansas . With a population of about 2 , 340 , 000 , it ranks as the second largest metropolitan area with its core in ___MASK53___ ( after Greater St . Louis ). Alongside ___MASK3___ , the area includes a number of other cities and suburbs , the largest being Overland Park , Kansas ; ___MASK3___ , Kansas ; Olathe , Kansas , and Independence , ___MASK53___ ; all over 100 , 000 in population . The Mid - America Regional Council ( MARC ) serves as the Council of Governments and the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the area .