Editing Overland Park, Kansas (section)

==History==
{{See also|History of Kansas#Prehistory|label 1=Early Kansas History}}
In 1905, [[William B. Strang Jr.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ophistorical.org/military-road-to-metcalf.html|title=Military Road to Metcalf|website=Overland Park Historical Society|language=en|access-date=April 14, 2018|archive-date=April 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414172245/https://www.ophistorical.org/military-road-to-metcalf.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> arrived and began to plot subdivisions along an old military roadway, which later became the city's principal thoroughfare. He developed large portions of what would later become downtown Overland Park.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ophistorical.org/rails-to-suburbia-1900.html|title=Rails to Suburbia 1900|website=Overland Park Historical Society|language=en|access-date=April 14, 2018}}</ref>

On May 20, 1960, Overland Park was officially incorporated as a "city of first class",<ref>[http://www.opcvb.org/welcome/history.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306103619/http://www.opcvb.org/welcome/history.html|date=March 6, 2010}}</ref> with a population of 28,085. Less than thirty years later, the population had nearly quadrupled to 111,790 in 1990, increasing to 173,250 as of the 2010 census.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/overlandparkcitykansas/IPE120216|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Overland Park city, Kansas|website=www.census.gov|language=en|access-date=April 14, 2018}}</ref> Overland Park officially became the second largest city in the state, following [[Wichita, Kansas]], after passing [[Kansas City, Kansas]] in the early 2000s.

Population growth in the city can mainly be attributed to the traditional greenfield [[Suburbanization|suburban]] development, appreciated on the city's annexation map.{{Clarify|date=December 2021}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.opkansas.org/maps-and-stats/maps/adobe-acrobat-pdf-maps/|title=Printable Maps – City of Overland Park, Kansas|website=www.opkansas.org|language=en-US|access-date=April 14, 2018}}</ref> Overland Park's last annexation attempt, in 2008, garnered widespread news coverage after massive outcry from affected residents.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://kcur.org/post/overland-park-annexation-opponents-plan-appeal|title=Overland Park Annexation Opponents Plan Appeal|last=Ziegler|first=Laura|access-date=April 14, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lakeexpo.com/news/top_stories/overland-park-annexation-debate-heats-up/article_c4d4921e-300d-58f8-a986-96488dfb4113.html|title=Overland Park annexation debate heats up|last=Mo.|first=Jim Sullinger/The Kansas City Star|work=LakeExpo.com|access-date=April 14, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/print-edition/2012/08/03/overland-park-marches-south-as.html|last=Koepp|first=Paul|title=Overland Park marches south as annexation wins on appeal|website=www.bizjournals.com|access-date=April 14, 2018}}</ref> Overland Park now{{When|date=December 2021}} has a combined land area of {{convert|75.37|sqmi|km2|2}} and spans nearly the full north–south length of [[Johnson County, Kansas|Johnson County]]. Since the expansion of Overland Park, state legislators have amended laws governing annexations to require a majority vote of affected residents in all future annexations over {{convert|40|acres|km2}}.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article1063648.html|title=Lawmakers limit cities' annexation power|work=kansas|access-date=April 14, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

On April 13, 2014, [[Overland Park Jewish Community Center shooting|a pair of shootings]] committed by a lone gunman occurred at the local Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City and Village Shalom, a local Jewish retirement community. A total of three people were killed in both shootings. The suspected gunman was described as a man in his seventies.<ref name="3 Dead After Suburban Kansas City Shooting">{{cite web |author=Maria Sudekum, Jim Suhr |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/dead-suburban-kansas-city-shooting-23311016 |title=Kansas Shooting Suspect Had No Record of Violence - ABC News |publisher=Abcnews.go.com |date=April 13, 2014 |access-date=April 23, 2014}}</ref><ref name="3 dead after shootings at Kansas City-area Jewish centers">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/13/us/kansas-jewish-center-shooting/ |title=3 killed in shootings at Kansas City-area Jewish centers |publisher=CNN.com |access-date=April 23, 2014}}</ref> He was later identified as a [[Neo-Nazi]]. He was [[Frazier Glenn Miller, Jr.]]. He was taken into custody.<ref name=AP>{{cite news |author=Maria Sudekum |url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/3-dead-after-suburban-Kansas-City-shooting-5399312.php |title=Supremacist ID'd as suspect in Kansas attacks |newspaper=SFGate |date=April 14, 2014 |access-date=April 23, 2014}}</ref><ref name=abcnews>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/73-year-custody-fatal-jewish-center-shooting/story?id=23310932 |title=Kansas Jewish Center Shooting Suspect Identified as Former KKK Leader - ABC News |publisher=Abcnews.go.com |date=April 13, 2014 |access-date=April 23, 2014}}</ref>