Editing Platte County, Missouri (section)

==Geography==
[[Image:Platte-courthouse.jpg|thumb|250px|Platte County Courthouse in [[Platte City]] was built after the original courthouse was burned with the rest of Platte City during the [[American Civil War]]. [[Blanche Barrow]] was held at the adjoining jail following a [[Bonnie & Clyde]] shootout just south of Platte City.]]

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|427|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|420|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|6.6|sqmi}} (1.5%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 18, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021170230/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt|archive-date=October 21, 2013}}</ref> The county's southwestern border with [[Kansas]] is formed by the [[Missouri River]].

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Buchanan County, Missouri|Buchanan County]] (north)
*[[Clinton County, Missouri|Clinton County]] (northeast)
*[[Clay County, Missouri|Clay County]] (east)
*[[Wyandotte County, Kansas]] (south)
*[[Leavenworth County, Kansas]] (southwest)
*[[Atchison County, Kansas]] (northwest)

===Major highways===
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*[[Image:I-29 (MO).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 29 (Missouri)|Interstate 29]]
*[[Image:I-435 (MO).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 435 (Missouri)|Interstate 435]]
*[[Image:I-635 (MO).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 635 (Missouri)|Interstate 635]]
*[[Image:US 69.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 69 (Missouri)|U.S. Route 69]]
*[[Image:US 71.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 71 (Missouri)|U.S. Route 71]]
*[[Image:MO-9.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 9|Route 9]]
*[[Image:MO-45.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 45|Route 45]]
*[[Image:MO-92.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 92|Route 92]]
*[[Image:MO-152.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 152|Route 152]]
*[[Image:MO-273.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 273|Route 273]]
*[[Image:MO-371.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 371|Route 371]]
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