Editing Jackson County, Missouri (section)

==Geography==
[[Image:LakeJacomo060706a.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Lake Jacomo]]]]

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|616|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|604|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|12|sqmi}} (1.9%) 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 16, 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>

Notable Lakes include
*[[Longview Lake]]
*[[Lake Jacomo]]
*[[Blue Springs Lake]]
*[[Lake Lotawana]]
*[[Prairie Lee Lake]]
*[[Lake Tapawingo]]

The [[Missouri River]] comprises Jackson County's northern border (with the exception of one small portion north of the river around the intersection of Highways 210 and [[Missouri Highway 291|291]] as well as all of the 291 bridge). The county has historically been a major traveling point for American river travel.

===Adjacent counties===
[[Image:Kansas-City-Missouri-Downtown at Twighlight.jpg|thumb|right|Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, at twilight]]

*[[Johnson County, Kansas]] (west/southwest)
*[[Clay County, Missouri]] (north)
*[[Wyandotte County, Kansas]] (west/northwest)
*[[Cass County, Missouri]] (south)
*[[Lafayette County, Missouri]] (east)
*[[Ray County, Missouri|Ray 
County]] (northeast)
*[[Johnson County, Missouri]] (southeast) - not part of the Kansas City metropolitan area

Jackson County is one of the few counties in the US to border two counties of the same name in different states (Johnson County in Kansas and Missouri).

===Major highways===
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*[[Image:I-29 (MO).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 29 (Missouri)|Interstate 29]]
*[[Image:I-35 (MO).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 35 (Missouri)|Interstate 35]]
*[[Image:I-49 (MO).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 49 (Missouri)|Interstate 49]]
*[[Image:I-70 (MO).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 70 (Missouri)|Interstate 70]]
* [[Image:Alt plate green.svg|20px]]<br />[[Image:I-70.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 670 (Missouri)|Interstate 70 Alternate]]
*[[Image:I-435 (MO).svg|25px]] [[Interstate 435 (Missouri)|Interstate 435]]
*[[Image:I-470 (MO).svg|25px]] [[Interstate 470 (Missouri)|Interstate 470]]
*[[Image:I-670 (MO).svg|25px]] [[Interstate 670 (Missouri)|Interstate 670]]
*[[Image:US 24.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 24 (Missouri)|U.S. Route 24]]
*[[File:Business plate.svg|20px]]<br />[[Image:US 24.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 24 Bus.]]
*[[Image:US 40.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 40 (Missouri)|U.S. Route 40]]
*[[Image:US 50.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 50 (Missouri)|U.S. Route 50]]
*[[Image:US 56.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 56 (Missouri)|U.S. Route 56]]
*[[Image:US 71.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 71 (Missouri)|U.S. Route 71]]
*[[Image:US 169.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 169 (Missouri)|U.S. Route 169]]
*[[Image:MO-7.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 7|Route 7]]
*[[Image:MO-9.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 9|Route 9]]
*[[Image:MO-12.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 12|Route 12]]
*[[Image:MO-78.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 78|Route 78]]
*[[Image:MO-150.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 150|Route 150]]
*[[Image:MO-210.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 210|Route 210]]
*[[Image:MO-291.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 291|Route 291]]
*[[Image:MO-350.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 350|Route 350]]
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===Transit===
*[[RideKC]]
*[[KC Streetcar]]
*[[Kansas City Area Transportation Authority]]
*[[Amtrak]] at [[Kansas City Union Station]]
*[[Greyhound Lines]] and [[Jefferson Lines]] at [[Kansas City Bus Station]]

===National protected area===
* [[Harry S Truman National Historic Site]]