Editing Merriam, Kansas (section)

==Geography==
Merriam is bordered by the cities of [[Overland Park, Kansas|Overland Park]] to the east and south, [[Shawnee, Kansas|Shawnee]] to the west, and [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]], [[Kansas]] to the north (in [[Wyandotte County, Kansas|Wyandotte County]]); the city of [[Lenexa, Kansas|Lenexa]] is less than one mile to the southwest.  The city straddles approximately three miles of [[Interstate 35 in Kansas|Interstate 35]] from less than a mile, southwest of its junction with [[Interstate 635 (Kansas-Missouri)|Interstate 635]] south to 75th Street.  Shawnee Mission Parkway, an east–west road, nearly bisects the city.  U.S. Routes [[U.S. Route 59 in Kansas|59]] and [[U.S. Route 69 in Kansas|69]] follow the Interstate to the south of the city and follow Shawnee Mission Parkway to the east from its junction with the Interstate.  Turkey Creek, following a roughly parallel path to the Interstate, flows through the city.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|4.32|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all  land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-07-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=2012-01-25}}</ref>