Editing Gladstone, Missouri (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|8.06|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|8.05|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.01|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<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=2012-07-08 |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>

The city is connected to nearby North Kansas City and Kansas City proper by [[Missouri Route 1|Routes 1]] and [[Missouri Route 283|283]] as well as nearby [[U.S. Route 169 in Missouri|U.S. Route 169]], which sits less than 1.5 miles from the city's western border. [[Interstate 29 in Missouri|I-29]] runs near the city's southernmost tip shortly after its initial break from [[Interstate 35 in Missouri|I-35]]. A handful of small subdivisions maintain independent municipalities along North Oak Trafficway, a road which is host to much of the area's shopping. The city is rectangular in shape, with the city limits generally extending from NE Englewood Road or NE 55th to NE 77th south to north, and N. Jackson Ave. to N. Broadway east to west. The city boundaries include a panhandle that goes south to NW 44th St. and from NW Briarcliff Ln. to Gladstone Waterworks Rd. from east to west. A portion of the panhandle was de-annexed by Kansas City and annexed by Gladstone in 2005 to bring the Gladstone Water Plant property within the Gladstone city limits.<ref name="Gladstone Water Plant De-annexation">{{cite web|title=Gladstone Water Plant De-annexation|url=http://cityclerk.kcmo.org/LiveWeb/Documents/ViewAttachment.aspx?q=qMJOWmjZ94lbwI0QuC9oVe%2fnqls%2bYJbK1exSdigyaiU9f5x6YzBpN3QK158YToXmEeiv2Db3mBF6uACUenxPs0%2bc7hPSuW6Nh90GWJ%2flbmE%3d|publisher=[[Kansas City, Missouri]]|access-date=2014-05-30}}</ref>

There are four small enclaves in the southwest of the city. From the north they are [[Oakview, Missouri|Oakview]], [[Oakwood Park, Missouri|Oakwood Park]], [[Oakwood, Missouri|Oakwood]], and [[Oaks, Missouri|Oaks]].