Editing Lenexa, Kansas

{{Short description|City in Johnson County, Kansas, US}}
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|name                     = Lenexa, Kansas
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|leader_name              = Julie Sayers
|leader_title1            = [[City Manager]]
|leader_name1             = Beccy Yocham

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'''Lenexa''' {{IPAc-en|l|ᵻ|ˈ|n|ɛ|k|s|ə}} is a city in [[Johnson County, Kansas]], United States,<ref name="GNIS"/> and part of the [[Kansas City metropolitan area]].  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population of the city was 57,434.<ref name="Census-2020-Profile">{{cite web |title=Profile of Lenexa, Kansas in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Lenexa_city,_Kansas?g=1600000US2039350 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123023757/https://data.census.gov/profile/Lenexa_city,_Kansas?g=1600000US2039350 |archive-date=November 23, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Census-2020-QF">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts; Lenexa, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/lenexacitykansas/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824024334/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/lenexacitykansas/POP010220 |archive-date=August 24, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> making it the ninth-most populated city in Kansas.<ref>{{Cite web |title= PRINCIPAL CITIES OF METROPOLITAN AND MICROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS, MARCH 2020|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro/geographies/reference-files/2020/delineation-files/list2_2020.xls}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://statisticalatlas.com/metro-area/Missouri/Kansas-City/Population#figure/place/total-population|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151209060253/http://statisticalatlas.com/metro-area/Missouri/Kansas-City/Population#figure/place/total-population|archive-date = 2015-12-09|title = The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas}}</ref>  It is bordered by the cities of [[Shawnee, Kansas|Shawnee]] to the north, [[Overland Park, Kansas|Overland Park]] to the east, [[De Soto, Kansas|De Soto]] to the west, and [[Olathe, Kansas|Olathe]] to the south.

==History==
{{More citations needed section|date=September 2013}}
{{See also|History of Kansas}}
Twelve years before the town of Lenexa was platted, James Butler Hickok [[Homestead Acts|staked a claim]] on {{convert|160|acre|ha}} at what is now the corner of 83rd St and Clare Road.<ref name="lexhist">{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.lenexa.ks.us/police/history.html |title=The Lenexa Police Department History |access-date=2009-06-24 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624023800/http://www.ci.lenexa.ks.us/police/history.html |archive-date=2009-06-24 }}.</ref> Filed in 1857, the claim was not far from the Kansas River, and was {{convert|20|mi}} southwest of [[Westport, Kansas City, Missouri|Westport, Missouri]], and the start of the [[Santa Fe Trail]]. The trail meandered through this area on its way to [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]].

On March 22, 1858, Hickok was elected one of the first four constables of nearby Monticello Township. Later, Hickok became a [[Reconnaissance|scout]] for the [[Free-Stater (Kansas)|Free-State]] Army, a [[marksman|sharpshooter]], and eventually, one of the most famous folk heroes of the American West, [[Wild Bill Hickok]].

At about the same time as Hickok filed his claim, a census of the [[Shawnee]] Indians living in the area was being taken, and one of the residents listed was Na-Nex-Se Blackhoof. She was the widow of Chief Blackhoof, the second signer of the 1854 treaty that ceded {{convert|1600000|acre|ha}} of the Kansas Shawnee Indian reservation to the United States government.

In 1865, the Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad was organized to take advantage of [[Pacific Railroad Acts|favorable new land laws]]. It later changed its name to [[List of predecessors of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway|Missouri River, Ft. Scott and Gulf Railroad]], and in 1869 purchased a [[right-of-way (transportation)|right-of-way]] from C.A. Bradshaw in the area that is now Lenexa, with the stipulation that a depot be built on the property.

Bradshaw also sold {{convert|10.5|acre|ha}} to [[Octave Chanute]], a railroad [[civil engineer]], who platted the town in 1869. Legend states that the first town name proposed was "Bradshaw", but Bradshaw modestly refused, and the name "Lenexa", a derivation of the name Na-Nex-Se,{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} the name of Shawnee Chief Thomas Blackhoof's wife, was adopted.

==Geography==
Lenexa is located at {{Coord|38|57|53|N|94|45|34|W|type:city}} (38.964689, -94.759535).<ref name="GNIS"/>  According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|34.45|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|0.35|sqmi|sqkm|2|abbr=on}} is covered by 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=2012-07-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-07-02 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| align = left
| 1910 = 583
| 1920 = 472
| 1930 = 452
| 1940 = 502
| 1950 = 803
| 1960 = 2497
| 1970 = 5242
| 1980 = 18639
| 1990 = 34034
| 2000 = 40238
| 2010 = 48190
| 2020 = 57434
| estyear = 2023
| estimate = 58536
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{Cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html |access-date=March 24, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 29, 2014}}</ref><br />2010-2020<ref name="Census-2020-QF"/>
}}

===2020 census===
The [[2020 United States census]] counted 57,434 people, 23,934 households, and 15,432 families in Lenexa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: HOUSEHOLD TYPE |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Lenexa%20city,%20Kansas%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><ref name=:0 /> The population density was 1,685.7 per square mile (650.8/km{{sup|2}}). The 25,308 housing units had an average density of 742.8 per square mile (286.8/km{{sup|2}}).<ref name=:0>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table DP1: PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?q=Lenexa%20city,%20Kansas%20dp1 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web   |title=Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/2020/geo/gazetter-file.html |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Census.gov}}</ref> The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] was 78.05% White or [[European American]] (75.9% [[Non-Hispanic White|non-Hispanic White]]), 6.41% Black or [[African American]], 0.4% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]], 4.15% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander or [[Native Hawaiian]], 2.87% from other races, and 8.05% from [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P1: RACE |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P1?q=Lenexa%20city,%20Kansas%20p1&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race was 8.34% (4,790) of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P2: HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P2?q=Lenexa%20city,%20Kansas%20p2&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

Of the 23,934 households, 27.7% had children under 18, 51.8% were married couples living together, 24.3% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present, 28.1% of households consisted of individuals, and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 or older.<ref name=:0 /> The average household size was 2.4 and the average family size was 2.9.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1101: HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1101?q=Lenexa%20city,%20Kansas%20s1101%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> The percent of those with a bachelor's degree or higher was estimated to be 39.7% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1501: EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1501?q=Lenexa%20city,%20Kansas%20s1501%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

The city's age distribution was 21.7% under 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 or older. The median age was 38.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.6 males.<ref name=:0 /> For every 100 females 18 and older, there were 106.5 males.<ref name=:0 />

The 2016-2020 5-year [[American Community Survey]] estimates show that the median household income was $90,487 (with a margin of error of +/- $3,777) and the median family income was $110,925 (+/- $4,040).<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1903: MEDIAN INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2020 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1903?q=Lenexa%20city,%20Kansas%20s1903%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> Males had a median income of $59,365 (+/- $4,837) versus $42,653 (+/- $1,613) for females. The median income for those above 16 years old was $49,977 (+/- $2,070).<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S2001: EARNINGS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2020 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S2001?q=Lenexa%20city,%20Kansas%20s2001%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> Approximately, 2.8% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 5.7% of those under 18 and 3.1% of those 65 or over.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1701: POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1701?q=Lenexa%20city,%20Kansas%20s1701%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1702: POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS OF FAMILIES |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1702?q=Lenexa%20city,%20Kansas%20s1702&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

The ancestry of Lenexa in 2020 was 25.5% [[German Americans|German]], 13.3% [[Irish Americans|Irish]], 13.2% [[English Americans|English]], 3.9% [[Italian Americans|Italian]], 2.3% [[French Americans|French]], 2.1% [[Scottish Americans|Scottish]], 2.0% [[Polish Americans|Polish]], 2.0% [[Norwegian Americans|Norwegian]], and 1.9% [[Sub-Saharan African diaspora|sub-Saharan African]].<ref name="Census-2020-Profile" />

===2010 census===
As of the 2010 [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-07-06}}</ref> 48,190 people, 19,288 households, and 13,065 families were living in the city. The population density was {{convert|1413.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. The 20,832 housing units had an average density of {{convert|610.9|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|racial makeup]] of the city was 84.4% White, 5.8% African American, 0.4% Native American, 3.8% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 3.0% from other races, and 2.5% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 7.3% of the population.

Of the 19,288 households, 33.7% had children under 18 living with them, 55.3% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 32.3% were not families. About 25.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.00.

The median age in the city was 36.6 years; 24.7% of residents were under 18; 8.3% were between 18 and 24; 28.2% were from 25 to 44; 28.5% were from 45 to 64; and 10.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.7% male and 51.3% female.

===2000 census===
As of the 2000 [[2000 United States Census|U.S. Census]],  40,238 people, 15,574 households, and 10,559 families resided in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,173.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The 16,378 housing units had an average density of {{convert|477.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 89.50% White, 6.50% Black or African American, 0.38% Native American, 3.63% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.60% from other races, and 1.61% two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 3.97% of the population. By ancestry, 24.8% were of [[Germans|German]], 12.4% [[English people|English]], 12.1% [[Irish people|Irish]], and 7.2% [[United States|American]] ancestry.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=March 2003 |title=Kansas: 2000 |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-2-18.pdf |journal=2000 Census of Population and Housing}}</ref>

Of the 15,574 households, 35.1% had children under 18 living with them, 57.4% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.2% were not families. Around 24.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.8% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the city, the age distribution was 25.7% under 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 8.6% who were 65 or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.8 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 93.1 males.

==Economy==
Lenexa is the birthplace of [[Garmin]] and the regional headquarters of [[Kiewit Corporation|Kiewit Construction]].<ref name="companieshistory.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.companieshistory.com/garmin/|title=Garmin|date=15 January 2014|website=Companieshistory.com|access-date=24 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://shawneemissionpost.com/2018/04/04/lenexa-gives-green-light-new-6-story-regional-headquarters-building-kiewit-corp-70555 |title=Lenexa gives green light to new 6-story regional headquarters building for Kiewit Corp |website=shawneemissionpost.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230233409/https://shawneemissionpost.com/2018/04/04/lenexa-gives-green-light-new-6-story-regional-headquarters-building-kiewit-corp-70555 |archive-date=30 December 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Largest employers===
According to the city's 2015 ''Comprehensive Annual Financial Report'',<ref>{{cite web |title=City of Lenexa, Kansas Comprehensive Annual Financial Report |url=http://lenexa.com/Assets/departments/finance/pdfs/CAFR2015.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228165803/http://lenexa.com/Assets/departments/finance/pdfs/CAFR2015.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 February 2017 |date=28 February 2017 |access-date=24 June 2019}}</ref> the largest employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Employer
! Number of employees
|-
|1
|[[United Parcel Service]]
|2,087
|-
|2
|[[Quest Diagnostics|Quest Diagnostics/Lab One]]
|1,954
|-
|3
|[[Kiewit Corporation|Kiewit Power Engineers Company]]
|1,292
|-
|4
|[[JC Penney|JC Penney Logistics Center]]
|1,200
|-
|5
|[[Alliance Data|Alliance Data Systems]]
|730
|-
|6
|[[Gear for Sports]]
|600
|-
|7
|Lakeview Village
|586
|-
|8
|[[Lexmark]]
|570
|-
|9
|Clinical Reference Lab
|567
|-
|10
|[[PRA Health Sciences|PRA International]]
|560
|}

==Government==
Lenexa is the home of a records center managed by the [[National Archives and Records Administration]].  The facility stores federal records from agencies in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, including [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|Department of Veterans Affairs]] and the [[Internal Revenue Service]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archives.gov/central-plains/lenexa/|title=The National Archives in Lenexa, Kansas|publisher=National Archives|access-date=20 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217034458/http://www.archives.gov/central-plains/lenexa/|archive-date=2009-12-17|url-status=dead}}</ref> The facility is also known informally as the Caves, and is known to store items from the trauma room at [[Parkland Memorial Hospital]] in Dallas, Texas, where [[John F. Kennedy]] was pronounced dead following his [[John F. Kennedy assassination|assassination]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/NEWS/usaedition/2009-11-20-jfkrelics20_ST_U.htm?csp=N009|title=JFK Relics Stir Strong Emotions|last=Keen|first=Judy |date=November 20, 2009|newspaper=USA Today|access-date=20 November 2009}}</ref> As of November 2023, the mayor of Lenexa is Julie Sayers and the city manager is Beccy Yocham.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mayor Julie Sayers - City of Lenexa|website= City of Lenexa|url=https://www.lenexa.com/government/lenexa_city_council/mayor_julie_sayers |access-date= March 20, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lenexa.com/government/departments___divisions/city_managers_office|title=City Manager's Office - City of Lenexa|website= City of Lenexa|access-date=January 21, 2020}}</ref>

==Education==
Lenexa does not have a public school district of its own. Instead, Lenexa students go to either [[Shawnee Mission School District]], [[Olathe School District]], or [[De Soto School District]] schools. It is also home to a handful of [[private schools]]. Lenexa's first private [[High school (North America)|high school]], [[St. James Academy (Kansas)|St. James Academy]], opened in 2005. The Johnson County Library has a branch in the Lenexa City Center. [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]]-based Friends University also has a branch in Lenexa. The [[International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education]] is based in Lenexa; its competitive peer, the [[Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs]], is based in neighboring Overland Park.

==Culture==
===Events===
Each June, the city hosts the Great Lenexa Barbecue Battle, which is also the Kansas state championship. Lenexa was known as the Spinach Capital of the World<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LdD5adyrRFEC&pg=PA10 | title=Kansas Trivia | publisher=Thomas Nelson Inc. | author=Brackman, Barbara | year=1997 | pages=10| isbn=9781418553814 }}</ref> in the 1930s, and celebrates with the Spinach Festival every September.

===Religion===
Lenexa is home to the St. George Serbian Orthodox Church, a parish founded in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] in 1906 and moved to Lenexa in 2006. The parish constructed a new Byzantine style church and cultural center. The church hosts a SerbFest every year in the summer and a Food Festival and Bazaar in the fall.

The [[Church of the Nazarene]], an [[evangelical]] [[Protestant]] [[Christian denomination|denomination]], which was headquartered for many years in Kansas City, moved its international headquarters to Lenexa in 2008.

===Healthcare===
On April 13, 2023, construction began for [[AdventHealth]]'s new hospital, AdventHealth Lenexa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fox4kc.com/business/adventhealth-breaks-ground-on-new-lenexa-hospital/|title=AdventHealth breaks ground on new Lenexa hospital|last1=Koch|first1=Makenzie|last2=Stowell|first2=Kerri|date=2023-04-14|website=FOX 4|access-date=2023-05-06}}</ref>

==Transportation==
[[Johnson County Transit]] provides local bus service in and around the city. The nearest intercity transit services are located at the [[Kansas City Union Station]] and [[Kansas City Bus Station]].

==Notable people==
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People who were born in or have lived in Lenexa include:
* [[Warren Ault]] (1887–1989), historian<ref>{{cite news | title = Warren Ault dies; Baker grad was oldest Rhodes scholar | newspaper = The Lawrence Journal-World | date = 1989-05-15 | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UzEyAAAAIBAJ&pg=4546%2C3662130 | access-date = 2016-03-25}}</ref>
* [[Cam F. Awesome]] (born 1988), boxer<ref>{{cite news | last = Grathoff | first = Pete | title = After losing bout, Lenexa's Cam F. Awesome says he's been called the Taylor Swift of boxing | newspaper = The Kansas City Star | date = 2015-07-24 | url = http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/for-petes-sake/article28497565.html | access-date = 2016-03-25}}</ref>
* [[Baron Corbin]] (born 1984), WWE Wrestler<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/article94355572.html|title=Behind WWE superstar villain Baron Corbin is an ornery, edgy Lenexa native|website=Kansascity.com|access-date=23 November 2016}}</ref>
* [[Madison Desch]] (born 1997), gymnast<ref>{{cite web | title = Madison Desch | publisher = USA Gymnastics | url = https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/athleteListDetail.html?id=212085 | access-date = 2016-03-25}}</ref>
* [[Drake Dunsmore]] (born 1988), football tight end<ref>{{cite web | title = Drake Dunsmore | publisher = NU Sports | url = http://www.nusports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3042 | access-date = 2016-03-25}}</ref>
* [[Wild Bill Hickok]] (1837–1876), a gunfighter, staked a claim on {{convert|160|acre|km2}} at what is now the corner of 83rd St and Clare Road.<ref name="lexhist"/>
* [[Lucas Rodríguez (footballer, born 1986)|Lucas Rodríguez]] (born 1986), soccer midfielder<ref>{{cite web | title = Midfielder Lucas Rodriguez Returns to Comets for 2015/16 MASL Season | date = 4 November 2015 | publisher = Our Sports Central | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/midfielder-lucas-rodriguez-returns-to-comets-for-2015-16-masl-season/n-5066649 | access-date = 2016-03-25}}</ref>
* [[Paul Rudd]], (born 1969), actor<ref name=ancestry>{{cite news |first=Hadley |last=Freeman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/09/paul-rudd-ant-man-hollywoods-nice-guy-english-parents-kansas |title=Paul Rudd on Ant-Man, being Hollywood's go-to nice guy and growing up with English parents in Kansas |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London, UK |date=July 9, 2015 |access-date=February 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212050514/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/09/paul-rudd-ant-man-hollywoods-nice-guy-english-parents-kansas |archive-date=February 12, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* [[William Shaw (autism researcher)|William Shaw]] (born 1955), biochemist, autism researcher<ref>{{cite news | last1 = Tsouderos | first1 = Trine | author1-link = Trine Tsouderos | last2 = Callahan | first2 = Patricia | author2-link = Patricia Callahan | title = Chelation based on faulty premise | newspaper = Los Angeles Times | date = 2009-12-07 | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-dec-07-la-he-autism-chelation7-2009dec07-story.html | access-date = 2016-03-25}}</ref>
* [[Grace VanderWaal]] (born 2004), winner of the 11th season of the NBC TV competition show ''[[America's Got Talent]]''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/credits/credit/season-11/grace-vanderwaal|title=America's Got Talent 11th Season Contestants|access-date=2 December 2016}}</ref>
* [[Jason Wiles]] (born 1970), an actor, director, and producer,<ref>{{cite web | title = Jason Wiles | publisher = IMDb | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005556/ | access-date = 2016-03-25}}</ref> starred as [[Maurice 'Bosco' Boscorelli]] (1999–2005) in the television series ''[[Third Watch]]''.
* [[Ron Worley]] (born 1945), Kansas state legislator<ref>{{cite web | title = Ron Worley's Biography | publisher = Vote Smart | url = http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/68020/ron-worley#.VvWepeIrKXI | access-date = 2016-03-25}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Oregon-California Trails Association]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
{{See also|Johnson County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Johnson County, Kansas}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Lenexa, Kansas}}
* [https://www.lenexa.com/ City of Lenexa]
* [https://www.lkm.org/members/?id=41260827 Lenexa - Directory of Public Officials]
* [https://wfs.ksdot.org/arcgis_web_adaptor/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/City/LENEXA.pdf Lenexa city map], KDOT

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