Editing Mission Hills, Kansas

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'''Mission Hills''' is a city in [[Johnson County, Kansas|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 3,594.<ref name="Census-2020-Profile">{{cite web |title=Profile of Mission Hills, Kansas in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Mission_Hills_city,_Kansas?g=1600000US2047350 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123024503/https://data.census.gov/profile/Mission_Hills_city,_Kansas?g=1600000US2047350 |archive-date=November 23, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>  The east city limits is the Kansas-Missouri state line at [[State Line Road]].  Mission Hills was originally developed by noted Kansas City developer [[Jesse Clyde Nichols|J. C. Nichols]] beginning in the 1920s as part of his [[Country Club District]] plan.

==History==
[[File:Kc-country-club.jpg|thumb|300px|left|[[Kansas City Country Club]], 2008]]
An Indian mission was established at the town's site in the 1830s, hence the name of the later settlement.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TSFZV1bcgOQC&q=menlo%20kansas&pg=PA236 | title=Encyclopedia of Kansas | publisher=Somerset Publishers | author=Capace, Nancy | year=2000 | pages=236| isbn=9780403093120 }}</ref>

The city started as a planned upscale community for the elite by [[J.C. Nichols]] to be built around the [[Mission Hills Country Club (Kansas)]] on the hills above [[Brush Creek (Blue River)|Brush Creek]] just south of the [[Shawnee Methodist Mission]].  Most of the country club's property is in Kansas but its original clubhouse was in [[Kansas City, Missouri]], allowing it to serve liquor, which was prohibited on the Kansas side.  Nichols laid out plans in 1914. He had developed the country club to enhance the value of his Kansas properties after discovering that upscale buyers were reluctant to live on the Kansas side of the state line.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MqMUAAAAYAAJ&q=Mission+Hills+County+Club+Kansas&pg=PA2280|title=A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans|date=10 August 2017|publisher=Lewis|via=Google Books}}</ref>

Adjoining the club Nichols established the Community Golf Club.  After it dramatically grew, it moved to what today is the [[Kansas City Country Club]].  Nichols lured the Kansas City Country Club to take over the land, and the Community Golf Club went on to establish the [[Indian Hills Country Club]].  Together, the three clubs became the most prestigious in the Kansas City metropolitan area; many rank them in order of prestige: Indian Hills first, Kansas City second, and  Mission Hills third.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=twrGINGYvsQC&q=%22indian+hills+country+club%22&pg=PA270 |title=J.C. Nichols and the Shaping of Kansas City: Innovation in Planned Residential Communities |author=William S. Worley|publisher=[[University of Missouri Press]]|date=October 1993|isbn=0-8262-0926-2}}</ref>

Nichols opposed incorporation of the community fearing that a city would not adequately meet the needs of its residents or properly enforce housing covenants.  Consequently, the Mission Hills Home Company was founded on August 18, 1914.  One of the most publicized early enforcements involved forbidding the family of a sick woman to enclose her porch with glass.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/privato_mck_1994_00_6198|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/privato_mck_1994_00_6198/page/40 40]|quote=Mission Hills Kansas 1914.|title=Privatopia: Homeowner Associations and the Rise of Residential Private Government|first=Evan|last=McKenzie|date=10 August 1994|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=9780300066388|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

Faced with prospects of annexation by neighboring relatively lower income communities seeking its wealthy tax base, Mission Hills incorporated as a city in 1949.<ref name="web.archive.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.kchistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2FLocal&CISOPTR=25140&CISOBOX=1&REC=3 |title=Missouri Valley Special Collections : Item Viewer |website=www.kchistory.org |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726214634/http://www.kchistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2FLocal&CISOPTR=25140&CISOBOX=1&REC=3 |archive-date=26 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Many of the early houses were designed by Clarence E. Shepherd, Edward Tanner, and [[Edward Buehler Delk]].<ref name="web.archive.org"/>

The city's most distinctive landmark, which is used on the official city seal, is the Verona columns and reflecting pool at the intersection of Ensley Lane, [[Mission Drive (Johnson County)|Mission Drive]] and Overhill Road.  They were conceived by landscape architect S. Herbert Hare in 1924.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kchistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2FMrs&CISOPTR=787&CISOBOX=1&REC=18 |title=Missouri Valley Special Collections : Item Viewer |website=www.kchistory.org |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726214657/http://www.kchistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2FMrs&CISOPTR=787&CISOBOX=1&REC=18 |archive-date=26 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1928 [[Ernest Hemingway]] and his wife, Pauline, stayed at the house of W. Malcolm and Ruth Lowry at 6435 Indian Lane. During this time, Hemingway was working on ''[[A Farewell to Arms]]''.  He later gave an autographed copy of the book to Don Carlos Guffey, the Kansas City doctor who delivered his son Patrick. The inscription, which is now in the [[University of Missouri-Kansas City]] library, said "...with much admiration and grateful remembrance of a Caesarean that was beautifully done and turned out splendidly."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kansascity.com/hemingway/story/217585.html |title=www.kansascity.com &#124; 09/27/2007 &#124; A Writer's Haunts: Where He Worked and Where He Lived |website=www.kansascity.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016101505/http://www.kansascity.com/hemingway/story/217585.html |archive-date=16 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 

They returned for a time in 1931 while Hemingway was working on ''[[Death in the Afternoon]].''

==Geography==
[[Image:Mission-hills-ks-map.gif|thumb|Detailed map of Mission Hills]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|2.02|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/20110220065340/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=2011-02-20}}</ref> However, Brush Creek flows through the northern section of the city.

The northern half of Mission Hills, north of 63rd Street, is informally called "old Mission Hills" and is dominated by opulent houses on large lots. There are two private [[country club]]s in this section: the Mission Hills Country Club and the [[Kansas City Country Club]].  The southern half, consisting of developments Belinder Hills, Indian Hills and Sagamore Hills, contains affluent [[upper middle class]] residences and the private Indian Hills Country Club.

==Demographics==
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|1990= 3446
|2000= 3593
|2010= 3498
|2020= 3594
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According to Forbes Magazine, Mission Hills ranks as the third wealthiest municipality in the country.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/2011/01/18/americas-most-affluent-communities-business-beltway_slide_4.html | work=Forbes | title=Slide Show: America's Most Affluent Neighborhoods}}</ref> Mission Hills has the highest median household income of any city in Kansas with a population over 1,000, as well as one of the highest median incomes for any city in the United States.

===2020 census===
The [[2020 United States census]] counted 3,594 people, 1,241 households, and 1,094 families in Mission Hills.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: HOUSEHOLD TYPE |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Mission%20Hills%20city,%20Kansas%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><ref name=:0 /> The population density was 1,764.4 per square mile (681.2/km{{sup|2}}). There were 1,307 housing units at an average density of 641.6 per square mile (247.7/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=Mission%20Hills%20city,%20Kansas%20dp1 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |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 racial makeup was 91.04% (3,272) [[White (U.S. Census)|white]] or [[European American]] (90.04% [[Non-Hispanic White|non-Hispanic white]]), 0.14% (5) [[African American (U.S. Census)|black]] or [[African American|African-American]], 0.08% (3) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]], 3.14% (113) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% (1) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]], 0.39% (14) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 5.18% (186) 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=Mission%20Hills%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 2.67% (96) 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=Mission%20Hills%20city,%20Kansas%20p2&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

Of the 1,241 households, 39.9% had children under the age of 18; 82.0% were married couples living together; 11.1% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. 10.9% of households consisted of individuals and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.<ref name=:0 /> The average household size was 2.7 and the average family size was 3.0.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1101: HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1101?q=Mission%20Hills%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 64.6% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1501: EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1501?q=Mission%20Hills%20city,%20Kansas%20s1501%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

26.3% of the population was under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 15.9% from 25 to 44, 28.9% from 45 to 64, and 21.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.8 males.<ref name=:0 /> For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 102.7 males.<ref name=:0 />

The 2016-2020 5-year [[American Community Survey]] estimates show that the median household income was $250,000+ and the median family income was $250,000+.<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=Mission%20Hills%20city,%20Kansas%20s1903%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> Males had a median income of $202,292 (+/- $76,309) versus $47,102 (+/- $25,093) for females. The median income for those above 16 years old was $113,913 (+/- $25,942).<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=Mission%20Hills%20city,%20Kansas%20s2001%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> Approximately, 0.0% of families and 0.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 0.0% of those under the age of 18 and 0.0% of those ages 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=Mission%20Hills%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=Mission%20Hills%20city,%20Kansas%20s1702&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

===2010 census===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] there were 3,498 people in 1,253 households, including 1,066 families, in the city. The population density was {{convert|1731.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 1,326 housing units at an average density of {{convert|656.4|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2010 census|racial makup]] of the city was 96.8% White, 0.2% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.5% Asian, 0.2% from other races, and 1.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.8%.<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>

Of the 1,253 households 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 79.7% were married couples living together, 3.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 1.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 14.9% were non-families. 12.9% of households were one person and 8% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.07.

The median age was 47.1 years. 28.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 14.3% were from 25 to 44; 35% were from 45 to 64; and 18.1% were 65 or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.6% male and 51.4% female.

===2000 census===
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 3,593 people in 1,284 households, including 1,104 families, in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,782.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,318 housing units at an average density of {{convert|653.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makup]] of the city was 98.22% White, 0.08% African American, 0.03% Native American, 0.86% Asian, 0.17% from other races, and 0.64% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.09%.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> 25.2% were of [[English Americans|English]], 21.4% [[German Americans|German]], 13.4% [[Irish Americans|Irish]] and 7.1% [[American ancestry]] according to [[Census 2000]].

Of the 1,284 households 38.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 81.2% were married couples living together, 3.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.0% were non-families. 12.5% of households were one person and 7.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.06.

The age distribution was 29.6% under the age of 18, 3.1% from 18 to 24, 18.1% from 25 to 44, 32.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.8% 65 or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.9 males.

The median household income was $188,821 and the median family income was $200,000. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $62,440 for females. The per capita income for the city was $95,405. About 1.4% of families and 1.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 0.8% of those under age 18 and 1.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
[[Image:Mission Hills Home.JPG|thumb|Typical residence in Mission Hills, Kansas, 2008]]
[[Image:Verona-columns.jpg|thumb|Verona Columns, 2009]]
Mission Hills is in the [[Shawnee Mission, Kansas|Shawnee Mission]] [[Shawnee Mission School District|public school district]].  Some families send their children to one of the many secular private schools in the city like [[the Pembroke Hill School]] and [[The Barstow School]] or to religiously affiliated schools such as [[Bishop Miege High School]] or [[Rockhurst High School]].

==Libraries==
The [[Johnson County Library]] serves the residents of Mission Hills.

==In the media==
Mission Hills is a setting for the [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]] television drama ''[[Switched at Birth (TV series)|Switched at Birth]]''.  The show is set in [[Kansas City, Missouri]], but the main characters live in Mission Hills.

Mission Hills was ranked number 3 on the Forbes list of America's most affluent neighborhoods.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/2011/01/18/americas-most-affluent-communities-business-beltway_slide_4.html|title=Slide Show: America's Most Affluent Neighborhoods|first=Nathan|last=Vardi|date=18 January 2011|website=Forbes.com|access-date=10 August 2017}}</ref>

==Notable people==
Notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Mission Hills include:
* [[Henry W. Bloch]] (1922-2019), Co-founder [[H&R Block]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Henry Bloch's obituary | work = Kansas City Star | url = https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article229591214.html| access-date = 2019-07-30}}</ref>
* [[Barbara Bollier]] (1958- ), Kansas state legislator<ref>{{cite web | title = Barbara Bollier's Biography | publisher = Vote Smart | url = http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/119434/barbara-bollier#.Vv7BY_krKXI | access-date = 2016-04-01}}</ref>
* [[George Brett (baseball)|George Brett]] (1953- ), [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]] third baseman<ref>{{cite web | last = Senter | first = Jay | title = Mission Hills' George Brett provided inspiration — and now a signed jersey — to pop star Lorde | publisher = Prairie Village Post | date = 2014-03-24 | url = http://pvpost.com/2014/03/24/mission-hills-george-brett-provided-inspiration-and-now-a-signed-jersey-to-pop-star-lorde-25977 | access-date = 2016-04-01}}</ref>
* [[Marcelo Claure]] (1970- ), telecommunications executive<ref>{{cite news | last = Davis | first = Mark | title = Marcelo's moment: Saving Sprint is biggest challenge of Claure's already impressive life | newspaper = The Kansas City Star | date = 2015-08-22 | url = http://www.kansascity.com/news/business/technology/article31927326.html | access-date = 2016-04-01}}</ref>
*[[David Dreier]] (1952- ), member of [[United States Congress|Congress]], chairman of the [[United States House Committee on Rules|House Rules Committee]], chairman of [[Tribune Publishing]]
* [[James Ellroy]] (1948- ), novelist<ref>{{cite web | last = Quinn | first = Patrick | title = James Ellroy: The 'Demon Dog' of Crime Writing | publisher = Crime Magazine | date = 2009-10-13 | url = http://www.crimemagazine.com/james-ellroy-%E2%80%98demon-dog%E2%80%99-crime-writing 
| access-date = 2016-04-01}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Frank]] (1965- ), historian, journalist<ref>{{cite web | last = Martin | first = David | title = Thomas Frank: Meat eater, proud Lancer | publisher = The Pitch | date = 2009-11-23 | url = http://www.pitch.com/FastPitch/archives/2009/11/23/thomas-frank-meat-eater-proud-lancer | access-date = 2016-04-01}}</ref>
* [[Matt Gogel]] (1971- ), pro golfer, sportscaster<ref>{{cite web | title = Matt Gogel | publisher = Golf Channel | url = http://www.golfchannel.com/about/bio/matt-gogel/ | access-date = 2016-04-01}}</ref>
* [[Donald J. Hall, Sr.]] (1929- ), greeting cards executive<ref>{{cite web | title = Founder J. C. Hall | publisher = Hallmark Cards | url = http://corporate.hallmark.com/Company/JC-Hall | access-date = 2016-04-01}}</ref>
* [[Kevin Harlan]] (1960- ), sportscaster<ref>{{cite web | title = Kevin Harlan | publisher = CBS News | url = http://www.cbsnews.com/news/kevin-harlan/ | access-date = 2016-04-01}}</ref>
* [[Ewing Kauffman]] (1916-1993), pharmaceutical entrepreneur<ref>{{cite news | last = Pace | first = Eric | title = Ewing M. Kauffman, 76, Owner Of Kansas City Baseball Team | newspaper = The New York Times | date = 1993-08-02 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/02/obituaries/ewing-m-kauffman-76-owner-of-kansas-city-baseball-team.html | access-date = 2016-04-01}}</ref>
* [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]] (1949- ), pro golfer<ref>{{cite web | title = Watson, Tom | publisher = Kansas Sports Hall of Fame | url = http://www.kshof.org/inductees/2-kansas-sports-hall-of-fame/inductees/265-watson-tom.html | access-date = 2016-04-01}}</ref>
* [[Carrie Westcott]] (1969- ), model, actress<ref>{{cite web | title = Carrie Westcott | website = IMDb | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922496/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm | access-date = 2016-04-01}}</ref>
* [[Cheryl Womack]] (1950- ), trucking entrepreneur, executive<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/551329/her_vision_embraces_the_world_after_succeeding_on_her_own/index.html|title=Her Vision Embraces the World: After Succeeding on Her Own, She Now Owns a Nonprofit That Honors Businesswomen Around the Globe|date=June 27, 2006|website=Redorbit.com|access-date=2017-08-10}}</ref>
* [[David Wysong]] (1949- ), Kansas state legislator<ref>{{cite web |title = David Wysong's Biography | publisher = Vote Smart | url = http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/34423/david-wysong#.Vv7AK_krKXI | access-date = 2016-04-01}}</ref>

==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|Mission Hills, Kansas}}
* [https://www.missionhillsks.gov/ City of Mission Hills]
* [https://www.lkm.org/members/?id=41260892 Mission Hills - Directory of Public Officials]
* [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/city-pdf/KansasCity.pdf Kansas City metro area map], KDOT

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