Blue Springs, Missouri Blue Springs, Missouri Location of Blue Springs, Missouri Location of Blue Springs, Missouri Blue Springs is a town/city located in the U.S.
Blue Springs is positioned nineteen miles east of downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
Blue Springs is the 8th biggest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.
As of the 2010 United States Enumeration the populace was 52,575, tying it for 10th biggest city in the state of Missouri with St.
In 2010, CNN/Money Magazine ranked Blue Springs 49th on its list of the 100 Best Places to Live in the United States. 1.1 Past Mayors of Blue Springs Blue Springs' history is tied to the migration of pioneer on their westward journey.
Pioneers found the region to be an ideal stopover due to the abundance of cool, polluting from a spring of the Little Blue River - hence the name Blue Springs.
The existence of water and a need for pioneer supplies led to the assembly of a grist foundry and permanent settlement at the current site of the City's Burrus Old Mill Park, on Woods Chapel Road.
The Jackson County Court granted the incorporation of Blue Springs on September 7, 1880, making the City the fourth settlement in the county.
An early settler, Franklin Smith, appeared in Blue Springs from Virginia in 1838 and became a dominant figure in the community's development.
He established the first postal service in 1845, naming it after the well-known springs.
The settlement continued to expanded near the springs until 1878, when the Chicago and Alton Railroad announced plans to build a station about one mile east of the initial settlement.
To take favor of the commerce the barns would bring, the town moved its center to the site of the new station and continued its evolution as a non-urban trading center. The Chicago & Alton Hotel assembled in 1878, positioned on Main Street west of the barns tracks is the earliest company in the City of Blue Springs.
Historical attractions near or in Blue Springs include: Missouri Town 1855, Fort Osage National Historic Landmark, Dillingham-Lewis House Museum, Chicago & Alton Hotel Museum, and the Lone Jack Civil War Museum.
Until 1965, the Blue Springs City Hall was positioned in a very small block building under the old water fortress on the northwest corner of 11th and Walnut Streets.
City Hall and the water fortress were torn down not long after vacating the buildings.
From 1965 to 1968, the second City Hall was a metal building positioned in the 200 block of 11th Street, athwart the street from the former Blue Springs Post Office.
Main Street as the Blue Springs Municipal Building.
The Blue Springs Municipal Building held the Blue Springs Police Department in the lower level and town/city hall functions on the chief level until 1988, when the Police Department moved to a new police station at 1100 SW Smith Street.
The Municipal Building was remodeled in 1989 and was retitled the Blue Springs City Hall.
The June 1911 copy of Technical World periodical presented an article claiming that Blue Springs "boasts of possessing the world's champion marble players," and presented a picture of a competition.
On May 24, 2012, Chris Oberholtz & Dave Jordan of KCTV5 reported that a several residents had seen strange lights in the evening sky above Blue Springs.
Past Mayors of Blue Springs Webb (Deceased) propel 1st Mayor of Blue Springs Blue Springs is positioned at 39 1 4 N 94 16 28 W (39.017778, -94.274444). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 22.35 square miles (57.89 km2), of which, 22.27 square miles (57.68 km2) is territory and 0.08 square miles (0.21 km2) is water. The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 87.6% White, 6.2% African American, 0.5% Native American, 1.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 1.3% from other competitions, and 3.1% from two or more competitions.
As of the census of 2000, there were 48,080 citizens , 17,286 homeholds, and 13,362 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 93.18% White, 2.93% African American, 0.43% Native American, 0.97% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 0.83% from other competitions, and 1.55% from two or more competitions.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 29.5% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 7.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
1 Blue Springs School District 1,998 Mary's Hospital of Blue Springs 545 7 City of Blue Springs 289 The City of Blue Springs has a Mayor-Council-Administrator form of government as set forth in the Home Rule City Charter.
The City Council is the governing body of the City, propel by the public.
The City of Blue Springs employs a workforce of more than 285 employees who serve the City and its inhabitants under the leadership and direction of the City Administrator.
The City Administrator is appointed by the City Council and is responsible for the implementation of policies and decisions made by the Mayor and City Council.
The propel governing body for the City of Blue Springs is composed of a Mayor and six Councilpersons.
The current propel officials (as of March 7, 2012) are: Mayor Carson Ross, District 1 Councilman Dale Carter, District 1 Councilman Jeff Quibell, District 2 Councilman Chris Lievsay, District 2 Councilman Kent Edmondson, District 3 Councilman Susan Culpepper, District 3 Councilman Ron Fowler.
Blue Springs has a Municipal Police Department.
The Blue Springs School District has a department of enhance safety.
There are two Fire Districts providing enhance safety services to resident's Blue Springs.
Blue Springs Law Enforcement duties are performed by the Blue Springs Police Department.
Was formed by the City of Blue Springs in 1966 and started with just three employees.
Fire and ambulance service for most of Blue Springs is performed by Central Jackson County Fire Protection District(CJCFPD).
It is 1 of only 4 agencies in the state of Missouri to be accredited. CJCFPD has 5 fire stations that serve the community.
Fire and ambulance service for the very southern portion of Blue Springs, roughly south of Liggett Road, is served by Prairie Township Fire Protection District (PTFD) which was established in 1954 and has 1 fire station to serve the improve positioned in unincorporated Jackson County at 11010 Milton Thompson Road.
The Blue Springs School District Department of Public Safety (BSSD DPS) has 14 commissioned officers and an administrative assistant which serves as the departments dispatcher, records keeper, and enhance face of the department to the customers.
BSSD DPS is positioned at the Paul Consiglio Education Center at 1501 NW Jefferson Street in Blue Springs.
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, KCATA provides enhance bus services to Blue Springs.
I-70.svg Interstate 70 - Major east/west interstate highway, connecting Blue Springs to Kansas City, Columbia, and St.
US 40.svg US 40 -Connects Kansas City to Independence and then enters Blue Springs at Bolin Road to the west, then east of Adams Dairy Parkway enters Grain Valley.
24 Hwy with Blue Springs by first traveling through Independence entering Blue springs at Pink Hill Road and is the chief north/south Highway through Blue Springs, leaving Blue Springs at Colbern Road and entering Lake Lotawana then Pleasant Hill and Harrisonville.
Adams Dairy Parkway is an meaningful trafficway that runs from the northern portion of the Blue Springs to the southern portion of Blue Springs.
Fleming Park is home to Blue Springs Lake and Lake Jacomo.
Blue Springs also has 22 town/city parks which offer a vast array of recreational activities.
Blue Springs Park Northeast Park Site, Valley View Park, Stone Creek Park, and Rosco Righter Park.
Blue Springs City owned or ran recreational facilities are: Blue Springs Family YMCA Also known as the Blue Springs Examiner.
The Blue Springs Journal (No longer presented.) Blue Springs is served by three enhance schools districts and three private schools.
Blue Springs R-IV School District, has two high schools, which are Blue Springs High School and Blue Springs South High School, as well as a Freshmen Center.
Lee's Summit R-VII School District, has three high schools, but the only one that serves Blue Springs and it is Lee's Summit North High School.
Grain Valley R-V School District, has one high school, which is Grain Valley High School.
Blue Springs experiences a colder variation of a four-season humid subtropical climate (Koppen climate classification Cfa) with mild days and cold evenings amid the winter, and hot days and muggy evenings amid the summer.
Climate data for Blue Springs, MO Blue Springs is served by the following utilities: Water & Sewer Service-City of Blue Springs Missouri supplies most of water to Blue Springs and sewage service to the entire city.
Water Service Only-Jackson County Public Water Supply District #13 is the supplier of water for the southernmost portion of Blue Springs.
Mid-Continent Public Library operates two library chapters in Blue Springs, Missouri.
Blue Springs High School and Rockhurst University graduate. Record holder at Blue Springs High School (class of 1981), for scoring the most points in a game (54) and having the most rebounds in a game (28).
Nick Tepesch, Blue Springs High School graduate and starting pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization Doug Terry, former Kansas City Chiefs and University of Kansas football player "Demolition begins on Blue Springs water tower".
City of Blue Springs, MO.
"Blue Springs 2015 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report" (PDF).
"Average Weather for Blue Springs, MO - Temperature and Precipitation".
Geographic data related to Blue Springs, Missouri at Open - Street - Map City of Blue Springs Official City Website Blue Springs Economic Development Corporation Blue Springs Historical Society Blue Springs R-IV School District Historic maps of Blue Springs in the Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection at the University of Missouri Municipalities and communities of Jackson County, Missouri, United States Kansas City urbane area's metros/cities and counties
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