Facts About Lenexa
-
Lenexa is a city situated in Johnson County in the Kansas City metro area.
-
Lenexa was known as the Spinach Capital of the World in the 1930s as it celebrated the Spinach Festival every September.
-
Lenexa is derived from the name of Shawnee Chief Thomas Blackhoof’s wife, who was variously recorded on census records as Na-Nex-Se and Len-Ag-See. By 1870 Na-Nex-Se was no longer listed on any Johnson County census and is presumed to have died by that date.
-
Legend states that the town was first proposed to be named ‘Bradshaw’, but he modestly refused and the name “Lenexa,” a derivation of the name Na-Nex-Se, was adopted.
-
Lenexa is the birthplace of Garmin and the regional headquarters of Kiewit Construction.
-
Lenexa is located at 38°57′53″N 94°45′34″W (38.964689, -94.759535).
-
Lenexa was founded in 1869, Lenexa is a well-planned community located about 12 miles south of Kansas City, Mo.
-
The city has a total area of 34.45 square miles, of which, 34.10 square miles is land and 0.35 square miles is water.
-
Lenexa is the principal city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area and the 9th most populated city of Kansas. The estimated population of Lenexa is 57,434, as of 2020.
-
Each June the Lenexa hosts “The Great Lenexa Barbecue Battle”, also the Kansas State Championship.
Learn more about the capital city of Kansas
