The Kansas City metropolitan area lies in 7 Counties and 2 states.
This area is situated at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers (Kaw Point);
which, straddle the state border between Missouri and Kansas.
Old newspapers list it as either Kansas City, Missouri or Kansas City, Kansas.
Figuring out the state is the easy part.
The County the data belongs to is the problem.

Kansas City, Missouri includes 4 counties: Cass, Clay, Jackson and Platte.
Kansas City, Kansas includes two counties: Johnson and Wyandotte.

Kansas City was first named West Point. On Dec. 2, 1897 West Point was annexed by Kansas City, Missouri.
According to the 1855 Harper's Statistical Gazetteer of the World:
West Point, Jackson County, Missouri
158 W. N. W. Jefferson City 1,084 W
Situated on the West line of the State about 6 miles south of the Missouri River.
It contains about 300 inhabitants.

Links to all the Counties that Kansas City lies within.

Cass County, Missouri

Clay County, Missouri

*Jackson County, Missouri *

Platte County, Missouri

Johnson County, Kansas

Wyandotte County, Kansas

~ Kansas City, Missouri ~
Is the largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.

~ Kansas City, Kansas ~
Is the 3rd largest city in the State of Kansas.
 

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