Bonner Springs, Kansas

Johnson County Leavenworth County Wyandotte County

20-07975

Bonner Springs is a place, which is to share in Johnson County, Leavenworth County and Wyandotte County in the U.S. state of Kansas.

Geography

Bonner Springs is located at 39 ° 4'0 " north latitude and 94 ° 52'45 " west longitude and is drained by the Kansas River. At a distance of about 15 kilometers to the east includes the city of Kansas City. Through the village leads to Interstate 70 highway.

History

The first small trading post, a Trading Post, was founded in 1812 under the name Four House and later renamed Tiblow. After further development of the area the place in 1885, the name " Bonner Springs " given. By 1898, 33 buildings were already built. Shortly thereafter, an opera house was opened with a capacity of 600 seats. A local fire department was established, and the place grew in the 1920s and 1930s because of the industrialization of the region steadily.

In years of unusually heavy rainfall of the Missouri River and the Kansas River to swell greatly. This can lead to significant damage from flooding in the town. Particularly heavy floods occurred in 1903, 1951 and 1993.

Today is located in Bonner Springs, the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame, and the Wyandotte County Museum and Historical Society and the Sandstone Amphitheater, a popular concert venue. The city also organizes every year in the fall, the Kansas City Renaissance Festival, a highly frequented public festival.

Demographic data

In 2009 a population of 7248 was determined, which represents an increase of 7.1 % over the year 2000. The average age in 2009 was 34.3 years.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Myra Taylor (1917-2011), American jazz singer