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Platte County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- December 31, 1838
- Named after
- Platte River or Platte Purchase
- Seat
- Platte City
- Largest city
- Kansas City
- Total
- 427 sq mi (1,110 km )
- Land
- 420 sq mi (1,100 km )
- Water
- 6.6 sq mi (17 km ) 1.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 114,400
- Density
- 250/sq mi (98/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- www .co .platte .mo .us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Platte County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 106,718. Its county seat is Platte City. The county was organized December 31, 1838, from the Platte Purchase, named for the Platte River. (Platte is derived from the French word for a low, shallow, or intermittent stream.) The Kansas City International Airport is located in the county, approximately one mile west of Interstate 29 between mile markers 12 and 15. The land for the airport was originally in an unincorporated portion of Platte County before being annexed by Platte City, and eventually Kansas City.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Platte County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.