Countryside, Kansas
| Countryside, Kansas | |
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| Neighborhood | |
 Location of Countryside, Kansas |
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| Coordinates: 39°0′58″N 94°39′19″W / 39.01611°N 94.65528°WCoordinates: 39°0′58″N 94°39′19″W / 39.01611°N 94.65528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Johnson |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
| • Land | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 295 |
| • Density | 2,449.9/sq mi (945.9/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 66202 |
| Area code(s) | 913 |
| FIPS code | 20-15975 |
Countryside was a half-mile-wide residential area in Johnson County, Kansas, USA, which was incorporated by its residents as a city in 1951 under Kansas Law, as a status statement. In a special election on December 3, 2002, residents voted to re-consolidate with the surrounding city of Mission, Kansas, in which the houses and street had originally been built beginning in 1937. Countryside, as a separate governmental entity, ceased to exist on January 15, 2003, although the neighborhood retains the name informally.
As a city, Countryside consisted of 133 houses of middle to upper-class value situated with Lamar Avenue on the west, West 61st Street on the north, Nall Avenue on the east and Shawnee Mission Parkway on the south. The south side of West 62nd Terrace was kept undeveloped, consisting of a strip of well-kept grass and trees opening, on its far side, onto a view of West 63rd Street, wrhich had become a divided four-lane major artery, also running in an east-west direction, through Johnson County in 1960. In 1983, the W 63rd Street, Rock Creek Pkwy, Johnson Drive (US 56 & 169) cooridor was renamed Shawnee Mission Parkway to reduce confusion about the three names and multiple numbers the road carried. Countryside is three blocks wide by four blocks in length. (had all the north-south streets cut through.)
Countryside was entirely dependent, by contract, on Mission, Kansas for fire and police services, and had no commercial or governmental or other non-residential buildings within its boundaries. It drew its property regulations from the Countryside Homes Association, which regulated the larger Mission residential neighborhood from which Countryside had separated.
Countryside is located at 39°0′58″N 94°39′19″W / 39.01611°N 94.65528°W (39.015985, -94.655297).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total area of 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²), all land.
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