Shawnee Mission, Kansas
Shawnee Mission, Kansas is a name created by the
United States Postal Service
to describe an area of
Johnson County, Kansas
that contains numerous towns. The following towns are included in this area.
Countryside
Fairway
Lake Quivira
Leawood
Lenexa
Merriam
Mission
Mission Hills
Mission Woods
Overland Park
Prairie Village
Roeland Park
Shawnee
Stanley
Westwood
Westwood Hills
The name Shawnee Mission derives from the
Shawnee Methodist Mission
, a mission to the
Shawnee
tribe, founded in
1830
in present-day
Wyandotte County, Kansas
by the
Methodist
church. The mission was moved to what is now
Johnson County
in
1839
. The county was named for Rev.
Thomas Johnson
, the first missionary sent by the church. The
Shawnee Mission School District
encompasses most of the area. Shawnee Mission is part of the
Kansas City Metropolitan Area
.
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