Western Missouri Forestry

About forestry service, 65335, Ionia, MO, US, Missouri

Lee's Summit is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri and a suburb of the Kansas City metropolitan area. It resides in Jackson County (predominantly) as well as Cass County. As of the 2020 census, its population was 101,108, making it the sixth most populous city in both Missouri and the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is the most populous city in the state that is not also a county seat. In 1865, the town was incorporated as Strother until three years later when it was renamed to Lee's Summit. The city was likely named in honor of Dr. Pleasant John Graves Lea, a prominent local citizen killed during the Civil War. Lee's Summit began as an agricultural community and persisted as such until the mid-twentieth century. Upon the conclusion of World War II, the city began to rapidly suburbanize and grow in population, transitioning into a commuter suburb of Kansas City. Lee's Summit developed a well-funded public school district during this period of growth.