Leawood Kansas (KS) Buyers Agent

Leawood's creation was based on the dream of a better life It’s what drew the Native Americans who first lived and prospered here… the French and American explorers and settlers like Daniel Boone who followed… and the people living and working here today who have made it one of the region’s premier residential and business communities.

The modern-day roots of Leawood were set down by Oscar G. Lee, a retired police officer from Oklahoma. When Lee arrived in 1922, he brought with him a lifetime of dreams about his own future that he sought to make real on land he purchased between what are now 79th and 103rd Streets and State Line and Belinder Roads.   This purchase became the foundation of present-day Leawood. But the city Leawood would grow into was shaped in great part in 1948, following the establishment of a Kroh Brothers housing development.

From the start, Kroh Brothers and residents of what would become Leawood hoped and planned for a tightly knit community with the peacefulness of a small town and the amenities of a larger city. After World War II, returning veterans had a dream of giving their families a good home settled in close-knit neighborhoods near excellent schools. 

And the Kroh Brothers real estate firm was ready to help them make their dreams come true. It was responsible for the community’s first planning tools, its fire and police protection, street repair and many of the other components that would play important roles in building the community’s quality of life. This positioned Leawood to become the first subdivision development to incorporate as a city in Johnson County. 

And how the city has grown. From that first, single housing development, Leawood has grown into a city 14.7 square miles in size, nestled among the cities of Overland Park and Prairie Village, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. 

Leawood is one of the fastest growing cities in Kansas. Its population has more than doubled in 25 years to more than 30,000 residents and is expected to reach 40,000 within the next 10-15 years. To manage such growth, the city has a master development plan in place to ensure that it maintains its inviting mix of elegant and tree-lined neighborhoods and distinctive, well thought-out retail and commercial development.

Today, with picturesque parks and streets, highly rated schools and welcoming places of worship, Leawood is all that the founders envisioned: Through hard work and careful planning, contemporary Leawood has become – and will remain – a community of vision and sophistication committed to providing its residents and businesses the quality of life they seek.

Source:  Leawood: A Portrait in Time