Westwood Hills, Kansas

Westwood Hills, Kansas is a city of 400 people (2020 census) on only 0.07 square miles in northeast Johnson County — the densest city in the Kansas City metro by some census comparisons (about 6,240 people per square mile).¹ Developer J. C. Nichols platted the subdivision and began construction in 1922; the city borders Kansas City, Missouri, and sits next to the larger city of Westwood.¹

Overview

County	Johnson County, Kansas
Population (2020)	4001
Area	0.07 sq mi (all land)1
Origin	J. C. Nichols subdivision, 19221
Historic status	Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013 (citywide / district framing per secondary summary)1

In 1973, voters in neighboring Westwood declined a merger with Westwood Hills; the two remain separate municipalities.²

Sources

See also

• westwood-ks
• jc-nichols
• the-nichols-company
• johnson-county-ks
• Wiki

Footnotes

1. Wikipedia — “Westwood Hills, Kansas.” — asserts: 2020 pop. 400; densest-city claim; 0.07 sq mi; Nichols plat/construction 1922; borders KCMO; NRHP 2013. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶

2. Wikipedia — “Westwood, Kansas” (1973 merger vote) — asserts: 1973 vote declined consolidation with Westwood Hills. ↩