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Platte County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 106,718. Its county seat is Platte City. [1] The county was organized December 31, 1838, [2] from the Platte Purchase, [3] named for the Platte River.
1949 to 1966. In 1956, the United States, Canada, and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at 6 inches (15 cm) in height by 12 inches (30 cm) in width, with standardized mounting ...
FIPS code. 29-58178 [3] GNIS feature ID. 2396226 [2] Website. Platte City. Platte City is a city in and the county seat of Platte County, Missouri within the United States. [4] The population was 4,784 at the 2020 census. The city is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area .
Platte County commissioners are weighing a proposal that would triple the size of the Platte County Detention Center. The detention center’s last major expansion, in 1998, added 150 beds. The ...
Red Crown Tourist Court. Coordinates: 39.3123659°N 94.6825828°W. The Red Crown Tavern and Red Crown Tourist Court in Platte County, Missouri was the site of the July 20, 1933 gun battle between lawmen and outlaws Bonnie and Clyde and three members of their gang. The outlaws made their escape, and were tracked down and cornered four days later ...
Location of Platte County in Missouri. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Platte County, Missouri, USA. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Platte County, Missouri, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
The Platte Purchase was a land acquisition in 1836 by the United States government from American Indian tribes of the region. It comprised lands along the east bank of the Missouri River and added 3,149 square miles (8,156 km 2) to the northwest corner of the state of Missouri . This expansion of the slave state of Missouri was in violation of ...
Platte County Courthouse (Missouri) / 39.37083°N 94.77972°W / 39.37083; -94.77972. Platte County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Platte City, Platte County, Missouri. It was built in 1866–1867, and is a two-story, cruciform plan, red brick building on a limestone foundation. It has a low pitched cross-gable roof.