A suburb of the greater Kansas City metropolitan area, Overland Park was incorporated as a first-class city May 20, 1960 with a population of 28,085. Since then, the nationally recognized city has grown to more than 187,000 residents, making it the second most populous city in Kansas and metropolitan Kansas City. Overland Park has been named to numerous lists of "best cities," including the best cities to live, best best cities to find a job, best place to raise children, best city in which to retire, and best suburbs for millennials, among others. Please review the City of Overland Park's community guidelines for social media at opkansas.org/social.