ATDTDA (17): Olathe (471.10)

[Tim Strzechowski]

"I had this dream about running away with the carnival," Mayva had told Frank in the lamplight one evening, both just keeping easy company.  "Since the summer I was twelve and went to one down on Olathe" (p. 471).


Olathe is a city located in the northeast part of the U.S. state of Kansas. It is the county seat of Johnson County and the fifth most populous city in the state. As a suburb of Kansas City, it is the fifth largest city included in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. It is bordered by the cities of Lenexa to the north and Overland Park to the east and Gardner to the south-west.

In 2005 the city had an estimated population of 111,334. It is not only one of the state's fastest growing cities in terms of population for its size, but indeed one of the fastest growing in the nation. A 2005 article in the magazine Midwest Living named Olathe to be the second most livable city with a population larger than 100,000 in the Midwest.

In 2006 CNN/Money and Money magazine ranked Olathe 13th on its list of the 100 Best Cities to Live in the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olathe,_Kansas

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