Leawood /ˈliË wÊŠd/ is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United
States, and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2010
census, the city population was 31,867.Leawood was named for Oscar G.
Lee, an original owner of the town site.Leawood was named for Oscar G.
Lee, an original owner of the town site.After the 1803 Louisiana
Purchase, the area east of present-day Leawood opened for settlement.
The Santa Fe Trail which ran through the area also contributed to the
development of the area. The Border Ruffian War (1855-1857), part of a
larger conflict known as Bleeding Kansas, damaged the local economy as
pro-slavery activists from the slave state of Missouri attacked
settlers, traders, and those traveling along the Santa Fe Trail.
Conditions improved with the founding of Oxford, Kansas, the
predecessor of Leawood. The township was destroyed by the American
Civil War, and there was little left by 1865.Modern Leawood was
established in the 1920s, after Oscar G. Lee, a retired police chief
from Oklahoma, moved to Johnson County. He supervised the construction
of Lee Boulevard for public use. Leawood, Kansas Top Movies & Young Movies