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The city of Olathe was incorporated in 1857 and is the County Seat of Johnson County, KS. In the Shawnee Native American Language it means "beautiful". It is situated twenty miles southwest of downtown Kansas City, along the historic Oregon-California and Santa Fe Trails. Olathe is easily accessed via Interstate I-35.
Olathe has 35 elementary schools, 9 middle schools, and 5 senior high schools. JCCC Olathe Health Education Center, Kansas School for the Deaf, K-State Olathe, and MidAmerica Nazarene University.
39 neighborhood and community parks, 1,367 total acres of park land, 47 miles of public trails, and 25 miles of bike lanes, and Heritage Park golf course and disc golf course!