Blue Springs is a city located in the U.S. state of Missouri within Jackson County. Blue Springs is located 19 miles (31 km) east of downtown Kansas City and is the 9th largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,604 making Blue Springs the 10th largest city in the disclose of Missouri. Per the United States Census of estimates from July 2021 the population of Blue Springs is 59,430.

Blue Springs’ history is tied to the migration of settlers on their westward journey. Pioneers found the Place to be an ideal stopover due to the abundance of cool, clean water from a spring of the Little Blue River—hence the post Blue Springs. The presence of water and a compulsion for trailblazer supplies led to the construction of a grist mill and remaining settlement at the current site of the City’s Burrus Old Mill Park on Woods Chapel Road.

An in advance settler, Franklin Smith, arrived in Blue Springs from Virginia in 1838 and became a leading figure in the community’s development. He established the first post office in 1845, naming it after the Famous springs.

The pact continued to grow close the springs until March 1878, when the Chicago and Alton Railroad announced plans to construct a station just about one mile east of the native settlement. To accept advantage of the commerce the railroad would bring, the town moved its middle to the site of the supplementary station and continued its increase as a rural trading center. The Jackson County Court established the incorpation of Blue Springs upon September 7, 1880, making the City the fourth settlement in the county to be incorporated. The Chicago & Alton Hotel built in 1878, located on Main Street west of the railroad tracks is the oldest matter in the City of Blue Springs.