Raymore, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Raymore Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64083. The Survey maps it on the Raymore quadrangle. 22,941 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,093 feet above sea level.
On record in Raymore
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Watkins Family Farm Historic Districtlisted 2007
Population over time
2 figuresRaymore grew from 19,206 to 22,941 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 19,206 | |
| 2020 | 22,941 | +3,735 (+19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1887 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Raymore quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Raymore quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
370 words on this townshipHistory of Cass County, Missouri, published 1917 names this settlement in its chapter on Raymore Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Raymore has a bank, the capital stock of which is not for sale, well managed, safe and sound. Good church edifices, well attended, high class of schools, low taxes and a happy people. Why shouldn't they be? Here are great investments. The purchaser will have to pay well for such. These intelligent people know the value of what they have.
Passage source: History of Cass County, Missouri, published 1917.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
2 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Raymore in 1995, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Raymore: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lees Summit Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
52 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Raymore in 52 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 27 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | $25,000 | Outbuilding destroyed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | $10,000 | Severe thunderstorms produced damaging winds, with trees and power lines downed around the junction of Route J and Route 195. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | $5,000 | At the intersection of 195th Street and School Road, several power poles were reported to be leaning. One wooden power pole was split. Several outbuildings and one barn were reported destroyed or blown down. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | $3,000 | Large tree down on car. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged several barns and downed numerous trees, at the intersection of Hwy 58 and Prairie Road. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | - | Downed wires and power outages near Monroe Street in Raymore. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | - | Large tree downed at residence in Raymore. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | - | Tree down at Foxwood Dr and Park Dr in Raymore. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | - | Large oak tree limb snapped on the west side of Raintree Lake. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | - | Tree down near Lucy Webb Rd and Silvertop Ln in Raymore. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | - | Downed power wires were reported in Raymore. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | - | Downed tree blocking a road in Raymore. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Raymore | - | Quarter sized hail reported near Lowe's in Raymore. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Raymore | - | Quarter sized hail in Raymore. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Raymore | - | Golf ball sized hail reported in Raymore. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Raymore | - | Quarter sized hail in Raymore. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Raymore | - | One inch hail fell on the east side of Raymore. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | - | NWS Employee reported 60 mph wind. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | - | NWS Employee reported 60 mph wind gusts. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | - | A trained spotter reported 60 mph winds. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | - | NWS Employee reported a 60 mph wind gust. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | - | Several small tree limbs were down. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | - | A 60 mph wind gust was reported near Raymore. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | - | A NWS Employee reported a 60 mph wind gust near Raymore. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | - | A trained spotter on the southside of Raymore reported a 65 mph wind gust. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | - | A tree was uprooted and fell on to a garage. |
| May 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Raymore | - | A brief EF0 tornado touchdown was observed at 1717CST, in an open field near 195th Street and Old School Road. The tornado barely moved east and lifted at 1718CST. No damage was observed. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | - | Thunderstorm winds were estimated to 60 mph. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | - | Ham radio observer reported one inch hail and wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymore | - | Power outages reported throughout Raymore. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Raymore | - | Dime-size hail was covering the ground at Raymore. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Raymore | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Raymore | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Raymore | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Raymore | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Raymore | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Raymore | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Raymore | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Raymore | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Raymore | - | no account filed |
| February 2011 | Hail | Raymore | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Raymore | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Raymore | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Hail | Raymore | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Raymore | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Raymore | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Raymore | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Raymore | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Raymore | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Raymore | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Raymore | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Raymore | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrelson | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Olson Acres | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Belton | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Coleman | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Riverview Estates | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Lake Winnebago | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Peculiar | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Old Peculiar | 5.7 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Raymore | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q955130 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 725135. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









