Blue Summit is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...

(CDP) lodged between Kansas City and

Independence Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the statu ...

in Jackson County,

Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

, United States. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is located in the Independence School District, and is zoned to Korte Elementary, Nowlin Middle School, and Van Horn High School. It was previously in the

Kansas City, Missouri School District Kansas City 33 School District, operating as Kansas City Public Schools or KCPS (formerly Kansas City, Missouri School District, or KCMSD), is a school district headquartered at 2901 Troost Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. The di ...

, where it was zoned to West Rock Creek Elementary School, Nowlin Middle School, and Van Horn High School.2007-2008 Boundaries
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. Retrieved on December 30, 2008. The community is served by

Missouri Route 78 Route 78 is a highway in the Kansas City, Missouri area. Its eastern terminus is at Route 7 east of Independence; its western terminus is at Interstate 435 Interstate 435 (I-435) is an Interstate Highway beltway that encircles much of ...

, Missouri Route 12 &

Interstate 435 Interstate 435 (I-435) is an Interstate Highway beltway that encircles much of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the states of Kansas and Missouri in the United States. Route description I-435, a loop route of I-35, is long and i ...

Demographics

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Unincorporated communities in Jackson County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri Census-designated places in Jackson County, Missouri Census-designated places in Missouri {{JacksonCountyMO-geo-stub