Westwood Hills, Kansas

About Westwood Hills

Westwood Hills is a tiny community in northeastern Kansas with an estimated population of 395.

Westwood Hills holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.06 square miles, giving it a compact, walkable footprint at roughly 6,583 residents per square mile.

📰 Westwood Hills News Today

• Woman sentenced for setting coworker’s home on fire in Westwood FOX4KC.com · Feb 11
• Cities with the most expensive homes in the Kansas City metro area Stacker · Jul 21
• Gallagher claims founder of new area insurance agency stole trade secrets The Business Journals · Mar 2
• Edward Glion "Tig" Curtis III Legacy obituary · Mar 27
• Woman pleads guilty to setting former coworker’s home on fire in Westwood FOX4KC.com · Oct 15

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Westwood Hills Unique

• The only place in America named Westwood Hills — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.06 sq mi.
• Positioned in northeastern Kansas, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 2 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Westwood Hills

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Westwood Hills

• 1888 Coffee House — breakfast (café)
• Anchor Island Coffee — bagel (café)
• Banksia — sandwich
• Brewer's Kitchen — american
• Brick House
• Broadway Cafe — coffee shop (café)
• Bruú Café — bubble tea (café)
• Burnt End BBQ — barbecue
• Cafe Corazon — coffee shop (café)
• Char Bar — barbecue

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art · Museum
• Money Museum · Museum
• Museum of BBQ · Museum
• National WWI Museum and Memorial · Museum
• Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art · Museum
• Sea Life Aquarium Kansas City · Zoo
• Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site · Museum
• Buttonwood Artspace And Framing · Art gallery
• H&R Block Artspace at KCAI · Art gallery
• Hallmark Visitors Center · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Westwood Hills

• Gillham Park reviews ★
• Linda Hall Library Arboretum reviews ★
• Manheim Gardens · Garden reviews ★
• Manheim Green Park reviews ★
• Neighborhood Park at 35th & Wabash reviews ★
• Pioneer Park reviews ★
• Sheila Kemper Dietrich Park reviews ★
• 3625 Park reviews ★
• Blue Hills Park reviews ★
• Brush Creek Parkway reviews ★
• Cancer Survivors Park reviews ★
• Children's Center Campus Sensory Garden reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Westwood Hills

🏘️ Nearby Communities