Olathe is the county seat of Johnson County, Kansas, and a suburb of Kansas City. Founded in 1857, the city has experienced strong growth in the past two decades, and its population was estimated at about 111,000 in 2005, nearly double the population just 15 years earlier. [1] The city is home to Kansas State School for the Deaf, and Interstate 35 runs through it.
Olathe was once the home to George Washington Carver.