Bonner Springs is a city in Wyandotte, Leavenworth, and Johnson counties, Kansas, United States.

[5]: 321  Bonner Springs is home to the Azura Amphitheater (previously named the Sandstone Amphitheater), the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame, Wyandotte County Historical Museum, and the annual Kansas City Renaissance Festival.

Spanish explorer Francisco Vázquez de Coronado spent the winter of 1541-1542 at what is now the area of Bonner Springs.

The diary of Father Juan Padilla records that the expedition reached the 40th degree (Kansas northern border) and came to a great river (the Missouri).

An inscription found on a stone near Atchison has been translated as, "Thus far came Francisco de Coronado, General of an Expedition."

The explorers traveled downstream to the mouth of another great river, the Kansas, and preceded upstream 16 leagues to camp in what is now Bonner Springs before returning to Mexico.

[5] The Kanza people had settled the area because of the mineral springs and abundant fish and game when, in 1812, two French fur traders, the Chouteau brothers, made their way from St. Louis and temporally settled in the area that would eventually become Bonner Springs, starting a trading post named "Four Houses".

[6] The location allowed easy access to trade items, and a ferry to cross the Kansas River was added.

As the owner of a vast majority of land that is now Bonner Springs, McDaniel named the town "Tiblow", after his friend Henry.

The Bonner Springs Improvement Club, in 1907, created a promotional brochure touting the city as the "Kansas Karlsbad" and listing the contents of five springs near Lake of the Woods: Big Chief, Little Chief, Papoose, Old Squaw and Minnehaha.

They listed "grains per gallon" of things like potassium sulphate, carbonate of iron, and chloride of sodium for each.

[citation needed] Big Chief was noted to be "splendid water for anemics, supplying the necessary properties for good red blood and driving out the dead and impure corpuscles.

"[citation needed] Old Squaw was reportedly so named because "the old women of Indian tribes once living in Kansas found relief from their intense dyspepsia caused by their heavy meat diet and little or no exercise.

[8][9] The town was named after Robert E. Bonner, a publisher of the New York Ledger, who was a trotting-horse breeder of note, and Clark believed would help fund the proposed racetrack.

[11] The 2020 United States census counted 7,837 people, 3,037 households, and 2,065 families in Bonner Springs.

The venue has undergone several renovations, including an improved layout for seating, and state-of-the-art, updated sound and video systems.

Bonner Springs is home to the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame, a privately funded charitable institution chartered by the U.S. Congress to "educate society on the historical and present value of American agriculture and to honor leadership in Agri-Business and Academia by providing education, information, experience and recognition.

The fair began in 1977 as a benefit for the Kansas City Art Institute, and became a stand-alone event in the late 1990s.

The Park is home to numerous attractions, including the Wyandotte County Museum and Historical Society, Trowbridge Archival Library, and the George Meyn Community Center.

Sunflower Hills is home to the Wyandotte County Open, the longest running tournament of its kind in the Greater Kansas City area.

The Junior golf course features six holes with three sets of tees, driving range, putting green and practice bunker.

Bonner Springs is served by the following utilities: See related article: voy:Kansas City (Missouri) at Wikivoyage River transportation was important to early Bonner Springs, as its location directly on the Kansas River afforded easy access to trade.

Bonner Springs is located directly on or near several transportation corridors including roadways, rail, and river access.