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Loch Lloyd
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| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Cass |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes | 64012 |
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Loch Lloyd is a village in northwestern Cass County, Missouri, United States on the Kansas border in the Kansas City metropolitan area. It incorporated on 2003-09-03[1]
It received national attention in July 2007 when evangelist Tammy Faye died at her home there.
The Kansas City Star describes it as "an upscale, gated community" when it reported that police had shot a 7½ foot, 118 pound alligator there in July 2005.[2]
The village is built around a 110-acre (0.4 km2) reservoir on Mill Creek (a tributary of the Blue River (Missouri)) and an 18-hole golf course built in 1990 designed by Donald Sechrest. It derives its name from the reservoir and real estate developer Harry J. Lloyd who started out selling trinkets and seasonal gifts in the area via the House of Lloyd brand but branched into the real estate business.[3]
When it incorporated it had a population of 136 The United States census reported it had a population of 368 and 175 housing units in its Geographically Updated Population Certification Program (GUPCP) Counts Released to Government Units in September 2005.[4] When the village filed the paperwork to incorporate they said they wanted to incorporate as an independent village rather than being annexed by Kansas City or Belton.[5]
The ZIP code of 64012 is shared with Belton, Missouri.
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