Independence is the fifth-biggest city in the U.S. territory of Missouri. It exists in Jackson County, of which it is the region situate. Autonomy is a satellite city of Kansas City, Missouri, and is a piece of the Kansas City metropolitan region. In 2010, it had an aggregate populace of 116,830. Autonomy is known as the "Ruler City of the Trails" because it was a state of takeoff for the California, Oregon, and Santa Fe Trails. Freedom was additionally the main residence of U.S. President Harry S. Truman; the Truman Presidential Library and Museum is situated in the city, and Truman and First Lady Bess Truman are covered here. The city is additionally hallowed to numerous Latter Day Saints, with Joseph Smith's 1831 Temple Lot being situated here, and in addition the base camp of a few Latter Day Saint groups.