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About Topeka, Kansas
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Topeka, Kansas
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State capital city
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Downtown skyline from Burnett’s Mound
Kansas State Capitol
Constitution Hall
Topeka Public Library
Topeka High School
Railyard buildings at Great Overland Station
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Flag
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Location within Shawnee County and Kansas
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Interactive map of Topeka
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| Coordinates: 39ยฐ02โฒ05โณN 95ยฐ41โฒ44โณW๏ปฟ / ๏ปฟ39.03472ยฐN 95.69556ยฐW | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Shawnee |
| Founded | 1854 |
| Incorporated | 1857 |
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| ย โขย Type | Council-Manager |
| ย โขย Mayor | Mike Padilla (D) |
| ย โขย City Manager | Stephen Wade |
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| ย โขย State capital city | 62.76ย sqย mi (162.53ย km) |
| ย โขย Land | 61.44ย sqย mi (159.14ย km2) |
| ย โขย Water | 1.31ย sqย mi (3.39ย km) |
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938ย ft (286ย m) |
| Population
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| ย โขย State capital city | 126,587 |
| ย โขย Estimateย
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125,963 |
| ย โขย Rank | US: 222nd KS: 5th |
| ย โขย Density | 2,000/sqย mi (780/km2) |
| ย โขย Urban | 150,003 (US: 217th |
| ย โขย Metro | 232,670 (US: 200th) |
| Demonym | Topekan |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| ย โขย Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes |
66601โ66612, 66614โ66622, 66624โ66626, 66628โ66629, 66636โ66637, 66642, 66647, 66652โ66653, 66667, 66675, 66683, 66692, 66699
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| Area code | 785 |
| FIPS code | 20-71000 |
| GNIS ID | 485655 |
| Website | topeka.org |
Topeka ( tษ-PEE-kษ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the chair of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central portion of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 126,587. The Topeka metropolitan statistical area, which includes Shawnee, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, and Wabaunsee Counties, had a population of 233,870 in the 2010 census.
The name “Topeka” is a Kansa-Osage word that means “place where we dig potatoes”, or “a good place to dig potatoes”. As a placename, Topeka was first recorded in 1826 as the Kansa pronounce for what is now called the Kansas River. Topeka’s founders chose the post in 1855 because it “was novel, of Indian origin, and euphonious of sound.” Mixed-heritage Kansa Native American, Joseph James, called Jojim, is attributed with suggesting Topeka’s name. The city, laid out in 1854, was one of the Free-State towns founded by Eastern antislavery men immediately after the passage of the KansasโNebraska Bill. In 1857, Topeka was chartered as a city.
The city is with ease known for the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and declared racial segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional.