Topeka, Kansas
Topeka | |
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State capital city | |
Downtown skyline from Burnett's Mound Kansas State Capitol Downtown Topeka Kansas Attorney General Topeka High School Grace Cathedral | |
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Flag Seal | |
Location within Shawnee County and Kansas | |
Interactive map of Topeka | |
| Coordinates: 39°02′05″N 95°41′44″W / 39.03472°N 95.69556°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Shawnee |
| Founded | 1854 |
| Incorporated | 1857 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–manager |
| • Mayor | Mike Padilla (D)[2] |
| • City Manager | Robert Perez[3] |
| Area | |
• State capital city | 62.76 sq mi (162.53 km2) |
| • Land | 61.44 sq mi (159.14 km2) |
| • Water | 1.31 sq mi (3.39 km2) |
| Elevation | 938 ft (286 m) |
| Population | |
• State capital city | 126,587 |
• Estimate (2024)[7] | 125,467 |
| • Rank | US: 222nd KS: 5th |
| • Density | 2,000/sq mi (780/km2) |
| • Urban | 150,003 (US: 217th) |
| • Metro | 232,670 (US: 200th) |
| Demonym | Topekan |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 66601–66612, 66614–66622, 66624–66626, 66628–66629, 66636–66637, 66642, 66647, 66652–66653, 66667, 66675, 66683, 66692, 66699[8] |
| Area code | 785 |
| FIPS code | 20-71000 |
| GNIS ID | 485655[1] |
| Website | topeka.org |
Topeka (/təˈpiːkə/ tə-PEE-kə)[9] is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County.[1] It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeastern Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 126,587.[5][6]
The city, laid out in 1854, was one of the Free-State towns founded by Eastern antislavery men immediately after the passage of the Kansas–Nebraska Bill. In 1857, Topeka was chartered as a city.
The city is well 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.[10]
- ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Topeka, Kansas
- ^ "Mayor - City of Topeka". www.topeka.org. Archived from the original on July 13, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
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- ^ a b "Profile of Topeka, Kansas in 2020". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 8, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
- ^ a b "QuickFacts; Topeka, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 24, 2021. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
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USCensusEst2024was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. 2012. Archived from the original on May 25, 2019. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ Jones, Daniel (2003) [1917], Peter Roach; James Hartmann; Jane Setter (eds.), English Pronouncing Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 3-12-539683-2
- ^ "Supreme Court of the United States Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) (USSC+)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 29, 2010. Retrieved May 7, 2010.