Topeka

Also known as Topeka, Kansas, Topeka, KS

capital of the state of Kansas, United States; county seat of Shawnee County

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Topeka is the capital city of Kansas and serves as the county seat of Shawnee County. As the state capital, it is the center of Kansas's state government and an important administrative hub for the region.

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Population: 126587
Area: 159.195366
Elevation: 288
Official website: www.topeka.org
Image: Topeka, Kansas.JPG
Households: 54092
Dialing code: 785

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postal code: 66699
Commons category: Topeka, Kansas
inception: 1854-00-00
Commons gallery: Topeka, Kansas
name in native language: Topeka
native label: Topeka
water as percent of area: 2.1119
per capita income: 28420
hashtag: Topeka
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Topeka (/tə.ˈpiː.kə/, tə-PEE-kə) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. 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.

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.