Topeka
| City of Topeka | |
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| — Ceety — | |
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| Eik-name(s): Capitol City, T-Town, Top City[1] | |
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| Coordinates: 39°03′21″N 95°41′22″W / 39.05583°N 95.68944°W | |
| Kintra | Unitit States |
| State | Kansas |
| Coonty | Shawnee |
| Foondit | 5 Dizember 1854 |
| Incorporated | 14 Februar 1857 |
| Govrenment | |
| - Mayor | Bill Bunten |
| - Ceety Manager | Jim Colson [2] |
| Aurie[3] | |
| - Ceety | 61.47 sq mi (159.21 km2) |
| - Laund | 60.17 sq mi (155.84 km2) |
| - Watter | 1.30 sq mi (3.37 km2) |
| Hicht | 945 ft (288 m) |
| Indwallers (2010)[4] | |
| - Ceety | 127,473 (US: 193rd) |
| - Estimate (2011[5]) | 128,188 |
| - Densitie | 2,118.5/sq mi (818.0/km2) |
| - Metro | 233,870 (US: 189th) |
| Demonym | Topekan |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - Simmer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP Codes | 66601-66612, 66614-66622, 66624-66626, 66628-66629, 66636-66637, 66642, 66647, 66652-66653, 66667, 66675, 66683, 66692, 66699 |
| Aurie code | 785 |
| FIPS code | 20-71000[6] |
| GNIS featur ID | 0485477[7] |
| Wabsteid | www.topeka.org |
Topeka (/tɵˈpiːkə/; Kansa: Tó Pee Kuh) is the caipital ceety o the U.S. state o Kansas an the coonty seat o Shawnee Coonty. It is situatit alang the Kansas River in the central pairt o Shawnee Coonty, locatit in northeast Kansas, in the Central Unitit States. As o the 2010 census, the ceety population wis 127,473.[8] The Topeka Metropolitan Statistical Aurie, which includes Shawnee, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, an Wabaunsee coonties, haed an population o 233,870 in 2010 census. The ceety is well kent for the landmark United States Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which owerturned Plessy vs. Ferguson an declared segregation in public schuils on accoont o race tae be unconstitutional.[9] Three ships o the US Navy hae been named USS Topeka in honor o the ceety.
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Topeka Capitol Journal Online
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- ↑ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 31 Januar 2008. .
- ↑ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 31 Januar 2008. .
- ↑ 2010 City Population and Housing Occupancy Status. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on 6 Mairch 2011. .
- ↑ http://www.nps.gov/brvb/historyculture/upload/brown%20US%20supreme%20court.pdf
Freemit airtins[edit]
- City of Topeka
- Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce
- Kansas State Historical Society
- Topeka at the Open Directory Project
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