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Topeka ( / təˈpiːkə / tə-PEE-kə) [9] [10] is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. [1] It is along the Kansas River in the central part 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 Kansas State Capitol, known also as the Kansas Statehouse, is the building housing the executive and legislative branches of government for the U.S. state of Kansas. Located in the city of Topeka, which has served as the capital of Kansas since the territory became a state in 1861, the building is the second to serve as the Kansas Capitol.
Capital-Journal newsroom, 1961. 1858: The Kansas State Record starts publishing. 1873: The Topeka Blade is founded by J. Clarke Swayze. 1879: George W. Reed buys the Blade and changes its name to The Kansas State Journal. 1879: The Topeka Daily Capital is founded by Major J.K. Hudson as an evening paper but changes to morning in 1881.
Constitution Hall in 2012. Constitution Hall, in Topeka, Kansas, is a significant building in the history of Kansas Territory and the state of Kansas.The two-story native stone building, with basement, was begun by Loring and John Farnsworth in the spring of 1855.
Topeka Regional Airport ( IATA: FOE, ICAO: KFOE, FAA LID: FOE ), formerly known as Forbes Field, is a joint civil-military public airport owned by the Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority in Shawnee County, Kansas, seven miles south of downtown Topeka, [1] the capital city of Kansas.
Kansas, which has an area of 82,278 square miles (213,100 square kilometers) is the 15th-largest state by area, the 36th most-populous of the 50 states, with a population of 2,940,865 [20] according to the 2020 census, and the 10th least densely populated. Residents of Kansas are called Kansans.
1895 - Topeka Industrial and Educational Institute [4] and Stormont Hospital and Training School established. [4] 1897 - Topeka Tent and Awning Company established. [10] 1899 - Gage Park established. Class of 1900 in front of Rice Hall - Washburn University ( WU) is a public university in Topeka, Kansas, United States.
Shawnee County is located in northeast Kansas, in the central United States. Its county seat and most populous city is Topeka, the state capital. [4] As of the 2020 census, the population was 178,909, [2] making it the third-most populous county in Kansas. The county was one of the original 33 counties created by the first territorial ...