Topeka, Kansas
Topeka, Kansas | |
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Downtown skyline from Burnett's Mound Downtown Topeka | |
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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 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Shawnee |
| Founded | 1854 |
| Incorporated | 1857 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–manager |
| • Mayor | Mike Padilla (D) |
| • City Manager | Robert Perez |
| Area | |
| 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 (2020) | |
| 126,587 | |
• Estimate (2021) | 125,963 |
| • 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 |
| Area code | 785 |
| FIPS code | 20-71000 |
| GNIS ID | 485655 |
| Website | topeka.org |
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Topeka (/təˈpiːkə/ 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.
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.