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In World War II, a local factory supplied the military, and then Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company bought it. [2] The modern township's government's main purpose is road maintenance and fire protection services. It is served by Seaman USD 345 school district in neighboring Topeka, Kansas. [4]
It is the origin of I-335 which is a portion of the Kansas Turnpike running from Topeka to Emporia, Kansas. Topeka is also on U.S. Highway 24 (about 50 miles [80 km] east of Manhattan, Kansas) and U.S. Highway 40 (about 30 miles [48 km] west of Lawrence, Kansas). US 40 is coincident with I-70 west from Topeka.
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U.S. Highway 24 (US-24) in the state of Kansas runs east–west across the northern half of the state for 435.95 miles (701.59 km). The route mostly connects rural communities across the High Plains of Kansas, while also later providing an Interstate alternate between Topeka, Lawrence, and Kansas City.
In Kansas, the highway runs from south to north through the eastern part of the state. It enters the state from Oklahoma near Caney and runs north, serving the state capitol of Topeka. The highway continues north of Topeka, passing by the Potawatomi and Kickapoo Indian reservation, and passes over the Nebraska state line near Sabetha.
State of Kansas leads top 10 list of Topeka's largest employers. State of Kansas: 9,919 employees. Stormont-Vail Health Care: 4,400 employees. Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc.: 3,439 employees.
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) tracks the traffic levels on its highways. On K-57 in 2020, they determined that on average the traffic varied from 230 vehicles per day slightly south of Garansan Road to between 7,500 and 10,000 vehicles per day between Grant Avenue and North Jackson Street.
1955 map showing planned Interstate Highways through Topeka. The section of I-470 that now runs along the Kansas Turnpike was opened in 1956 and was the first part of I-470 to be built. [10] [11] After the founding of the Interstate Highway System that same year, several Interstate freeways were planned through Topeka, including I-70 and I-470 ...