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The Topeka Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of five counties in northeastern Kansas, anchored by the city of Topeka. In total, it has an area of 3,290.15 square miles. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 233,870 (though a July 1, 2012 estimate placed the ...
Topeka, Kansas – racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop. 2000 [32] Pop. 2010 [33] Pop. 2020 [34] % 2000 % 2010 % ...
Nicodemus, Kansas is the oldest surviving town west of the Mississippi River settled solely by African Americans. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was decided in 1954. [4] As of the 2020 U.S. Census, African Americans were 5.7% of the state's population. They are concentrated in Wyandotte County and Geary County.
The Topeka Constitutional Convention met from October 23 to November 11, 1855 in Topeka, Kansas Territory, in a building afterwards called Constitution Hall. It drafted the Topeka Constitution, which banned slavery in Kansas, though it would also have prevented free blacks from living in Kansas. The convention was organized by Free-Staters to ...
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.
The U.S. state of Kansas, located on the eastern edge of the Great Plains, was the home of nomadic Native American tribes who hunted the vast herds of bison (often called "buffalo"). In around 1450 AD, the Wichita People founded the great city of Etzanoa. The city of Etzanoa was abandoned in around 1700 AD.
Topeka. A vertical bicolour of white and blue with a nine petals sunflower containing a green arrow pointing to a star at the right corner. The flag of Topeka is the vexillology symbol representing the American city of Topeka, in Kansas. It was adopted in 2019, replacing a 1977 design created by a local boy scout group.
Following redistricting after the U.S. census in 2000, [7] there were 672,091 people, 260,490 households, and 177,858 families residing in the district. The population density was 11.7 per square mile (4.5/km 2) over a land area of 57,373 square miles (148,595 km 2) (roughly the same size as the state of Illinois).