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Topeka (/ təˈpiːkə / tə-PEE-kə) [9][10] is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county 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.
Mayor of Topeka. Incumbent. Mike Padilla. since January 4, 2022. Inaugural holder. Loring Farnsworth. Formation. 19th Century. Website.
Topeka (pronounced /tə-pē'kə/) [8] is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas. Topeka is the county seat of Shawnee County , and it is in the northeast part of the state. In 2020, 126,587 people lived there.
Shawnee County, Kansas. 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 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.
Kansas is named after the Kansas River, in turn named after the Kansa people. [11][12][13][14] Its capital is Topeka, and its most populous city is Wichita; however, the largest urban area is the bi-state Kansas City, MO–KS metropolitan area.
Topeka, city, capital (1861) of Kansas, U.S., and seat (1857) of Shawnee county. Topeka lies on the Kansas River in the eastern part of the state. The name Topeka is of uncertain Indigenous origin; one interpretation is “smoky hill,” and another is “a good place to dig potatoes.”.