Topeka
| Topeka, Kansas | |||
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| State Capital | |||
Topeka skyline
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| Nickname(s): "Capitol City", "T-Town", "Top City" | |||
 Location within Shawnee County and Kansas |
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 KDOT map of Shawnee County (legend) |
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| Coordinates: 39°03′21″N 95°41′22″W / 39.05583°N 95.68944°WCoordinates: 39°03′21″N 95°41′22″W / 39.05583°N 95.68944°W | |||
| Country | United States | ||
| State | Kansas | ||
| County | Shawnee | ||
| Founded | 1854 | ||
| Incorporated | 1857 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Council-Manager | ||
| • Mayor | Larry E. Wolgast | ||
| • City Manager | Jim Colson | ||
| Area | |||
| • State Capital | 61.47 sq mi (159.21 km2) | ||
| • Land | 60.17 sq mi (155.84 km2) | ||
| • Water | 1.30 sq mi (3.37 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 945 ft (288 m) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • State Capital | 127,473 | ||
| • Estimate (2015) | 127,265 | ||
| • Rank | US: 215th | ||
| • Density | 2,100/sq mi (800/km2) | ||
| • Urban | 150,003 (US: 217th) | ||
| • Metro | 233,791 (US: 193rd) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Topekan | ||
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | ||
| 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 feature ID | 0485477 | ||
| Website | topeka |
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| Crime rates* (2012) | |
| Violent crimes | |
| Homicide | 15 |
| Robbery | 237 |
| Aggravated assault | 481 |
| Total violent crime | 772 |
| Property crimes | |
| Burglary | 1,277 |
| Larceny-theft | 4,967 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 597 |
| Arson | 7 |
| Total property crime | 6,841 |
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Notes
*Number of reported crimes per 100,000 population.
2012 population: 128,843
Source: 2012 FBI UCR Data |
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Topeka (/toʊˈpiːkə/;Kansa: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 127,473. The Topeka Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Shawnee, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, and Wabaunsee counties, had a population of 233,870 in the 2010 census.
The name Topeka is a Kansa-Osage sentence that means "place where we dug potatoes", or "a good place to dig potatoes". As a placename, Topeka was first recorded in 1826 as the Kansa name for what is now called the Kansas River. Topeka's founders chose the name in 1855 because it "was novel, of Indian origin and of sound." The mixed-blood Kansa Native American, Joseph James, called Jojim, is credited with suggesting the name of Topeka. 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.
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