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485655 [ 1 ] Website. topeka.org. 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.
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 ...
Website. snco.us. 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 county was one of the original 33 counties created by the first ...
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 history of professional sports in Kansas probably [vague] dates from the establishment of the Minor League Baseball Topeka Capitals and Leavenworth Soldiers in 1886 in the Western League. [ 76 ] [ 77 ] The African-American Bud Fowler played on the Topeka team that season, one year before the " color line " descended in professional baseball.
Washburn University ( WU ), formally Washburn University of Topeka, is a public university in Topeka, Kansas, United States. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and business. Washburn has 550 faculty members, who teach more than 6,100 undergraduate students and nearly 800 graduate students.
10,000-9000 BCE: First evidence of human beings in Kansas [1]; 1450: Wichita people founded the historical city of Etzanoa, near the modern day Arkansas City. 1500–1800: Proto-historic indigenous peoples in Kansas include the Pawnee, Kansa, Wichita, and Apache.
Stormont Vail Health. / 39.050410; -95.692870. Stormont Vail Health is an extensive medical facility in the city of Topeka, Kansas. The facility provides a nonprofit hospital and integrated health care system for Shawnee County and the northeast Kansas region.