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Topeka

Topeka, Kansas
State Capital
Topeka skyline
Topeka skyline
Flag of Topeka, Kansas
Flag
Official seal of Topeka, Kansas
Seal
Nickname(s): "Capitol City", "T-Town", "Top City"
Location within Shawnee County and Kansas
Location within Shawnee County and Kansas
KDOT map of Shawnee County (legend)
KDOT map of Shawnee County (legend)
Coordinates: 39°03′21″N 95°41′22″W / 39.05583°N 95.68944°W / 39.05583; -95.68944Coordinates: 39°03′21″N 95°41′22″W / 39.05583°N 95.68944°W / 39.05583; -95.68944
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.org
Topeka
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
Notes

*Number of reported crimes per 100,000 population.

2012 population: 128,843

Source: 2012 FBI UCR Data

Topeka (/tˈpkə/;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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