Topeka, Kansas

E19041
city state capital

Topeka, Kansas is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas, historically significant as the community at the center of the landmark school desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Topeka, Kansas canonical 88
Topeka 18
Topeka, Kansas, United States 12

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
state capital ⓘ
areaCode 785 ⓘ
averageAnnualPrecipitation around 36 inches ⓘ
becameStateCapital 1861 ⓘ
capitalOf Kansas ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeatOf Shawnee County, Kansas ⓘ
demonym Topekan ⓘ
elevatedToCityStatus 1857 ⓘ
foundedBy Free-State settlers ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 0470025 ⓘ
governingBody Topeka City Council ⓘ
hasAirport Philip Billard Municipal Airport ⓘ
Topeka Regional Airport ⓘ
hasCommunityCollege Washburn Institute of Technology ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park ⓘ
hasLandmark Gage Park ⓘ
Great Overland Station ⓘ
Kansas Judicial Center ⓘ
Kansas State Capitol ⓘ
Topeka Zoo ⓘ
Washburn University campus ⓘ
hasRailService Southwest Chief ⓘ
surface form: Amtrak Southwest Chief (nearby service)
hasSisterCity Jalisco, Mexico (via Topeka–Jalisco relationship) ⓘ
hasSportsTeam Topeka Tropics (indoor football) ⓘ
hasUniversity Washburn University campus ⓘ
surface form: Washburn University
headOfGovernment Mayor of Topeka ⓘ
inception 1854 ⓘ
knownFor role in Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation case ⓘ
locatedIn Kansas ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Shawnee County, Kansas ⓘ
locatedInCongressionalDistrict Kansas's 2nd congressional district ⓘ
locatedInRegion Great Plains ⓘ
Northeastern Kansas ⓘ
surface form: Northeast Kansas
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
UTC−06:00 ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Kansas River ⓘ
majorHighway Interstate 335 ⓘ
Interstate 70 ⓘ
U.S. Route 24 ⓘ
U.S. Route 75 ⓘ
namedAfter Kansa language word "to dig good potatoes" (folk etymology) ⓘ
Topeka, Indiana ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime UTC−05:00 ⓘ
partOf Topeka metropolitan area ⓘ
population approximately 125000 (early 2020s) ⓘ
postalCode 66601–66699 ⓘ

Referenced by (131)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brown v. Board of Education → originatingJurisdiction → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Brown v. Board of Education → locationOfEvents → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Charles Curtis → birthPlace → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Oliver Brown → placeOfActivity → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Oliver Brown → placeOfDeath → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Indian Charley → birthPlace → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Curtis
this entity surface form: Topeka, Kansas, United States
Indian Charley → practicedLawIn → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Curtis
this entity surface form: Topeka, Kansas, United States
Wamego, Kansas, United States → locatedNear → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
U.S. Route 75 → servesCity → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Topeka Cemetery → locatedIn → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Kansas → capital → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Topeka
Kansas → hasCity → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Topeka
Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas → locatedIn → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Kansas River → passesThrough → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Hill's Pet Nutrition → headquartersLocation → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas → locatedIn → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Alf Landon → place of death → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Topeka, Kansas, United States
Alf Landon → educated in → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Alf Landon → residence → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Gwendolyn Brooks → placeOfBirth → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Topeka, Kansas, United States
Azusa Street Revival → precededBy → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Topeka revival of 1901
Northeastern Kansas → contains → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Topeka
Episcopal Diocese of Kansas → seeCity → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Episcopal Diocese of Kansas → headquartersLocation → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Kansas Department of Transportation → headquartersLocation → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Kansas State Capitol → locatedIn → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Kansas Judicial Center → locatedIn → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Great Overland Station → locatedIn → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Great Overland Station → locatedIn → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Topeka
Great Overland Station → cityServed → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Topeka Zoo → locatedIn → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Topeka Zoo → ownedBy → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Topeka
Topeka Zoo → operatedBy → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Topeka
Washburn University campus → locatedIn → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Topeka City Council → locatedIn → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Topeka City Council → governs → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Topeka
Topeka City Council → appliesToJurisdiction → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Topeka City Council → legislativeBodyFor → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Topeka Tropics (indoor football) → location → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
subject surface form: Topeka Tropics
Topeka Tropics (indoor football) → basedIn → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
subject surface form: Topeka Tropics
Topeka Tropics (indoor football) → homeCity → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
subject surface form: Topeka Tropics
this entity surface form: Topeka
Topeka Tropics (indoor football) → represents → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
subject surface form: Topeka Tropics
Kansas's 2nd congressional district → includesCity → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Kansas's 2nd congressional district → representativeResidence → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Kansas's 2nd congressional district → hasCapitalCityWithin → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Leola Brown → residence → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Leola Brown → associatedWithPlace → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka → headquartersLocation → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Shawnee County, Kansas → countySeat → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
Shawnee County, Kansas → largestCity → Topeka, Kansas ⓘ