Topeka, Kansas

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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.

Aliases (3)

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	Amtrak Southwest Chief (nearby service) →
hasSisterCity	Jalisco, Mexico (via Topeka–Jalisco relationship) →
hasSportsTeam	Topeka Tropics (indoor football) →
hasUniversity	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 → Northeast Kansas →
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone → UTC−06:00 →
locatedOnRiver	Kansas River →
majorHighway	Interstate 335 → Interstate 70 → U.S. Route 24 NERFINISHED → U.S. Route 75 NERFINISHED →
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 (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas → Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas → Topeka Cemetery →	locatedIn
Charles Curtis → Charles Curtis ("Topeka, Kansas, United States") →	birthPlace
Kansas ("Topeka") →	capital
Alf Landon →	educated in
Kansas ("Topeka") →	hasCity
Hill's Pet Nutrition →	headquartersLocation
Wamego, Kansas, United States →	locatedNear
Brown v. Board of Education →	locationOfEvents
Brown v. Board of Education →	originatingJurisdiction
Kansas River →	passesThrough
Alf Landon ("Topeka, Kansas, United States") →	place of death
Oliver Brown →	placeOfActivity
Gwendolyn Brooks ("Topeka, Kansas, United States") →	placeOfBirth
Oliver Brown →	placeOfDeath
Charles Curtis ("Topeka, Kansas, United States") →	practicedLawIn
Azusa Street Revival ("Topeka revival of 1901") →	precededBy
Alf Landon →	residence
U.S. Route 75 →	servesCity