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The name "Topeka" is a Kansa-Osage word that means "place where we dig potatoes", [11] or "a good place to dig potatoes". [citation needed] As a placename, Topeka was first recorded in 1826 as the Kansa name for what is now called the Kansas River.
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This is a list of people from Topeka, Kansas. Academia. Warren Faidley (1957- ), meteorologist, storm chaser [1] Riley Gardner (1921-2007), psychologist [2] Wes ...
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.
These structures at 114, 116 and 118 S.E. 7th, once owned by early Black Topeka newspaper editor Nick Chiles, were on a list the Kansas Preservation Alliance put out Monday of the state's Most ...
WIBW (580 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Topeka, Kansas. It is owned by Alpha Media and airs a talk and sports radio format. The studios and offices are on SW Executive Drive in Topeka. [2] The transmitter is off NW Landon Road in Silver Lake. [3] WIBW is simulcast on 250 watt FM translator station K285GL at 104.9 MHz. [4]
The Kansas State Capitol, known also as the Kansas Statehouse, is the building housing the executive and legislative branches of government for the U.S. state of Kansas. Located in the city of Topeka, which has served as the capital of Kansas since the territory became a state in 1861, the building is the second to serve as the Kansas Capitol.
1854 - Topeka Association organized. 1855 Constitution Hall built.; 310pxConstitution Hall in 2012 - Constitution Hall, in Topeka, Kansas, is a significant building in the history of Kansas Territory and the state of Kansas.