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Location of Shawnee County in Kansas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Shawnee County, Kansas.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States.
1955 map showing planned Interstate Highways through Topeka. The section of I-470 that now runs along the Kansas Turnpike was opened in 1956 and was the first part of I-470 to be built. [10] [11] After the founding of the Interstate Highway System that same year, several Interstate freeways were planned through Topeka, including I-70 and I-470 ...
Washburn Rural High School is a public high school located in southwest Topeka, Kansas, operated by Auburn–Washburn USD 437, and serves students in grades 9–12. The school is next to Washburn Rural Middle School. In 2007, Edward Raines became the new principal.
Auburn–Washburn USD 437 is a public unified school district headquartered in Topeka, Kansas, United States. [1] It serves Southern and Southwestern Shawnee County, as well as a small portion of extreme northern Osage County.
About 15 miles south of Topeka, the highway becomes a four lane freeway. US-75 crosses the Kansas Turnpike without any direct access and drivers must use I-470 to access the turnpike. US 75 runs around the main part of the city along I-470 and I-70. Leaving Topeka, US-75 becomes its own route again.
From Eskridge to west of Topeka, K-4 was identical to its current routing; however, at the intersection of SW Auburn Road and SW 21st Street, where K-4 currently continues north to access I-70, K-4 turned east, following SW 21st Street into Topeka. At Topeka Boulevard, K-4 turned north, following the street out of the city. [9]
Potwin Place Historic District (known locally as Potwin) is a neighborhood of Topeka, Kansas. The neighborhood is well known for its brick-lined streets and variety of Victorian and Queen Anne style homes. It is bounded by SW Willow Ave (south), SW Woodlawn Ave (west), NW Grove Ave (north) and SE Greenwood Ave (east).
Lake Shawnee is a man-made lake in Shawnee County in the U.S. state of Kansas, [1] located on the southeastern side of Topeka.The lake started construction in 1935, and finished on September 3, 1939, and was a part of a Works Progress Administration project. [2]