Timeline of Topeka, Kansas

The following is a timeline of the history of Topeka, Kansas, USA.

19th century[]

1854 - Topeka Association organized.
1855
- Constitution Hall built.
- Topeka Constitutional Convention held.
1856
- Free-state government installed in Topeka, March 1856.^[1]
1857
- Topeka incorporated.
- State Library of Kansas established.
1859
- Kansas State Record newspaper begins publication.^[2]
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway chartered and set up offices and work shops.^[3]
- Wyandotte Constitution makes Topeka the temporary state capital.
- Topeka Cemetery established.
1860
- Grace Church incorporated.
- Drought.
- Population: 759.^[3]
1861
- Wyandotte Constitution designates Topeka as state capitol.^[4]
- Kansas legislature convenes.^[5]
- Episcopal Female Seminary of Topeka chartered.^[4]
1863 - Kansas Farmer begins publication.^[2]
1864
- Topeka threatened during Price's Raid.
- Fort Simple built in the fall in to defend against Confederate troops during Price's Raid.^[6]
1865
- Lincoln College founded.^[4]
- Harrison School built.^[7]
- Union Pacific railway begins operating in Eugene.^[4]
1867 - Fort Simple torn down in April.^[8]
1868 - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad construction begins.^[4]
1870
- Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library established.^[4]
- Population: 5,790.^[3]
1871 - Topeka High School established.
1872 - Topeka State Hospital opens.
1873 - Kansas Academy of Science incorporated.
1875 - Kansas Historical Society founded.
1878 - Topeka Harvey House opens.
1879 - Daily Capital newspaper begins publication.^[2]
1880 - Population: 15,452.^[3]
1881 - Chartered as a city.^[4]
1883 - Public Library building constructed.
1886 - Population: 25,005.^[3]
1887
- Governor's Mansion built.
- Topeka Golden Giants baseball team formed.
1890 - Population: 31,007.^[9]
1894 - Christ's Hospital established.^[4]
1895 - Topeka Industrial and Educational Institute^[4] and Stormont Hospital and Training School established.^[4]
1897 - Topeka Tent and Awning Company established.^[10]
1899 - Gage Park established.

20th century[]

1900
- Bethel Bible College founded.
- Population: 33,608.^[4]
1902 - Smith Automobile Company founded.
1903 - Kansas State Capitol building constructed.
1905 - Topeka Industrial Institute later rebuilt as a women's prison.
1906 - Bethesda Hospital established.^[4]
1909 - St. Francis Hospital established.^[4]
1910 - Population: 43,684.^[4]
1911 - Hayden High School established.
1914 - G.A.R. Memorial Hall built.
1917 - Grace Episcopal Cathedral built.
1920 - Menninger Clinic opens.^[11]
1926 - Jayhawk Theatre opens.^[12]
1928 - College of the Sisters of Bethany closed.^[4]
1933 - Topeka Zoo opens.
1936 - Sumner Elementary School built.
1941 - established.
1948 - Topeka station established.
1950
- Population: 78,791.
- Railroad station built.
1952 - Topeka Lutheran School opens.
1954 - Brown v. Board of Education decided.^[13]
1955 - Westboro Baptist Church opens.
1962 - Cedar Crest (mansion) becomes state governor's official residence.
1965 - Topeka Genealogical Society founded.^[14]
1966 - Tornado.
1976 - Forbes Field (airport) in operation.
1980 - Cair Paravel-Latin School founded.
1984 - Kansas Museum of History opens.
1987 - Sunflower State Expo arena opens.
1988 - West Ridge Mall opens.
1989 - Heartland Park Topeka motorsports facility opens.
1991 - Topeka Performing Arts Center opens.
1997 - City website online (approximate date).^[15]^{[chronology citation needed]}
1998 - Topeka ScareCrows ice hockey team founded.

21st century[]

2000s[]

2003 - Kansas Koyotes football team formed.
2004
- Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site opens.
- Topeka RoadRunners ice hockey team founded.
2005
- Bill Bunten becomes mayor.^[16]^[17]
- Topeka Golden Giants baseball team formed.
2006 - Railroad station built.
2008 - North Topeka Arts District formed.^[18]
2009 - Topeka Mudcats women's football team founded.

2010s[]

2010
- Kaw River State Park opens.
- Population: 127,473.

References[]

^ Topeka’s 100 Years of Inspired Leadership, p. 4 (N.p.: 1954), p. 4 (from the archives of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kans.).
^ ^a ^b ^c "U.S. Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Britannica 1888.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Britannica 1910.
^ Kansas State Historical Society; Kansas Collection of the University of Kansas. "Territorial Kansas Timeline, 1854-1861". Territorial Kansas Online. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
^ William C. Pollard, Jr., Forts and Posts in Kansas During the Civil War: 1861-1865 (Charleston, S.C.: CreateSpace, June 12, 2015), pp. 117-9.
^ Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education (1886), "Historical Notes", Manual of the public schools of Topeka Kansas, Topeka, Kan: G. W. Crane & co., printers
^ Untitled story, The Topeka Weekly Leader, April 18, 1867, p. 3.
^ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
^ Topeka Tent & Awning Co., Catalog no. 23. 1923.
^ Wishart 2004.
^ "Theatre History". Jayhawk Theatre. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
^ "On This Day", New York Times, retrieved November 30, 2014
^ "About Us". Topeka Genealogical Society. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
^ "City of Topeka". Archived from the original on March 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
^ "Mayor of Topeka". City of Topeka. Archived from the original on September 6, 2009.
^ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
^ J. Barone (August 5, 2012). "A Turnaround in Topeka". New York Times.

Bibliography[]

Samuel Radges, ed. (1870), Biennial Directory of the City of Topeka, State Record Book and Job Printing House – via HathiTrust
- 1872
Topeka City Directory, 1874 – via Internet Archive
Biennial Directory to...the City of Topeka, Samuel Radges, 1880 – via Internet Archive
- 1882
- 1886
F. W. Giles (1886), Thirty years in Topeka: a historical sketch, Topeka, Kansas: G. W. Crane & Co., OL 23347923M
"Topeka" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (9th ed.). 1888. p. 446.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
Mary E. Jackson (1890), Topeka Pen and Camera Sketches, Topeka, Kan: G. W. Crane & Co., printers, OCLC 2305406, OL 6586555M
"Topeka". Kansas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Chicago: R.L. Polk & Co. 1904 – via Google Books.
James Levi King (1905), History of Shawnee County, Kansas, and representative citizens, Chicago, Ill: Richmond & Arnold, OL 14013262M
"Topeka" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 48–49.
Topeka City Directory, Polk-Radges Directory Co., 1912, hdl:2027/umn.31951002300151j
- 1921
Pocket Guide to City of Topeka. 1913. hdl:2027/chi.69107413.
Federal Writers’ Project (1939). "Topeka". Kansas: a Guide to the Sunflower State. American Guide Series. New York: Viking Press – via Hathi Trust.
Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Topeka, KS", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
, ed. (2004). "Cities and Towns: Topeka, Kansas". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-4787-7.

Burgess, Barbara. "Topeka's Roots: the Prairie Potato". Retrieved 2007-03-10.

External links[]

"Links". Topeka Genealogical Society.
Items related to Topeka, Kansas, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).

[1] Topeka’s 100 Years of Inspired Leadership, p. 4 (N.p.: 1954), p. 4 (from the archives of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kans.).

[lc-2] "U.S. Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved September 12, 2012.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1888-3] Britannica 1888.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Britannica 1910.

[5] Kansas State Historical Society; Kansas Collection of the University of Kansas. "Territorial Kansas Timeline, 1854-1861". Territorial Kansas Online. Retrieved September 13, 2012.

[6] William C. Pollard, Jr., Forts and Posts in Kansas During the Civil War: 1861-1865 (Charleston, S.C.: CreateSpace, June 12, 2015), pp. 117-9.

[schools1886-7] Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education (1886), "Historical Notes", Manual of the public schools of Topeka Kansas, Topeka, Kan: G. W. Crane & co., printers

[8] Untitled story, The Topeka Weekly Leader, April 18, 1867, p. 3.

[census1998-9] Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998

[10] Topeka Tent & Awning Co., Catalog no. 23. 1923.

[FOOTNOTEWishart2004-11] Wishart 2004.

[12] "Theatre History". Jayhawk Theatre. Retrieved September 13, 2012.

[NYT-OnThisDay-13] "On This Day", New York Times, retrieved November 30, 2014

[14] "About Us". Topeka Genealogical Society. Retrieved September 13, 2012.

[15] "City of Topeka". Archived from the original on March 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.

[16] "Mayor of Topeka". City of Topeka. Archived from the original on September 6, 2009.

[17] "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved March 31, 2013.

[18] J. Barone (August 5, 2012). "A Turnaround in Topeka". New York Times.

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v t Municipalities and communities of Shawnee County, Kansas, United States
County seat: Topeka
Cities	Auburn Rossville Silver Lake Topeka Willard‡
Unincorporated communities	Berryton Dover Elmont Kiro Montara Pauline Tecumseh† Wakarusa† Watson
Ghost town	Richland
Townships	Dover Grove Monmouth Williamsport
Footnotes	†This populated place is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau. ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.
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Timeline of Topeka, Kansas

Contents

19th century[]

20th century[]

21st century[]

2000s[]

2010s[]

See also[]

References[]

Bibliography[]

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