4. a moral fall, as from rectitude or virtue. 5. a fall or decline to a lower grade, condition, or degree: a lapse into savagery. 6. the act of falling, slipping, sliding, etc., slowly or by degrees. 7. a falling into disuse.
Topeka (/toÊËpiËkÉ/; Kansa: TÃ³ Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 127,473.
In 1880 the Kansas State Fair Association was organized in Topeka with the stated purpose being holding a statewide fair in Topeka the next year. Fairs had been held in various parts of the state including a Shawnee County fair and one known as the Bismarck Exposition, held at Bismarck Grove near Lawrence.