The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusTopeka is a town in Clearspring and Eden townships, LaGrange County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Topeka had a population of 1,206. Topeka is located approximately eleven miles south of Shipshewana, Indiana. Topeka was likely so named because the landscape reminded settlers of Topeka, Kansas.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,153 to 1,206 (+5%). Half of its homes were built before 1975.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Topeka yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Topeka’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Topeka’s history is told.
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Topeka, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Topeka is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Topeka has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Jacob Straus House in Ligonier, 5.6 miles away.
Topeka and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.