![[Flag of Topeka, Kansas]](../images/u/us-kstpk2.gif)
image located by Ben Cahoon, 20 December 2019
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image located by Ben Cahoon, 20 December 2019
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Topeka, Kansas new city flag:
https://www.cjonline.com/news/20191112/topeka-mayor-council-adopt-new-city-flag
"Nov 12, 2019 Topeka's mayor and city council voted 8-1 Tuesday evening to
adopt a new city flag."
Ben Cahoon, 20 December 2019
![[Flag of Topeka, Kansas]](../images/u/us-kstpk-l.gif)
2:3 image(s) by permission of David B. Martucci
Text and image(s) from American City Flags,
Raven
9-10 (2002-2003), courtesy of the North American Vexillological Association, which retains copyright. Image(s) from American City Flags by permission of David B. Martucci.
The field of the flag of Topeka is divided vertically, with a
shield and ribbon on a white field on the hoist half, and gold stripe over
a dark green stripe on the fly half. The shield has a gold field; its images,
lettering, and its dividing lines and chevron are all in dark green.
In a compartment across its top is GOLDEN CITY in outlined letters,
centered in two lines. The rest of the field is divided into three portions
by a chevron (upside-down “V”), the top point of which is in the center
of the shield, and a line extending upwards to the top compartment. In
the hoist third are a beehive and a locomotive drive wheel. In the fly
third is a grass hut of the Kaw Tribe, with an arrow and stalk of corn on
either side of the hut. In the lower third is the dome of the Kansas
state capitol. The chevron has a zigzag band design in gold, forming
ten unequal divisions separating nine five-pointed gold stars. Below
the shield is a heraldic ribbon in gold, on which TOPEKA 1854 KANSAS
appears in green outlined letters.
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10, 2002-2003
The gold on the flag reflects the city’s nickname, “The
Golden City”, given by the early settlers because of the beauty of the
city’s sunlit rolling hills and autumn elms. The dark green represents
the fertility of the Kaw Valley and corn, an important agricultural product
of the region. The beehive and locomotive drive wheel symbolize
industry and the major part the railroads contributed to the region’s
development. The Kaw hut recalls the original settlers of the land, and
the arrow and corn stalk suggest that the Kaw were both hunters and
farmers. The capitol dome shows that Topeka is the capital of Kansas.
The zigzag design on the chevron symbolizes the first bridge over the
Kansas River, a structure that contributed to the city’s growth. The
nine stars stand for the nine founders of the city.
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10, 2002-2003
The flag was a United States bicentennial project
of Boy Scout Troop 43.
Flag adopted: 1977 (official status uncertain).
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10, 2002-2003
Dana Villeme, a 13-year old Eagle Scout, with the advice
of some local architects. The city coat of arms that appears on the
flag was designed in 1960 by Ed Bruske, an artist for the city-county
planning agency..
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10,
2002-2003
Beginning in 1975, it took Boy Scout
Troop 43 two years of hard work to embroider the first flag on poplin.
This flag was 4:7 in proportion; later versions are 2:3. In 1996, after
Villeme died in an automobile accident, the city dedicated a memorial
plaque in his honor on the flagpole at city hall where the city flag is
flown.
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10,
2002-2003
![[Arms of Topeka, Kansas]](../images/u/us)kstpk.gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 June 2008
At en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:TopekaCityCrest.png
is a large image of the coat of arms. On the flag, as depicted in the NAVA image, landmarks and letters are shown in green.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 June 2008
![[Arms of Topeka, Kansas]](../images/u/us-kstpk).gif)
image located by Paul Bassinson, 5 August 2019
Source:
https://data.topeka.org/
Paul Bassinson, 5 August 2019
![[Topeka Police Dept, Kansas]](../images/u/us-kstpk-pol.jpg)
image located by Paul Bassinson, 14 March 2021
Image of the flag of the Topeka Police Department obtained from https://www.facebook.com/topekapolicedepartment/photos/2587235567998798
Paul Bassinson, 14 March 2021
