Tecumseh, Kansas

Tecumseh, Kansas
Central Tecumseh
Central Tecumseh
KDOT map of Shawnee County (legend)
Tecumseh is located in Kansas
Tecumseh
Tecumseh
Tecumseh is located in the United States
Tecumseh
Tecumseh
Coordinates: 39°2′53″N 95°34′45″W / 39.04806°N 95.57917°W / 39.04806; -95.57917[1]
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyShawnee
Elevation912 ft (278 m)
Population
 • Total696
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
66542
Area code785
FIPS code20-70075
GNIS ID2804537[1]

Tecumseh is a census-designated place (CDP) in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States,[1] and situated along the Kansas River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 696.[2] The community and township are both named for the Shawnee chief.[3][4]

Tecumseh is part of the Topeka, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.

  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tecumseh, Kansas
  2. ^ a b "Profile of Tecumseh, Kansas (CDP) in 2020". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 8, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  3. ^ Bird, Roy D.; Douglass W. Wallace (1976). Robert W. Richmond & Joseph W. Snell (ed.). Witness of the Times: A History of Shawnee County. Topeka, Kansas: Shawnee County Historical Society. pp. 351–352. ISBN 0-916934-03-9.
  4. ^ Heim, Michael (2007). Exploring Kansas Highways. p. 49.