Monmouth Township, Shawnee County, Kansas

The Horace G. Lyons House is a historic house. It was built in 1860 for Horace G. Lyons, a settler and farmer. It was expanded in 1893. In 1900, Lyons authored a religious booklet called The Devil Problem, in which he argued that the devil could be found in every man. The house remained in the Lyons family until 1977.The house was designed in the Second Empire and Italianate architectural styles. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 1, 1984.

Richland is currently a ghost town in southeastern Shawnee County, Kansas, United States.

Shawnee Heights USD 450 is a public unified school district headquartered in Tecumseh, Kansas, United States. The district includes the communities of southeast edge of Topeka, Tecumseh, Berryton, Watson, and nearby rural areas. The Shawnee Heights School District is a 5A school district that includes a total of 4 Elementary Schools, 1 Middle School, and 1 High School. Shawnee Heights School District is a suburban school district located in southeastern Shawnee County. The District has an estimated total of 3,500 Students from Pre-Kindergarten to 12th Grade. Tim Hallacy is the superintendent for the School District.

Berryton is an unincorporated community in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States. It is located east of the Topeka Regional Airport.

Watson is an unincorporated community in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States.

Shawnee Heights High School is a fully accredited public high school located in Tecumseh, Kansas, east of Topeka, Kansas. The school colors are red, white and turquoise and the school mascot is the Thunderbird. The average annual enrollment is approximately 1,200 students. Shawnee Heights is a member of the Kansas State High School Activities Association and offers a variety of sports programs. Athletic teams compete in the 5A division and are known as the "Thunderbirds". Extracurricular activities are also offered in the form of performing arts, school publications, and clubs. The school is a member of the United Kansas Conference.

Lake Jivaro is a private man-made reservoir lake in southeast Shawnee County, Kansas. Constructed in the early 1960s, it lies just east of Shawnee Heights Road. The dam responsible for the lake is at the north end; the lake has roughly the shape of a doubly-rooted tooth. The lake has a 97.7-acre (395,000 m2) surface area. Its shore is lined with residences along about half of the shoreline.Lake Jivaro has a community boat ramp at its northeast corner, at the west end of the dam. It being private property, use requires explicit permission, and the Lake lacks public boat ramps. There are also no public swimming areas, and all fishing requires explicit permission. Two websites attribute bass, walleye, bluegill, white perch, and crappie to its waters.

The Karnes Stone Barn, near Carbondale in Osage County, Kansas, was built in 1877. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.It was built for George R. Bronson, a circus man. It is a limestone structure which is 80 by 50 feet (24 m × 15 m) in plan and 30 feet (9.1 m) tall.It apparently was originally built to hold a circus; it was later used as a milking barn.

KMAJ (1440 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Topeka, Kansas. It is owned by Cumulus Media and it broadcasts a talk radio format, calling itself "The Big Talker." The studios and offices are South Kansas Avenue. By day, KMAJ is powered at 5,000 watts. But at night, to protect other stations on 1440 AM from interference, it reduces power to 1,000 watts. It uses a directional antenna with a four-tower array. The transmitter is on SE Ratner Road near SE 29th Street in Tecumseh, Kansas. Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator K228FW at 93.5 MHz in Topeka.

Topeka Regional Airport (IATA: FOE, ICAO: KFOE, FAA LID: FOE), formerly known as Forbes Field, is a joint civil-military public airport owned by the Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority in Shawnee County, Kansas, seven miles south of downtown Topeka, the capital city of Kansas. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a general aviation airport.Topeka Regional Airport is used by the University of Kansas (KU) for charter flights for its athletic teams and by schools visiting the KU campus in Lawrence, which is 34 miles (55 km) east of the airport via the Kansas Turnpike. (Kansas City International Airport is 51 miles (82 km) from KU.) The airport had scheduled airline service by multiple carriers until 2014. Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 11,573 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2019.

Twin Mound is a ghost town in western Douglas County, Kansas, United States. It was named for two natural mounds that rise gently from the landscape.

Heartland Motorsports Park, formerly known as Heartland Park Topeka, is a multi-purpose motorsports facility 8 miles (13 km) south of downtown Topeka, Kansas near the Topeka Regional Airport. It operated from 1989 until its closure in 2023.