Pauline is an unincorporated town

Unincorporated area

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 in Shawnee County

Shawnee County, Kansas

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, Kansas

Kansas

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, United States

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. Located south of Topeka

Topeka, Kansas

Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county 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...

, it lies next to Forbes Field

Forbes Field (Kansas)

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. Although it began as a small town in its own right, Pauline now is occasionally seen as part of the South City Industry Park for Topeka, Kansas with its many large businesses.

Pauline is located on southwest Topeka Boulevard, just a few miles from Heartland Park Race Track. The population, excluding the Montara subdivision

Montara, Kansas

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, is between 100 and 230 people. There are about 30 houses along with about 20 mobile homes in the mobile home park. Businesses there include three restaurants, two gas station

Filling station

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s, an auction house, a bar, a laundromat, and a grocery store. Pauline also has a Super 8 Motel

Super 8 Motels

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 and a modern campground with hook-ups. Pauline is served by the Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437, with Pauline Central Primary and Pauline South Intermediate being located southwest of Pauline in the Montara subdivision.

See also

• Topeka metropolitan area
  Topeka metropolitan area
  The Topeka Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of five counties in northeastern Kansas, anchored by the city of Topeka...