Emporia is a city in Lyon County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Lyon County. In 2010, 24,916 people lived there. Emporia is between Topeka and Wichita at the intersection of U.S. Route 50, Interstates 335 and 35 on the Kansas Turnpike. Emporia is also a college town because it has Emporia State University and Flint Hills Technical College.