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The first counties were established while Kansas was a Territory from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when Kansas became a state. Many of the counties in the eastern part of the state are named after prominent Americans from the late 18th and early-to-mid-19th centuries, while those in the central and western part of the state are named ...
The Wood House is a historic house located east of Cottonwood Falls in Chase County, Kansas.The house was built in the 1860s by politician Samuel Newitt Wood; while its construction date is not certain, Wood's correspondence and real estate advertisements narrow the date to between 1864 and 1869.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places website since that time. [3]
Cottonwood Falls is the largest city and county seat of Chase County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 851. [ 4 ] It is located south of Strong City along the south side of the Cottonwood River .
Strong City is a city in Chase County, Kansas, United States. [1] Originally known as Cottonwood Station, in 1881 it was renamed Strong City after William Barstow Strong, then vice-president and general manager, and later president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
The Chase County Courthouse located in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, is an example of the many landmark buildings within the Flint Hills that are constructed of Cottonwood Limestone. [ 9 ] Aside from shaping the landscapes of the communities within the Flint Hills, this limestone is most notable for its influence on the building architectures of ...
In 1859 he established the first newspapers at Cottonwood Falls, The Kansas Press, and at Council Grove, The Council Grove Press. [5] In the late 1870s, he served as editor of The Kansas Greenbacker of Emporia. He was also associated with The Topeka State Journal, The Woodsdale Democrat, and The Woodsdale Sentinel of Stevens County, Kansas.
Chase County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Cottonwood Falls . [ 3 ] As of the 2020 census , the county population was 2,572. [ 1 ]