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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 .
St. John County was established in 1871, and formed from the area to the east of range 38 in what was then part of Wallace County. In 1885, the name was changed to Logan County. [28] Kearney County was established on March 6, 1873, and was dissolved in 1883, with the land area being split between Hamilton and Finney counties. It was ...
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 .
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] The county was named for Salmon Chase, a U.S. Senator from Ohio that was a Kansas statehood advocate.
In 1806, Zebulon Pike led the Pike Expedition westward from St Louis, Missouri, of which part of their journey followed the Cottonwood River through Chase County near the current city of Cedar Point. [5] In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state.
Cottonwood Township covers an area of 80.82 square miles (209.3 km 2). The streams of Bruno Creek, Cedar Creek, Coon Creek, Coyne Branch, French Creek, Gould Creek, Holmes Creek and Silver Creek run through this township.
The community is served by Chase County USD 284 public school district. It has two schools. Chase County Junior/Senior High School, 600 Main St in Cottonwood Falls. Chase County Elementary School, 410 Palmer St in Strong City. Before the creation of USD 284, the Elmdale Cougars won the Kansas State High School class B baseball championship in ...
On the square at S end of Broadway, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas: Coordinates: Built: 1873: Architectural style: French Renaissance, Second Empire: NRHP reference No. 71000304 [1] Added to NRHP: February 24, 1971