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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 Cottonwood Ranch is a historic site near Studley in Valley Township, Sheridan County, Kansas, United States. [2] The ranch is now preserved as a Kansas State Historic Site. The ranch was built by Abraham Pratt, an Englishman who first came to the United States during the years of the Colorado Gold Rush. After returning to England, he ...
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.
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. [5] [6] [7] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city 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 .
The Hollenberg Pony Express Station is located about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Hanover, Kansas along Kansas Highway 243. The station consists of a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story rectangular Cottonwood frame building, with a gabled roof, wooden shingled exterior, and stone foundation. The building is organized into six rooms, four of which served as the ...
The following is a list of the 3,143 counties and county-equivalents in the 50 states and District of Columbia sorted by U.S. state, plus an additional 100 county-equivalents in the U.S. territories sorted by territory.
Clements has one listing on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Chase County, Kansas (NRHP). The Clements Stone Arch Bridge was built of native limestone across Cottonwood River in 1887. The two-span bridge with a main span of 57.1 ft (17.4 m) and a length of 126.9 ft (38.7 m) is now open only to pedestrians. [5] [6] [7]