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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 ...
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.
There are over 1,600 buildings, sites, districts, and objects in Kansas listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas. NRHP listings appear in 101 of the state's 105 counties . Contents: Counties in Kansas (links in italic lead to a new page)
In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1859, Chase County was established within the Kansas Territory, which included the land for modern day Strong City. In 1871, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway extended a main line from Emporia to Newton. [8]
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.
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 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 ...
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 ...