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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 ...
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.
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.
The Cottonwood River Bridge is a historic bridge across the Cottonwood River at the north edge of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. The bridge was built in 1914 by the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company, who bid $13,700 for its contract. It is 207 feet (63 m) long and rises 25.5 feet (7.8 m) above the river.
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 ...
Cottonwood Township is a township in Chase County, Kansas, United ... Geography. Cottonwood Township covers an area of 80.82 square miles (209.3 km 2). The streams of ...
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.