Chase County, Kansas

**Chase County** (county code **CS**) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 2,572 people lived there. Its county seat is Cottonwood Falls. Cottonwood Falls is also the biggest city in Chase County.  The center of population of Kansas is in Chase County, about four miles north of Strong City.

## History

In 1859, **Chase County** was created in the Kansas Territory.

In 1871, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway built a railroad from Emporia to Newton.  In 1887, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway built a railroad from Neva (3 miles west of Strong City) to Superior, Nebraska.  This railroad connected Strong City, Neva, Rockland, Diamond Springs, Burdick, Lost Springs, Jacobs, Hope, Navarre, Enterprise, Abilene, Talmage, Manchester, Longford, Oak Hill, Miltonvale, Aurora, Huscher, Concordia, Kackley, Courtland, Webber, Superior.

The south-western border one mile "notch" into Marion County was created under strange circumstances. There was a murder. Marion County didn't want to have the trial, so a section one mile wide and eighteen miles long was given to Chase County. This was to make it so that the murder had happened there. The one mile strip of land is still part of Chase County.

### Historical markers

- Landmark of Distinction - The Chase County Courthouse.
- Chase County and The Bluestem Pasture Region of Kansas.
- The Bluestem Pasture Region of Kansas.
- W. B. Strong Memorial Railroad Park.

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.6%) is water.

### Major highways

Sources:  National Atlas, U.S. Census Bureau
- Interstate 35 All of I-35 in Chase County is part of the Kansas Turnpike. The general public can't get to it from inside the county.
- U.S. Route 50
- K-150
- K-177

### Presidential elections

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2024**|style="text-align:center;"|**74.6%** _1,090_|style="text-align:center;"|23.8% _348_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% _24_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**75.3%** _1,123_|style="text-align:center;"|23.1% _345_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% _23_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.8%** _969_|style="text-align:center;"|23.1% _316_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.1% _84_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.8%** _875_|style="text-align:center;"|28.2% _358_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.0% _38_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.5%** _976_|style="text-align:center;"|27.7% _383_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _25_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.3%** _1,055_|style="text-align:center;"|27.9% _418_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _28_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.4%** _848_|style="text-align:center;"|29.7% _391_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.9% _78_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.2%** _778_|style="text-align:center;"|32.0% _496_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|17.8% _276_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**36.2%** _610_|style="text-align:center;"|27.9% _470_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|35.9% _605_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.6%** _884_|style="text-align:center;"|36.9% _538_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.5% _36_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**74.0%** _1,162_|style="text-align:center;"|25.0% _393_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _15_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.9%** _1,073_|style="text-align:center;"|25.8% _413_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.3% _117_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.6%** _922_|style="text-align:center;"|40.2% _643_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.3% _36_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**76.0%** _1,184_|style="text-align:center;"|20.2% _315_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.7% _58_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.6%** _1,038_|style="text-align:center;"|27.9% _462_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.5% _158_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.3%** _902_|style="text-align:center;"|49.4% _886_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _5_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.1%** _1,276_|style="text-align:center;"|35.5% _708_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _8_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**74.5%** _1,553_|style="text-align:center;"|25.4% _529_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.2% _4_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**77.8%** _1,815_|style="text-align:center;"|22.0% _513_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _6_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.9%** _1,432_|style="text-align:center;"|39.6% _961_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% _37_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.0%** _1,510_|style="text-align:center;"|39.7% _998_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _9_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.8%** _1,871_|style="text-align:center;"|41.5% _1,344_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% _23_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|48.4% _1,610_|style="text-align:center;"|**51.3%** _1,706_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _9_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|46.0% _1,485_|style="text-align:center;"|**52.7%** _1,703_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _43_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.8%** _2,079_|style="text-align:center;"|25.9% _739_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _38_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.6%** _1,822_|style="text-align:center;"|26.1% _758_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|11.3% _330_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.2%** _1,659_|style="text-align:center;"|34.4% _904_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.4% _64_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|44.1% _1,356_|style="text-align:center;"|**51.6%** _1,584_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.3% _132_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|25.4% _476_|style="text-align:center;"|**43.4%** _812_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|31.2% _585_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**53.0%** _1,021_|style="text-align:center;"|43.3% _834_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.6% _70_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.4%** _1,217_|style="text-align:center;"|29.7% _562_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.9% _111_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|**52.5%** _1,084_|style="text-align:center;"|46.3% _956_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% _25_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|44.7% _812_|style="text-align:center;"|**54.1%** _981_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% _22_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|47.4% _891_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**52.7%** _990_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.1%** _1,126_|style="text-align:center;"|28.5% _593_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|17.4% _362_|

### Unified school districts

- USD 284, Chase County
    - Cottonwood Falls, Strong City, Matfield Green, Cedar Point, Elmdale, Clements, Saffordville, Bazaar, Rural Areas
    - Chase County Junior/Senior High School

- District Office In Neighboring County
- USD 398, Peabody-Burns
    - Wonsevu, Rural Areas
    - Peabody-Burns Junior/Senior High School

### Cities

- Cedar Point
- Cottonwood Falls
- Elmdale
- Matfield Green
- Strong City

## More reading

- _Chase County - Its Past, Present, and Future_; Chase County Leader; May 28, 1914.
- _Plat Book of Chase County, Kansas_; North West Publishing Co; 39 pages; 1901.

## Other websites

- Chase County Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT

## Infobox (u.s. county)

- **county**: Chase County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: ChaseCounty(KS)Courthouse.JPG
- **ex image cap**: Chase County Courthouse in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Cottonwood Falls
- **founded**: February 11, 1859
- **named for**: Salmon P. Chase
- **seat wl**: Cottonwood Falls
- **largest city wl**: Cottonwood Falls
- **area total sq mi**: 778
- **area land sq mi**: 773
- **area water sq mi**: 4.7
- **area percentage**: 0.6%
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 2572
- **population density sq mi**: 3.3
- **area codes**: Area code 620, 620
- **district**: 2nd
- **time zone**: Central