Chase County, Kansas

Founding: 1859
Parent counties: Butler and Wise

Namesake: Salmon Chase, Supreme Court justice
Seat: Cottonwood Falls (1859–)

Land area: 773 square miles

Population (2020): 2,572

Population (historic): 1,046 (1860); 6,081 (1880); 8,246 (1900); 6,952 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1890

Subdivisions: Five cities; nine townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 531 (35.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,567
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,168
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 873
Average farm size (1920): 121 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New York
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Cottonwood Falls

Namesake: A waterfall on the Cottonwood River

Founding: 1858 (post office); 1872 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 851

Population (historic): 518 (1880); 842 (1900); 963 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1910s; 1930s; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 182 (41.1%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Adam Ice Farm (c. 1875). 511 EF Road. Cottonwood. Italianate.
2. William Shaft Farm (1857/1868). 1682 EF Road. Cottonwood.
3. Clover Cliff Ranch / Jacob Blackshere Farm (1883). 826 US Highway 50. Cottonwood. Italianate.
4. George McNee Farm (1891). 647 Middle Creek Road. Diamond Creek. Italianate.
5. George Ellis Farm (c. 1880). 1958 T Road. Falls. Italianate.
6. Henry Rogers House (c. 1870). State Route 177, north of Matfield Green. Matfield. Razed.
7. Lower Fox Creek School (1882). State Route 177, northwest of Strong City. Strong. Italianate.
8. Spring Hill Ranch / Stephen Jones Farm (1881). State Route 177, northwest of Strong City. Strong. Second Empire.

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