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

National Register listings: 19

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.