Chase County

Also known as Chase County, Kansas, Chase County, KS

county in Kansas, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Kansas
Founded: February 11, 1859
Named after: Salmon P. Chase
Seat: Cottonwood Falls
Largest city: Cottonwood Falls
Total: 778 sq mi (2,020 km )
Land: 773 sq mi (2,000 km )
Water: 4.7 sq mi (12 km ) 0.6%
Estimate 2025: 2,572
Density: 3.3/sq mi (1.3/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional district: 2nd
Website: chasecountyks.com

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Official website

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Wikidata facts

Population: 2572
Area: 2015
Official website: chasecountychamber.org
Image: ChaseCounty(KS)Courthouse.JPG
Households: 1082

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Commons category: Chase County, Kansas
inception: 1859-02-11
water as percent of area: 0.6
native label: Chase County
per capita income: 29645

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Article

Chase County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Cottonwood Falls. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 2,572. The county was named for Salmon Chase, a U.S. Senator from Ohio that was a Kansas statehood advocate. It is best known for the book PrairyErth: A Deep Map, a book written during, and partially about, the discussion within the county about the establishment of the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. It is one of several areas in Kansas that utilize prescribed burning for the maintenance of pastureland.

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