Chase County
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
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.
History