Chase County, Kansas

administration
The Chase County Courthouse in Cottonwood Falls, listed on NRHP No. 71000304
US state :	Kansas
Administrative headquarters :	Cottonwood Falls
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 547 Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845-0547
Foundation :	February 11, 1859
Made up from:	Butler County Wise County
Area code :	001 620
Demographics
Residents :	2790 (2010)
Population density :	1.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2015 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map

Website : www.chasecountyks.org

Chase County is a county in the state of Kansas in the United States . The county seat is Cottonwood Falls .

geography

The county is located in east central Kansas and has an area of 2015 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Morris County , Lyon County , Greenwood County , Butler County, and Marion County .

history

Chase County was formed on February 11, 1859 from parts of Butler County and the defunct Wise County and is one of the first 33 counties to be formed by the first Territorial Administration. It was named after Salmon Portland Chase , a US Treasury Secretary and presiding judge of the United States Supreme Court .

Chase County has a National Historic Landmark , the Spring Hill Ranch . A total of 19 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	1046	-
1870	1975	88.8%
1880	6081	207.9%
1890	8233	35.4%
1900	8246	0.2%
1910	7527	-8.7%
1920	7144	-5.1%
1930	6952	-2.7%
1940	6345	-8.7%
1950	4831	-23.9%
1960	3921	-18.8%
1970	3408	-13.1%
1980	3309	-2.9%
1990	3021	-8.7%
2000	3030	0.3%
2010	2790	-7.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Chase County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Chase County had 3,030 people in 1,246 households and 817 families in Chase County. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.90 percent white, 1.02 percent African American, 0.56 percent Native American, 0.13 percent Asian and 0.56 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.83 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.75 percent of the population.

Of the 1,246 households, 28.3 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 54.6 percent were married couples living together, 7.6 percent were single mothers, and 34.4 percent were non-families. 31.1 percent of all households were single households and 14.9 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.92 people.

24.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 6.5 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.6 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 24.1 percent between 45 and 64 years of age and 18.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 103.9 males. For every 100 adult women aged 18 and over there were 99.4 men.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 32,656 , and the median income for a family is $ 39,848. Males had a median income of $ 27,402 versus $ 21,528 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,422. 4.1 percent of families and 8.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ GNIS-ID: 484978. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Kansas . National Park Service , accessed August 27, 2017.
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 27, 2017.
↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011
↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012
↑ Chase County, Kansas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

[2] GNIS-ID: 484978. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[3] Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Kansas . National Park Service , accessed August 27, 2017.

[4] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 27, 2017.

[5] US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011

[6] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011

[7] Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012

[8] Chase County, Kansas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .