Cottonwood Falls, County seat in Chase County, Kansas
The limestone Chase County Courthouse stands at the center of Cottonwood Falls, featuring a mansard roof and detailed stonework from local quarries.
The settlement began in 1854 when Indian trader Seth Hayes established a cattle ranch near Diamond Spring Creek, leading to the city's founding in 1859.
The Prairie Fire Festival brings together residents and visitors each year to celebrate local traditions with music, food, and community activities.
The Chase County USD 284 school district serves students through facilities in both Cottonwood Falls and neighboring Strong City.
Five structures in Cottonwood Falls hold places on the National Register of Historic Places, including the Cartter Building and Cottonwood River Bridge.
Location: Chase County
Elevation above the sea: 367 m
Website: http://cottonwoodfallskansas.com
GPS coordinates: 38.36810,-96.54310
Latest update: March 3, 2025 18:41
Kansas offers a land where ancient geological formations, historical sites, and cultural institutions come together. This collection features locations that testify to several million years of natural history and two centuries of human presence. Visitors can explore sandstone formations shaped by erosion at Mushroom Rock State Park, discover underground galleries of Strataca in an active salt mine in Hutchinson, or see the chalk cliffs of Monument Rocks rising 21 meters high in Gove County. The route also includes testimonies of the region's artistic and religious heritage. The Plains Guardian, a 13-meter steel sculpture, marks the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas rivers in Wichita. The Victoria Stone Church showcases architecture from 1911 with its twin 43-meter towers. Eden Garden in Lucas features more than 150 concrete sculptures created between 1907 and 1928. The Cosmosphere houses the second-largest collection of space artifacts in the United States. These sites provide insight into the geological, historical, and cultural features of Kansas.
National Teachers Hall of Fame
32.1 km
Welch Stadium
32.2 km
Emporia Granada Theatre
32 km
Chase County Courthouse
506 m
William Allen White House
32.4 km
Emporia State University Memorial Union
32.3 km
Lower Fox Creek School
8.2 km
Clements Stone Arch Bridge
18.6 km
Cottonwood River Pratt Truss Bridge
28.1 km
Whitney Ranch
17.2 km
Crocker Ranch
20.8 km
Dunlap Colored Cemetery
29.5 km
Clover Cliff Ranch House
14 km
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
32 km
Cottonwood River Bridge
800 m
Walt Mason House
31.3 km
Harris-Borman House
32.6 km
Greenwood Cemetery
32.5 km
Richard Howe House
32.3 km
Fox Creek Stone Arch Bridge
3.8 km
Wood House
2.1 km
Chase County National Bank
446 m
Cottonwood Falls Grade School
256 m
William C. & Jane Shaft House
17.6 km
Spring Hill Farm and Stock Ranch House
7.5 km
Harris Bridge
27.2 km
Soden's Grove Bridge
31.6 km
Whitney Ranch - House
17.2 kmReviews
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