Strong City, KS

Strong City is a city in Chase County, Kansas, United States. The 2020 census counted 386 residents. Originally known as Cottonwood Station, in 1881 it was renamed Strong City after William Barstow Strong, then vice-president and general manager, and later president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Strong City is located along U.S. Route 50 highway. "Bing the King" playing organ at the Flint Hills Rodeo. Flint Hills Rodeo, held annually since 1938. Local stonemasons and builders Barney Lantry & Son contracted with railroad companies for projects throughout the United States. In the beginning it built stone-work for certain phases of railroad construction, but later they built complete railroads, grading, laying the track, building bridges, stations, roundhouses, and other division buildings.

Strong City has two schools, Chase County Junior/Senior High School and Chase County Elementary School. In Strong City, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Strong City, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans.