Blue Rapids is a city in Marshall County, Kansas, United States.

[4] The first endeavor to establish a town below the junction of the rivers, in 1857, failed due to misfortunes of two of the three participants.

No further attempt to utilize the impressive water power was made until 1869–1870, when a colony of about 50 families from Genesee County, New York moved in, purchased land and water power rights, and began establishing a community.

[5] Among the first projects in 1870 were a stone dam and a wrought iron bridge built on the Big Blue River.

Blue Rapids claims to be the smallest town in the U.S. to have hosted a national league baseball game.

On October 24, 1913, more than 3,000 fans watched the Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play a world tour exhibition game on the local ball field at Riverside Park that is still in use today.

The 1910 Blue Rapids team played as members of the Class D level Eastern Kansas League.

It features descriptions of Ice Age times, continental glaciers, and Sioux Quartzite glacial erratics -the oldest rocks in Kansas.

The main reason for this Ice Age Monument is that Blue Rapids was founded in a place with abundant natural resources brought or created by the glaciers of the Ice Age over 10,000 years ago.

The namesake rapids on the Blue River that were harnessed to power early industries, the sand and gravel deposits used for construction and roads, and the rich soils for agriculture are all here because of the Ice Age glaciers.

Glacial erratic that was deposited in the glaciated region of Kansas during the Pleistocene era.

[12][13] The 2020 United States census counted 928 people, 376 households, and 243 families in Blue Rapids.

The community is served by Valley Heights USD 498 public school district.

Valley Heights Jr/Sr High School is located halfway between the towns of Blue Rapids and Waterville.

The Blue Rapids Pirates[28] won the Kansas State High School boys class B Track & Field championship in 1942.