Cedar Point, Kansas

Cedar Point is a city in Chase County, Kansas, United States.

For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans.

In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre.

In 1806, Zebulon Pike led the Pike Expedition westward from St Louis, Missouri, of which part of their journey followed the Cottonwood River through Chase County near the current city of Cedar Point.

In 1855, Marion County was established within the Kansas Territory, which included the land for modern day Cedar Point.

[7] In 1867, a log dam was built across the Cottonwood River, and a wooden-frame mill was constructed for sawing lumber.

The following year (1868) it was converted to grind flour and named Cedar Point Mill.

[8] In 1871, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway built a main line east-west and built a nearby station named Cedar Grove in the valley north of Cedar Point.

[9] In 1996, it merged with Burlington Northern Railroad and renamed to the current BNSF Railway.

Cedar Point is located at 38°15′39″N 96°49′18″W / 38.260888°N 96.821662°W / 38.260888; -96.821662 (38.260888, -96.821662),[10] in the scenic Flint Hills of the Great Plains.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.08 square miles (0.21 km2), all of it land.

[11] Cedar Point has two listings on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

The 2020 United States census counted 22 people, 6 households, and 4 families in Cedar Point.

[2] The community is served by Chase County USD 284 public school district.

1893 Railroad Map shows
"Cedar Point" and "Cedar Grove"
1916 Cottonwood River Pratt Truss Bridge west of Cedar Point (2012)
Map of Kansas highlighting Chase County
Map of Kansas highlighting Chase County