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 1859, Chase County was established within the Kansas Territory, which included the land for modern day Strong City.

In 1871, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway extended a main line from Emporia to Newton.

[8] The city originated in March 1871 when the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway was completed to the point then known as Cottonwood Station.

[5] In 1887, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway built a branch line from Neva (3 miles west of Strong City) to Superior, Nebraska.

This branch line connected Strong City, Neva, Rockland, Diamond Springs, Burdick, Lost Springs, Jacobs, Hope, Navarre, Enterprise, Abilene, Talmage, Manchester, Longford, Oak Hill, Miltonvale, Aurora, Huscher, Concordia, Kackley, Courtland, Webber, Superior.

In 2006 and 2015, the "Symphony in the Flint Hills" concert was held two miles north of Strong City with thousands in attendance.

[11][12][13][14] Local stonemasons and builders Barney Lantry & Son contracted with railroad companies for projects throughout the United States.

[15] The first stone-crushers Kansas ever saw were brought to the state by the Lantrys and were operated on a very large scale at Strong City.

Stone was also used for public and private buildings in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa and Colorado.

[15] When Barney Lantry died in 1895, officials of the Santa Fe Railroad from Los Angeles to Chicago attended his funeral services in Strong City.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.55 square miles (1.42 km2), all of it land.

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.

The center of population of Kansas is located 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north of Strong City at 38°27′15″N 96°32′10″W / 38.45417°N 96.53611°W / 38.45417; -96.53611.

The Strong City Indians[25] won the Kansas State High School Boys class BB Basketball championship in 1965.

The original U.S. Route 50 road still comes into the southwest side of the city parallel to the railroad tracks.