Editing Matfield Green, Kansas (section)

===19th century===
In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France.  In 1803, most of the land for [[History of Kansas|modern day Kansas]] was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile [[Louisiana Purchase]] for 2.83 [[Penny (United States coin)|cents]] per [[acre]].

In 1854, the [[Kansas Territory]] was organized, then in 1861 [[Kansas]] became the 34th [[U.S. state]].  In 1859, [[Chase County, Kansas|Chase County]] was established within the [[Kansas Territory]], which included the land for modern day Matfield Green.

Matfield Green was named after [[Matfield]], in England.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ODXKhgH3e6AC&pg=PA12 | title=Exploring Kansas Highways | author=Heim, Michael | year=2007 | pages=12| publisher=Exploring America's Highway | isbn=9780974435886 }}</ref> The [[village green]] at Matfield in Kent is known as Matfield Green.<ref>[https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/matfield-green-tunbridge-wells Ordnance Survey]</ref>

In 1870, [[Bazaar Township, Chase County, Kansas]] which includes Matfield Green had a population of 376, growing to 1,096 by 1880.<ref>{{cite web|title=William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, 1883, Chase County, Bazaar Township.|url=http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/chase/chase-co-p1.html#TOC|access-date=2023-08-03}}</ref> In its heyday, at the beginning of the 20th century, Matfield Green grew to about 350 residents and possessed a bank, grocery store, livery and blacksmith, hardware, flour mill and lumberyard, and even a hotel for visitors. It also had its own schools. A post office existed in Matfield Green from January 11, 1867 to September 30, 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:CS |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=June 5, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009125935/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3ACS |archivedate=October 9, 2013 }}</ref>