Editing Strong City, Kansas (section)

===20th century===
[[File:Strong city kansas post office 2009.jpg|thumb|right|U.S. Post Office in Strong City (2009)]]
In 1912, construction of a new depot was begun about {{convert|100|ft}} west of the old one, and was finished in 1913.<ref name="nrhp-depot"/>  The new brick depot was trimmed in native cut limestone was built for a cost of $20,000.<ref name="strong-shm"/>  A brick platform some 800-feet long was built along the front of the building, and a 250-foot freight platform was built along the rear of the building.  Passenger service was discontinued in the late 1940s.<ref name="nrhp-depot"/>

In 1945, the name was changed again, this time to '''Strong City'''.<ref name=strong-shm/>

In 1996, the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] merged with [[Burlington Northern Railroad]] and renamed to the current [[BNSF Railway]].