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Matfield Green is a tiny city in Chase County, set in the scenic Flint Hills of east-central Kansas along K-177 highway, on the south fork of the Cottonwood River.

The town was founded by English immigrant David Mercer and named after Matfield in Kent, England, where the village green itself is known as Matfield Green; the city was incorporated in 1924.

Matfield Green's post office ran from January 11, 1867 until September 30, 1995, and the town formed its first school district in 1881, holding classes in a framed one-room schoolhouse.

In its heyday around the start of the 20th century, Matfield Green had about 350 residents with a bank, grocery store, livery and blacksmith, hardware store, flour mill, lumberyard, a hotel and its own schools — the townsite's 1880 census count was 324.

The 2020 census counted 49 people in Matfield Green, in 28 households, packed into just 0.14 square miles — and a small colony of artists and writers now helps preserve the shrinking community.

Two National Register of Historic Places ranches stand nearby: the Crocker Ranch and the Pioneer Bluffs Ranch, about a mile north on K-177, a heritage center preserving Flint Hills ranching history.

Matfield Green is served by the Chase County USD 284 district in Cottonwood Falls, 16 miles north; the old Matfield Green High School mascot was the Panthers, and the town is part of the Emporia Micropolitan Statistical Area.