Ellsworth County, Kansas

Founding: 1867
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Fort Ellsworth
Seat: Ellsworth (1867–)

Land area: 716 square miles

Population (2020): 6,376

Population (historic): 1,185 (1870); 9,272 (1890); 10,444 (1910); 10,132 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1870s; 1970s

Subdivisions: Five cities; 19 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,151 (35.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 49.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,529
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,309
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,228
Average farm size (1920): 210.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Czechoslovakia, Germany, and Iowa
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Ellsworth

Namesake: Fort Ellsworth

Founding: circa 1865 (founding); 1866 (post office); 1867 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,066

Population (historic): 448 (1870); 1,620 (1890); 2,041 (1910); 2,072 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1890; 1900s; 1970s; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 436 (36.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Arthur Larkin House (1884–1885). 1126 State Route 14. Ellsworth. Italianate.
2. St. Paul's Lutheran Church (c. 1890). 449 13th Road. Sherman. Gothic Revival.

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