Chautauqua County, Kansas

Founding: 1875
Parent county: Howard

Namesake: Chautauqua County, New York
Seat: Sedan (1875–)

Land area: 639 square miles

Population (2020): 3,379

Population (historic): 11,072 (1880); 11,804 (1900); 10,352 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1970s

Subdivisions: Six cities; 12 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 835 (39.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 34.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $854
Average outbuilding value (1930): $631
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,291
Average farm size (1920): 104.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania
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Sedan

Namesake: The Battle of Sedan, fought during the Franco–Prussian War

Founding: 1871 (platting); 1871 (post office); 1876 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,000

Population (historic): 665 (1880); 1,067 (1900); 1,776 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1920
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 264 (44.1%)
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