Greeley County, Kansas

Founding: 1888 (declared in 1873)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Horace Greeley, New York newspaper editor
Seat: Tribune (1888–)

Land area: 778 square miles

Population (2020): 1,284

Population (historic): 1,264 (1890); 1,335 (1910); 1,712 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1880s; 1900s; 1920s; 1940s

Subdivisions: Two cities; three townships

National Register listings: One

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 90 (14.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $658
Average outbuilding value (1930): $629
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 143
Average farm size (1920): 130 acres
Sources of settlement: Kansas and Missouri
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Tribune

Namesake: The New York Tribune, a newspaper edited by Horace Greeley

Founding: 1886 (platting); 1886 (post office); 1888 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 772

Population (historic): 90 (1890); 158 (1910); 436 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890; 1900–1950
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 62 (16.3%)
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