Haskell County, Kansas

Founding: 1887
Parent counties: Finney and Ford

Namesake: Dudley Haskell, Kansas politician
Seat: Santa Fe (1887–1920); Sublette (1920–)

Land area: 578 square miles

Population (2020): 3,780

Population (historic): 1,077 (1890); 457 (1900); 993 (1910); 1,455 (1920); 2,805 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890; 1900–1930; 1940–1970; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two cities; three townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 187 (11.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $963
Average outbuilding value (1930): $834
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 177
Average farm size (1920): 315.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Kansas and Missouri
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Sublette

Namesake: William Sublette, Oregon frontiersman

Founding: 1912 (platting); 1913 (post office); 1923 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,413

Population (historic): 673 (1930); 582 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1930; 1940–1970; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 53 (7.8%)

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