Meade County, Kansas

Founding: 1885 (declared in 1873)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: George Meade, Union general
Seat: Meade (1885–)

Land area: 978 square miles

Population (2020): 4,055

Population (historic): 296 (1880); 2,542 (1900); 6,858 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1880s; 1900s; 1920s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Three cities; nine townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 603 (30.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 38.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,192
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,201
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 842
Average farm size (1920): 356.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois
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Meade

Namesake: George Meade, Union general

Founding: 1885 (platting); 1885 (post office); 1885 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,505

Population (historic): 457 (1890); 664 (1910); 1,552 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1885–1890; 1900–1930; 1940–1960; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 212 (29%)
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