Stanton County, Kansas

Founding: 1887
Parent county: Hamilton

Namesake: Edwin Stanton, U.S. secretary of war
Seat: Johnson City (1887–)

Land area: 680 square miles

Population (2020): 2,084

Population (historic): 1,031 (1890); 1,034 (1910); 2,152 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1880s; 1900s; 1920s; 1940s; 1960s

Subdivisions: Two cities; three townships

National Register listings: 0

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 167 (15.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 27%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $537
Average outbuilding value (1930): $488
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 198
Average farm size (1920): 150 acres
Sources of settlement: Kansas and Missouri
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Johnson City

Namesake: One A.S. Johnson, perhaps a railroad official

Founding: 1885 (platting as Veteran); 1886 (post office); 1888 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,464

Population (historic): 143 (1890); 514 (1930); 524 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1930; 1940s; 1960–1980; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 65 (9.6%)

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