Stevens County, Kansas

Founding: 1886
Parent county: Seward

Namesake: Thaddeus Stevens, Pennsylvania politician
Seat: Hugoton (1886–)

Land area: 727 square miles

Population (2020): 5,250

Population (historic): 1,418 (1890); 2,453 (1910); 4,655 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1880s; 1900–1930; 1940s; 1970s

Subdivisions: Two cities; six townships

National Register listings: 0

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 278 (12%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 49.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $872
Average outbuilding value (1930): $841
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 666
Average farm size (1920): 308.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma
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Hugoton

Namesake: Victor Hugo, French novelist

Founding: 1885 (platting as Hugo); 1886 (post office); 1910 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,747

Population (historic): 136 (1890); 105 (1910); 1,368 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1880s; 1900–1930; 1940s; 1970s; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 140 (9.2%)
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