Kiowa County, Colorado

Founding: 1889
Parent county: Bent

Namesake: The Kiowa tribe
Seat: Sheridan Lake (1889–1902); Eads (1902–)

Land area: 1,768 square miles

Population (2020): 1,446

Population (historic): 1,243 (1890); 2,899 (1910); 3,786 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1880s; 1900–1920

Subdivisions: Three towns; two CDPs

National Register listings: Six

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 140 (17.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 20%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $665
Average outbuilding value (1930): $618
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 668
Average farm size (1920): 92.5 acres
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Eads

Namesake: James Eads, civil engineer

Founding: 1887 (platting); 1887 (post office); 1916 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 672

Population (historic): 406 (1920); 518 (1930); 700 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1920–1950; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 75 (19%)

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