Labette County, Kansas

Founding: 1867
Parent county: Neosho

Namesake: Labette Creek
Seat: Oswego (1867–)

Land area: 645 square miles

Population (2020): 20,184

Population (historic): 9,973 (1870); 27,586 (1890); 31,423 (1910); 31,346 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1890; 1900s

Subdivisions: Eight cities; 16 townships

National Register listings: 14

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,924 (29%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 41.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $930
Average outbuilding value (1930): $715
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,505
Average farm size (1920): 121.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Kentucky, New York, and Virginia
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Oswego

Namesake: Oswego, New York

Founding: 1865 (platting); 1866 (post office); 1870 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,668

Population (historic): 1,196 (1870); 2,574 (1890); 2,317 (1910); 1,845 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1880; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 190 (22.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Robert Whitaker Farm (1882). 307 Pine Ridge Road. North. Italianate.