Marshall County, Kansas

Founding: 1855
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Frank Marshall, prominent local resident
Seat: Marysville (1855–)

Land area: 900 square miles

Population (2020): 10,038

Population (historic): 768 (1870); 20,539 (1890); 23,880 (1910); 23,056 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1860–1900

Subdivisions: Nine cities; one CDP; 25 townships

National Register listings: 21

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,857 (37.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 39.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,659
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,517
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,798
Average farm size (1920): 155.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Illinois, Ohio, New York, Germany, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Indiana, and Missouri
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Marysville

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: 1855 (platting); 1855 (post office); 1861 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,447

Population (historic): 171 (1860); 1,249 (1880); 2,006 (1900); 4,013 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1855–1890; 1900–1930
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 551 (31.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Otoe Presbyterian Mission (1857). 1885 State Line Road. Balderson. Razed.
2. *Edmund Jones Log House (c. 1857). State Route 99, south of Cyclone Lane. Clear Fork. Razed.
3. *Benjamin Hammett House (c. 1860/1866). East River Road, south of Osage Road. Elm Creek.
4. *Abraham Wuester House (1876). 747 21st Road. Guittard. Italianate.
5. *Hermansburg Lutheran Church (1901). 570 3rd Road. Herkimer. Gothic Revival.
6. *Perry Hutchinson House (1872). 1147 US Highway 77. Marysville. Second Empire.
7. *Carl Scholz Farm (1860–1870). 2180 Navajo Road. Rock.
8. *St. Bridget Catholic Church (1905–1908). 29th Road, south of Bison Road. St. Bridget. Gothic Revival.
9. *Barrett School (1870/1896). 19th Road, north of Yonder Road. Vermillion.