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

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.

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