Cheyenne County, Colorado

Founding: 1889
Parent counties: Bent and Elbert

Namesake: The Cheyenne people
Seat: Cheyenne Wells (1889–)

Land area: 1,778 square miles

Population (2020): 1,748

Population (historic): 534 (1890); 3,687 (1910); 3,723 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890; 1900s; 1940s; 1980s

Subdivisions: Two towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 272 (29.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 27.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $653
Average outbuilding value (1930): $716
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 674
Average farm size (1920): 115 acres
Sources of settlement: Iowa, Kansas, Illinois, and Colorado
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Cheyenne Wells

Namesake: Water wells near the town site

Founding: 1870 (founding); 1876 (post office); 1890 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 758

Population (historic): 270 (1910); 508 (1920); 595 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910–1950; 1980s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 155 (35.2%)

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