Lincoln County, Kansas

 

Founding: 1870 (declared in 1867)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Abraham Lincoln, U.S. president
Seat: Abram (1870–1872); Lincoln (1872–)

Land area: 719 square miles

Population (2020): 2,939

Population (historic): 516 (1870); 9,709 (1890); 10,142 (1910); 9,707 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1870–1890

Subdivisions: Four cities; 20 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,029 (55.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 41.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,215
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,107
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,466
Average farm size (1920): 188.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Germany, and Denmark
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Lincoln

Namesake: Abraham Lincoln, U.S. president

Founding: 1870 (platting); 1870 (post office); 1879 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,171

Population (historic): 422 (1880); 1,262 (1900); 1,732 (1900)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1910
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 331 (41.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Niels Nielsen Farm (c. 1894). 1125 Pike Road. Grant.
2. Emory Cook House (c. 1885). 1286 Wheat Road. Orange.

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