Wyandotte County, Kansas

 

Founding: 1859
Parent counties: Johnson and Leavenworth

Namesake: The Wyandot people
Seat: Kansas City (1859–)

Land area: 152 square miles

Population (2020): 169,245

Population (historic): 2,609 (1860); 19,143 (1880); 73,227 (1900); 141,211 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1930; 1940–1960; 2010s

Subdivisions: Three cities

National Register listings: 45

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 13,369 (19.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 29.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,837
Average outbuilding value (1930): $897
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,249
Average farm size (1920): 42.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, Germany, Pennsylvania, Ireland, Illinois, and Virginia
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Kansas City

Namesake: The Kansas River

Founding: 1855 (post office); 1857 (platting as Wyandotte); 1859 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 156,607

Population (historic): 3,200 (1880); 51,418 (1900); 121,857 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1930; 1940s; 1960s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 12,772 (20%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Moses Grinter House (1857). 1420 South 78th Street.
2. Farm (c. 1925). 9306 Kansas Avenue. Eclectic/Georgian Revival.
3. Farm (c. 1910). 12448 Parallel Parkway. Georgian Revival.
4. *Anton Sauer House (1871–1872). 945 Shawnee Road. Italianate.