Greenwood County, Kansas

Founding: 1862 (declared in 1855)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Alfred Greenwood, Arkansas politician
Seat: Eureka (1867–)

Land area: 1,143 square miles

Population (2020): 6,016

Population (historic): 769 (1860); 10,548 (1880); 16,196 (1900); 19,235 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1860–1890; 1920s

Subdivisions: Seven cities; 15 townships

National Register listings: 16

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,338 (33.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,289
Average outbuilding value (1930): $996
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,883
Average farm size (1920): 133.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, and Pennsylvania
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Eureka

Namesake: The Greek exclamation Εὕρηκα ("I've found it!")

Founding: 1857 (platting); 1858 (post office); 1867 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,332

Population (historic): 1,127 (1880); 2,091 (1900); 3,698 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1900–1930
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 432 (32.3%)
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