Lane County, Kansas

Founding: 1886 (declared in 1873)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: James Lane, Union Army general
Seat: Dighton (1886–)
Land area: 717 square miles
Population (2020): 1,574
Population (historic): 604 (1880); 1,563 (1900); 3,372 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1900–1930; 1950s
Subdivisions: One city; one CDP; five townships
National Register listings: Three
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 277 (28.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 39.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,190
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,181

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 473
Average farm size (1920): 643.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, and Indiana
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Dighton

 
Namesake: Richard Deighton, owner of the city site
Founding: 1879 (platting); 1879 (post office); 1887 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 960
Population (historic): 304 (1890); 370 (1910); 803 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890; 1900–1970
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 145 (27.4%)
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