Edwards County, Kansas

Founding: 1874
Parent county: Kiowa
Namesake: W.C. Edwards, local resident
Seat: Kinsley (1874–)
Land area: 622 square miles
Population (2020): 2,907
Population (historic): 2,409 (1880); 3,682 (1900); 7,295 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1930
Subdivisions: Four cities; ten townships
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 658 (40.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 41.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,202
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,259

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.8 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 805
Average farm size (1920): 384.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Iowa
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Kinsley

 
Namesake: Edward Kinsley, Massachusetts businessman
Founding: 1873 (platting as Peters); 1873 (post office); 1878 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,456
Population (historic): 457 (1880); 780 (1900); 2,270 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1873–1930; 1940s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 320 (38.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church (1893). 704 70th Road. Kinsley. Gothic Revival.

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