Hodgeman County, Kansas

Founding: 1879 (declared in 1867)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Amos Hodgeman, Kansas soldier
Seat: Jetmore (1879–)
Land area: 860 square miles
Population (2020): 1,723
Population (historic): 1,704 (1880); 2,032 (1900); 4,157 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1900–1930
Subdivisions: Two cities; nine townships
National Register listings: Four
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 277 (29.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 31.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,170
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,149

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 641
Average farm size (1920): 302.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Kansas, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Ohio, and Germany
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Jetmore

 
Namesake: Abraham Jetmore, railroad developer
Founding: 1879 (platting); 1880 (post office); 1887 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 770
Population (historic): 324 (1890); 317 (1910); 914 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890; 1900–1930; 1940–1960; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 145 (33.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *St. Mary Catholic Church (1904/1928). 14920 232 Road. Sterling. Gothic Revival.