Jewell County, Kansas

Founding: 1870 (declared in 1867)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Lewis Jewell, Kansas soldier
Seat: Mankato (1870–)
Land area: 910 square miles
Population (2020): 2,932
Population (historic): 17,475 (1870); 19,349 (1890); 18,148 (1910); 14,462 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1870–1900
Subdivisions: Seven cities; 25 townships
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 937 (46.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 29.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,062
Average outbuilding value (1930): $933

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.1 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 2,740
Average farm size (1920): 164.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and New York
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Mankato

 
Namesake: Mankato, Minnesota
Founding: 1872 (platting as Jewell Center); 1872 (post office); 1880 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 836
Population (historic): 506 (1880); 890 (1900); 1,404 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1950; 1960s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 191 (33.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Minnie Pelster House (1877). 2751 C Road. Allen.
2. Baptist Church (c. 1885). State Route 28 and Omio Road. Allen. Gothic Revival.
3. Oren Francis Farm (1909). 2264 State Route 128. Burr Oak. Queen Anne.
4. Fisher House (c. 1885). F Road, east of State Route 14. Prairie. Italianate. Razed.

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