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
National Register listings: Six
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.