Neosho County, Kansas

Founding: 1864 (declared in 1861)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: The Neosho River
Seat: St. Paul (1864–1872); Erie (1872–)
Land area: 571 square miles
Population (2020): 15,904
Population (historic): 10,206 (1870); 18,561 (1890); 23,754 (1910); 22,665 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1860–1920
Subdivisions: Seven cities; 12 townships
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,533 (32.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 40.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,020
Average outbuilding value (1930): $758

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 2,160
Average farm size (1920): 120.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, and Kentucky
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Erie

 
Namesake: Lake Erie
Founding: 1866 (platting); 1866 (post office); 1869 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,047
Population (historic): 418 (1870); 1,176 (1890); 1,300 (1910); 1,184 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1860s; 1880s; 1900s; 1920–1970
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 220 (31.3%)
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