Miami County, Kansas

Founding: 1857 (declared in 1855)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: The Miami people
Seat: Paola (1857–)
Land area: 576 square miles
Population (2020): 34,191
Population (historic): 4,980 (1860); 17,802 (1880); 21,641 (1900); 21,243 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1920s; 1940–1960; 1970–2020
Subdivisions: Five cities; 13 townships
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,483 (17.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 42.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,169
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,036

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.6 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 2,303
Average farm size (1920): 124.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Illinois, Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky
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Paola

 
Namesake: Paola, Italy
Founding: 1855 (platting); 1855 (incorporation); 1856 (post office)
Population (2020): 5,768
Population (historic): 1,811 (1870); 2,943 (1890); 3,207 (1910); 3,702 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1930; 1940–1960; 1980–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 553 (21.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Joseph Eldred Farm (c. 1862). 23702 West 311st Road. Paola. Greek Revival.
2. Edward Hicks House (c. 1870). 32555 Stanton Road. Stanton. Italianate. Razed.
3. David Wilson House Ruins (c. 1865). Southern end of Primrose Road. Valley.
4. Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church (1906). 22779 Metcalf Road. Wea. Gothic Revival.

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