Miami County, Kansas

Founding: 1857 (declared in 1855)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: The Miami tribe
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
National Register listings: 16
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); 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.