Logan County, Kansas


Founding: 1887 (declared in 1881)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: John Logan, Illinois politician
Seat: Russell Springs (1887–1963); Oakley (1963–)
Land area: 1,073 square miles
Population (2020): 2,762
Population (historic): 3,384 (1890); 4,240 (1910); 4,145 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890; 1900s; 1920s; 1940s
Subdivisions: Three cities; 11 townships
National Register listings: Three
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 333 (23%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35.2%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.4%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.6%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $857
Average outbuilding value (1930): $859
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 501
Average farm size (1920): 760.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, and Ohio
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Russell Springs (ex-seat)
 
Namesake: Avra Russell, Kansas soldier
Founding: 1865 (founding); 1887 (post office); 1888 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 26
Population (historic): 117 (1890); 82 (1910); 141 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890; 1910–1940
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 7 (33.3%)
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Oakley
 
Namesake: Elizabeth Oakley Hoag, mother of the city's founder
Founding: 1884 (platting); 1885 (post office); 1887 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 2,046
Population (historic): 176 (1890); 681 (1910); 1,159 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1930; 1940–1980; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 201 (18%)
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