Scott County, Kansas

Founding: 1886 (declared in 1873)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Winfield Scott, U.S. army general
Seat: Scott City (1886–)
Land area: 718 square miles
Population (2020): 5,151
Population (historic): 1,262 (1890); 3,047 (1910); 3,976 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1880s; 1900–1930; 1940–1980; 2010s
Subdivisions: One city; seven townships
National Register listings: Four
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 308 (14%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 47.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,056
Average outbuilding value (1930): $799

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.6 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 428
Average farm size (1920): 352.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, and Ohio
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Scott City

 
Namesake: Winfield Scott, U.S. army general
Founding: 1885 (post office); 1887 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 4,113
Population (historic): 229 (1890); 918 (1910); 1,544 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890; 1900–1980; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 208 (11.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Herbert Steele House (c. 1892). West Scott Lake Drive. Beaver.