Wichita County, Kansas

Founding: 1886 (declared in 1873)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: The Wichita people
Seat: Leoti (1886–)
Land area: 719 square miles
Population (2020): 2,152
Population (historic): 1,287 (1890); 2,006 (1910); 2,579 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1880s; 1900s; 1920s; 1940–1970
Subdivisions: One city
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 118 (10.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 36.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $975
Average outbuilding value (1930): $913

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.8 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 305
Average farm size (1920): 379.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Kansas, Illinois, and Russia
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Leoti

 
Namesake: Unknown
Founding: 1885 (platting); 1887 (post office); 1887 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,475
Population (historic): 341 (1890); 288 (1910); 618 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890; 1900–1970
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 74 (9.7%)
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