Stafford County, Kansas

Founding: 1879 (declared in 1867)
Parent counties: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Lewis Stafford, Kansas soldier
Seat: St. John (1879–)
Land area: 792 square miles
Population (2020): 4,072
Population (historic): 4,755 (1880); 9,829 (1900); 10,460 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1910
Subdivisions: Six cities; 21 townships
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 826 (39.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,401
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,189

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.8 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,490
Average farm size (1920): 271.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania
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St. John

 
Namesake: John St. John, Kansas governor
Founding: 1875 (founding as Zion Valley); 1875 (post office); 1885 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,228
Population (historic): 56 (1880); 869 (1900); 1,552 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1875–1890; 1900s; 1930s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 201 (38.9%)
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