Geary County, Kansas

Founding: 1855
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: John Geary, Kansas territorial governor
Seat: Junction City (1855–)
Land area: 385 square miles
Population (2020): 36,739
Population (historic): 1,163 (1860); 6,994 (1880); 10,744 (1900); 14,366 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1960; 1970–1990; 2000–2020
Subdivisions: Three cities; eight townships
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,959 (12.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 48.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,653
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,493

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.8 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 847
Average farm size (1920): 115 acres
Sources of settlement: Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Germany, Missouri, Indiana, Iowa, and New York
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Junction City

 
Namesake: The city's location at the confluence of two rivers
Founding: 1854 (platting as Manhattan); 1858 (post office); 1859 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 22,932
Population (historic): 217 (1860); 2,684 (1880); 4,695 (1900); 7,407 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1854–1870; 1880–1920; 1930–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,461 (13.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. St. Paul's Lutheran Church (c. 1900). 9719 Clark's Creek Road. Jefferson. Gothic Revival.
2. James Dixon House (c. 1881). 7827 Old US Highway 77. Milford. Italianate.
3. Kansas Territorial Capitol (1855). 693 Huebner Road. Smoky Hill.
4. Liberty Hall / James Kennedy Farm (c. 1873). 4718 Liberty Hall Road. Smoky Hill. Italianate.
5. Frank Taylor House (c. 1880/1910). 1825 Old US Highway 40. Smoky Hill. Italianate.
6. School Number Eight (1914). 2505 South Spring Valley Road. Smoky Hill. Craftsman.
7. St. Joseph Catholic Church (1910). 13497 Lower McDowell Creek Road. Wingfield. Gothic Revival.

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