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
National Register listings: 17
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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