Mitchell County, Kansas

Founding: 1870 (declared in 1867)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: William Mitchell, Kansas soldier
Seat: Beloit (1870–)
Land area: 702 square miles
Population (2020): 5,796
Population (historic): 485 (1870); 15,037 (1890); 14,089 (1910); 12,774 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1870–1890; 1970s
Subdivisions: Seven cities; 20 townships
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,168 (37.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 42.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,186
Average outbuilding value (1930): $986

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.2 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,822
Average farm size (1920): 191.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New York, Missouri, and Wisconsin
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Beloit

 
Namesake: Beloit, Wisconsin
Founding: 1868 (founding as Willow Springs); 1870 (post office); 1872 (platting); 1872 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 3,404
Population (historic): 1,835 (1880); 2,359 (1900); 3,502 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1868–1890; 1900–1950; 1960–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 544 (31.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. School Number Three (1883). Asherville Road, east of 330 Road. Beloit. Italianate.
2. Abram Click Farm (1880). 2030 Independence Avenue. Beloit.

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