Cheyenne County, Kansas

Founding: 1886 (declared in 1873)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: The Cheyenne people
Seat: Bird City (1886–1889); St. Francis (1889–)
Land area: 1,020 square miles
Population (2020): 2,616
Population (historic): 4,401 (1890); 4,248 (1910); 6,948 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1880s; 1900–1930
Subdivisions: Two cities; seven townships
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 523 (35.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 45.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,109
Average outbuilding value (1930): $992

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 974
Average farm size (1920): 418.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, and Indiana
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St. Francis

 
Namesake: Unknown
Founding: 1887 (platting); 1888 (post office); 1903 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,263
Population (historic): 492 (1910); 733 (1920); 944 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1887–1950; 1960s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 203 (27.5%)
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