Rawlins County, Kansas

Founding: 1881 (declared in 1873)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: John Rawlins, Union Army officer
Seat: Atwood (1881–)
Land area: 1,069 square miles
Population (2020): 2,561
Population (historic): 1,623 (1880); 5,241 (1900); 7,362 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1870–1890; 1900–1930; 2010s
Subdivisions: Three cities; ten townships
National Register listings: Three
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 514 (37.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 41.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,184
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,204

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,048
Average farm size (1920): 350.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Bohemia, and Germany
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Atwood

 
Namesake: Attwood Matheny, son of the city's platter
Founding: 1875 (platting as Attwood); 1879 (post office); 1885 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,290
Population (historic): 450 (1890); 680 (1910); 1,106 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1875–1960; 1970s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 162 (27.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Stevens Chapel (1892). Road 15. Center. Gothic Revival.
2. *St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church (1916–1917). Road 12. Rocewood. Romanesque.