Rice County, Kansas

Founding: 1871 (declared in 1867)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Samuel Rice, Union Army soldier
Seat: Atlanta (1871–1876); Lyons (1876–)
Land area: 726 square miles
Population (2020): 9,427
Population (historic): 9,292 (1880); 14,745 (1900); 13,800 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1870–1910; 1930s; 1990s
Subdivisions: Nine cities; 20 townships
National Register listings: 17
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,345 (30.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,416
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,287

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,660
Average farm size (1920): 224.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Pennsylvania
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Lyons

 
Namesake: Unknown
Founding: 1876 (platting); 1876 (post office); 1880 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 3,611
Population (historic): 509 (1880); 1,736 (1900); 2,939 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1876–1890; 1900–1960; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 452 (25%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Henry Hodgson Farm (1901). 1240 28th Road. Union. Eastlake.