Sheridan County, Kansas

Founding: 1880 (declared in 1873)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Philip Sheridan, Union Army general
Seat: Kenneth (1880–1886); Hoxie (1886–)
Land area: 896 square miles
Population (2020): 2,447
Population (historic): 1,567 (1880); 3,819 (1900); 6,038 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1910; 1920s
Subdivisions: Two cities; 14 townships
National Register listings: Two
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 269 (23.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 31.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,019
Average outbuilding value (1930): $984

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.3 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 932
Average farm size (1920): 448.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, and Nebraska
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Hoxie

 
Namesake: Herbert Hoxie, railroad executive
Founding: 1886 (platting); 1886 (post office); 1886 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,211
Population (historic): 245 (1890); 532 (1910); 800 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1886–1980; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 97 (15.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Cottonwood Ranch / John Pratt Ranch (c. 1880/1890/1895). 14432 US Highway 24. Valley. Eastlake.