Grant County, Kansas

Founding: 1888 (declared in 1873)
Parent counties: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Ulysses Grant, Union Army general
Seat: Ulysses (1888–)
Land area: 575 square miles
Population (2020): 7,352
Population (historic): 1,308 (1890); 422 (1900); 1,087 (1910); 3,092 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1880s; 1900s; 1920s; 1940–2000
Subdivisions: One city; three townships
National Register listings: Three
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 107 (3.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 27.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $725
Average outbuilding value (1930): $761

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.3 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 194
Average farm size (1920): 387.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee, and Illinois
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Ulysses

 
Namesake: Ulysses Grant, Union Army general
Founding: 1885 (platting); 1886 (post office); 1909 (relocation); 1921 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 5,788
Population (historic): 198 (1890); 103 (1920); 1,140 (1930); 824 (1940)
Periods of population growth: 1880s; 1920s; 1940–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 57 (2.6%)
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