Pratt County, Kansas

Founding: 1879 (declared in 1867)
Parent county: Marion
Namesake: Caleb Pratt, Union Army lieutenant
Seat: Iuka (1879–1888); Pratt (1888–)
Land area: 735 square miles
Population (2020): 9,157
Population (historic): 1,890 (1880); 7,085 (1900); 13,312 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1900–1930; 1970s; 2000s
Subdivisions: Seven cities
National Register listings: 10
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,424 (32.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 44.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,340
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,007

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,319
Average farm size (1920): 296.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, and Kentucky
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Pratt

 
Namesake: Caleb Pratt, Union Army lieutenant
Founding: 1884 (platting); 1884 (post office); 1884 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 6,603
Population (historic): 1,418 (1890); 3,302 (1910); 6,322 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1880s; 1900–1960; 1970s; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 931 (30.4%)
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