Harper County, Kansas
Founding: 1878 (declared in 1867) Parent counties: Unorganized territory Name origin: Marion Harper, Kansas soldier Seat: Anthony (1878–) Land area: 801 square miles Population (2020): 5,485 Population (historic): 4,133 (1880); 10,310 (1900); 12,823 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1910s Subdivisions: Six cities Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 842 (27.9%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 42.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.9% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.5% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,272 Average outbuilding value (1930): $964 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,667 Average farm size (1920): 227.5 acres Sources of settlement: Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, and Kansas _________________________________________________________________________________ Anthony Name origin : Geo...