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

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Anthony

 
Name origin: George Anthony, Kansas governor
Founding: 1878 (platting); 1878 (post office); 1879 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 2,108
Population (historic): 345 (1880); 1,179 (1900); 2,947 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1878–1890; 1900–1930; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 328 (26.9%)
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