The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1886 (declared in 1873) Parent county:  Unorganized territory Namesake:  The Cheyenne people Seat:  Bird City (1886–1889); St. Francis (1889–) Land area:  1,020 square miles Population (2020):  2,616 Population (historic):  4,401 (1890); 4,248 (1910); 6,948 (1930) Periods of population growth:  1880s; 1900–1930 Subdivisions:  Two cities; seven townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  523 (35.6%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  45.2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  11.2% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  6.4% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,109 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $992 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5 rooms Number of farms (1920):  974 Average farm size (1920):  418.8 acres Sources of settlement:  Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, and Indiana _________________________________________________________________________________   St. Francis ...

Founding:  1889 Parent counties:  Bent and Elbert Namesake:  The Cheyenne people Seat:  Cheyenne Wells (1889–) Land area:  1,778 square miles Population (2020):  1,748 Population (historic):  534 (1890); 3,687 (1910); 3,723 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1890; 1900s; 1940s; 1980s Subdivisions:  Two towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  272 (29.2%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  27.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  14.5% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  5.9% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $653 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $716 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4.1 rooms Number of farms (1920):  674 Average farm size (1920):  115 acres Sources of settlement:  Iowa, Kansas, Illinois, and Colorado _________________________________________________________________________________ Cheyenne Wells Namesake:  Water wells near the town s...