Ellsworth County, Kansas
Founding: 1867 Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: Fort Ellsworth Seat: Ellsworth (1867–) Land area: 716 square miles Population (2020): 6,376 Population (historic): 1,185 (1870); 9,272 (1890); 10,444 (1910); 10,132 (1930) Periods of population growth: 1870s; 1970s Subdivisions: Five cities; 19 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,151 (35.6%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 49.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.2% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,529 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,309 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.1 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,228 Average farm size (1920): 210.5 acres Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Czechoslovakia, Germany, and Iowa _________________________________________________________________________________ Ellsworth Na...