Gray County, Kansas
Founding: 1888 (declared in 1873) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: Alfred Gray, Kansas politician Seat: Cimarron (1888–) Land area: 869 square miles Population (2020): 5,653 Population (historic): 2,415 (1890); 3,121 (1910); 6,211 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1890; 1900–1930; 1940s; 1960–2010 Subdivisions: Five cities; seven townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 393 (16.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 38% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 1.3% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,228 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,045 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5 rooms Number of farms (1920): 733 Average farm size (1920): 311.4 acres Sources of settlement: Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma, and Indiana _________________________________________________________________________________ Cima...