Greeley County, Kansas
Founding: 1888 (declared in 1873) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: Horace Greeley, New York newspaper editor Seat: Tribune (1888–) Land area: 778 square miles Population (2020): 1,284 Population (historic): 1,264 (1890); 1,335 (1910); 1,712 (1930) Periods of population growth: 1880s; 1900s; 1920s; 1940s Subdivisions: Two cities; three townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 90 (14.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.6% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.3% Average farmhouse value (1930): $658 Average outbuilding value (1930): $629 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms Number of farms (1920): 143 Average farm size (1920): 130 acres Sources of settlement: Kansas and Missouri _________________________________________________________________________________ Tribune Namesake: Th...