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Greeley County, Kansas

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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...