Hodgeman County, Kansas
Founding: 1879 (declared in 1867) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: Amos Hodgeman, Kansas soldier Seat: Jetmore (1879–) Land area: 860 square miles Population (2020): 1,723 Population (historic): 1,704 (1880); 2,032 (1900); 4,157 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1900–1930 Subdivisions: Two cities; nine townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 277 (29.1%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 31.9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.2% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.2% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,170 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,149 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms Number of farms (1920): 641 Average farm size (1920): 302.6 acres Sources of settlement: Kansas, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Ohio, and Germany _________________________________________________________________________________ Jetmore Namesake: ...