Lane County, Kansas
Founding: 1886 (declared in 1873) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: James Lane, U.S. army general Seat: Dighton (1886–) Land area: 717 square miles Population (2020): 1,574 Population (historic): 604 (1880); 1,563 (1900); 3,372 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1900–1930; 1950s Subdivisions: One city; one CDP; five townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 277 (28.6%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 39.5% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.1% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,190 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,181 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms Number of farms (1920): 473 Average farm size (1920): 643.3 acres Sources of settlement: Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, and Indiana _________________________________________________________________________________ Dighton ...