Niobrara County, Wyoming
Founding: 1913 (declared in 1911) Parent county: Converse Namesake: The Niobrara River Seat: Lusk (1913–) Land area: 2,626 square miles Population (2020): 2,467 Population (historic): 6,321 (1920); 4,723 (1930); 5,988 (1940) Periods of population growth: pre-1920; 1930s; 2000s Subdivisions: Three towns; one CDP Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 592 (43.7 %) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 32.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.6% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.2% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,145 Average outbuilding value (1930): $478 Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms Number of farms (1920): 739 Average farm size (1920): 82 acres Sources of settlement: Nebraska, Wyoming, Iowa, and Illinois _________________________________________________________________________________ Lusk Namesake: Frank Lusk, local rancher F...