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Osborne County, Kansas

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Founding:  1871 (declared in 1867) Parent county:  Unorganized territory Namesake:  Vincent Osborne, Kansas soldier Seat:  Osborne (1872–) Land area:  893 square miles Population (2020):  3,500 Population (historic):  12,517 (1880); 11,844 (1900); 11,568 (1930) Periods of population growth:  1870s; 1900s Subdivisions:  Five cities; 23 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  38.9% Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  840 (40.7%) Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  11.6% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  1.9% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,157 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $955 Average farmhouse size (1940):  6.1 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,781 Average farm size (1920):  206.2 acres Sources of settlement:  Iowa, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri _________________________________________________________________________________   Osborne   Namesake: ...