Osborne County, Kansas
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: ...