Rawlins County, Kansas
Founding: 1881 (declared in 1873) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: John Rawlins, Union officer Seat: Atwood (1881–) Land area: 1,069 square miles Population (2020): 2,561 Population (historic): 1,623 (1880); 5,241 (1900); 7,362 (1930) Periods of population growth: 1870–1890; 1900–1930; 2010s Subdivisions: Three cities; ten townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 514 (37.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 41.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.6% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.8% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,184 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,204 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,048 Average farm size (1920): 350.2 acres Sources of settlement: Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Czechoslovakia, and Germany _________________________________________________________________________________ Atwood ...