Stanton County, Kansas
Founding: 1887 Parent county: Hamilton Namesake: Edwin Stanton, U.S. secretary of war Seat: Johnson City (1887–) Land area: 680 square miles Population (2020): 2,084 Population (historic): 1,031 (1890); 1,034 (1910); 2,152 (1930) Periods of population growth: 1880s; 1900s; 1920s; 1940s; 1960s Subdivisions: Two cities; three townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 167 (15.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 27% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.3% Average farmhouse value (1930): $537 Average outbuilding value (1930): $488 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms Number of farms (1920): 198 Average farm size (1920): 150 acres Sources of settlement: Kansas and Missouri _________________________________________________________________________________ Johnson City Namesake: One A.S. Johnson, pe...