Stevens County, Kansas
Founding: 1886 Parent county: Seward Namesake: Thaddeus Stevens, Pennsylvania politician Seat: Hugoton (1886–) Land area: 727 square miles Population (2020): 5,250 Population (historic): 1,418 (1890); 2,453 (1910); 4,655 (1930) Periods of population growth: 1880s; 1900–1930; 1940s; 1970s Subdivisions: Two cities; six townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 278 (12%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 49.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.8% Average farmhouse value (1930): $872 Average outbuilding value (1930): $841 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.7 rooms Number of farms (1920): 666 Average farm size (1920): 308.9 acres Sources of settlement: Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma _________________________________________________________________________________ Hugoton Namesake: Victor Hugo, French n...