Wallace County, Kansas
Founding: 1889 (declared in 1868) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: William Wallace, U.S. army general Seat: Sharon Springs (1889–) Land area: 914 square miles Population (2020): 1,512 Population (historic): 538 (1870); 2,468 (1890); 2,759 (1910); 2,882 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1890; 1900s; 1920s; 1940s; 1960s; 2010s Subdivisions: Two cities; one CDP; four townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 261 (33.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35.2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.8% Average farmhouse value (1930): $898 Average outbuilding value (1930): $901 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.5 rooms Number of farms (1920): 341 Average farm size (1920): 297.3 acres Sources of settlement: Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Indiana, Ohio, and Sweden ___________________________________________...