Wichita County, Kansas
Founding: 1886 (declared in 1873) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: The Wichita people Seat: Leoti (1886–) Land area: 719 square miles Population (2020): 2,152 Population (historic): 1,287 (1890); 2,006 (1910); 2,579 (1930) Periods of population growth: 1880s; 1900s; 1920s; 1940–1970 Subdivisions: One city Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 118 (10.9%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 36.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.4% Average farmhouse value (1930): $975 Average outbuilding value (1930): $913 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.8 rooms Number of farms (1920): 305 Average farm size (1920): 379.2 acres Sources of settlement: Kansas, Illinois, and Russia _________________________________________________________________________________ Leoti Namesake: Unknown Founding: 1885 (platting); 1887 (p...