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Ford County, Kansas

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15historic places

—earliest paper

1867formed

34,287pop. 2020

20cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 15 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Dodge City, Fort Dodge, Windthorst.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Kansas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Ford titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

7 of 15 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

15 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Depot	Dodge City	Building	2000
Burr House	Dodge City	Building	2008
Dodge City Downtown Historic District	Dodge City	District	2009
Dodge City Municipal Building	Dodge City	Building	2013
Dodge City Public Library	Dodge City	Building	1979
Fort Dodge – Junior Officers’ Quarters	Fort Dodge	Building	2024
Hennessy Hall, Saint Mary of the Plains Campus	Dodge City	Building	2004
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church	Windthorst	Building	1989
Lora Locke Hotel	Dodge City	Building	1985
Mueller-Schmidt House	Dodge City	Building	1972
Mulberry Creek Truss Bridge	Dodge City	Structure	2026
Sacred Heart Cathedral	Dodge City	Building	1983
Santa Fe Trail Ruts NHL	Dodge City	Site	1966
Santa Fe Trail-Ford County Segment 2	Ford	Site	2013
Sawlog Creek Crossing on the Fort Hayes-Fort Dodge Road	Spearville	Site	2013

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Ford was formed in 1867 (1867-02-26) from Marion.

FORD created from MARION.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Ford County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
427	3,122	5,497	14,273	17,254	19,670	20,938	24,315	32,458	34,287

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

20 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 20 of 20 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bloom Cemetery	37.49285	-99.89667
Bucklin Cemetery	37.54279	-99.64442
Christ the King Cemetery	37.64955	-100.00552
Concord Cemetery	37.59113	-100.11625
Evergreen Cemetery	37.89862	-99.57616
Ford Cemetery	37.63206	-99.7415
Ford Cemetery	37.63206	-99.7415
Holy Cross Cemetery	37.78756	-99.63731
Kansas Veterans' Cemetery at Fort Dodge	37.73142	-99.93036
Maple Grove Cemetery	37.76007	-100.05015
Maple Grove Cemetery West	37.76127	-100.05219
Old Saint Joseph Cemetery	37.91222	-99.64353
Pleasant Vale Cemetery	37.79316	-99.90514
Pleasant Valley Cemetery	37.68807	-99.63373
Ridenour Cemetery	37.83974	-100.17208
Saint Andrews Cemetery	37.77932	-99.88703
Saint John's Cemetery	37.84111	-99.75419
Saint Joseph Cemetery	37.89699	-99.60475
Silent Land Cemetery	37.86891	-99.75346
Sodville Cemetery	37.52634	-99.75116

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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