IAGenWeb Project - Clayton co.

1856 Iowa State Census

Clayton County Statistics
Table 1 - General Demographics

Showing the population of Clayton County, 1856


Townships No. Dwelling Houses No. of Families No. of
Males
No. of Females Colored Married  Widowed Native voters Naturalized voters Aliens Militia Deaf and Dumb Blind Insane Idiotic Owners of Land Paupers

Boadman

127

127

417

355

1

260

21

122

26

27

102

1

     

1

 

Buena Vista

40

40

128

88

 

71

5

28

24

7

38

       

21

 

Cox Creek

114

114

307

228

 

205

9

52

42

34

88

       

109

 

Clayton

110

115

360

270

 

235

12

96

32

57

88

       

91

 

Elk

95

95

289

236

14

178

11

92

19

13

99

1

     

81

1

Gicord,

108

118

319

262

 

219

14

63

44

49

113

     

1

82

 

Grand Meadow

77

80

225

188

 

154

5

71

3

32

94

       

57

 

Garnavillo

185

203

578

500

 

393

18

86

90

87

166

2

     

163

 

Farmersburgh

144

160

447

389

 

316

19

157

15

21

119

1

1

 

1

131

1

Highland

80

89

251

209

 

163

9

63

33

15

90

       

103

 

Jefferson

365

424

1156

924

 

825

60

42

216

321

421

2

     

190

 

Lodomillo

126

136

407

319

 

263

12

155

13

15

152

1

     

135

 

Monono

132

144

424

386

 

268

19

141

43

26

167

1

     

104

 

Millville

118

127

350

314

 

228

14

103

27

12

53

 

1

   

94

1

Mendon

132

132

401

301

1

253

14

139

34

34

168

     

1

77

1

Malloy

136

136

441

379

 

245

22

131

20

11

128

1

1

 

2

104

1

Morasser

75

78

202

189

 

154

5

8

27

53

40

       

77

 

Read

112

125

335

291

 

241

12

42

55

34

102

1

     

50

 

Sperry

120

132

322

327

 

231

14

99

15

15

51

       

118

 

Volga

99

166

261

272

 

217

16

43

57

39

74

       

90

 

Wagner

90

92

273

248

 

178

10

83

24

7

93

       

82

 

Cass

111

111

334

285

 

234

13

142

16

4

109

   

1

1

137

 

Total

2696

2884

8227

6960

16

5531

334

1958

875

913

2555

11

3

1

6

2097

5

 

- source: The Census Returns of the Different Counties of the State of Iowa for 1856; Printed by the Authority of the Census Board. Census Board: James W. Grimes, Gov., E. Sells Secretary of State, J. Pattee, Auditor of State; Crum & Boye, Printers, Iowa City, 1857; Pages 70-71.

- Misspellings and errors uncorrected.
- Transcribed & submitted by George Mills for the Clayton co. IAGenWeb

Go to:
Table 2
industry/agriculture
Table 3
agricultural statistics
Table 4a & 4b
Table 4c & 4d
professions of inhabitants
Table 5a & 5b
Table 5c & 5d
nativity of the inhabitants

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