| 1856 Iowa State Census Clayton County
Statistics Showing the Place of Nativity of the Inhabitants of Clayton County, for 1856 |
Go to: TABLE 5a & 5b
Table 5c
| Township | England | Ireland | Wales | Scotland | Germany | France | Austria | Prussia | Norway | Sweden | Holland | On the Ocean | Canada | New Brunswick | Switzerland | Hanover |
Broadman |
37 |
63 |
|
1 |
32 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
31 |
6 |
1 |
|
Buena Vista. |
5 |
34 |
|
1 |
18 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
Cox Creek. |
7 |
73 |
|
|
73 |
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
|
9 |
|
1 |
1 |
Clayton. |
6 |
36 |
1 |
3 |
113 |
4 |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
16 |
1 |
1 |
|
Elk. |
8 |
14 |
|
|
34 |
7 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
Gicord. |
15 |
16 |
|
1 |
109 |
|
13 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
Grand Meadow. |
5 |
30 |
|
8 |
6 |
9 |
|
|
39 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Garnavillo. |
17 |
45 |
|
8 |
210 |
|
|
33 |
|
|
1 |
|
5 |
6 |
5 |
65 |
Farmersburgh. |
12 |
19 |
|
2 |
68 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
Highland. |
26 |
38 |
|
24 |
5 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
9 |
|
Jefferson. |
6 |
2 |
|
8 |
1161 |
1 |
|
118 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
3 |
|
|
89 |
Lodomillo. |
5 |
28 |
|
|
25 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
19 |
1 |
|
|
Monono. |
26 |
40 |
3 |
27 |
11 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
96 |
|
2 |
|
Millville. |
15 |
35 |
1 |
9 |
9 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
27 |
|
|
|
Mendon. |
9 |
25 |
|
10 |
48 |
|
|
|
6 |
13 |
|
|
21 |
|
4 |
|
Malloy. |
4 |
12 |
|
15 |
17 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
44 |
|
|
|
Morasser. |
|
1 |
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
142 |
|
|
|
|
|
83 |
|
Read. |
2 |
100 |
|
|
156 |
|
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
Sperry. |
26 |
26 |
|
1 |
46 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
Volga. |
1 |
55 |
|
2 |
172 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
13 |
Wagner. |
9 |
10 |
|
9 |
40 |
|
|
|
70 |
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
Cass. |
12 |
9 |
|
2 |
22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
Total. |
253 |
756 |
5 |
131 |
2375 |
41 |
14 |
171 |
274 |
13 |
1 |
4 |
343 |
14 |
120 |
155 |
Table 5d
| Township | Saxony | West Indies | Isle of Man | WI | DE | MN | Italy | Dist. Columbia |
Belgium | Unknown |
Broadman |
|
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
Buena Vista. |
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
Cox Creek. |
2 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Clayton. |
|
|
|
21 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Elk. |
1 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gicord. |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grand Meadow. |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Garnavillo. |
1 |
|
|
25 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
6 |
Farmersburgh. |
|
|
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Highland. |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jefferson. |
|
|
|
7 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
14 |
Lodomillo. |
|
|
|
5 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Monono. |
|
|
|
26 |
7 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Millville. |
|
|
|
12 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Mendon. |
|
|
|
39 |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Malloy. |
|
|
|
4 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
6 |
Morasser. |
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Read. |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sperry. |
|
|
|
42 |
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
Volga. |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wagner. |
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cass. |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
Total. |
4 |
1 |
1 |
278 |
12 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
51 |
Go to: TABLE
5a & 5b
- 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; Page 76.
- Misspellings and errors uncorrected.
- To make better use of space, the common abbreviations have been
used for the U.S. states, the original source spelled them out
- Transcribed & submitted by George Mills for the Clayton co.
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Table 1
general demographics
Table 2
industry/agriculture
Table 3
agricultural statistics
Table 4a & 4b
Table 4c & 4d
professions of inhabitants