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A full transcription of the first census for the area that would become the state of Iowa. The settled areas at that time were within the 1832 Black Hawk Purchase and include, in whole or in part, Clayton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Fayette, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren & Washington counties.

1836 census - Wisconsin Territorial counties of Dubuque & Des Moines
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Note! This file is not searched by the Clayton co. search engine!

Index
All of Clayton county

Schedule 8, Mortalities - see death records index

Table 1 General demographics
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

1860 Clayton County Federal Census

Transcribed by volunteers

Buena Vista township
Cass township
Giard township
Grand Meadow township
Farmersburg township - pages: 122-129 * 130-137 * 138-144 * 145-151
Jefferson township
Lodomillo township
Mendon township
Millville township
Sperry township
Wagner township

1860 U.S. Census, Mary Ann (Singleton) Brown (opens a new window)
Mallory Twp, Clayton County - surnames: BROWN, GRIFFIN, SINGLETON, HOOK

Enumerator's Instructions & Key to the columns

Boardman (partial) pages 139a-150b * 151a-157b
Cox Creek pages: 195a -207a
Farmersburg pages: 1-6 * 7-12 * 13-18 * 19-24 * 25-31
Lodomillo pages: 321a - 333b
Millville pages: 413a - 423b

1870 U.S. Census, Poor Farm / County Home - on the County Home page, scroll the page to see who was enumerated

Free to search at FamilySearch.org (off-site)

1880 U.S. Census, Poor Farm / County Home - on the County Home page, scroll to the 1880 enumeration

Enumerator instructions & legend
Transcriber's notes

1890 U.S. Census, Poor Farm / County Home - on the County Home page, scroll to the 1890 enumeration

1890 Enumerators - Census takers for Clayton county, 1890 U.S. census
surnames: DAVIDSON,STODDARD, MOINE, BEACOM, CARPENTER, WOOLRIDGE, MORGAN, NIETER, KINGSLEY, TUTTLE, EWING, ANDEREGG, RICHARDS, REIGEL, KRUGER, WASSON, FRIEDLIEN, WHEELER, FOSTER, HEIDEN, LITTLER, SCHECKER, SOUTHWELL

1895 Iowa State Census, College for the Blind - Vinton, Benton co. Iowa
Clayton county surnames: JONES, DUFF, MCCLELLAND

1895 Iowa State Census, St. Francis Convent - Children in St. Mary's Orphan Home, Dubuque, Dubuque co. Iowa
Clayton county surname: KOSSUTH

1895 Iowa State Census, Clayton county, Honor Roll - Persons 90 years of age & upward
surnames: ANDERSON, AYER, CONNELLY, CONWAY, FINNEGAN, FUTTERER, HALVORSON/HALVOESON, HOOLANG, KELSEY, KLIHN/KLINN, PETERS, PROTTENGIER, SCHIERHALY, UNDERWOOD, WINKELS

1900 U.S. Census, Poor Farm / County Home - on the County Home page, scroll to the 1900 enumeration

Iowa State Census
IAGenWeb Special Project

http://iagenweb.org/census/index.htm
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25 Enumerators Are Named For 1930 Federal Census