1885 Iowa State Census

Crawford County, Iowa


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Aspinwall
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Boyer Township
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Charter Oak Township
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Denison Township. No distinction was made between rural and city residents on the census sheets.
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Dow City
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Iowa Township
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Morgan Township
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Nishnabotany Township
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Union Township
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Willow Township
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Notes:

These census transcriptions are the transcriber's and proofreader's interpretation and subject to human error. Always refer to the original document (or a copy of the original) for your own interpretation.

The following is the key to abbreviations of some column headings on the census pages.

ColumnAbbreviation Description
 PGPage Number on census sheet
 LNLine Number on census sheet
1NBR/DLSDwelling Number in order of visitation
2NBR/FAMFamily Number in order of visitation
4TWP, RNG, SECTTownship, Range, Section if no street address
7CLRColor
8S/M/W/DSingle/Married/Widowed/Divorced
13FTHRFather Native born or Foreign born
14MTHRMother Native born or Foreign born
15MILSubject to Military Duty?
16VOTEEntitled to Vote?
17FILEDAlien who has taken out first papers
18NOT FLDAlien who has not taken out first papers
19RD/WRCannot read or write, over 10 years old
20CAN RD/NOT WRCan read but not write, over 10 years old
21DF/DMB/BLND/INSN/IDIOTCDeaf/Dumb/Blind/Insane/Idiotic

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Volunteers who assisted in the transcription and proofreading. Our many thanks.
Phyllis HellerFreddie Georgius RandolphRandall Saunders
Mary KlauerDarleen BerensRon Collins
Stacey DietikerBob Kuehl

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