The Crawford County, Iowa, GenWeb Project


1885 Iowa State Census

Crawford County, Iowa


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Aspinwall
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Census Assessor: M. J. Collins, April 27, 1885
 
Boyer Township
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Census Assessor: W. A. Davis, May 25, 1885
 
Charter Oak Township
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Census Assessor: James W. Long, May 29, 1885
 
Denison Township. As far as we know there is no separate Denison Town census file available for transcription.
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Census Assessor: S. T. Davison, April 1, 1885
 
Dow City
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Census Assessor: M. G. Wiggins, May 25, 1885
 
Goodrich Township
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Census Assessor: Jos. O. Ainsworth, March 20, 1885
 
Hanover Township
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Census Assessor: F. W. Koltze, May 22, 1885
 
Hayes Township
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Census Assessor: William Martens, May 20, 1885
 
Iowa Township
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Census Assessor: M. J. Collins, April 26, 1885
 
Milford Township
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Census Assessor: George Myers, April 20, 1885
 
Morgan Township
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Census Assessor: Jurgen Krohnke, May 22, 1885
 
Nishnabotany Township
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Census Assessor: T. J. Campbell, April 20, 1885
 
Paradise Township
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Census Assessor: Ferdinand Dubois, May 22, 1885
 
Soldier Township
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Census Assessor: Jasper McArthur, March 28, 1885
 
Stockholm Township
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Census Assessor: A. Norelius, May 18, 1885
 
Union Township
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Census Assessor: A. H. Rudd, April 30, 1885
 
Vail
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Census Assessor: Wm Watson
 
Washington Township
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Census Assessor: George Carpenter, April 14, 1885
 
Willow Township
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Census Assessor: George E. Lewis, April 1, 1885
 

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 KuehlMelba McDowell
Mary Yamada

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