The Crawford County, Iowa, IAGenWeb Project
1856 Crawford County Census
Population Statistics
The tables below contain various data on the residents of Crawford County, agricultural data, manufacturing, professions, and places of nativity of the inhabitants.
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Showing the population, amount of produce, number of hogs and cattle sold and their values and the values of domestic and general manufactures, of Crawford County, for 1856. |
POPULATION
|
MILFORD
|
UNION
|
TOTAL
|
| Number of dwelling houses |
32 |
10 |
42 |
| Number of families |
35 |
12 |
47 |
| Number of males |
98 |
33 |
131 |
| Number of females |
72 |
32 |
104 |
| Married |
62 |
25 |
87 |
| Widowed |
4 |
---- |
4 |
| Native voters |
41 |
14 |
55 |
| Naturalized voters |
3 |
5 |
8 |
| Aliens |
1 |
---- |
1 |
| Militia |
41 |
5 |
46 |
Owners of land
|
42
|
13
|
55
|
| AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS |
|
|
|
| Acres of improved land |
334 |
124 |
458 |
| Acres of unimproved land |
7514 |
3010 |
10524 |
| Acres of spring wheat |
67 |
15 |
82 |
| Bushels harvested |
822 |
56 |
878 |
| Acres of oats |
14 |
---- |
14 |
| Bushels harvested |
470 |
---- |
470 |
| Acres of corn |
210 |
58 |
268 |
| Bushels harvested |
9140 |
1995 |
11135 |
| Acres of potatoes |
5 |
2 |
7 |
Bushels harvested
|
710
|
370
|
1080
|
| HOGS, CATTLE AND MANUFACTURES |
|
|
|
| Number of hogs sold |
122 |
59 |
181 |
| Value of hogs sold |
763 |
274 |
1037 |
| Number of cattle sold |
77 |
75 |
152 |
| Value of cattle sold |
2330 |
1722 |
4952 |
| Pounds of butter made |
2892 |
975 |
3867 |
| Pounds of cheese |
100 |
---- |
100 |
| Pounds of wool |
185 |
125 |
310 |
| Value of domestic manufactures |
50 |
|
50 |
| Exhibiting the professions, trades, or occupation of the inhabitants of Crawford County, for 1856 |
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Farmers
|
Laborers
|
Blacksmiths
|
Carpenters
|
Millers
|
Painters
|
Milliners
|
Shoemakers
|
Harness Makers
|
Physicians
|
| Townships |
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
| Milford |
28 |
---- |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Union |
15 |
3 |
---- |
---- |
---- |
---- |
---- |
---- |
---- |
---- |
| Total |
43 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Showing the place of Nativity of the inhabitants of Crawford County, for 1856. |
| STATES |
MILFORD |
UNION |
TOTAL |
| Ohio |
21 |
17 |
38 |
| Indiana |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Pennsylvania |
8 |
4 |
12 |
| Iowa |
37 |
11 |
48 |
| New York |
21 |
2 |
23 |
| Maine |
1 |
---- |
1 |
| New Hampshire |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Vermont |
3 |
---- |
3 |
| Massachusetts |
3 |
---- |
3 |
| Virginia |
2 |
---- |
2 |
| Kentucky |
3 |
2 |
5 |
| Illinois |
40 |
7 |
47 |
| Michigan |
3 |
2 |
5 |
| North Carolina |
1 |
---- |
1 |
| Tennessee |
3 |
1 |
4 |
| Missouri |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Maryland |
4 |
---- |
4 |
| New Jersey |
3 |
---- |
3 |
| England |
1 |
11 |
12 |
| Ireland |
3 |
2 |
5 |
| Scotland |
---- |
1 |
1 |
| Germany |
2 |
---- |
2 |
| Canada |
2 |
---- |
2 |
| Wisconsin |
5 |
---- |
5 |
Submitted by Phyllis Heller
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