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Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| History of Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume I, 1911, pages 102-104
THEN AND NOW. Since the commissioners' court opened its first session and began transacting the county's business, many changes have taken place both in the volume of governmental affairs and the manner of taking care of them. In 1840 the population of the county was 1,942. At the last census taken in 1910, the number of people residents of the county was 29,505. Then a board of commissioners looked after the county's affairs, now a board of supervisors do the work. At the beginning money was a very scarce article and a farm was worth scarcely anything if it had no improvements. The first assessor's returns was practically nil, but today the actual value of real and personal property in the county is no less than $35,000,000. By a glance at the tabulated reports here given, this will at once become evident to the one familiar with the present system of rating property for taxation.
TOTAL VALUATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1910.
Township or Town Lands Lots Personal Total Bloomington.....................$245,600 $ 14,385 $ 69,495 $ 329,480 Cedar........................... 131,850 1,800 33,375 167,025 Fruitland....................... 131,170 1,935 34,940 168,045 Fulton.......................... 357,310 67,420 424,730 Stockton Town................... 9,285 10,450 19,735 Goshen.......................... 274,130 75,540 349,670 Atalissa Town................... 12,475 20,270 32,745 Lake............................ 218,040 59,785 277,825 Montpelier...................... 117,655 2,185 29,125 148,965 Moscow.......................... 215,260 6,345 43,395 265,000 Orono........................... 90,095 9,080 30,225 129,400 Pike............................ 302,740 61,710 364,450 Nichols Town.................... 6,775 34,770 33,995 75,540 Seventy-six..................... 267,170 2,400 57,415 326,985 Sweetland....................... 303,320 3,480 58,365 365,165 Wilton.......................... 354,485 51,610 406,095 Wilton Town..................... 107,920 143,495 251,415 Wapsinonoc...................... 415,910 1,445 114,215 531,570 West Liberty Town............... 57,530 165,175 192,850 415,555 Muscatine....................... 260,560 1,359,190 674,930 2,294,680 _________ __________ __________ __________ $3,749,600 $1,731,870 $1,862,605 $7,344,075RAILROADS.
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific main line and branches.......... $547,130 Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern main line and branches..... 256,400 Muscatine North & South........................................ 19,300 Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul.................................. 117,085 __________ $939,915 Telegraphs and telephones...................................... 46,715 Express companies.............................................. 4,525TOTAL TAXABLE VALUATIONS.
Townships and towns........................................... $7,344,075 Railroads..................................................... 939,915 Telephones and telegraph companies............................ 46,715 Express companies............................................. 4,525 ____________ $8,335,230
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