IAGenWeb Project - Clayton co.

1856 Iowa State Census

Clayton County Statistics
Table 2 - Industry & Agriculture

Showing the Number & Value of Hogs, Cattle, Domestic and
General Manufacturers of Clayton County, for 1856.


Townships No. of hogs sold Value of hogs sold No. of Cattle sold Value of cattle sold Pounds of butter made Pounds of cheese Pounds of wool Value of domestic manufacturers Value of general manufacturers

Boardman

16

140

7

175

         

Buena Vista

66

539

4

115

100

   

15

 

Cox Creek

128

1121

82

2968

6103

 

381

450

400

Clayton

163

1209

44

1534

5806

 

135

 

13950

Elk

215

1852

50

1584

4691

 

276

90

9550

Gicord

377

3178

76

2852

2098

345

856

34

 

Grand Meadow

205

2230

34

1281

9075

 

104

   

Garnavillo

566

4660

119

4604

12475

 

1414

15

2500

Farmersburgh

501

3980

183

6322

16488

2580

900

384

 

Highland

171

1309

107

3357

8245

264

364

32

200

Jefferson

459

3478

110

4203

14199

792

526

 

4130

Lodomillo

437

3835

164

5327

14649

 

833

100

 

Monono

178

1689

67

3136

12620

7620

456

14400

 

Millville

211

1723

58

2104

3617

50

209

30

15

Mendon

106

739

49

1902

3530

59

397

212

7565

Malloy

510

4173

149

5188

9386

 

344

100

513

Morasser,

151

1545

86

2612

8769

 

178

115

50

Read

455

3450

173

6809

2345

2166

357

20

 

Sperry

261

1727

110

3666

8864

1170

1789

1295

13

Volga

180

1476

54

1826

2821

 

178

   

Wagner

157

1386

45

1796

8730

166

317

38

 

Cass

89

589

209

7761

10650

140

595

790

1900

Total

5603

46030

1980

71123

165261

15272

10669

18120

40786

 

- source: The Census Returns of the Different Counties of the State of Iowa for 1856; Printed by the Authority of the Census Board. Census Board: James W. Grimes, Gov., E. Sells Secretary of State, J. Pattee, Auditor of State; Crum & Boye, Printers, Iowa City, 1857; Page 72.

- Misspellings and errors uncorrected.
- Transcribed & submitted by George Mills for the Clayton co. IAGenWeb

Go to:
Table 1
general demographics
Table 3
agricultural statistics
Table 4a & 4b
Table 4c & 4d
professions of inhabitants
Table 5a & 5b
Table 5c & 5d
nativity of the inhabitants

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