| 1856 Iowa State Census Clayton County
Statistics |
| Townships | Acres of improved land |
Acres of un- |
Acres of meadows |
Tons of hay |
Bushels of grass seed |
Acres of spring wheat. |
Bushels harvested |
Acres of winter wheat |
Bushels harvested |
Acres of |
Bushels harvested |
Acres of |
Bushels harvested |
Acres of potatoes |
Bushels harvested |
Broadman |
795 |
3921 |
28 |
80 |
108 |
1868 |
50 |
1330 |
140 |
7700 |
2 |
480 |
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Buena Vista |
265 |
2869 |
11 |
18 |
43 |
600 |
9 |
310 |
84 |
3165 |
12 |
670 |
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Cox Creek |
1919 |
13458 |
126 |
164 |
1 |
302 |
5940 |
43 |
912 |
77 |
2822 |
357 |
16875 |
14 |
2208 |
Clayton |
1617 |
3975 |
130 |
153 |
17 |
585 |
10013 |
239 |
9097 |
380 |
14795 |
16 |
1745 |
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Elk |
995 |
5582 |
20 |
25 |
58 |
755 |
42 |
448 |
26 |
955 |
411 |
20290 |
22 |
2029 |
|
Gicord |
2563 |
5696 |
114 |
102 |
16 |
906 |
16025 |
17 |
140 |
447 |
16098 |
665 |
25925 |
39 |
3615 |
Grand Meadow |
2726 |
9355 |
24 |
16 |
870 |
16149 |
207 |
8762 |
520 |
23449 |
18 |
3019 |
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Garnavillo |
6793 |
9979 |
871 |
1219 |
8 |
2344 |
40435 |
4 |
40 |
723 |
28414 |
1191 |
51300 |
52 |
4455 |
Framersburgh |
5458 |
12276 |
525 |
1266 |
28 |
1767 |
35350 |
593 |
21122 |
958 |
37066 |
49 |
4814 |
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Highland |
1332 |
8403 |
37 |
797 |
310 |
5161 |
59 |
2249 |
423 |
18590 |
21 |
2817 |
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Jefferson |
3579 |
20366 |
452 |
875 |
16 |
1302 |
17644 |
45 |
387 |
431 |
14847 |
1054 |
46146 |
131 |
14779 |
Lodomillo |
3616 |
11600 |
10 |
1021 |
427 |
8290 |
9 |
190 |
178 |
7962 |
720 |
30029 |
42 |
4822 |
|
Monono |
2827 |
13798 |
71 |
133 |
1055 |
19592 |
5 |
247 |
453 |
18662 |
727 |
28494 |
35 |
4262 |
|
Millville |
1006 |
8398 |
89 |
100 |
7 |
158 |
1984 |
15 |
212 |
57 |
2275 |
344 |
12375 |
16 |
2260 |
Mendon |
827 |
3973 |
79 |
64 |
5 |
43 |
534 |
79 |
478 |
49 |
1180 |
206 |
7566 |
15 |
1320 |
Malloy |
2228 |
8906 |
164 |
196 |
2 |
294 |
4095 |
177 |
2100 |
163 |
5188 |
719 |
33565 |
27 |
3438 |
Moasser |
1391 |
8737 |
13 |
1208 |
1 |
609 |
11457 |
1 |
15 |
48 |
1659 |
323 |
12573 |
15 |
2235 |
Read |
3125 |
6063 |
310 |
578 |
96 |
1313 |
23394 |
257 |
10790 |
761 |
32601 |
34 |
3091 |
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Sperry |
2144 |
14390 |
58 |
29 |
25 |
398 |
8119 |
18 |
290 |
110 |
4053 |
675 |
28710 |
39 |
6053 |
Volga |
1374 |
508 |
71 |
145 |
22 |
433 |
6778 |
14 |
144 |
67 |
2495 |
401 |
18270 |
37 |
3790 |
Wagner |
2247 |
12946 |
11 |
16 |
820 |
14111 |
119 |
4784 |
462 |
21270 |
23 |
2670 |
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Cass |
1192 |
16124 |
3 |
3 |
245 |
4511 |
143 |
4788 |
489 |
17825 |
28 |
3665 |
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Total |
50020 |
201324 |
3218 |
7192 |
260 |
14392 |
252835 |
470 |
5603 |
4505 |
170842 |
12112 |
507579 |
689 |
78237 |
- 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 73.
- Misspellings and errors uncorrected.
- Transcribed & submitted by George Mills for the Clayton co.
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Table 1
general demographics
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industry/agriculture
Table 4a & 4b
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professions of inhabitants
Table
5a & 5b
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5c & 5d
nativity of the inhabitants