The Crawford County, Iowa, IAGenWeb Project

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1865 Crawford County Census

County Statistics

The tables below contain various data on the residents of Crawford County, agricultural data, manufacturing, county officers, and post offices.

1865 Census Returns for Crawford County

Townships	Denison	Union	Milford	Total
No. of Dwelling Houses	35	32	24	91
No. of Males	127	105	80	312
No. of Females	98	83	81	262
Total White Population	225	188	161	574
No. of Colored Males	----	----	----	----
No. of Colored Females	----	----	----	----
Total of Colored Population	----	----	----	----
No. entitled to Vote	41	34	29	104
No. of Militia	25	50	21	126
Foreigners not naturalized	2	14	1	17
No. between ages of 5-21 years years	106	68	70	239
No. of Blind	1	----	----	1
No. of Deaf and Dumb	----	----	----	----
No. of Insane	----	----	----	----

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Crawford County Returns by the Assessors

No. of miles of Railroads finished	----
No. of Colleges, Academies and Universities	----
No. of students attending College	----
No. of acres of Land enclosed	4357
No. of Fruit Trees in bearing	2
No. of Fruit Trees not bearing	3762
No. of acres planted for Timber	12 1/2
No. of rods of Hedging	90
No. of bushels of coal raised -80 pounds per bushel	----
Value of Mineral raised not including Coal	----
Value of Manufactures	----
No. of Hogs of all ages	481
No. of Cattle of all ages	913
No. of Milch Cows	298
No. of pounds of Butter manufactured	10059
No. of pounds of Cheese made	4900
No. of Work Oxen	192
No. of Horses of all ages	331
No. of Mules and Asses	2
No. of Sheep in 1864	485
No. of pounds of Wool shorn in 1864	1267
No. of Sheep on hand in 1865	1305
No. Dogs	69
Value of Sheep killed by Wolves and Dogs	----
No. of acres of Sorghum	11
No. of gallons of Syrup from Sorghum	793
No. of pounds of Sugar from Sorghum	----
No. of hives of Bees	151
No. of pounds of Honey taken	2600
No. of pounds of Beeswax	119
No. of pounds of Grapes raised	10
No. of gallons of Wine made	----
No. of pounds of Hops raised	----
No. of pounds of Tobacco raised	----
No. of bushels of Onions	65
No. of acres in all other crops	10
No. of acres of Flax	½
No. of bushels of Seed harvested	3
No. of pounds of Lint	----
No. of gallons of Linseed Oil	----
No. of acres of Hungarian Grass	16
No. of tons of Hay from Hungarian Grass	37
No. of acres of Tame Grasses	4
No. of Hay made from Tame Grass	----
No. of tons of Hay from Wild Grass	1879
No. of bushels of Grass seed	----
No. of acres of Irish Potatoes	25
No. of bushels harvested	1366
No. of bushels of Sweet Potatoes	----
No. of acres of Spring Wheat	419
No. bushels harvested	4289
No. of acres of Winter Wheat	----
No. of bushels harvested	----
No. of acres of Oats	408
No. of bushels harvested	7282
No. of acres of Corn	1065
No. of bushels harvested	30341
No. of acres of Rye	20
No. bushels harvested	195
No. of acres of Barley	13
No. bushels harvested	207

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Post Offices - Township, Number and Range

Post Office	Township	Number	Range
Boyer Valley	Milford	84	38
Denison	Denison	83	39

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County Officers

S. E. Dow	County Judge
A. D. Maloney	Clerk District Court
Morris McHenry	Treasurer
Morris McHenry	Recorder
S. P. Gardner	Sheriff
Morris McHenry	County Surveyor
H. C. Laub	Superintendent of Schools
I. S. Comstock	Coroner
S. J. Comfort	Attorney
James M. Butler	Attorney
Hubert Clark	Attorney
Andrew Johnson	President of United States
William Milo Stone	Governor of Iowa
James Wright	Secretary of State
John A. Elliott	Auditor of State
William H. Holmes	Treasurer of State