Biographical History of Shelby and Audubon Counties
History of Shelby County, Iowa
CHAPTER VI.
VARIOUS THINGS.
POPULATION IN 1885 BY TOWNSHIPS.
| Township | Total | Foreign Born. |
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| Cass | 874 | 144 |
| Clay | 1,024 | 380 |
| Douglas | 843 | 101 |
| Fairview | 800 | 250 |
| Greeley | 702 | 79 |
| Grove | 788 | 62 |
| Harlan | 2,564 | 317 |
| Jackson | 824 | 350 |
| Jefferson | 846 | 95 |
| Lincoln | 854 | 140 |
| Monroe | 1,102 | 459 |
| Polk | 584 | 89 |
| Shelby | 1,383 | 244 |
| Union | 1,096 | 175 |
| Washington | 764 | 149 |
| Westphalia | 1,198 | 491 |
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| Total | 16,306 | 3,501 |
Total, 1854, 326; 1860, 810; 1870, 2,540; 1880, 12696.
VALUATION OF PROPERTY.
In 1854 the total valuation, per assessment of all the taxable property, both real and personal, was only about $20,000. The growth has been gradual and good until in 1887 it is found that the assessed valuation was $4,163, 266.
There were at this date 36,612 head of cattle, valued at $243, 337; 11,268 head of horses, valued at $282,828; 735 mules, valued at $20,919; and 1,022 sheep, valued at $1,022.
It may here be added that in 1888 the dog tax amounted to $998.
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Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass August, 2015 from "Biographical History of Shelby and Audubon Counties", Chicago: W. S. Dunbar & Co., 1889, pg. 254.
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