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CENSUS OF IOWA
FOR THE
YEAR 1895.
COMPILED IN COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER 8, TITLE 2, OF THE CODE OF IOWA.
pt. 1
BY
W. M. McFARLAND, SECRETARY OF STATE,
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
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DES MOINES: T. R. CONAWAY, STATE PRINTER 1808.
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MINNESOTA
S. DAK
LYON 11,68¥
OSCEOLA, DICKINSON: 7.377
EMMET 7.619
WINNEBAGO: WORTH 10,707 .
. HOWARD /3,22 /
: 17.98/ WINNESHIER, ALLAMAKEE 22,748
SIOUX 2/ 406
O'BRIEN 15.609
CLAY 11,277
· PALOALTO 12, Jeg
HANCOCK CERROCORDO
FLOYD
CHICKASAW 15696
MAP OF THE STATE OF IOWA 1895.
PLYMOUTH 21, 99/
. CHEROKEE . BUENAVISTA POCAHONTAS /7431 , 15,029
15,66%
12,442
16,029
FRANKLIN : 13,679
WISCONSIN
.BUCHANAN .DELAWARE
DUBUQUE 60,177
WOODBURY 46.2021
SAC 15,860
· 15, 789,
20.576
JACKSON 23,471
MONONA 0,005
CARROLL. 19 493
GREENE 16.299
STORY 19.930
27,320
CLINTON ¥3,398
CEDAR 19.000
HARRISON 23,091
SHELBY 17. 798
AUDUBON. 13.836.
.7.958
DALLAS 22043
JASPER 26,89/
. POWESHIEK: . 18,524
IOWA 18,964
$5.809
DES MOINES
MUSCATINE, 25 339
POTTAWATTAMIE 46,024
CASS 20.926
ADAIR 15,504
WARREN 110,506
A. MAHASKA MARION 32, 490 23.191
: KEOKUK 1 23,732
LOUIGA : : 4789
MILLS 15,187
MONTGOMERY. 17.11?
UNION : 17. 093
CLARKE 11,515
15,790 LUCAS ' MONROE 13.545
WAPELLO 133292
JEFFERSON. : 16,405
.HENRY . :18 270 DE MOINES
13% 629
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PAGE 22,020
TANOR 17.347
. RINGGOLD DECATUR
APPANDOSE : 25. 283
DAVIS 15,015
LEE 39.528
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MISSOURI
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NEBRASKA
'DA // $ 25:
126,975 CALHOUN WEBSTER ]HAMILTON . HAR DIN) : 18,514
GRUNDY : 13, 4 1.8
BLACKHAWK' 20093 26,99
118,103
JONES 20.088
MARSHALL.
TAMA 22,966
.BENTON 24.244
LINN $9,905
JOHNSON 25 568
SCOTT
GUTHRIE
POLK 2.688
BOONE . 27. 939
CRAWFORD 20,009
15. 403
BUTLER 16.906
BREMER : 24,794
: 26,570
HUMBOLDT . WRIGHT
18,302
11.1411
JOSSUTH 978, 345
: 10, 285 .MITCHELL
6,000
:14+31
VAN PUREN 16,829
14,005
: 16,639
WAYNE 16,155
WASHINGTON : 18,84 5
MADISON 16,59.7
ADAMS . 12,93%
:: FAYETTE : CLAYTON
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
STATISTICS OF POPULATION.
TABLE No. 1.
Population of Iowa, 1895, according to age and sex, with compari- sons with total population of 1890 and 1885, by townships, towns, cities and city wards. The first column gives the population of the township, including cities and towns; all others the population of the townships exclusive of cities and towns_ 1-81
TABLE No. 2
Population according to color and sex, marriage relation and parentage 82-162
TABLE No. 3.
Showing the number of dwellings and families, persons subject to military duty, persons entitled to vote at general elections, persons who cannot read and write, children over six and under seventeen years not attending school, foreigners not naturalized, number of births and deaths, and the number of deaf and dumb, blind and insane not in state institutions. 163-240
TABLE No. 4.
Population according to age and sex, with comparisons with popu- lation of 1890 and 1885, by counties 241-243
TABLE NO. 5.
Population according to color and sex, marriage relation, and par- entage, by counties 244-246
TABLE No. 6.
Showing by counties the number of dwellings and families; per- sons subject to military duty, entitled to vote at general elec- tions, and who cannot read and write; children over six and under seventeen years not attending school; foreigners not naturalized; number of births and deaths, and the number of deaf and dumb, blind and insane not in state institutions ____ 247-249 TABLE No. 7.
Population of cities according to age and sex, with comparisons with population of 1890 and 1885 250-251
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TABLE No. 8.
Population of cities according to color and sex, marriage relation and parentage 252-253
TABLE NO. 9.
Showing the number of dwellings and families; persons subject to military duty, entitled to vote at general elections, and who cannot read and write; children over six and under seventeen years not attending school; foreigners not naturalized: number of births and deaths, and the number of deaf and dumb, blind and insane not in state institutions, in cities of 2,000 inhabit- ants or over 254-256
TABLE No. 10.
Showing the population of the several counties of the territory and state of Iowa at each enumeration since the organization of the territory of Wisconsin 258-261
TABLE No. 11.
Showing the per cent of increase of population of the several counties at each enumeration as compared with the last pre- vious enumeration, and for the last three decades. Where the numerals are preceded by (-) it shows a decrease of popula- tion 262-264
TABLE NO. 12.
Showing the population of cities and towns having a population of 1,000 inhabitants and over, January 1, 1895, at each enumera- tion since 1850 265-268
TABLE No. 13.
Showing the population of cities and towns of 1,000 inhabitants and upward at each enumeration from 1875 to 1895, and the per cent of increase or decrease of population at each enumer- ation as compared with the last previous enumeration, and by decades. Where numerals are preceded by (-) it shows a decrease of population 269-271
TABLE No. 14.
Showing by counties the total number of dwellings aud families and the number of persons to a dwelling and family, the per- centage of males and females, and the native and foreign born persons to the total population 272-274
TABLE No. 15
Showing in cities of 2,000 inhabitants and upward the total number of dwellings and families and the number of per- Bons to a family; the percentage of males and females, and of native and foreign born persons to the total population 275-277 TABLE NO. 16.
Showing the total population. urban population, and per cent of urban to total population of the several counties of the state __ 378
TABLE No. 17.
Showing the population at various enumerations, by counties by
sexes 279-283
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TABLE No. 18.
Showing the population at various enumerations, by counties, by races
284-288
TABLE No. 19.
Showing the number at various enumerations, by counties, of fam- ilies and dwellings 289-293
TABLE No. 20.
Showing the statistics at various enumerations, by counties, the number of voters, aliens and militia 294-300
TABLE No. 21.
Showing by counties the population of the congressional districts according to the enumerations of 1885 and 1895. 301-302
TABLE NO. 22.
Nativity-County of birth
304-307
TABLE NO. 23.
Nativity-State of birth 308-313
TABLE No. 24.
Nativity-County of birth TABLE No. 25. 314-339
Nativity-Showing the county of birth of the population of cities and towns having 1,000 inhabitants and over 330-352
TABLE No. 26.
Nativity-Showing the state of birth of the population of cities and towns having 1,000 inhabitants and over 334-339
TABLE No. 27.
Nativity-Showing the county of birth of the population of cities and towns having 1,000 inhabitants and over 340-359
TABLE No. 98.
Nativity-Showing the number in the population of natives of the several countries, with the percentage of each to the total population. 360
TABLE No. 29.
Nativity-Showing the number in the population of natives of the several states and territories, with the percentage of each to the native and to the total population of the state 361
TABLE No. 30.
Nativity-Showing the number of the population born in the state, with county of birth.
TABLE No. 31. 362
364-379
Occupations by counties.
TABLE No. 32.
Showing the occupations of the inhabitants of cities having a pop- ulation of 2,000 and over 380-395
TABLE No. 33.
Occupations-Showing the total number of persons employed in each of the leading occupations 396-397
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TABLE NO. 34.
Churches-Showing the number of church organizations of the several denominations in each county, with value of church property; members of church and Sabbath school, and the amount expended for support of church and Sabbath school_ 398-433
TABLE No. 35.
Churches-Summary of Table 34, for the state by counties 423-425
TABLE No. 36.
Churches-Summary of Table 34, for the state by denominations __ 426 +27 TABLE No. 37.
Religious belief-Showing the religious belief of the inhabitants of the state over ten years of age, irrespective of church affili- ation; also the number under ten years of age who were returned as entertaining a religious belief, and the number for whom no returns were given 428-434
TABLE No. 38.
Religious statistics-Showing the number of members of the churches of the several religious organizations as returned in the statistics of churches, and also the religious belief of the inhabitants over ten years of age irrespective of church affili- ation, as reported by the enumerators in the population schedule 435-436
TABLE No. 39.
Population of cities and towns having 500 inhabitants and over,
437-441 according to rank.
TABLE NO. 40.
Population of cities and towns having 2,000 inhabitants and over, according to rank, with gain or loss as compared with the United States census of 1890, and per cent of gain or loss 442-443
TABLE No. 41.
Showing by counties the total and urban population, and the per cent of urban to total population
444-445
TABLE No. 42.
Roll of honor-Giving the name, age, place of residence and nativity of persons ninety years of age and upwards 446-453
STATISTICS OF AGRICULTURE.
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TABLE No. 43.
Grain-Giving by counties and townships the acreage, yield and value of product of winter and spring wheat, corn, oats, bar- ley and rye 454-507
TABLE No. 44.
Potatoes, hay and grass-Giving by counties and townships the acreage, yield and value of product of Irish potatoes, timothy, clover, prairie grass, corn stalks and pastures 508-560
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TABLE No. 45.
Vegetables and fruits-Giving by counties and townships the yield and value of product of onions, beets, turnips and fruits 561-614 TABLE NO. 46.
Acreage of farms-Giving oy counties and the total for the state, the number and size of farms, the number of acres of improved and unimproved land, the number of acres cultivated, and the total value of farms 615-617
TABLE No. 47.
Management of farms and wheat-Giving by counties and the total for the state, the management of farms, rods of fence and tiling, and the acreage, yield and value of product of winter and spring wheat. 618-620
TABLE No. 48.
Grain-Giving by counties and the total for the state the acreage, yield and value of product of corn, oats, barley, rye and buck- wheat
TABLE No. 49. 621-623
Beans, peas and grass seed-Giving by counties and the total for the state, the acreage, yield, and value of product of beans and peas, and of flax, timothy, clover, Hungarian and millet seed __ 624-626 TABLE No. 50.
Root crops, etc .- Giving by counties and the total for the state, the acreage, yield and value of products of potatoes, onions, beets, turnips and watermelons 627-629
TABLE No. 51.
Hay and grass-Giving by counties and the total for the state, the acreage, yield and value of product of timothy, clover, Hun- garian, millet and prairie grass hay, corn stalks and pasture and the tons and value of fodder preserved in silos 630-633
TABLE No. 52.
Agricultural products-Giving by counties and the total for the state, the product and value of flax-straw, sorghum, maple sugar and syrup, broom corn, hops and tobacco, and the acres of planted and natural timber, and the number of cords and value of wood cut, consumed and sold. 633-635
TABLE NO. 53.
Fruit-Giving by counties and the total for the state, the number of acres in nurseries and value of trees sold, the number of acres in apples, the number of bearing trees, bushels harvested and value of product of apples, pears, peaches, plums, cher- ries and other fruits 636-638
TABLE No. 54.
Small fruit-Giving by counties and the total for the state, the acreage, yield and value of product of grapes, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and other small fruit. 639-641
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TABLE No. 55.
Horses and mules-Showing by counties and the total for the state, the number of different breeds of horses, the number sold for export, number imported and the value; and the num- ber and value of mules and asses. 642-644
TABLE NO. 56.
Cattle-Giving by counties and the total for the state, the number of the different breeds of cattle, the number sold for slaughter and for export, number imported and the value, and the num- ber and value of work oxen and milch cows 646-649
TABLE NO. 57.
Hogs-Giving by counties and the total for the state, the number of the different breeds of hogs, the number sold for slaughter and export, number imported and the value 650-652
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TABLE No. 58.
Sheep-Giving by counties and the total for the state, the number of the different breeds of sheep, the number sold for slaughter and export, number imported, number killed by dogs, and the value; the number of fleeces of wool cut and the value, and the number and value of dogs 653-655
TABLE NO. 59.
Poultry and bees-Giving by counties and the total for the state, the number and value of chickens, turkeys and other fowls. the number of dozen eggs produced and marketed, the num- ber of stands of bees and the number of pounds of honey pro- duced and marketed, and the value of poultry, eggs and honey marketed 656-658
TABLE No. 60.
Giving by counties and the total for the state, the value of market garden, farm and forest products and the products of home manufacture not included in other schedules, also the number of farm mortgages, net amount of mortgage indebtedness on farms and average size of mortgages 659-660
TABLE No. 61.
Dairy statistics-Giving by counties and the total for the state, the number and value of cows from which milk or cream was fur- nished to creameries or cheese factories, or to city patrons, or from which butter or cheese was made, the value of milk and cream furnished city patrons. and the number of pounds and value of butter and cheese made. 661-663
TABLE No. 62.
Creamery and cheese factory statistics-Giving by counties and the total for the state, the number and value of creameries and cheese factories; the number of patrons; the number of persons employed, and the number of pounds and value of butter and cheese made 664-666
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TABLE NO. 83.
Dairy statistics-Giving by counties and the total for thestate, the total number of pounds of butter and cheese produced, as own by the different enumerations 667-672
TABLE No. 64.
Land and farms-Giving by counties and the total for the state, the total number of acres of improved and unimproved land in farms, and the average size of farms as shown by the different enumerations 673-678
TABLE NO. 65.
Wheat-Giving by counties and the total for the state, the total number of acres grown and product of wheat, as shown by the several enumerations 679-684
TABLE No. 66.
Corn-Giving by counties and the total for the state, the total number of acres grown and product of corn, as shown by the several enumerations. 685-690
TABLE No. 67.
Oats-Giving by counties and the total for the state, the total number of acres grown and product of oats as shown by the different enumerations 691-696
TABLE No. 68.
Potatoes-Giving by counties and the total for the state, the total number of acres grown and product of potatoes as shown by the different enumerations 697-702
STATISTICS OF MANUFACTURES.
TABLE NO. 69.
Giving by counties and the total for the state, the value of manu- facturing establishments, amount expended for material, value of manufactured product, number of hands employed and amount paid in wages
TABLE NO. 70. 703-704
Giving by classified industries the number of manufacturing estab- lishments, amount expended for material, value of manufac- tured product, number of hands employed and amount paid in wages. 705-707
STATISTICS OF MINING.
TABLE No. 71. Coal mining-Giving by counties and the total for the state the number and value of coal mines, the number of tons and value of coal mined and sold, number of hands employed and amount paid for wages 708
Quarries TABLE No. 72.
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LITERARY AND EDUCATIONAL.
TABLE NO. 73.
Periodicals published January 1, 1895 710-712
TABLE No. 74.
Books published in 1894 713-714
TABLE NO. 75.
Educational institutions
715-721
TABLE No. 76.
Libraries
722-725
CITY AND COUNTY PROPERTY AND FINANCES.
TABLE No. 77.
Giving the number and value of buildings, parks and cemeteries owned by cities and towns 726-730
TABLE No. 78.
Giving the value of fire equipments and street improvements of cities and towns
731-736
TABLE No. 79.
Giving the value of water and light works of cities and towns 737-741
TABLE No. 80.
Giving the financial expenditures and indebtedness of cities and towns
742-746
TABLE NO. 81.
Giving the number and value of buildings, poor farms and bridges and the financial expenditures and indebtedness of the counties 748-751
RAILROADS
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TABLE No. 82.
Length of railroads January 1, 1895, and the assessed value thereof by roads 752-759
TABLE No. 83.
Giving the number of miles of railroad in the state on the 31st day of December of each of the years 1855 to 1870, inclusive, as reported to the state for taxation
TABLE No. 84. 760
Giving the number of miles of railroads in the state on the 1st day of January of each of the years 1873 to 1883, and inclusive, as reported to the state for taxation purposes. 761-7.63
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TABLE No. 85. Giving the number of miles of railroad in the state on the 1st day of January, 1884 to 1895 and inclusive, as reported to the state for taxation purposes. 764-766
THE VARIOUS JURISDICTIONS OVER IOWA.
767-772
REGISTER OF THE TERRITORY OF IOWA.
Territorial officers 773-774
775-782
Legislative
REGISTER OF THE STATE OF IOWA.
Officers of the state government
783-792
Judiciary 793-818
Representatives in congress 819-824
Legislative
825-876
Militia and Iowa National guard 876-878
Miscellaneous
879-892
INTRODUCTION.
In presenting to the state the fifteenth census of the state of Iowa, the executive council recognizes the vast benefit that has been derived from the various improvements adopted and carried out by the census hereto- fore taken. Each census has been in many particulars an improvement over former ones, until finally it is believed that the fifteenth census is as near perfect as a compilation can be under our present law.
- The fourteenth census was an experiment along the line of changing former methods, which before that time had consisted in taking an abstract of all parts of the census from the ninety-nine county auditors, instead of taking a certified copy of the sheets from each census taker. The executive council, however, in 1885 only applied this changed method to the enumeration, leaving the more important and more complicated matters of farm products, manufactures, mines and other important matters to be taken under the old method of an abstract from each county auditor.
For the purpose of accuracy, and simply as an experiment, the execu- tive council in 1885 decided to require a certified copy from each assessor, so far as the enumeration was concerned, to be sent to the secretary of state, and there compiled. In their report in the introductory of said cen- sus, they speak of the new method as follows:
The unsatisfactory results obtained by the council in 1875, under the plan which it reluctantly followed, of having the assessors' returns abstracted by the county audi. tors, impressed the council with the importance of very carefully considering the propriety of adopting a different method. It was finally decided to require assessors to make duplicate schedules of the returns as to population, one copy to be forwarded by the county auditors to the secretary of state, and the statis- tics to be compiled under his direction; the statistics as to the productions and resources of the state to be gathered as before, i. e., by having the county auditors make abstracts from the assessors' returns, from which abstracts the compilation should be made under the direction of the secretary of state. This was only a half step, but being largely an experiment, was all the council felt justified in taking. The results are in the highest degree satisfactory, and afford the most ample proof of the wisdom of having the entire compilation made under the supervision of one person.
Profiting by the experiments of the executive council in 1885, the exec- utive council by unanimous vote decided that the secretary of state should require assessors to make duplicate schedules of the returns, not only as to population, but as to the productions and resources of the state, which duplicate should be forwarded by the auditors to the secretary of state, thus placing under the charge of the secretary of state the entire compila- tion of all parts of the census. This experiment has been carefully mado,
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and is in the highest degree satisfactory, and the council feel justified in stating, without fear that the result will contradict the statement, that the present census is as perfect as can be made under our present law. A duplicate of the sheets, filled out by every census taker in the state, was transmitted to the secretary of state, where, under the personal supervi- sion of experts, the compilations were made, and not only were the appar- ent mistakes and discrepancies corrected, but every figure and every item in every sheet was submitted to the closest scrutiny, so that it is believed the matter contained in the fifteenth census is entirely reliable.
Of course this has necessitated a heavy outlay of money from the state, as a large clerical force was required at the capitol to compile the statis- tics from the assessors' returns, which under the old plan would have been simplified and greatly reduced by each auditor furnishing the secretary with an abstract compiled and prepared by a clerical force in his office; but in reviewing the work of the council in 1875, and discovering the inac- curacies and mistakes amounting sometimes to the ludicrous, it is believed that the people of the state will be more than willing to pay the extra amount for the assured reliability of the census. In fact, while as an immediate outlay it has cost the state more money than would the old method, it is confidently believed that under the old method it would have cost equally as much, the extra expense being transferred to the auditor's office and paid there out of the county funds, instead of having been made in the secretary's office and paid out of the state funds, so that to the whole people of the state the cost of the present work is perhaps less than it would have been had the council pursued the old method. To illustrate the work that has been corrected in the present census, we quote from the report of the executive council in 1885, when speaking of the difficulties under which they labored in getting an exact census of the products of the state as compared with the exactness of the work in the census proper, which was sent to them in duplicate. The council in discussing this quote us the following:
It is a matter of regret that the figures relating to the resources and productions of the state do not justify a similar degree of credence. This is, without question, largely due to the fact that the compiling of these statistics was left to the ninety-nine county auditors of the state, instead of being done entirely under the supervision of one person, as in the case of the population statistics. To illustrate: The abstract from one county showed the number of domestic grape vines in a certain township to be 784, the product of which, for 1884, was put down at 90,550 pounds of fruit, or an average of over 115 pounds to the vine. The number of sheep in one township appears to be 31; the value of same, $20,106.50, or $648 59 per head. In many townships a large valuation was reported with no corresponding number of articles, head of stock, etc .. to which the valuation refers. These discrepancies and absurdities are not confined to any class of items, but are so numerous as to seriously discredit the greater part of the agricultural statistics. Of course every possible effort was made to have all such errors corrected, but the difficulties encountered in attempting to get back of the ninety-nine county auditors' abstracts may be easily imagined. Had the secretary of state been in possession of the assessors' schedules, showing the figures as to each farm separately, it will be readily seen that the methods of verification, employed to such good purpose on the population tables, could have been applied with equal advantage in getting rid of the errors above instanced.
In the present instance we had this advantage, which is referred to in the above paragraph, and it would be possible to enumerate hundreds of instances of as glaring errors and mistakes which were corrected, as are
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cited above. Having the sheet of the particular assessor in the possession of the supervisor of the census, where no correction could be made of the matter, it was returned with the inconsistencies and mistakes pointed out, and the assessor himself was enabled to make the corrections and get the matter as near correct as possible. This has been done in cases almost without number.
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