CHAPTER XXIII.

POPULATION.

	The population of Clay county at the time of its organization, or at
any time within the first five years of its history as a separate subdivision
of the state, can not be given. However, beginning with the census of
1830, the figures are given accurately, as believed, for the eight succes-
sive censuses from that time down to and including the close of the
nineteenth century:
	For 1830—1,616; for 1840—5,567; for 185o—7,Soo; for 1860—
12,121; for 1870—19,084; for 1880—25,839; for 1890—30,497; for
1900—34,285.
	The percent or rate of increase for the several intervening periods
of ten years is as follows: From 1830 to 1840, 244%; from 1840 to
1850, 40%; from 1850 to i86o, 55%; from i86o to 1870, 57%; from
1870 to 1880, 35%; from i88o to 1890, i8%; from 1890 tt 1900, 12%.
The number of inhabitants to the square mile for each of the
respective censuses is as follows: For 1830, 4.5 ; for 1840, 15.5 ; for
1850, 21.7; for r86o, 33.7; for 1870, 53; for i8So, 71.8; for ‘890, 84.7;
1900, 95.2.

	The present population of the county may be estimated, in round
numbers, at 38,000.

Population by Townships and Towns.
   TOWNSHIPS	I	1850	1860.	1870.	1880.	1890.	1900.
‘Posey	1,212	1,721	2,132	2,477	2,511	2,949
Thick Johnson	669	1,222	868	1,075	1,495	2,276
‘Van Buren	867	1,488	3,323	5,161	5,318	5,416
Jackson	735	1,280	1,711	2,542	2,443	2,412
‘Harrison	684	1,711	2 941	3,043	3,667	4,260
‘Lewis	574	906	1,220	1,490	1,970	2,140
‘Perry	691	904	1,340	1,836	1,885	1,772
‘Sugar Ridge	637	1,140	1,533	2,269	2,130
‘Washington	1,426	1,757	1,867	1,796	1,524	1,481

‘Including Staunton, Newburg, Cloverland and Williamstown.
‘Including Perth.
‘Including Carbon, Knightsville, Harmony and Cardonia.
‘Including Hoosierville, Asherville and Stearleyville.
‘Including Clay City and Middlebury.
‘Including Howesville.
‘Including Corey.
‘Including Center Point, Saline City and Ashboro.
‘Including Bowling Green.
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