Newaygo County MI Archives History - Books .....Population 1884
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Book Title: Newaygo County Portrait & Biographical Album

POPULATION.


The population of Newaygo shows a steady and gratifying increase since its 
first settlement.  The greatest gains were 

between 1854 and 1860, 1864 and 1870, and 1874 and 1880; that is, in the 
latter half of each of the three last 

decades.  The total number of inhabitants at each census is as follows:

1850.............510
1854.............979
1860...........2,760
1864...........3,481
1870...........7,294
1874...........8,480
1880..........14,770

This would indicate a population in 1884 of about 17,000.  The population at 
the last two censuses is here given by 

townships:

TOWNSHIP			1874		1880

Ashland				  923		1,436
Barton				  395		  638
Beaver				  199		  197
Big Prairie			  400		  572
Bridgeton			  365		  388
Brooks				1,148		1,497
Croton				  799		  807
Dayton				  975		1,588
Denver				  755		1,112
Ensley				  878		1,388
Everett				  465		  784
Grant				  110		  422
Monroe				  165		  362
Norwich				  170		  637
Sheridan			  603		1,181
Sherman				  430		  644
Troy				  ---		  185
Wilcox				  ---		  850

The population of the several villages in the county were in 1880:  Ashland 
City, 190; Clay's Camp, 40; Newaygo, 

1,097; Croton, 118; Fremont, 902; Alleyton, 464; Grant, 90; White Cloud, 440.

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