Statistical information on Mayville, Tuscola County, Michigan

Copyright © 1998 by Bonnie Petee. This copy contributed for use in 
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Taken from, "The History of Tuscola County," H. R. Page Co., Chicago, 1883. 
Contributed by Bonnie Petee.


STATISTICAL

Census of 1860

Population, 96; families, 21; dwellings, 21; number of occupied farms, 15; number of
acres of improved, 340; number of horses, 1; number of cows, 19; number of oxen, 16;
bushels of wheat raised, 670; bushels of corn, 885; bushels of oats, 278; bushels of
potatoes, 392; pounds of butter made, 1,800; tons of hay cut, 25.

Census of 1864

Population, 231; number of acres of taxable land, 2, 325; number of acres improved, 311;
bushels of corn preceding year, 588; bushels of wheat preceding year, 1,090; bushels of
potatoes preceding year, 1,189; tons of hay preceding year, 136; pounds of butter made,
2,821.

Census of 1870

Population, 664; families, 136; dwellings, 135; farms, 76; voters, 128; bushels of wheat
raised, 4,436; bushels of rye, 27, bushels of corn, 3,763, bushels of oats, 3,231; bushels of
potatoes, 4, 353; tons of hay, 526.

Census of 1874

Population, 794; number of horses, 139; number of oxen, 184; number of cows, 212;
bushels of wheat raised, 4,664; bushels of corn, 6,181; bushels of potatoes, 12,347; tons
of hay cut 526.

RECAPITULATION OF THE CENSUS OF 1880


Number of inhabitants
  1,120
Farms
       40
Acres in farms
12,250
Acres improved
  4,911
Acres unimproved
  7,342
Acres mown
     648
Tons of hay
    686
Horses
    327
Cows
    284
Other cattle
     379
Sheep
     512
Bushels of clover seed
     157
Acres of corn
     418
Bushels of corn
17,389
Acres of oats
     373
Bushels of oats
11,044
Acres of wheat
  1,186
Bushels of wheat
21, 165
Acres of potatoes
      104
Bushels of potatoes
  6,657
Value of farms
$270,765
Value of livestock
$ 34,101
Value of farm productions
$ 40,570










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