1885 CENSUS

The census is put on this page as transcribed and proof read from the microfilm. (No corrections or additions have been made). Age in months is as follows--

This article was taken from The Republican Citizen May 18, 1888 and thought you might find it interesting.

We are indebted to County Clerk Mikesell for the statement of the population of Rawlins county on the first of March, 1888, as returned to his office by the assessors of the several townships. As usual it is manifestly defective, and gives the population of the county at only 7012, which is at least one thousand short of a fair estimate. For a convenient reference we publish the returns of each year since the organization of the county. The census of the county was taken thrice previous to 1882, the government census of 1880, taken by Rev. A.S. Thorne and Joseph A. Hewes, Esq., that of Rawlins township of Norton county, taken by W.R. Shirley as assessor in 1881, and that taken by S.H. Tindell a few months later in 1881, as preliminary to the organization of the county. The table here given will be found very convenient, and is worth preserving.

Townships	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888
Jefferson	246	214	166	340	470	186	239
Herndon	259	363	431	575	596	650	613
Celia	179	179	200	397	441	457	511
Atwood	726	631	649	731	673	751	531
Burntwood	----	----	----	----	312	438	531
Clinton	----	----	----	----	318	472	325
Driftwood	----	----	----	----	353	500	524
Grant	----	----	----	----	239	376	227
Laing	----	----	----	----	243	359	346
Ludell	----	----	----	----	430	659	732
Mirage	----	----	----	----	491	512	600
Achilles	----	----	----	----	----	231	318
Beaver	----	----	----	----	----	289	294
Logan	----	----	----	----	----	----	419
Arbor	----	----	----	----	----	----	192
Richland	----	----	----	----	----	----	411
Mikesell	----	----	----	----	----	----	196
Totals	1410	1387	1436	2043	4506	5863	7012

The territory embraced in the Atwood of 1882, 1883, 1884, and 1885 now has a population of 3,443; that of the Celia of the same years has now 1,642; that of Herndon, giving it half the present population of Laing, has 1,197; and that of Jefferson, with half of Laing, has 730. The territory of Atwood of one year ago returns now 950, while the Herndon of last year has 1,024, showing that the latter township has increased more in population than any other in the county.

ATWOOD

CELIA TOWNSHIP

HERNDON TOWNSHIP

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP

Transcribed by Denise Maaske