Denmark Statistics

Taken from The History of Tuscola County, Biographical Sketches and Illustrations, H. R. Page Co., Chicago, 1883, page 107.   Contributed by Debbie Axtman.

Census of 1854:

Population 148; males, 79; females, 69; number of acres of taxable land, 8,240; number of acres improved, 178; bushels of corn preceding year, 100; bushels of wheat preceding year 75; bushels of corn preceding year, 180; pounds of butter made preceding year, 1.195; number of horses, 1; number of oxen, 28.

Census of 1860:

Population, 809; families, 66; dwellings, 66; number of farms occupied, 76; number of acres improved, 1,461; number of horses, 85; number of cows, 121; bushels of wheat, 2,124; bushels of rye, 862; bushels of corn, 2,891; bushels of oats, 2,551; bushels of potatoes, 1881; pounds of butter, 9,445; pounds of cheese, 100; tons of hay, 209.

Census of 1864:

Population, 368; number of acres of taxable land, 1,478; bushels of corn preceding year, 2,420; bushels of wheat preceding year, 2,420; bushels of potatoes, 2,313; tons of hay, 468; pounds of wool, 546; pounds of butter, 7,690; pounds of cheese, 400.

Census of 1870:

Population 816' dwellings, 166; families, 156; farms 113; voters, 172; number of acres of improved land, 8,408; number of horses, 166; pounds of wool sheared, 3,529; pounds of butter made, 31,143; pounds of cheese made, 580; bushels of wheat raised, 7,416; bushels of rye, 96; bushels of corn, 4,942; bushels of oats, 9,409; bushels of potatoes, 9,546; tons of hay, 1,208.

Population in 1880:

Population in 1880, 1643.  Total equalized valuation of real and personal property in 1882, $575,390.  Number of farms in 1881, 167; acres improved, 7,073.   Bushels of wheat in 1880, 33,542; of corn, 65,455; tons of hay, 1,459.

 

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