Fremont Statistics

Taken from, "The History of Tuscola County," H. R. Page Co., Chicago, 1883. Transcribed 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

 

July 1998

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