Taken from The History of Tuscola County, Biographical Sketches and Illustrations, H. R. Page Co., Chicago, 1883. Thanks to Bonnie Petee.

Census of 1854:

Population: 437; males, 235; females, 202; number of marriages during preceding year, 13; number of deaths during preceding year, 3; number of acres of taxable land, 13,434; number of acres improved, 1,124; number of acres of wheat, 261; bushels of corn preceding year 4,050; bushels of wheat preceding year, 2,145; bushels of potatoes preceding year, 2,194; tons of hay cut preceding year, 245; pounds of wood sheared, 165; pounds of butter made preceding year, 3,750; pounds of cheese made preceding year, 20; number of horses, 31; number of work oxen, 70; number of cows, 91; number of flouring mills, 1; number of barrels of flour made preceding year, 100; number of saw-mills, 8; feet of lumber cut, 1,800,000.

Census of 1860:

Population: 954; number of families, 121; number of dwelling houses, 121; value of real estate owned, $38,670; number of farms, 156; number of acres improved, 3,627; number of horses, 120; number of cows, 243; bushels of wheat raised, 4,308; bushels of rye, 844; bushels of corn, 7,941; bushels of oats, 6,001; bushels of potatoes, 4,441; pounds of wool sheared, 43, pounds of butter made,___; tons of hay cut, 168; number of flouring-mills, 1; number of saw-mills, 1; feet of lumber sawed, 500,000.

Census of 1864:

Population: 1,022; males, 518; females, 504; number of deaths preceding year, 1; number of acres of taxable land, 10,875; number of acres improved, 3,552; acres of wheat, 205; bushels of corn preceding year, 2,254; bushels of wheat preceding year, 3,028; bushels of potatoes preceding year, 3, 682; tons of hay cut preceding year, 1,239; pounds of wool sheared preceding year, 3,399; pounds of butter made preceding year, 31,814; pounds of cheese made preceding year, 3,696; number of horses, 158; number of saw-mills, 1; feet of lumber sawed, 300,000.

Census of 1870:

Population: 1,110; number of families, 238; number of dwellings, 237; number of voters, 259; number of deaths, 2; number of acres of improved land, 4, 546; number of horses, 247; pounds of wool sheared, 5,258; pounds of butter made, 27,833; pounds of cheese made, 709; bushels of wheat raised, 7,327; bushels of rye, 295; bushels of corn, 6,608; bushels of oats, 9,886; bushels of potatoes, 7,864; tons of hay cut, 1,470; number of saw-mills, 2, feet of lumber cut, 500,000; number of flouring mills, 1; barrels of flour ground, 800.

Census of 1874

Population: 1,292; males 667; females, 615; number of horses, 338;

number of oxen, 101; number of cows, 474; number of sheep, 985; number of swine, 271; bushels of wheat, 9,975; bushels of corn, 12,658; bushels of apples, 3,491; bushels of potatoes, 11,246; tons of hay, 1,538.

1880

Population in 1880: 1,301. Total equalized valuation in 1882, $725,764. Number of farms in 1881, 178; acres of improved land, 744; bushels of wheat raised in 1880, 30,237; of corn, 50,089; tons of hay, 1,448.

SCHOOL MATTERS

According to the annual school report for the year ending September 4, 1882, of the town of Tuscola, the directors for the ensuing year were: John H. Richardson, Lemmuel P. Hart, Archibald Chambers, Joseph E. Levis, Rufus L. Price, James Saunders, Horace Coleman, John Holliday, and Albert Whaley. There were nine school districts, three of which were fractional. Whole number of children of school age in the town, 547; number that attended school during that year.