Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-10-01
STATISTICS &c, OF HENRY COUN

&c, OF HENRY COUN
Ti.
This county is situated Wes, Of Dcs
Moincs county, the eastern boundary be-
ing on an average about 90 miles from
the Mississippi river;.it is 2! miles IN
length from North to South and Is miles
in width from Fast to West. comprising
anarea OF 432 square miles. or about e64,
48O acres; Of this about l5l.48O acres are
prairie. and the remainder, being about
l lC 900 acres are Of ti,nbered land. The
quantity Of land reserved for the use OF
schools is 1850 acres.
There have been purchased from the
United States about i53. 800 acres, leav.
ing abou. 100000 acres, exclusive Of the
school lands, unsold and subject at this
time to private entry at the Govern
ment price. The principal part of the
unsold land being mostly prairie lies in
tn, Northeastern part Of the county.
The principal part Of Henry county is
well watered by Skunk river and its .rib.
utaries, on which are many fine mill sites.
The population Of Henry County. in
May, 1888, "a, which time ittontainsd an
area Of 1903 square miles orr townships
greater than at the present time, and
which have since been attached to Jeffer-
son county, was 3,O58, md on the. 1st Of
juno, 1910. j, was 3,772. Acco riding to
the census returns Tor the first day Of
June. 1890, here were ofthis latternum-
Der 1896 engaged in. agricultural pur-
suits; -e6 IN commerce; 80 in manufac
lures and traces; 10 in the learned pro-
fessions. There were at that time Z pri.
mary schools, in which were 222 schol-
ars; and there were IS persons who'cou1d
not ffead and write. The number of.hor
ses and mules at that time in this county
was ego; neat cattle, 1854; sheep. 1883;
swine, 1914; and the value Of poultry
$500 worth. There were produced
annually IL 1915 bushels Of wheat;22 500
bushels. Of oats; 315 bushels Of rye, ESQ
bushels OF buck " heat: and 983. 200 bush.
iels Of corn. The number Of pounds al
wool was. 5.al5. and Of wax 40. The
quantity Of potatoes producedwas 1924
bushels; OF hay 1923 tons; and Of hemp
and flax e tons. There were annually
made 5,45O pounds Of sugar. The valuc
of.the Products o. the dairy was $4.45O
worth, and the value Of home made goods
$1,000 worth. The amount Of capital
invested in nurseries was ST. 500. The
number Of retail dry good. grocery and
other stores was l3, with an. invested cap
! ital Of S34,7OO. The value Of lumber
produced was Sc, 700. There were $500
worth carriagessand wagons manufacture.
ed. There were at tina. time S grist and
s saw mills in operation, with an invested
scapital If 1880, OF which the va u OF
isxhs yearly manufactures was $I3 500
The value Of furniture yearly man"'ac-
tused was &40O. with aa3iuyes'ed e"p'ai
Of 5000, aud the total capital invested m
! manufactures was $l6.745. y
Henry County contains. grrat"r ~"
portion Of Agricultura'ists than a',nos' apy
other county in the Territory. ,bonl
100 families of Friends, or Quakers, as
they are more generally called. are set
tied ,pstiS southern part IL this county
and have o15ened some Of the fines, farms
in the Territory.
4 The annual expenditures out OF the
/ Treasury of.h.s county, 6eahe year end
ing December 3ls. l84l, were So. 4O4 10
aud the total number Of votes cast at the
Election on the frs: OF August last was
92O.,
The following is list Of the members
OF the Legislators. and County officers
for the present yeRS:
VIM. Il. Wallace member Of the Coun'
eli; Patton Wilson, Thomas Mcmillan and
Evan Jay, members OF the House OF Rep.
Eresenta.ives; Samuel Smith. Sheriff; Epl'
rain Kirkpatrick, Clerk Of the Court, clerk
Of the Board Of County Commissioners.
and Judge OF Probate; J. P. Grantham
Recorder; VIM. S. Whey, Treasurer
'rnomas J. Coulter. Coroner; John s
Mcclure, Assessor; Benjamin Matthews
Surveyor; Norton alpnger, Public Admin.
istra.or; and Robert Caulk, Wm. Il. Ly'
on and Henry Swan, County Commissions
ers. =
!, The price ofimpfoved farms in Henry
County is froms3 Ia l2 dollars per aero,
according to the 'quantuy. Of Improvement
and situation Of the land. Tho 4lst de-
gree Of North Latitude passes nearly
through the csktre Of the county, SONIA!
the Climate is we'll adapte0 10 the prodac
ton Of wheat, corn, 0ets, .ryst bo,ep, pota'
toes Sc.
Theso;lis ofthe slsf quality, and there
are but very few acres Of ''srgfte iandns ia
the whole county, although eonsidel:
BILE quantity ofIand has not yet bssn pnf'
sol c.r.,, Ncvo .n.nont o,vin.s AT.;t a ~.