The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-23
Historical.

The NoRIHRlsNER has received from the
Office of the secretary of state, a copy of the
fast state census, taken in 1854, from which
we collate the following facts which, VIZ trust,
may not prove embarrassing to some of our
readers.
The county was laid out October 10Th,
1929, by an act of the territorial Legislature.
On the 10Th day of March, 1885, the town
ship of Lafayette was organized embracing,
AT that time, the entire county. March 10Th,
1867. the name was changed to Paw Paw.
Che township of Clinch was organized in
1917 Cat of this township were subsequently
carved the townships of Almena and Waiver
~, which were again subdivided to form the
townships of Pine Grove and Bloomingdale.
Tue township of South Haven was organized
IN lS4e and embraced the territory COM
prised ~ the present townships OF South
Hagen, Covert, Bnagor, Columbia and Gene
va. The township of Hamilton was originally
organized under the name of .Alpepa. The
name wss changed to Hamilton in 1910.
Covert was organized as Deertield and under
went its change of name iii 1877.
In 1850 Michigan formed a part of the
Northwest Territory and was wholly within
the county of Wayne, which was organized
in 1896. IT also included portion of north
that year the entire population, except In
dians not taxed, was 3,206. One-third of
this population resided at Detroit, another
third within ten miles of that place, and
and most of the balance ON the River Raisin
within the present limits of Monroe County.
AZ the census of $50, the population had
increased to 4 ,7G2, and i'll 1920, to 1896 but
i.i44 OF these were i'll the counties of Brown
and Crawford which are wholly in the limits
of the present-state of Wisconsin. Ten Years
later marvellous increase was shown, the
total population being 81 1859, $685. of whom
were within tue present limits of Wisconsin,
leaving 2S,004 as the population of what is
now the state Of Michigan. Thirty-two
slaves were enumerated III this census.
A territorial census was taken on the sec
Ond Monday of October, 1884, giving total
populstion of 1928. At this time the Indian
population was estimated at 1914, over 5000
of whom were i'll the Upper Peninsula. The
number of slaves III the territory had been
reduced to three.
The first state census was taken in 1897,
showing it's total population to Dc 175,025.
OF this number, 1,262 were credited to Var
Buren, County, while KaamaZno County had
6.367.
The National census of 1910 gaze the state
u population of 2l2.f57. Van Buren, had
1910 and Kalamazoo 1880. The next census
was taken under state authority, in 1916, and
showed almost 100000 increase, tie figures
being for the state, 3Q2,62l. Van Buren and
Kalamazoo we're relatively AZ follows: The
former, l, 7O+, slight decrease; tho latter,
fO,l92, large increase.
By the federal census Of 1850, the popula-
ton of the state was shown TO be- 397si54, of
~, aol, ho1 T. ola
1919. This was followed by the state CEN
sus of 1854, which gave the state 5n7 ,52l,
ths county Of Kalamazoo having 1910 Van
Buren 1920.
The National CENSUS of 1860 gave the total
population of the state ut 74D,l H. Van B9ren
County having 1928 aud kalamazoo 24,Ei6.
The figures for the following state ceps1s.
taken in 1864, were for the state, S03,6c1;
far Van Buren County, II 800; for Kalama
ySo County, 25,84I.
The National census Of 1870 gave the state
n total population Of l,lS4,2s2. The two
cornties between whlck We have instituted a.
comparison stood az follows: Van Buren,,
2S,s35, Kalamazoo 32,oG5. The Succeeding
state census of 1874 gave the state popula-
tion of 1874 OBJ. of which Van Bgren had
pol G aud Kalamazoo 32.ss4.
The last federal census, taken In 1880,
showed that the inhabitants of the state
numbered total of 1886, 937, and that Van
Buren, had 30,807, Kalamazoo 34,342. The
state census of 1884 gave the state a total
population of 1,853,658. Van Barren County
showed q slight decrease, having only 3ey341,
while Kalamazoo had increased to 1921.
1t will he interesting 10 note the relative
growth of the two counties of Van Buren,
and Kalamazoo. For time, the latter had
large lead of the former, which was gradu-
ally lost, until in 1874 there was but about 900
difference; bat for the past ten years Kala-
Enazoo has gradually regained her lead and,
IN 1884, outnnmbered Van Buren, by about
5,4o0. There is every probability that with
her young and 6ourishing city with its large
end rapidly increasing manufacturing inter
ests and its superior railroad facilities, the
difference will be greater in future years than
II has ever been in the past.