The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-02-01

in the counties of Montana have been
made since 1890: Fiathead organized
ron part Of Missoula in 1898:
Granite organizel from part ORD eer
lodge IN 1898; Ravalli organized
from part of Missoula in 1898; Teton
organized from part of Choteau in
1913; Valley organized from part of
Dawson in 1898; Carbon organized
irom parts Of Park and Yellowstone
IN 1893; Sweet Grass organized from
parts of Meaghcr, Park and Yellow
stone in 1895; Broadwater organized
from parts of Jefferson and Meagher
III 1897; parts of Deerlodge annexed
to tiathca1 and Lewis and Clarke:
and parts of Meagher annexed to
Cascade and Lewis and Clarke.
OF the 20 Incorporated places Is
have less and II have more than
2,oO0 inhabitants. Of the latter the
=. largest cities are Butte, with 80
40; Great Falls, with 1890:
Helena, with 1O,770; and Anaconda.
"itt ',tDc IuudDlta0CS.
Butte is the only city i'll Montana
having population in 1900 of more
than $4,000. Butte had a popula-
ton Of only 2+1 in 1870. which has
,incc then increased to 3O,47O.
Much the greater part of this growth
nus taken place during the last
decade, the population having in.
creased from 1923 in 1890 to 80
40 in 1900, representing a numeri-
cal Increase of 1871, or more than
one'half of the presentrapalati ,of
the city. i
aor7 Z ysrn>~"-AsEpRAsM.-So.
N<6raska was organizeu Uo tel''
ritry MAY 30, 1854, and admitted
as state March l, 1867.
Tie population ofthe state in 1900
isl ,06S $50 as against 1,O5S,910 in
1890, representing an increase since
1890 of 1929, or 90 per cent. A
portion of this increase is due to the
fact that there were 1888 Indians
and 2OS other persons, or a total OF
BIG persons; on Indian reservations,
etc, in Nebraska, who were specially
enumerated in 1890 but were not in
cluded in the general population OF
the state at that census. In 1901
tie population of the territory which
Na!terwards became the state OF Ne
braska was 2S,S41, and during the
ten years to 1870 it increased to
122, 993, gain of $780, per cent.
The population of Nebraska in 1900
is more than thirty-seven times as
large as that given for 1860, the first
year in which the population appears
in the census report.
The total land surface of Nebraska
is, approximately, 76,S40 square
miles, the average number of persons
to the square mile at the census OF
1900 being 13.9.
The following territorial changes
in the counties of Nebraska have
been male since 1890: Boyd was
organize,i from unorganized territory
in 1891, although the population was
returned in 1890, and Arthur was
d. annexed to Mcpherson.
OF the 90 counties in the state 81
, have decreased in population during
the decade, but few show large per
, centage of Increase, namely. Boyd
$3.50 per cent; Cedar, TIA per cent
:. Pierce, 1876 per bent.
E Of the 365 incorporated places
>. there are p which have more tina,
y 1000 inhabitants, and of these l
|" have less than 5000 and 3 have NOR
: than $4,000, Lincoln, 40, 16e
= Omaha, 102, ,5G5; South Omaha, 26
~ 001.
, The census history of Omah
,f - Legan in 1860, when it had popr
u lation of 1888, which increased
:. l4O,452 in 1890; that OF Lincol
- - began in 1880. when it had pop'
10 10 lation of 1908, which increased
" ~ 55,15 in 1890; and that of Sout
~ ~ Omaha began in 1890, when it hs
y !. population Of 1902, which il
-. creased to 26,OO1 in 1900. Boz
ro ro Omaha and Lincoln have suffeaed
rs ns loss in population during the Ia
nf decade equivalent to n per cent.
the population reported for tho
-. cities at the census of 1890.