Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-21
HEADS OF FAMILIES
Publication Of Vermonters' Names
Appearing in the First Census
State Then Had Population Of 5,499-
Wlndham Then the Largest County and
Guilford the metropolis"


ouiford the metropolis"
Congress recently authorized the dlrec-
tor of the census to publish during the
fiscal year the names of heads of families
and accompanying information, shown on
such schedules Of the census of 1890 as
are in existence The appropriation for
the bureau does not permit the publca-
ton of this information for all the states,
the schedules of which are still in eX-
istence, but the returns for the states
Of New Hampshire, Vermont and Mary
land are now in press and will be issued
as parts or pamphlets. Each of these
parts will form an attractive publication
consisting of about $50 pages, fully in
dexed. printed upon laid antique paper,
scwed and bound in especially handsome
and durable semi pamphlet binding Each
part will contain n frontispiece map of
the state represented, IL by II inches in
size reproduced by photography from an
atlas published in 1896.
The first census of the United States
G79O) comprised an enumeration Of the
inhabitants of the present states Of Con-
uecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky
Hampshire New Jersey, New York
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Yer
mont and Virginia.
a complete set of the schedules for
each state with a summary for the coun-
ties and in many cases for towns, was
filed in the state department, but unf)r-
tunately they are not now complete, the
returns from the states Of Delaware,
Georgia. Kentucky. New Jersey, Ten
ileSSet ana NHElHld haNHE beeh ues-
lioE'd Whtn tle bIlISh burned the CAPT
10. III "aShiuEIoh curing 'ne war OF ~.
The total population Of the United
States in 1870, exclusive Of slaves. as
derived from the schedules was 3.23l,-
5@3. The only names appearing upon the
SE"'uu'oS. however were those OF headS
Oh iaihlIleS' ana as that period the
iamlHeS averaged SIX persons the toj'I
number was approximately 100000 The
hummer Oh names WnIcn Is now ackiAE
because "i the destruction OF the scls-
uHi'S Is approximately l4Oooo. IhuS
leaving the schedules containing about
f"u''"u names.
IN Mdr'h, l''u' lHe mon consisted
o' twelve states Rhode Island. the last
"I inc oIlElhaI J." 10 enter the Union.
u'ihE admitted me Following year be
i'I' inc IeSuIs Oh the HISl census We're
announced. maine was part OF Masst-
'huS'I'S' hth'u'NN was n part OF Nir-
Elhia' ana 'ne present states OF Alapama.
ana MISSISSIPPI Wer" parts OF Geoigla.
ne present states oi ONO, Indiana, IN
nous. MIchlEah ana Wisconsin, Win pa't
OF minnesota, WeI" known as the Nprih-
| vs. Ier'i'"TE, ana inc present Stit'
ot tennessee then part OF North Carr
B una. was soon l" ne organized as IN"
southwest territory
IN" hlt"d states was bounded on 'he
west by IN" mississippi river. beyond
when stretched that vast ana uneNplo'"d
wilderness p'I"hElhG 10 tt spanish KING
"hich was afterwards ceded I" the l nj
ted states by France as tn" Louisiana
Purchase, ana now comprises the great
. ana populous states OF LOUISIANA, Arka1-
saS. indian Territory, oklahoma, Missouri.
Kansas iowa NrbraSka south Dakota,
N"rth Dakota ana Montana ana most ~
colorado wyoming ana Minnesota The
louisiana Purchase was not completed
Toy more than decade AFTER IN" hrSt
census was taken ON n" south WIS
another Spanish colony known as ~"
Fl"rldaS I'NaS. then part of MrNic'.
belonged TO SPAN; and california. It'a.
Arizona ana New M"Nl'' also tn" pro
perry "t spain. although p'n"nHted here
ana there 10y N"ntur"som" explorers and
mlSNi"narI'S. Were. Tor the most part
'r undiscovered Wilderness
tn" gross area OF The nlt,t states
WAS >-"Nii square miles. hut th" settled
area was only 2"'."3' square miles or
about % per cent OF III" total Though
inc area covered by III" enumeration I'm
40 seems very small when compared
with IN" present area "i the United
states. tho difficulties which confronted
m" census tak"r w"r" vastly greater
than IN 1900 In many localities there
"rr" mo- roads. ana where these Ild