Population and Statistics of Franklin County.
Below we publish the population and some of the statistics of the various towns
in this county, obtained from the census just taken:-
ASHFIELD.- Number of dwellings, 255; families, 285; inhabitants,
1,221; churches, 5; school-houses, 14; rateable polls, 370; legal voters, 349;
naturalized voters, 2; foreign-born persons, 19; number of persons under 10
years of age, 208; between 10 and 20, 233; 20 and 30, 195; 30 and 40, 143; 40
and 50, 160; 50 and 60, 136; 60 and 70, 84; 70 and 80, 45; 80 and 90, 15; 90
and 100, 1; over 100, 1- Mrs. Eunice Forbes now lacking a few days of 103 years
of age. No. of farms, 225; value of farms, including buildings, $408,000; acres
of land improved, 1,311; acres unimproved, 21,898; acres unimprovable land,
4,996; acres woodland, 2,844; indian corn raised, 162; bushels of indian corn,
5,670; acres of wheat, 16 1/2; bushels of wheat, 231; acres of barley, 22 1/2;
bushels of do. 675; acres of oats, 49; bushels do. 1,715; acres tobacco, 21
3/4; lbs. do. 32,655; acres English mowing, 1,819; tuns English hay, 2,702;
acres swale mowing, 1,519; tuns hay, 1,291; Merino sheep, 4,815; other kinds
sheep, 344; value of all sheep, $23,215; lbs. Merino wool, 17,455; horses, 245;
oxen over 4 years, 122; steers under 4 years, 248; milch cows, 472; lbs. butter
sold last year, 24,138; cheese do. 1,800; lbs. dressed beef, 47,445; pork, 68,816;
mutton, 2,100; veal, 2,570; number of swine, 104; lbs. honey, 400; value of
poultry sold, $260; eggs do. $456; value of palm leaf hats braided in families,
$6,000.
CONWAY.- Dwelling-houses, 317; families, 320; inhabitants,
1,538; schoolhouses, 15; rateable polls, 383; legal voters, 320; naturalized
voters, 12; farms, 154; acres corn, 182; oats, 61; potatoes, 83; tobacco, 81;
lbs. do. 153,958; acres mowing, 2,743 1/2; sheep, 2,947; horses, 243; oxen,
196; cows, 450; other stock, 245; lbs. butter sold, 33,451; cheese do. 4,895;
swine, 128; lbs. maple sugar, 24,245; cords wood consumed by families, 2,203.
GILL.- Number of dwellings, 131; families, 140; inhabitants,
635; churches, 2; schoolhouses, 6; rateable polls, 169; legal voters, 160; lbs.
tobacco, 145,000.
MONTAGUE.- Number of dwellings, 322; families, 352; inhabitants,
1,575; males, 714; females, 861; rateable polls, 397; legal voters, 827; naturalized
voters, 6; persons who cannot read and write, over 20 years old, 28;colored, 6;
farms, 150; hands employed, 215; acres of farm land, 14,529, including 2,724
acres of wood land and 5,279 acres not improved; acres Indian corn, 598; bush.
do. 13,600; acres rye, 567; bush. do. 4,260; acres oats, 103, bush. do. 2,700;
acres potatoes, 150; bush. do. 14,720; acres tobacco, 132; lbs. do. 215,500;
received for tobacco corp of 1864, $34,275; acres of English mowing, 1,608;
tuns of hay, 1,932; swale or wet, 225; tuns hay do. 175; number of apple trees,
4,356; value of apples, $3,725; acres broom corn, 22; lbs. brush, 11,500; sheep
of all kinds, 284; horses, 195; oxen, 154; cows, 331.
NORTHFIELD.- No. of dwelling-houses, 364; families, 380; inhabitants,
1,660; rateable polls, 433; legal voters, 401; naturalized voters, 5; farms,
229; acres Indian corn, 583; bush. do. 18,046; acres broom corn, 88; lbs. brush,
34, 765; acres wheat, 35; bush. do. 688; acres oats, 282; bush. do. 8,360; acres
hops, 28; lbs. do. 8,155; acres tobacco, 237; lbs. do. 376,210; horses, 323;
oxen, 154; milch cows, 585; lbs. dressed pork, 87,553.
PLAINFIELD.- The census of this town shows a population of
579, a decrease of 60 since 1860. The inhabitants are divided as follows, viz.:
over 90 years old, 1; between 80 and 90, 8; between 70 and 80, 43; between 60
and 70, 66; between 50 and 60, 61; between 40 and 50, 70; between 30 and 40,
62; between 20 and 30, 80; between 10 and 20, 99; under 10, 89; total 579. Paupers
settled in town, 4; over 20 years, unable to read or write, only 1, and that
one idiotic; blind, 1; insane, 1; born in Massachusetts, 529; Vermont, 12; New
York, 12; Illinois, 3; Ohio, 2; Maine, 2; New Hampshire, 2; Connecticut, 10;
North Carolina, 1; Ireland, 8; England, 1; Germany, 1; Nova Scotia, 1; total,
579. Only 1 black in town, and he a freedman brought from Newbern by Lieut.
F. A. Dyer of the 2d Heavy Artillery. No. of rateable polls, 180; legal voters,
170; horses in town, 125; oxen over 4 years old, 40; milch cows, 299; steers
under 4 years, 149; heifers, 92; swine, 60; sheep, 1308; lbs. butter sold during
the year ending May 1st, 1865, 10,629: cheese, 2400; dressed beef produced,
41,960; pork, 29,435; mutton, 2025; veal, 3136; maple sugar, 26,165; tuns of
hay in 1864, 1723; lbs. tobacco, 4925; bushels of corn, 2838; wheat, 53; barley,
400; buckwheat, 290; oats, 1228; potatoes, 11, 152; turnips, 307; carrots, 1495;
&c., &c.
ROWE.- No. of dwellings, 109; families, 117; inhabitants,
563; churches, 3; school-houses, 7; rateable polls, 141; legal voters, 130;
acres of corn, 59; bush. do. 2,129; acres barley, 28; bush. do. 543; acres oats,
32; bush. do. 733; acres potatoes, 74; bush. do. 12,770; sheep, 1018; lbs. wools,
4,633; horses, 84; oxen, 58; steers, 157; cows, 199; heifers, 107; swine, 50.
SUNDERLAND.- No. of dwellings, 159; families, 183; inhabitants,
861; males, 439; females, 422; legal voters, 211; naturalized voters, 13; rateable
polls, 229; over 20 years of age who cannot read or write, 17; number of persons
over 80, 10; between 70 and 80, 20; acres land improved, 2,516; indian corn,
303, wheat, 18; rye, 175; oats, 85; potatoes, 58; turnips, 6; onions, 29; bush.
do. 13,471; acres tobacco, 282; lbs. do. 538,000; acres English mowing, 842;
apple trees cultivated for their fruit, 4,805; pear do. 244; horses, 180; milch
cows, 302; dry cows, 105; heifers, 88; oxen over 4 years, 26; under 4 years,
36; lbs. butter sold, 24,202; lbs. dressed beef, 18,450; pork do. 86,053; swine,
181; value of poultry sold, $374; eggs. do. $675; lbs. honey, 245; lbs. maple
sugar, 6,500.
WENDELL.- No. of dwellings, 170; families, 140; inhabitants,
602; churches, 2; school-houses, 9; rateable polls, 168; legal voters, 156;
naturalized voters, 3; farms, 145; acres of land, 19,800; value, $149,695; acres
wood land, 2,485; value of same, $37,275; acres English mowing, 595; value of
English hay, $8,040; horses, 102; value do. $4,080; oxen, 77; milch cows, 149;
lbs. butter sold, 1,050; cheese, 500; value of detached parts of pianos manufactured,
$15,000; amount of capital invested, $8,000; number of saw mills, 18; ft. lumber
prepared for market, 1,180,000; value of same, $118,000; cords firewood and
bark, 2,500; value, $7,000; bushels charcoal, 10,000; value, $1,000; value of
palm leaf hats, $1,500; maple sugar, 2,000 lbs.; value, $500.
WHATELY.- No. of dwellings, 222; families, 223; inhabitants,
1,012; rateable polls, 320; legal votes, 250; farms of 5 acres and over, 151;
acres tobacco, 303; lbs. do. 526,724.
WARWICK.- No. of dwellings, 184; families, 204; inhabitants,
902; farms, 150; ft. lumber prepared for market, 1,555,000; acres land taxed,
21,538; acres improved, 7,275; unimproved, 9,343; unimprovable, 2,580; wood
land, 2,300; horses, 170; oxen, 127; steers under 4 years, 198; cows and heifers,
472; sheep, 572; swine, 153. |
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