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From Caldwell's Illustrated Historical Combination Atlas of Clarion Co., Pennsylvania, published by J. A. Caldwell, 1877.

  1876 1860 1850
Location Total Native Foreign White Colored White Colored White Colored
Ashland Township 758 696 62 758 ... 732      
Beaver Township 1338 1274 64 1338 ... 1315 ... 2791 13
Clarion Township 1059 1036 23 1059 ... 949 6 1769 29
Elk Township 1055 945 110 1055 ... 956 7 1479 5
Farmington Township 1642 1499 143 1642 ... 1442 7 1117 7
Highland Township 512 12 524            
Knox Township 656 505 151 656 ... 549      
Licking Township 1218 1184 34 1218 ... 1388      
Limestone Township 1375 12343 32 1375 ... 1352 ... 1452 10
Madison Township 1935 1795 140 1935 ... 2120 10 1360 5
Mill Creek Township 517 496 21 517 ... 393      
Monroe Township 1334 1308 26 1332 2 1321 10 1287 8
Paint Township 346 305 41 334 12 343 ... 610  
Perry Township 1568 1525 43 1568 ... 1540 ... 1394  
Piney Township 1160 1083 77 1160 ... 1365 1 910  
Porter Township 1546 1520 26 1543 ... 1695 ... 1606 1
Redbank Township 1434 1388 46 1434 ... 1286 ... 1225  
Richland Township 1015 963 52 1014 1 960 1 1360  
Salem Township 749 925 24 949 ... 848      
Toby Township 1140 1122 18 1140 ... 1100 ... 2233 1
Washington Township 1240 1045 195 1240 ... 1191 ... 1226 1
Brady Township 263 244 19 263          
Clarion Borough 709 648 61 699 10 627 21 682 37
Strattonville Borough 356 349 7 356 ... 323      
Callensburg Borough 255 251 4 255 ... 319      
Curllsville Borough 208 201 7 208          
New Bethlehem Borough 348 342 6 348 ... 380      
Rimersburg Borough 324 313 11 324 ... 346      
East Brady Borough 728 552 176 727 1        
St. Petersburg Borough                  
Edenburg Borough                  
Totals 27024 25367 1631 26974 26 24840 63 22500 117

(a) St. Petersburg and Edenburg boroughs were counted with Richland and Beaver Townships in 1870.  They became boroughs since that date. Supposed population now (1877) is estimated at about two thousand each.

(b) Also one Indian.  [Note: no indication of which census this corresponds to.]

Supposed census of Clarion County now (1877) about 40,000.

Last Updated ( Sunday, 12 March 2006 )
 
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