Kane County, Illinois
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Population of Kane County
By Townships, Cities and Villages, as shown by United States Decennial Census Reports (1850-1900)
Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois (Edited by Newton Bateman, LL.D. and Paul Selby, A.M.) and History of Kane County Edited by Gen. John S. Wilcox. Chicago; Munsell Publishing Company, 1904, pp. 723
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1850 |
1860 |
1870 |
1880 |
1890 |
1900 | |
| Aurora Township Aurora City |
1,895 ---- |
6,011 ---- |
2,033 11,162 |
2,286 11,873 |
2,571 19,688 |
3,069 24,147 |
| Batavia Township Batavia City |
892 ---- |
1,621 ---- |
3,018 ---- |
679 2,639 |
749 3,543 |
771 3,871 |
| Big Rock Township |
496 |
911 |
829 |
963 |
808 |
879 |
| Blackbery Township Elburn Village |
725 ---- |
1,080 ---- |
1,173 ---- |
1,212 ---- |
706 584 |
814 606 |
| Burlington Township |
664 |
886 |
919 |
883 |
310 |
920 |
| Campton Township |
875 |
1,027 |
957 |
956 |
938 |
1,040 |
| Dundee Township West Dundee East Dundee Carpentersville |
1,374 ---- ---- ---- |
1,889 ---- ---- ---- |
2,079 ---- ---- ---- |
1,017 585 849 348 |
1,099 873 1,150 754 |
1,170 1,348 1,417 1,002 |
| Elgin Township Elgin City |
2,359 ---- |
3,341 ---- |
1,298 5,441 |
1,270 8,787 |
1,360 17,823 |
1,354 22,433 |
| Geneva Township Geneva City |
911 ---- |
997 ---- |
1,829 ---- |
407 1,239 |
338 1,692 |
660 2,446 |
| Hampshire Township Hampshire Village |
759 ---- |
1,050 ---- |
1,049 ---- |
1,003 483 |
922 696 |
929 760 |
| Kaneville Township |
592 |
1,072 |
999 |
970 |
833 |
818 |
| Plato Township |
813 |
1,008 |
1,004 |
982 |
1,114 |
1,144 |
| Rutland Township Gilbert's Village |
848 ---- |
1,013 ---- |
960 ---- |
1,033 ---- |
1,140 ---- |
956 222 |
| St. Charles Township St. Charles City |
2,132 ---- |
1,822 ---- |
2,281 ---- |
986 1,533 |
988 1,690 |
1,031 2,675 |
| Sugar Grove Township |
734 |
969 |
787 |
808 |
816 |
823 |
| Virgil Township Maple Park Village |
634 ---- |
1,209 ---- |
1,273 ---- |
972 385 |
994 382 |
933 391 |
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Totals Totals according to Moses' History of Illinois, Page 1138 |
16,703
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25,906
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39,091
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45,148
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65,061
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78,629 |
(Moses gives the population in 1840 as 6,501 and in 1845 as 12,721 , page 548)
Batavia Population in 1893
as reported in the Batavia Herald on 24 August 1893
The following census has been taken of East Batavia, by Z. Esmay, in a competent manner, being the number of actual residents of East Batavia, up to August 8th, 1893.
West side census was taken by E.F. Stafford in a very able manner
(Submitter's note: Batavia is divided by the Fox River and even in present day, one gives directions based on which side of the river you live on - east or west)
East Side
West Side
No of Males in 1st Ward 357
2nd Ward:
573
No. Of Females in 1st Ward 378
2nd Ward:
573
No. Males and Females over 21 218
2nd Ward:
689
No. of Males in 4th Ward 603
3rd Ward:
429
No. of Females in 4th Ward 605
3rd Ward:
388
No. Males and Females over 21 381
3rd Ward:
415
No. Males outside city limits 167
179
No. Females outside city limits 154
153
No. of Males and Females outside of the city limits over 21 103
198
Total No. in 1st Ward 735
2nd Ward:
1146
Total No. in 4th Ward 1,208
3rd Ward:
808
Total No. outside city limits 321
323
Total No. on East Side 2264
West Side
2277