A complete transcription of the 1860 Kosciusko County, IN Federal
Census is now online at the Kosciusko County USGenWeb site. In
addition to the transcription, an Everyname Index is available, with
links to each page for each name. This transcription was done from
the National Archives Microfilm Publications - Microcopy No. M653,
Population schedules of the Eighth Census of the United States 1860
Roll 273, Indiana, Volume 18 (1-446), Kosciusko County.
A wonderful team of dedicated Kosciusko County researchers have
worked on this transcription for the past six months. Please join me
in thanking the following individuals for their hard work: Carla
Burnside, Kathy Gavin, Dave Gorton, Jaira Hill, Sherry
Holthe, J. Elaine Merrick, Jane Monteith, Phil Ritter, Donna Timmons,
Denise Wilson and Sue Zellers.
This Census is 446 pages long, with 17,420 individuals enumerated.
Following are some interesting facts from this Census:
Population by Township:
Scott 597 Jefferson 507 Van Buren 1,111
Turkey Creek 1,072 Tippecanoe 985 Prairie 1,075
Etna 547 Franklin 965 Washington 1,431
Harrison 1,325 Monroe 772 Seward 1,215
Wayne 2,272 Jackson 855 Plain 1,343
Clay 1,348
Population by Age Group - Kosciusko County in 1860 was a very "young" county
Under Age 1 552 3.2%
Age 1 to 10 5,604 32.3%
Age 11 to 15 2,155 12.4% 48% of the Population under age 16
Age 16 to 20 2,017 11.6%
Age 21 to 30 2,887 16.6% 76% of the Population under age 31
Age 31 to 40 1,819 10.5%
Age 41 to 50 1,206 6.9%
Age 51 to 60 693 4.0%
Age 61 to 70 296 1.7%
Over age 70 139 0.8%
One individual enumerated at age 100
82% of the occupations noted were related to Farming
Real Estate was valued at $4,466,090
Personal Estates were valued at $1,311,134
76% of the population had been born in either Indiana or Ohio,
Pennsylvania ranked third (10%). 590 individuals were born outside
of the United States, led by Germany (270), Ireland (110), England
(105).
I hope you find this new online tool valuable in your genealogy research.
Gene Andert
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Kosciusko Co, IN USGenWeb Coordinator
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