updated 11/11/2012

A full transcription of the first census for the area that would become the state of Iowa. The settled areas at that time were within the 1832 Black Hawk Purchase and include, in whole or in part, Clayton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Fayette, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren & Washington counties. (link opens in a new window)

1836 census - Wisconsin Territorial counties of Dubuque & Des Moines

Index
All of Clayton county (on-site)
Miner's Districts (off-site)

Schedule 8, Mortalities - see death records index

Table 1 General demographics
Table 2 Industry/agriculture
Table 3 Agricultural statistics
Table 4a & 4b * Table 4c & 4d Professions of inhabitants
Table 5a & 5b * Table 5c & 5d Nativity of the inhabitants

1860 Clayton County Federal Census

Transcribed by volunteers

Buena Vista township
Cass township
Giard township
Grand Meadow township
Farmersburg township New! November 2012
pages: 122-129 * 130-137 * 138-144 * 145-151
Jefferson township
Lodomillo township
Mendon township
Millville township
Sperry township
Wagner township

Enumerator's Instructions & Key to the columns
Boardman (partial) pages 139a-150b * 151a-157b
Cox Creek pages: 195a -207a
Farmersburg pages: 1-6 * 7-12 * 13-18 * 19-24 * 25-31
Lodomillo pages: 321a - 333b
Millville pages: 413a - 423b

Note! These files are off-site and are not searched by the Clayton co. search engine!

Cox Creek: ed130-pg0313 * ed130-pg0316 * ed130-pg0320
Lodomillo: ed138-pg0419 * ed138-pg0422 * ed138-pg0425 * ed138-pg0429
Mallory: ed139-pg0433 * ed139-pg0437 * ed139-pg0442
Millville: ed143-pg0495a * ed143-pg0498 * ed143-pg0502

Census Resources compiled by Constance Diamond

Federal Mortality Census Directory
[film numbers]
Federal Census Directory
[film numbers all available years]
State Index Directory
[film numbers and information on  Iowa State census availability]

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Iowa State Census Project

http://iagenweb.org/census/index.htm