Huntertown Historical Society

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Interesting population chart!   How we grew………Or didn’t

 

Township

1840

1850

1860

1870

1880

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eel River

317

655

1,002

1,217

1,287

Perry

283

842

1,180

1,280

1,254

Cedar Cr.

189

814

1,228

1,713

1,584

Ft. Wayne

 

4,282

 

17,718

26,880

 

By 1880 some of the “country folk” must have opted for city jobs and moved to town.