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1870 Agricultural Census for Dakota Territory

From the South Dakota Historical Society.

Ancestry.com - U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 $

Original source: U.S. Census Non-population Schedules, including Agriculture Schedules, Industry/Manufacturers Schedules, Social Statistics and Supplemental Schedules for Alabama, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington Territory. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Census Records: Federal Non-Population Census

From the Minnesota Historical Society Library.

Government of Canada - Selected Historical Data from the Census of Agriculture

Indiana State Archives - Census Records

The following are on microfilm at the state archives: The Agricultural Census 1850-1880, The Manufacturers Census 1820-1880, Social Statistics 1850-1880, Census of Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent (3-D Census) 1880.

Missouri Agricultural Schedules - Missouri Secretary of State, Records & Archives

Missouri Records & Archives - Agricultural Schedules

Agricultural Schedules were taken from 1850 through 1930. The 1850-1880 Agricultural Schedules are available by county. Not all counties have a schedule for each of the available years. The original records are available at the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center.

Pennsylvania Agricultural History Project - Agricultural Census Information

Federal agricultural schedules were taken beginning in 1840. The schedules provide information like the owner's name, acres improved and unimproved, value of the farm, farming machinery, crop and livestock production, and "home manufactures." The information collected varied with the year; in general, the level of detail got greater over time. The Federal censuses of 1850 and 1880 for Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania State census for 1927, are linked to this page and will be found in PDF form by municipality.

U.S. Census Bureau - Agricultural Schedules: 1850 to 1900

Official pamphlet with information for each year and examples of the headings used.

U.S. Census Bureau - History - Census of Agriculture

USDA Census of Agriculture Historical Archive

The USDA Census of Agriculture Historical Archive is a collaborative project between Albert R. Mann Library at Cornell University and USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The site serves as the public archive of all historical agricultural census publications.

Wisconsin Historical Society - About Our Census Records

The following censuses are housed at the Society and available for viewing on microfilm: Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880, Agricultural Schedules, 1850-1880, Industrial Schedules, 1850-1880.