United States » U.S. Census » 1870 U.S. Federal Census — 1 June 1870 » General Resources

1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses - Catalog of NARA Microfilm

From the National Archives & Records Administration.

1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Online Version

From the National Archives & Records Administration.

Ancestry.com - 1870 United States Federal Census $

Includes research tips and information about the questions asked in each census. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

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

This database contains U.S. federal non-population schedules from 1850-1880 for the following states: 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. Non-population schedules contained in this database include agriculture, industry/manufacturers, social statistics, and supplemental schedules. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Ancestry.com Wiki - 1870 U.S. Census

This article originally appeared in "Census Records" by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Matthew Wright in The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy. This wiki is a free service of Ancestry.com.

Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930

From the National Archives & Records Administration.

FamilySearch - Descriptions of census geographic subdivisions, 1870 : NA T1224

Microfilm of original records at the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D.C. Descriptions for Montana Territory missing. In alphabetical order by state or territory, giving names of persons employed as enumerators and descriptions of their subdivisions.

FamilySearch - FHL Catalog - United States - Census - 1870

FamilySearch - United States Census, 1870 ^FREE

Name index and images of population schedules listing inhabitants of the United States in 1870. This was the ninth census conducted since 1790.

FamilySearch Wiki - United States Census 1870

Findmypast - 1870 U.S. Federal Population Census $

IPUMS USA | 1870 Enumeration Form

Sample picture of the form.

IPUMS USA | 1870 Enumerator Instructions (to Assistant Marshals)

IPUMS USA | Census Questions (1870)

MyHeritage - 1870 United States Federal Census $

MyHeritage has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. The United State Census of 1870, conducted during June 1870, determined the population to be 38,555,983 - an increase of 22.62 percent since the 1860 Census.

United States Census Bureau - Decennial Census by Decades - 1870

US Census Headings 1870-1930 ^FREE

A chart by FamilySearch.