Statistical information, Rogers Township, Tuscola County, Michigan

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ROGERS TWP.  STATISTICS

STATISTICAL

Census of 1860

Population, 643; number of families, 134; number of dwellings, 134; number of farms,
135; number of acres of improved land, 3,045;  number of horses, 82; number of
cows,102; bushels of wheat, 7,695; bushels of rye, 152; bushels of corn, 7,250; bushels of
oats, 4, 579; bushels of potatoes, 3, 579; pounds of wool, 512; pounds of butter made,
14,773; pounds of cheese made, 500; tons of hay cut, 333; flouring-mills, 1; saw-mills, 1.

Census of 1864

Population, 766; number of acres of taxable land, 12,780; number of acres improved,
4,034; bushels of corn preceding year, 9,010; bushels of wheat preceding year, 11, 692;
bushels of potatoes preceding year, 4,943; tons of hay preceding year, 844; pounds of
wool sheared, 2,073; pounds of butter made, 19,175; pounds of cheese made, 870;
flouring-mills, 1; saw-mills, 1.

Census of 1870

Population, 1,042; families, 204; dwellings, 202; farms, 133; voters, 231; bushels of
wheat raised, 21,392; bushels of corn, 13,471; bushels of oats, 11,356; bushels of
potatoes, 16,995; tons of hay, 1,467; number of acres improved land, 6,012; pounds of
wool sheared, 9,121; pounds of butter made, 36,569; pounds of cheese made, 730.

Census of 1874

Population 1,041; number of horses, 319; number cows, 427; bushels of wheat raised,
17,377; bushels of corn, 21,490; bushels of apples, 4,496; bushels of potatoes, 17,670;
tons of hay, 1,493.

SCHOOL  MATTERS

In Juniata there are eight school districts, one of which is fractional.  The directors are Q.
Tappan, E. B. Hayes, W. J. Lawe, Ambrose Lewis, David Johnson, J. F. Riley, Nelson
Miller.

Whole number of children of school age in the town, 400; number that attended school
during the year, 320.


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