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West Virginia Census of Agriculture and Manufacturing

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0228

Overview

A census for agriculture and manufacturers conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the counties now a part of West Virginia. The two earlier census contain no surveys of manufacturing (see related materials note in this record). The two later schedules contain one reel for each survey on manufacturing. The 1880 census contains twice the number of reels of the 1870 census. Each type of survey has a printed form questionnaire. For agriculture, enumerations are requested for land acreage, type of livestock and dairy products, types of crops, particularly grains and forage, and cash value of the farm. The manufacturing index form gives the name of company, type of service or product, type of power source, types of machinery, types of materials utilized, labor age and wage statistics and quantity of production performed.

Dates

  • Creation: 1850-80

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Extent

0 Linear Feet (Summary: 15 reels)

Physical Location

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Related Materials

For manufacturing censuses for Virginia in 1850 and 1860, see our W-Microfilm collections, W-2480 and W-2481.

W-2480: 1850 U.S. Census 7th Schedule 5 Products of Industry, Fiscal Year 1849-1850 Vol. 1 and 2, Accomack-Wythe Counties, Schedule 6 Social Statistics, 1849-1850 Fiscal Year

W-2481: 1860 U.S. Census 8th Schedule 4 Products of Agriculture Vol. 5, Rappahannock-York Counties, Products of Industry Schedule 5, Accomack-York Counties, Fiscal Year 1859-1860

Title
West Virginia Census of Agriculture and Manufacturing, 1850-80
Author
Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

Contact:
1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
304-293-3536