Kansas, State Census, 1875

What is in This Collection?

This is a collection of the Kansas state census taken in 1875. The census enumerates all household members. Kansas became a state in 1861 and later passed a law requiring a state census every ten years to number the population of the various counties in order to determine apportionment of the state legislature. The first state census was taken in 1865 and continued until 1925, as the law was repealed in 1933.

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What Can These Records Tell Me?

The census generally included six schedules:

1. Inhabitants
2. Agriculture
3. Products of Industry
4. Pauperism and Crime (no personal or family information recorded)
5. Public and Private Libraries (no personal or family information recorded)
6. Deaf & Dumb, Blind, Insane, and Idiotic

The following information may be found in these records:

Note that only the Inhabitant Schedule have been indexed.

Collection Content

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  Inhabitants Schedule

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  Agriculture Schedule

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  Industry Schedule

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  Deaf and Dumb, Blind, Insane, and Idiotic Schedule