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Table 5. — Areas, and population per square mile. 



La Fayette County. 



Argyle 



Belmont 



Benton 



Darlinarton 



Elk Grove 



Fayette 



Gratiot 



Kendall 



Monticello 



New Diggings 



ShuUsburg 



Wayne 



White Oak Springs. 



Willow Springs 



Wioca 



Blanchard 



Seymour 



Aeea in Square Miles. 



1850. 



54 



36 



27.4 



74 



54 



85 



63 



51 



10 



25.6 



36 



35 



18 



48 



GO 



1860. 



54 



36 



27.4 



74 



54 



35 



54 



54 



19 



26 6 



33 



36 



16 



48 



60 



1870. 



36 

 42 



27.4 



76 



35 



35 



54 



48 



19 



26.6 



36 



33 



16 



48 



60 



13 



36 



Population Pee Squaee 

 Mile. 



1850. 



7 



9 



81 



8 



11 



21 



9 



6 



19 



65 



47 



9 



28 



12 



12 



1860. 



30 

 20 

 76 

 26 

 25 

 29 

 18 

 20 

 24 

 63 

 69 

 18 

 32 

 17 

 13 



1870. 



32 

 31 

 62 

 49 

 38 

 34 

 31 

 23 

 24 

 68 

 73 

 29 

 33 

 23 

 28 

 25 

 11 



Note — The above table was compiled from the Plat Book for 1895, office of Secretary 

 of State, and from maps in State Historical Library. 



