586 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 



alone differs but slightly from that of the remainder of the sec- 

 tion of Middle States. In this Middle Section the town of 

 Fayette contains about one-fifth of the entire number represented 

 by both the Middle and Northwestern sections. The IsTew Eng- 

 land and Southern sections are represented about equally. In 

 New England settlers Centre, Willow Springs Wayne, Eay- 

 ette and Argyle are in the lead. In the Southern section the 

 towTis of Monticello, White Oak Springs, KendaU, Eayette and 

 Behnont have the largest number. 



In the foreign population Great Britain stands first, with Ire- 

 land second ; together these sections constitute nearly one-half of 

 the entire foreign population of the county. Under Great Brit- 

 ain, Benton leads with Ell^ Grove, New Diggings, White Oak 

 Springs and Shullsburg closely following. These are the towns, 

 it will be remembered, that constitute the mining district.^ Ire- 

 land is represented chiefly in this district, also, in New Dig^ 

 gings, Shullsburg, Benton and Willow Springs and Kendall. 

 The rest of the foreign population altogether constitutes about 

 5 per cent, of the entire foreign population. It is thus seen 

 that the mining districts contain the greatest foreign popula- 

 tion in 1850. 



In 1860 the towns showing the highest percentage of popu- 

 lation from the Northwestern section are Belmont, Fayette, 

 Monticello, Gratiot and Wiota." New York in this census is 

 represented by a greater percentage than the rest of the Middle 

 States. Centre, Gratiot, Wayne, Argyle, Wiota and Kendall, 

 the last two being equal, lead in population from this state. The 

 rest of the Middle section is most largely represented in Mon- 

 ticello, Fayette, Wiota, Belmont and Gratiot. 



In the foreign population Ireland leads Great Britain, but 

 has decreased slightly since 1850, though the decrease in the 

 percentage of Great Britain has been twice as great. The towns 

 having the highest percentage of Irish are New Diggings, Ken- 

 dall, Shullsburg, Willow Springs and Benton. These are the 



iFor further information on this subject see: Thesis of F. Belle 

 Stanton, Lead Regions of Wisconsin, Univ. of Wis, 1901; Libby, An 

 Economic and Social Study of Lead Regions in Iowa, Illinois and Wis- 

 consin; Thwaites, Early Lead Mining in Illinois and Wisconsin. 



2 See Appendix, Table 2. 



