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Kenosha^ varies greatly. Starting with 27.7 to the square mile 

 in 1850, it reaches 35.6 in 1860, sinks to 31.7 in 1880, and 

 again increases to 37.8 in 1900. Soiners is the only town in 

 the county which has a steady and constant increase. The town 

 of Pleasant Prairie attains its maximum density in 1900. Be- 

 tween 1860 and 1880 the population to the square' mile slightly 

 declined. Considering the inland towns, which have a predom- 

 inance of foreign elements, namely, Brighton, Paris, and Wheat- 

 land, as Group 1, and those which have a predominance of na- 

 tive born, namely, Bristol, Salem and Pandall, as Group 2, it 

 will be seen that the population of Group 1 tends, with consider- 

 able variation, to decline, while that of Group 2 tends to stead- 

 ily increase. The towns composing Group 1 attain their 

 maximuc density of population in 1860 and 1870, while those 

 in Group 2 reach their maximum density in 1890 and 1900. 

 The fluctuation of the population of the town of Wheatland is 

 more marked than any other town in the county. In 1850 the 

 population to the square mile in this town was 26.4, in 1860, 

 51.6, in 1870, 40.3, and in 1900, 38.5. 



Plate XLI shows those towns in which the population has de- 

 clined, and Chart I, Plate XLII, shows graphically the rise and 

 fall of population in each town from 1850 to 1890. 



Note.— See Table 4, Appendix, for the cash value of farms and the total assessed val- 

 uation of the county and towns for 1850, 1S60, and 1870. 



Having seen that the population in the towns of Group 1 has 

 declined, while that of the towns of Group 2 has increased, let 

 us now compare the cash value of the farms per capita and the 

 total valuation of the personal and real estate per capita of 

 Group 1 for 1850, 1860, and 1870, mth that of Group 2 for the 



