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of these townships are to be found small areas of extremely 
rough land where the more incompetent men of society have 
segregated themselves and multiplied in the fashion common 
to their class, the population would be fairly free from the 
presence of mental defectives. 
Township 11 has from the time of the first settler played 
an important part in the history of the county. During the 
long winter seasons the old settlers would build great flat- 
boats, and when the spring freshets came would load them 
with grain and meat. Some of these adventurous men would 
take their produce to the South where there was a good market 
and then return overland with necessities for the community. 
When the railroad was built, much of this hazardous travel 
was done away with, but the creeks still serve to furnish power 
for the grist and saw mills, making these townships prosper- 
ous ones. 
During the shift in the county population, there has been 
in the early years a steady increase in the rural districts, 
especially in the more fertile regions. The increase was gen- 
eral until about 1890, when a fairly rapid decrease set in, and 
the urban communities seemed to grow at the expense of the 
former. Table I shows the U.S. Census (1910) figures for 
each township from 1850 to 1918. The opening up of the 
factories and quarries has probably had much to do with this 
move in population. 
Table I. U.S. Census Figures for County H. Population 
Township 
Year 
1850 
1860 
1870 
1880 
1890 
1900 
1910 
4918 
1 
996 
1,184 
1,316 
1,317 
1,594 
1,466 
1,761 
1,253 
2 
965 
990 
1,081 
1,112 
1,095 
771 
658 
3 
252 
341 
372 
493 
521 
506 
365 
284 
4 \ ; 
966 
1,173 
1,486 
1,610 
1,608 
1,565 
1,578 
1,450 
5 
1,227 
2,406 
1,828 
994 
996 
1,405 
1,402 
1,458 
6 
622 
690 
867 
925 
1,018 
1,114 
962 
802 
7 
1,019 
972 
1,087 
1,025 
1,010 
1,153 
1,206 
8 
1,008 
1,434 
1,513 
1,220 
1,288 
1,477 
2,084 
1,867 
9 
605 
636 
784 
851 
927 
885 
782 
10 
1,202 
1,083 
988 
1,131 
1,036 
927 
860 
723 
11 
946 
1,232 
1,325 
1,434 
1,526 
1,618 
1,713 
1,942 
12 
431 
690 
843 
1,043 
1,080 
1,103 
1,-054 
1,071 
City . 
1,305 
2,756 
6,440 
8,838 
11,100 
‘The 1918 population is an approximate estimate, 
