Bates County is situated on the west line of the state, south of Cass. It is nearly on a line east and west with the cities of St. Louis, Cincinnati and Washington, and at an elevation of about 1,000 feet above the level of the sea. The county is bounded on the north by Cass, on the east by Henry and St. Clair, on the south by Vernon and on the west by the state of Kansas. It has an average width of twenty-eight by thirty miles, and has an area of 873 miles. It is the largest county in the state, excepting Texas, Shannon and Howell.  

Bates County, like Cass, came under the same blighting influence of Order No. 11, which was issued on the 25th of August 1863, by General Thomas Ewing, at Kansas City, Missouri, and embraced within its jurisdiction the counties of Jackson, Cass and Bates. Never before in a Christianized and civilized community, had a military commander so completely taken the lives, the liberties and fortunes of the people who were non-combatants, into his own hands. Such order, although not contemplated by General Ewing and his advisors, gave one of the fairest portions of Missouri up to the pillage and plunder of marauding soldiers, and the cupidity and thieving propensities of unarmed citizens. It is said, for a month after the ninth of September 1863, (which terminated the fifteen days in which the people were compelled to leave their homes by the provisions of that heartless and inexorable order), the western sky towards the Kansas border, and all along the western boundary line of the three counties named, was continuously lighted by night with the glow reflected back from once happy homes to which had been applied the desolating torch. Jackson and Cass suffered most terribly because of that order, but not so much as their sister county of Bates. Lying at a more remote distance from the military post, whence the order emanated, the freebooters and soldiers from either army sacked and burned the property of her absent and flying citizens with impunity. Almost everything that could not be removed by the affrighted citizens was burned or taken away by those who came to steal and lay waste.

Supplementing the acts of the plunderers were the ravages of prairie fires, which destroyed an immense quantity of produce all over the county, and from this cause also many houses, barns and fences were reduced completely to ashes. There was occasionally an inferior farm house, situated in an inaccessible district, that remained standing until after the war, but the houses generally throughout the county were destroyed. At the close of the war then, it may be said, that the farmers of Bates County were compelled to begin anew. Their farms had been in a measure lying idle and growing into weeds; much of their stock had been killed or run off, and their houses had to be either wholly rebuilt or extensively repaired. Notwithstanding these disastrous results of the war, and the subsequent ravages of the grasshoppers in 1875-6, and the drouth of 1881, Bates County, as an agricultural district, has been rapidly and wonderfully developed; its farmers have reaped, generally, abundant and valuable harvests; its towns and cities have grown apace; its lands have increased in value, and in fact, everything that pertains to its material prosperity, gives unmistakable evidences of progress and advancement. Nature has richly endowed it, with her timber, water, and soil, while underneath her surface are found spread out in immeasurable fields, the finest of bituminous coal, which is now known and prized for its excellence and utility in operating the industrial and manufacturing establishments throughout the country. 


GRASSES.
There are a great many varieties of wild prairie grasses, of more or less value for pasturage and hay. Nearly all of these natural ranges are enclosed and under tribute to the herdsmen, and it is safe to say that their native herbage will put more flesh on cattle from the beginning of April to early autumn than any of the domestic grasses. With the progress of settlement and cultivation, however, these wild grasses are steadily disappearing before the tenacious and all-conquering 

BLUE GRASS,
which is surely making the conquest of every rod of the county not under tribute to the plow. Blue grass is an indigenous growth in Bates, as well as in many counties of Missouri, the older and open woodland pastures, rivaling the famous blue grass regions of Kentucky, both in the luxuriance of their growth and the high quality of the herbage. This "King of Grasses," which makes a luxuriant spring and autumn growth, is appropriately supplemented here in some districts by 

WHITE AND RED CLOVER,
which are also "to the manor born," and on this mixture of alluvial, with the underlying silicious marls and clays, makes a line growth, especially in years of full moisture, and is a strong factor in the sum of local grazing wealth. There is another essential element, which will soon constitute one of the grazing resources of the county, and this will be found in the splendid 


TIMOTHY MEADOWS,
which will soon be equal to any in the state. These meadows will give a heavy growth of hay and seed, both of which can be largely and profitably grown for export. Here is also found 


HERD GRASS,
which presents a good showing in the low "swale" lands and ravines, and is almost as rich and rank in growth as the "blue stem" of the wild western prairie bottoms. With this showing for the native and domestic grasses, it is almost needless to pronounce Bates County a superb stock country. With hundreds of thousands of bushels of corn, grown at a cost of sixteen to eighteen cents per bushel, an abundance of pure stock water and these matchless grasses, the fine natural shelter afforded by the wooded valleys and ravines, the health of the climate and the cheapness of the grazing lands, make Bates County one of the most perfectly adapted to stock husbandry in the state. Cattle, sheep and swine raising are all pursued with great profit, the business in good hands paying net yearly returns of thirty to fifty per cent, on the investment, many sheep growers realizing a much greater net profit. 

CATTLE GROWING AND FEEDING,
in connection with swine raising and feeding is the leading industry of the county. High grade short horns, of model types, bred from the best beef stock, are kept by many of the growers and feeders, the steers being grazed during the warm months, after which they are "full fed," and turned off during the winter and spring, weighing from 1,200 to 1,500 pounds at two and three years old. The cattle generally are fed in conjunction with 

BERKSHIRE AND POLAND CHINA PIGS,
which fatten on the droppings and litter of the feed yard, and go into market weighing 250 to 400 pounds at ten to fourteen months old. These steers and pigs are bred and grazed by the feeders, or their grass and corn growing neighbors, and will average in quality and weight with the best grades fed in any of the older states. 

CORN.
The United States census report for 1880, shows that the county of Bates grew more corn than any county in the state except Nodaway. In 1880 the county produced 5,441,503 bushels. This was an average of forty-two bushels per acre, being as many bushels as will grow in Champaign, La Salle, Livingston, McLean, Henry and Iroquois Counties, Illinois. Nodaway County produced 6,961,556 bushels of corn from 159,000 acres, which was 1,520,053 bushels more than Bates County produced and yet Bates County is the second county in Missouri in the production of corn. Bates had 130,000 acres in this cereal, there being a difference of nearly 30,000 acres in favor of Nodaway County. Nodaway County averaged about one and a half bushels more per acre than Bates. When we consider that the state is divided into one hundred and fourteen counties, and that Bates produces more corn than any of these except Nodaway, we can appreciate the county as a corn producing region. 


WHEAT AND OATS
do well, the former averaging from ten to fifteen bushels per acre and the latter from twenty-five to thirty. The farmer, however, does not make a specialty of either of these cereals, and for this reason, he does not sow any more than will do for home consumption. 

CATTLE.
The assessor's returns for 1882 give the number of cattle in the county at 42,244, which is less than the actual number by fifteen to twenty per cent. There are but few counties in the state, that raise more cattle than Bates. 

HOGS.
The figures for 1882 disclose the fact that the county raised 34,478 swine, which places it among the prominent hog counties in the state. 

SHEEP.
Although the farmers have not as yet turned their attention especially to the raising of sheep, it has proven to be a highly profitable branch of stock husbandry here, many growers realizing a net profit of 30 to 50 per cent, on the money invested in the business. This county is remarkably well suited to sheep growing, the flocks increasing rapidly and being generally free from disease. Merinos are mainly kept by the larger flock masters, but the smaller flocks are mostly Cotswolds and Downs, the former predominating and the wool clips running from four to eight pounds per capita of unwashed wool. The number of sheep raised in 1882 was 27,169. 

THE LIVE STOCK EXPORTS
of the county during the past twelve months, including cattle, hogs and sheep, has been immense, and yet the business is comparatively in its infancy, not more than half the stock growing resources of the country having been yet developed.

Stock breeding, grazing and feeding, under the favorable local conditions, constitutes the surest and most profitable pursuit that can be followed in the west, or, for that matter, anywhere in the "wide, wide world." Not a single man of ordinary business capacity in this county, that has followed the one work of raising and feeding his own stock ignoring speculation and clinging closely to the business, has (or ever will) failed to make money. It beats wheat growing two to one, though the latter calling be pursued under the most favorable conditions in the best wheat regions. It beats speculation of every sort, for it is as sure as the rains and sunshine. What are stocks, bonds, "options," mining shares, merchandise or traffic of any character, beside these matchless and magnificent grasses that come of their own volition, and are fed through all the ages by the eternal God upon the rains and dews and imperishable soils of such a land as this?

The farmers of Cass and Bates Counties live easier and cheaper than those of the older states. The labor bestowed on a forty acre farm in Ohio, New York or Pennsylvania will thoroughly cultivate one hundred acres of these richer, cleaner and more flexible soils. There is little foul growth, few stumps, and no stones to impede the progress of the happy cultivator here, and the genial summers never confuse farm work.

Many of the farmers, however, generally undertake too much, expending in the most superficial way upon 200 or 400 acres the labor which would only well cultivate 100 acres, and the result is seen in shallow plowing, hurried seeding, slight cultivation, careless harvesting, loose stacking, wasteful threshing and reckless waste of feeding. The equally reckless exposure of farm machinery in Cass and Bates Counties would bankrupt the entire farm population of half a dozen New England counties in three seasons. The visitor in the country is always in sight of splendid reapers, mowers, seeders, cultivators, wagons and smaller implements standing in the swarth, furrow, fence corner or yard where last used and exposed to the storms and sunshine until the improvident owner needs them for further use.

The price of lands two years ago in Bates County was perhaps, about half their value now (1882), but under the stimulus of an active immigration, land is in good demand at greatly enhanced values, the prices ranging from eight to twenty dollars per acre. Improved farms which then sold at ten dollars to twenty dollars per acre, are now in demand at from eighteen to thirty dollars per acre.

It must be remembered that these lands have greater intrinsic value than large districts in Illinois, where farms are held at sixty dollars to eighty dollars per acre, and that they are superior to Ohio lands, that sell at from eighty dollars to one hundred and twenty dollars per acre, and vastly preferable to lands in New York and Pennsylvania at one hundred dollars to two hundred dollars per acre.

DAIRY FARMING
might be very profitably pursued here, the grasses, water and near market for first-class dairy products all favoring the business in a high degree, but beyond a few dairies in the two counties there is nothing done in this line worth mentioning. 

HORTICULTURE, FRUIT AND GRAPES.
The garden of the careful cultivator makes as fine a showing in these two counties as anywhere in the west, every vegetable of this latitude coming to perfection in these generous soils. It is no exaggeration to pronounce this part of Missouri adapted to the successful cultivation of many different kinds of fruits. The elevation, soil, climate and latitude are all favorable to the growth of the usual kinds of apples, early and late cherries, plums, grapes, apricots, gooseberries, currants, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and other fruits of the garden. We can not say that peaches are a success, as they give a full crop only about once every three years, hard winters often killing the trees when they are exposed. The small fruits rarely fail of an abundant crop. This part of Missouri is the home of the vine. Nearly all the standard domestic grapes of the middle latitudes are grown here in profusion at a cost of from one to three cents per pound, and for flavor, size and color they will rank with the best grown along the Ohio and Delaware, or in the Erie Islands. Fruits are grown in Bates about as they are in Cass County, and in about equal variety. 

THE PEOPLE
of Bates County are intelligent and enterprising, at least sixty per cent of them hailing from the old free states, the provinces and Europe. The writer has passed a year and a half in Northwest Missouri, visiting the towns, inspecting the farms, reviewing the schools and carefully watching the drift of popular feeling, and is pleased to affirm that there is nowhere in this portion of the state a more order loving and law respecting population than that of Bates County. 

The people of Bates County realizing that an agricultural and mechanical association would be productive of good results among the farmers and mechanics, and that such an association would more rapidly and thoroughly develop the agricultural and mechanical resources of the county, on the 4th of May 1869, presented a petition to the county court asking the court to incorporate a society of that kind. The following order in reference thereto was made by the court:

"Now comes Ava E. Page and fifty other persons and present their petition, setting forth their desire to organize and be incorporated for the purpose of promoting improvements in agricultural manufactures and mining stock, and the court being satisfied that said petitioners are freeholders of this state and county, it is therefore ordered, that said petitioners be incorporated for the purposes set forth in their petition, and thenceforth be styled and known as the Bates County Agricultural and Mechanical Society."

The county court appropriated the sum of $150, in September 1869, to the society, which held its first fair in October following.

Directors for First Year -- B. H. Thorton, Ava E. Page, W. J. Hiser, H. C. Donnohue, John W. Brown, John R. Walker, T. J. Howell, John F. Moore and Richard Hartwell.

Officers -- B. H. Thornton, president; W. J. Hiser, vice president; O. D. Austin, secretary; R. G. Hartwell, treasurer.

The premiums offered amounted to $617, and were to be distributed to parties who contested for prizes in the following departments: Textile and art department, poultry department, agricultural and mechanical department, stock department, mules, grain and vegetables, fruit, mechanical department, swine, jacks, cattle, and culinary department.

The Bates County Record of October 23, 1869, issued after the fair, in speaking of that event, says:  For a number of weeks the directors of the Bates County Agricultural and Mechanical Association, together with a few other friends of the movement, have labored with commendable energy to insure the success of the fair which commenced on Wednesday last. Since the organization of the society the obstacles to be overcome have been almost innumerable; commencing without money and with very few friends, it has been in fact an up hill business. A large amount of work, however, has been done and now that the start has been made, we doubt not it will be a success in the future.

Thirty acres of land, a half a mile east of town, have been purchased, about half of which is enclosed with a good fence. A ring, hall and a number of pens for stock were prepared and everything done possible to accommodate visitors. Previous to the opening day a large amount of stock had been disposed of with which money the above improvements were made. Aside from any other discouraging circumstances the weather was most unpropitious during the three days. Wednesday morning was cold, dark and gloomy and the rain which fell the day previous, made our streets almost impassable. Postponement was urged by some but was regarded as impossible, as a number of entries had been made and a respectable amount of stock was already on the grounds.

The number of entries made on Wednesday afternoon was large, and everybody felt confident that if the following day was pleasant, the display would be excellent and the attendance large. Thursday morning threw another damper on the enterprise by being even more unpleasant than the day previous, and it was not until after dinner that the clouds began to break away, and Old Sol's rays gladdened the hearts and warmed the bodies of those in the grounds. The attendance in the afternoon was large, and every one seemed pleased that the fair was in reality so much of an affair. Friday was to be the gala day and everybody expected to visit the grounds. The forenoon was as dark, cold and cloudy as either of the days previous and the afternoon was as much more disagreeable as imaginable. Rain, sleet and snow, together with a strong wind from the north, rendered it almost impossible to be out of doors, yet when the trotting and pacing came off, the attendance was large and the enthusiasm ran high. The pacing was excellent, particularly that of the horse of Mr. Ben. Lyons, of Sedalia, who made a mile in two minutes and thirty-five seconds. His trotting horse made his mile in three minutes, seventeen and a half seconds. It is unnecessary to say that Mr. Lyons took the first premium on both horses. Aside from the above horses, there were quite a number from our county who made excellent time. The stock department was perhaps the most full of any, and the display of hogs, cattle, sheep, horses, and mules, was excellent. It was a common remark that finer stock could not be exhibited in any county in the state. The swine of Mr. P. B. Fletcher, was particularly admired, and was very justly awarded several premiums. The Chester white pigs of Mr. W. T. Smith were among the finest ever seen. The cattle and other stock of Mr. R. C. Wilson were excellent. He by the way was the largest exhibitor. The mules of Mr. Alexander took the first premium, which we believe was just, though a number of others were almost equally good.

The display in floral hall was not large (owing to the weather), though we noticed many articles of merit, not the least of which was a barrel manufactured by Mr. William Burrows, of Prairie City. It certainly was one of the finest specimens of cooperage we have ever seen. Capt. S. S. Burdett, of Osceola, was present by invitation of the directors, and contemplated delivering an address upon agriculture, but at the hour designated for the speech the weather was so inclement that it had to be postponed.

The following premiums were awarded at the first fair:

Best fine wool socks, Mrs. A. Satterlee. Second best, Mrs. J. Braggins.‚Ä®
Best crayon painting, Mrs. Louis Braggins.‚Ä®
Best pair of chickens, Mrs. Lizzie Fletcher.‚Ä®
Best buck, two years old and over, Samuel Welch. Second best, under one year old, James Allen.‚Ä®
Best ewe, two years old and over, James Allen.‚Ä®
Best pen of five ewes, Samuel Welch.‚Ä®
Best pen of five lambs, Samuel Welch.‚Ä®
Best span of mules, three years old and over, Moses Martin. Second best span of mules, William Alexander.‚Ä®
Best worsted quilt, Mrs, Sarah Fletcher.‚Ä®
Best cotton quilt, Mrs. Mary Rayland. Second best, Miss Mattie A. Hill.‚Ä®
Best set of chairs, Conrey & Glessner.‚Ä®
Best barrel, made in the county, William Burrows.‚Ä®
Best coverlet, Mrs. P. C. Hill. Second best, Mrs. P. C. Hill.‚Ä®
Best blanket, Mrs. P. C. Hill.‚Ä®
Best carpet, J. W. Brown. Second best, J. W. Brown.‚Ä®
Best eight yards jeans, Mrs. Mary J. Rayland. Second best, John H. Bowden.‚Ä®
Best embroidery. Miss Dora Brashear.‚Ä®
Best crochet work, Mrs. Allison. Second best. Miss Hill.‚Ä®
Best saddle mule, John Bowden. Second best, M. Maloney.‚Ä®
Best mule over three years old, William Alexander.‚Ä®
Mule, complimentary notice, T. J. Wilson.‚Ä®
Best mule, two years old and under three, R. J. Stark. Second best, John R. Walker.‚Ä®
Best mule, one year old and under two, P. C. Odell.‚Ä®
Best mule, of any age, Wm. Alexander. Second best, P. C. Odell.‚Ä®
Best bull, two years old and over four, M. Martin.‚Ä®
Best bull, one year old and under two, R. C. Wilson. Second best, C. A. Heath.‚Ä®
Best bull calf, M. Martin.‚Ä®
Best cow, three years old and over, R. C. Wilson. Second best, R. C. Wilson.‚Ä®
Best cow, two years old and under three, R. C. Wilson. Second best, M. Martin.‚Ä®
Best heifer, one year old and under, J. M. Patty. Second best, J. Braggins.‚Ä®
Best heifer calf, A. D. Taylor. Second best, T. A. Rafter.‚Ä®
Best bull, sweepstakes, M. Martin.‚Ä®
Best cow, of any age, R. C. Wilson.‚Ä®
Best boar, one year old and over, R. C. Wilson.‚Ä®
Best boar, over eight months old and under one year, A. D. Taylor.‚Ä®
Best sow, under six months old, P. B. Fletcher.‚Ä®
Best two shoats, over three months old and under six months, W. T. Smith.‚Ä®
Best boar, any age, sweepstakes, P. B. Fletcher.‚Ä®
Best sow, any age, P. B. Fletcher.‚Ä®
Best jack, three years old and over, R. C. Wilson.‚Ä®
Best jack, over two and under three years old, R. C, Wilson.‚Ä®
Best jennet, of any age, R. C. Wilson.‚Ä®
Best white corn in ear, W. S. Coleman.‚Ä®
Best yellow corn in ear, W. S. Coleman.‚Ä®
Best red wheat, one-half bushel, John Pharis.‚Ä®
Best half bushel Irish potatoes, Johnson Hill.‚Ä®
Best half bushel sweet potatoes, J. J. Beardon.‚Ä®
Best bushel white beans, John Pharis.‚Ä®
Best onions, W. S. Coleman.‚Ä®
Best half dozen beets, Johnson Hill.‚Ä®
Best half dozen parsnips, W. S. Coleman.‚Ä®
Best half dozen turnips, John Cassel.‚Ä®
Best half bushel fall apples, J. W. Brown.‚Ä®
Best half bushel winter apples J. W. Brown.‚Ä®
Best sorghum molasses, John Cassel.‚Ä®
Best wheat bread, Mrs. Johnson Hill.‚Ä®
Best butter, Mrs. Johnson Hill. Second best, J. W. Brown.‚Ä®
Best stallion, four years old and over, for all uses, D. U. Goodrich. Second best, P. Morgan.‚Ä®
Best stallion, three years old and under four, M. Scribner.‚Ä®
Best stallion, two years old and under three, D. C. Edwards.‚Ä®
Best stallion, one year old and under two, Samuel Welch.‚Ä®
Best brood mare, four years old and over, D. C. Edwards. Second best, B. H. Thornton.‚Ä®
Best brood mare three years old and under four, C. F. Boxley.‚Ä®
Best brood mare over one and under two years, Samuel Welch.‚Ä®
Best mare colt, J. M. Patty. Second best, B. H. Thornton.‚Ä®
Best single harness horse or mare, E. Blendon. Second best John R. Walker.‚Ä®
Best pair harness horses, John Stanley.‚Ä®
Best family horse, T. J. Howell.‚Ä®
Best saddle pony under fifteen hands high, O. D. Austin. Second best, Dr. D. Smith.‚Ä®
Best trotting horse or mare in harness, or under saddle, B. Lyons. Second best, E. Blendon.‚Ä®
Pacing horse, mare or gelding, B. Lyons.‚Ä®
Pacing horse or mare, John Pickett, complimentary.‚Ä®
Best stallion of any age, sweepstakes, A. E. Page.‚Ä®
Best mare, any age, B. H. Thornton. Second best, M. Pickett.‚Ä®
Best saddle horse, mare or gelding, M. Pickett. Second best, John Pickett.‚Ä®
Best zephyr flowers. Miss Dora Brashear, (complimentary).‚Ä®
Best rag carpet, J. W. Brown. Second best, J. H. Bowden.‚Ä®
Best honey, William Braden.‚Ä®
Best pears, William Braden.

The old fair association became bankrupt in 1870, the grounds were sold for debt, and the new association known as "The Bates County Fair Association," was organized, with twenty men, who paid $100 each, or two thousand dollars for the grounds. The new association held their fairs at the grounds purchased from the old association until September 1881 -- the date of the last fair -- when the grounds were turned into a cemetery by the shareholders, who have a charter and are now disposing of lots, for burial purposes. The shareholders will purchase ground in the spring of 1883, reorganize and continue their fairs. They will issue one thousand shares at $10 each. The last officers and directors chosen in 1881 were: H. M. Cannon, president; T. A. Shaw, vice-president; J. T. Smith, secretary; T. W. Childs, treasurer; J. S. Wright, F. J. Tygard, A. Henry, J. C. Clark, Aaron Hart, G. W. Mires, J. T. Smith, T. W. Childs, directors.

In May 1881, there was a horse fair held at the fair grounds under the auspices of the Bates County Fair Association. This fair continued three days and, notwithstanding the inclement weather, is said to have been very creditable. The largest purse awarded was $150 for running and trotting mile heats. Among the owners of stock attending the fair were Nute Douglass, of Sedalia, Missouri; William Miller, of LaCygne, Kansas; James Calahan, James Barrett, Thomas Beal, Joseph Hooker, J. DeLong, E. C. Lyle, J. H. McCool, P. P. Page, William Riley, James Taylor, James Wells, George Seevers, M. E. Mitchell, W. G. Wainscott, A. E. Beatty, Harmon Brittain, D. A. Colier and others.

were organized in February, 1873, in Butler. At one time there were twenty-three subordinate lodges in the county, organized by J. R. Cordell, deputy. The County Council w»s formed in 1874. A. E. Page was the first president of the council. In 1874 there were about one thousand members in the county. At this time (December, 1882,) there are fifteen organizations still in existence in Bates County with four hundred members. A. E. Page is the present lecturer. This order has a store at Butler and one at the town of Charlotte.

Statement showing the population of Bates County County, Missouri, classified by race and sex, with the number of males of voting age, according to the United States census of 1880:
Total population 25,381‚Ä®
Males 13,633‚Ä®
Females 11,748‚Ä®
Native white males 13,034‚Ä®
Native white females 11,382‚Ä®
Foreign white males 473‚Ä®
Foreign white females 240‚Ä®
Colored males 126‚Ä®
Colored females 126‚Ä®
Total males of twenty-one years and over 6,475‚Ä®
Native white males of twenty-one years and over 5,985‚Ä®
Foreign white males of twenty-one years and over 433‚Ä®
Colored males of twenty-one years and over 57

Statement showing the population of Bates County, Missouri, classified as native and foreign and by nationalities, according to the United States census of 1880: 
Total population 25,381‚Ä®
Total native population 24,668
otal foreign population 713‚Ä®
Born in -- ‚Ä®
Austria 10‚Ä®
Canada 56‚Ä®
New Brunswick 1‚Ä®
Nova Scotia 2‚Ä®
Central America 1‚Ä®
Cuba 1‚Ä®
Denmark 3‚Ä®
Europe (not specified) 1‚Ä®
France 15‚Ä®
German Empire 246‚Ä®
England 103‚Ä®
Ireland 137‚Ä®
Scotland 27‚Ä®
Wales 5‚Ä®
Holland 3‚Ä®
Italy 2‚Ä®
Mexico 1‚Ä®
Norway 5‚Ä®
Sweden 10‚Ä®
Switzerland 84

Below we give the population by townships:
Boone (since divided) 1,498‚Ä®
Charlotte 966‚Ä®
Deepwater 1,096‚Ä®
Deer Creek 976‚Ä®
Elkhart 632‚Ä®
Grand River 679‚Ä®
Homer 842‚Ä®
Howard 515‚Ä®
Hudson 1,434‚Ä®
Lone Oak 1,244‚Ä®
Mingo 735‚Ä®
Mound 587‚Ä®
Mount Pleasant 3,427‚Ä®
New Home 1,473‚Ä®
Osage 1,330‚Ä®
Pleasant Gap 1,453‚Ä®
Prairie 841‚Ä®
Rockville 947‚Ä®
Shawnee 810‚Ä®
Spruce 1,124‚Ä®
Summit 789‚Ä®
Walnut 1,207‚Ä®
West Point 777

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