Population of Kane County

By Townships, Cities and Villages, as shown by United States Decennial Census Reports (1850-1900)

Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois (Edited by Newton Bateman, LL.D. and Paul Selby, A.M.) and History of Kane County Edited by Gen. John S. Wilcox. Chicago; Munsell Publishing Company, 1904, pp. 723

	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890	1900
Aurora Township Aurora City	1,895 ----	6,011 ----	2,033 11,162	2,286 11,873	2,571 19,688	3,069 24,147
Batavia Township Batavia City	892 ----	1,621 ----	3,018 ----	679 2,639	749 3,543	771 3,871
Big Rock Township	496	911	829	963	808	879
Blackbery Township Elburn Village	725 ----	1,080 ----	1,173 ----	1,212 ----	706 584	814 606
Burlington Township	664	886	919	883	310	920
Campton Township	875	1,027	957	956	938	1,040
Dundee Township West Dundee East Dundee Carpentersville	1,374 ---- ---- ----	1,889 ---- ---- ----	2,079 ---- ---- ----	1,017 585 849 348	1,099 873 1,150 754	1,170 1,348 1,417 1,002
Elgin Township Elgin City	2,359 ----	3,341 ----	1,298 5,441	1,270 8,787	1,360 17,823	1,354 22,433
Geneva Township Geneva City	911 ----	997 ----	1,829 ----	407 1,239	338 1,692	660 2,446
Hampshire Township Hampshire Village	759 ----	1,050 ----	1,049 ----	1,003 483	922 696	929 760
Kaneville Township	592	1,072	999	970	833	818
Plato Township	813	1,008	1,004	982	1,114	1,144
Rutland Township Gilbert's Village	848 ----	1,013 ----	960 ----	1,033 ----	1,140 ----	956 222
St. Charles Township St. Charles City	2,132 ----	1,822 ----	2,281 ----	986 1,533	988 1,690	1,031 2,675
Sugar Grove Township	734	969	787	808	816	823
Virgil Township Maple Park Village	634 ----	1,209 ----	1,273 ----	972 385	994 382	933 391
Totals Totals according to Moses' History of Illinois, Page 1138	16,703 16,703	25,906 30,062	39,091 39,091	45,148 44,939	65,061 64,572	78,629

Batavia Population in 1893

as reported in the Batavia Herald on 24 August 1893

The following census has been taken of East Batavia, by Z. Esmay, in a competent manner, being the number of actual residents of East Batavia, up to August 8th, 1893.

West side census was taken by E.F. Stafford in a very able manner

(Submitter's note: Batavia is divided by the Fox River and even in present day, one gives directions based on which side of the river you live on - east or west)

	East Side		West Side
No of Males in 1st Ward	357	2nd Ward:	573
No. Of Females in 1st Ward	378	2nd Ward:	573
No. Males and Females over 21	218	2nd Ward:	689
No. of Males in 4th Ward	603	3rd Ward:	429
No. of Females in 4th Ward	605	3rd Ward:	388
No. Males and Females over 21	381	3rd Ward:	415
No. Males outside city limits	167		179
No. Females outside city limits	154		153
No. of Males and Females outside of the city limits over 21	103		198
Total No. in 1st Ward	735	2nd Ward:	1146
Total No. in 4th Ward	1,208	3rd Ward:	808
Total No. outside city limits	321		323
Total No. on East Side	2264	West Side	2277

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