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JOHNSON COUNTY, INDIANA
(History of Johnson County, Indiana
By Elba L. Branigin 1913)

POPULATION

Johnson County
1870, 18,366;
1880, 19,537:
1890, 19,561;
1900, 20,223;
1910. 20,394.
Population per square mile, 63.3.
Rural population per square mile, 49.4.
Per cent, increase, 1900-1910, urban population, 12.4.
Per cent, increase, 1900-1910, rural population, 2.
Negro population, 1890, 342; 1900, 418.
Foreign born population, 1910, 140.
Illiterates of voting age, 1910, 185.
Illiterates over ten years, 1910, 383.
Not in school, six to nine years, 413.
Not in school, ten to fourteen years, 138.
Not in school, fifteen to seventeen years, 451.
Attending school, six to fourteen years, 83.7 per cent.
Number of voters in county, 1900 - 5,776: 1910 - 6,166.


Townships. 1910 1900 1890
Blue River, with Edinburg 2,815 2,589 2,792
Edinburg 2,040 1.820 2,031
Clark 1,209 1,316 1,295
Franklin and City of Franklin 5,490 5,060 4,873
Franklin 4,502 4,005 3,781
Hensley 1,526 1,640 1,655
Needham 1.279 1,360 1,254
Nineveh 1,288 1.393 1,523
Pleasant and towns
3,425
3,410
2,724
Whiteland 343 334 212
Union 1,298 1,360 1,373
White River 2,064 2,095 2,072



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