1880 Census Data


Agriculture and Farming:

Item

Winston County

Alabama

Total No. Farms

627

135,864

Average Size Farms (In Acres)

194

10,015

Total No. Farms Cultivated By Owners

512

72,215

Total No. Farms Rented For Fixed Money Rental

4

22,888

Total No. Farms Rented For Shares Products

111

40,761

Total No. Acres Land In Farms

121,822

18,855,334

Total No. Acres Improved Land In Farms

17,967

6,375,706

No. Acres Tilled Improved Land In Farms

17,767

6,134,198

No. Acres Improved Meadows, Pastures, Etc.

200

241,508

Total Acres Unimproved Land In Farms

103,855

12,479,628

No. Acres Unimproved Woodland And Forest

103,192

10,430,727

No. Acres Other Unimproved Land In Farms

663

2,048,901

Value Farm Land, Fences And Buildings

163,406

78,954,648

Value Farm Implements And Machinery

11,800

3,788,978

Value Livestock On Farms, June 1

77,469

23,787,675

Cost Building And Repairing Fences, 1879

5,189

1,402,609

Cost Farm Fertilizers Purchased, 1879

240

1,200,956

Estimated Value All Farm Products, 1879

100,892

56,872,994

No. Bushels Indian Corn Produced

88781

25,451,278

No. Bushels Oats Produced

4,043

3,039,639

No. Bushels Rye Produced

137

28,402

No. Bushels Wheat Produced

8,314

1,529,657

 

General Population Characteristics:

Item

Winston County

Alabama

Total Population

4,253

1,262,505

No. White Persons

4,236

662,185

No. Colored Persons

17

600,103

Total No. Males

2,131

622,629

Total No. Females

2,122

639,876

Manufacturing:

Item

Winston County

Alabama

No. Manufacturing Establishments

8

2,070

Capital Invested In Manufacturing (In Dollars)

10,825

9,668,008

Average No. Males 16 Years Age And Over

9

8,368

Total Annual Wages Paid In Manufacturing

1,144

2,500,504

Value Raw Materials In Manufacturing

13,778

8,545,520

Value Manufactured Products

14,730

13,565,504

Place Of Birth:

Item

Winston County

Alabama

Total No. Foreign-Born Persons

1

9,734

Total No. Native-Born Persons

4,252

1,252,771

Real Estate And Taxation:

Item

Winston County

Alabama

Assessed Valuation Real Estate (In Dollars)

70,198

77,374,008

Assessed Valuation Personal Property (In Dollars)

35,511

45,493,220

Taxation By State

1,107

990,346

Taxation By County

1,300

682,851

Area, In Square Miles

640

51,540



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