A&M 0228West Virginia Census of Agriculture and Manufacturing A&M 0228Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-07-27 11:00:55 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center West Virginia Census of Agriculture and Manufacturing A&M 0228 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/2682 2.19 Linear Feet 15 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each 1850-1880 A census for agriculture and manufacturers conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the counties now a part of West Virginia. The two earlier census contain no surveys of manufacturing (see related materials note in this record). The two later schedules contain one reel for each survey on manufacturing. The 1880 census contains twice the number of reels of the 1870 census. Each type of survey has a printed form questionnaire. For agriculture, enumerations are requested for land acreage, type of livestock and dairy products, types of crops, particularly grains and forage, and cash value of the farm. The manufacturing index form gives the name of company, type of service or product, type of power source, types of machinery, types of materials utilized, labor age and wage statistics and quantity of production performed. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: West Virginia & Regional History Center English . Conditions Governing Access

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 Related Materials

For manufacturing censuses for Virginia in 1850 and 1860, see our W-Microfilm collections, W-2480 and W-2481.

W-2480: 1850 U.S. Census 7th Schedule 5 Products of Industry, Fiscal Year 1849-1850 Vol. 1 and 2, Accomack-Wythe Counties, Schedule 6 Social Statistics, 1849-1850 Fiscal Year

W-2481: 1860 U.S. Census 8th Schedule 4 Products of Agriculture Vol. 5, Rappahannock-York Counties, Products of Industry Schedule 5, Accomack-York Counties, Fiscal Year 1859-1860

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 Farms and farming. Manufacturing. Census Agriculture