Federal and State Census Records

U.S. Federal Census Records

Decennial enumerations were taken starting in 1790 through present day of the inhabitants of the United States. These records present a vast resource that is rich in personal information and very accessible.

Census Statistics of the Municipalities of Warren County

Table of U.S. Census Records for Warren County
Enumeration Year
(Census Day)		 Comments/Notes FHL Film Number
1790
August 2 (first Monday in August)		 Population schedules are not extant for New Jersey none
1800
August 4 (first Monday in August)		 Population schedules are not extant for New Jersey none
1810
August 6 (first Monday in August)		 Population schedules are not extant for New Jersey none
1820
August 7 (first Monday in August)		 Population schedules are not extant for New Jersey none
1830
June 1		   337,935
1840
June 1		 Only enumeration to ask name and age of Revolutionary War pensioners 16,520
1850
June 1		 Transcribed and available online.
First enumeration to list every person in the United States and ask value of real estate		 443,664
1860
June 1		 First enumeration to ask value of personal estate 803,711 (second filming)
16,528 (first filming)
1870
June 1		 First enumeration to ask if parents were foreign-born 552,391 (second filming)
295,572 (first filming)
1880
June 1		 Transcribed and available online.
First census enumeration that asks relationship to head-of-household and birthplace of parents.		 2 microfilm rolls
1,254,799
1,254,800
1890
June 2 (first Monday in June)		 Most of the original 1890 population schedules were destroyed or badly damaged by a fire in the Commerce Department in 1921.
New Jersey's enumeration schedules for Union veterans and widows survived the fire (Warren County = 779 persons).		 none

338,200
1900
June 1		 Only enumeration to ask birth month/year for every person, number of years married, and number children born to mother 2 microfilm rolls
1,240,997
1,240,998
1910
April 15		   2 microfilm rolls
1,374,924
1,374,925
1920
January 1		   2 microfilm rolls
1,821,072
1,821,073
1930
April 1		 Enumeration asks age at first marriage 2,341,126
1940
April 1		 Available April 2012  

New Jersey State Census Records 

State censues were often taken in years between the federal censuses or "on the fives". They offer researchers the ability to "fill in the gaps" left by missing census schedules. New Jersey began state enumerations in 1855 and end 1915. The 1885 and 1895 censuses are extremely helpful due to the lack of the 1890 U.S. Federal census.

Table of New Jersey State Census Records for Warren County
Enumeration Year
(Census Day)		 Comments/Notes FHL Film Number
1855
June 1		 Incomplete population schedules; not indexed  
  • Harmony - 7 pages
  • Greenwich - 12 pages
        Page One   Page Two    Page Three   Page Four    Page Five   Page Six
        Page Seven   Page Eight   Page Nine   Page Ten   Page Eleven   Page Twelve
  • Washington - 4 pages
        Page One   Page Two    Page Three   Page Four
  • Pahaquarry - 2 pages
        Page One   Page Two
  • Phillipsburg - 14 pages
  • Hackettstown - 9 pages
  • Indepedence - 8 pages
  • Frelinghuysen - 6 pages
  • Knowlton - 8 pages
  • Mansfield - 7 pages
  • Oxford - 16 pages
  • Hope - 9 pages
  • Hardwick - 12 pages
  • Belvidere - 6 pages
  • Blairstown - 7 pages
  • Franklin - 8 pages
    Note: Townships listed in order found on microfilm.
    		• 865,494
    1865
    June 1    		 Population schedules are not extant for Warren County none
    1875
    June 1    		 Population schedules are not extant for Warren County none
    1885
    May 15    		 1 roll of microfilm; not indexed 888,642
    1895
    		 1 roll of microfilm; not indexed 888,697
    1905
    		 1 roll of microfilm; not indexed 1,688,628
    1915
    		 2 rolls of microfilm (not indexed):
    ·Allamuchy Twp. -- Pahaquarry Twp.
    ·Town of Phillipsburg -- White Twp.     		1,465,562
    1,465,563

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