Population of Cities and Towns, 1860
U.S. Census aggregate figures listed just one town other than Staunton in Augusta County. That town, Waynesboro, was smaller
in aggregate population than sixteen towns in Franklin County, where at least nine towns were more than double its size.
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Augusta County |
White |
Free Black |
|
Slave |
|
Cities, Towns &c. |
Male |
Female |
Total |
Male |
Female |
Total |
Total Free |
Male |
Female |
Total |
Aggregate |
|
Staunton |
1,468 |
1,397 |
2,865 |
48 |
62 |
110 |
2,975 |
407 |
493 |
900 |
3,875 |
Waynesborough (Waynesboro) |
216 |
224 |
440 |
7 |
10 |
17 |
457 |
|
* |
|
457 |
Franklin County |
White |
Free Black |
|
Cities, Towns &c. |
Male |
Female |
Total |
Male |
Female |
Total |
Aggregate |
|
Antrim |
1,637 |
1,631 |
3,268 |
77 |
55 |
132 |
3,400 |
Chambersburg |
2,221 |
2,510 |
4,731 |
234 |
290 |
524 |
5,255 |
Fannet |
1,098 |
1,083 |
2,181 |
21 |
20 |
41 |
2,222 |
Greene |
1,677 |
1,655 |
3,332 |
60 |
51 |
111 |
3,443 |
Greencastle |
636 |
682 |
1318 |
39 |
42 |
81 |
1,399 |
Guilford |
1,532 |
1,488 |
3,020 |
40 |
39 |
79 |
3099 |
Hamilton |
766 |
740 |
1506 |
10 |
13 |
23 |
1,529 |
Letterkenny |
1,029 |
1,045 |
2,074 |
7 |
6 |
13 |
2,087 |
Loudon (London?) |
146 |
163 |
309 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
311 |
Lurgan |
646 |
669 |
1315 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1,316 |
Mercersburg |
367 |
441 |
808 |
35 |
54 |
89 |
897 |
Metal |
617 |
610 |
1,227 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
1,235 |
Montgomery |
1,500 |
1,458 |
2,958 |
156 |
175 |
331 |
3,289 |
Orrstown |
172 |
184 |
356 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
356 |
Peters |
1,032 |
958 |
1,990 |
58 |
58 |
116 |
2,106 |
Quincy |
1,321 |
1,313 |
2,643 |
25 |
26 |
51 |
2,685 |
St. Thomas |
898 |
884 |
1,782 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
1,788 |
Southampton |
740 |
688 |
1428 |
65 |
61 |
126 |
1,554 |
Warren |
368 |
362 |
730 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
736 |
Washington |
1,116 |
1,023 |
2,139 |
24 |
23 |
47 |
2,186 |
Waynesboro |
583 |
638 |
1,221 |
4 |
8 |
12 |
1,233 |
U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census [1860]. Population of the United States in 1860, Compiled from the Original Returns of the
Eighth Census. Washington, D.C., 1864. U.S. Census of Population, 1860. Augusta County, Virginia and Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
In U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington: National Archives
and Records Administration (Augusta: Reels 1333 and 1387. Franklin: Reels 1111 and 1112).
Edward L. Ayers and William G. Thomas, III Population of Cities and Towns, 1860
Points of Analysis to this Data:
"Chambersburg was a larger place than Staunton, but no more vibrant or connected to the market than its Southern counterpart."
"Franklin and Augusta exhibited different spatial organizations, with a more organized and commercial approach in Franklin
and a settlement in Augusta that followed the contours of soil and land more closely."
Citation: Key = E116
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