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RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees - "American Census Records: Soundex, Indexes and Finding Aids"
Tabulation of Population Totals
for Warren County (1790-1940) 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.
Online Lesson:
RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees - "American Census Records: Soundex, Indexes and Finding Aids"
| 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 |
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| 1920 January 1 |
2 microfilm rolls 1,821,072 1,821,073 |
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| 1930 April 1 |
Enumeration asks age at first marriage | 2,341,126 |
| 1940 April 1 |
Available April 2012 |
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 1Incomplete population schedules; not indexed Online Transcriptions COMING SOON!
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 TwelveWashington - 4 pages
Page One Page Two Page Three Page FourPahaquarry - 2 pages
Page One Page TwoPhillipsburg - 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 1Population schedules are not extant for Warren County none 1875
June 1Population schedules are not extant for Warren County none 1885
May 151 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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