IowaJones/Census

Jones county townships were formed from the original four voting districts, but they came about in a rather scattered way. Over a period of years larger townships were divided into smaller ones. Wayne, the last, wasn't formed until 1856, 16 years after the first one, and after that several changed their names. Check our Township Formation Page to see where your ancestors might have lived at an earlier time.

Valuable Census Links
Census Records: History and
How to Use Them
by Linda Haas Davenport
National Archives Census Info Page

In addition to the federal census, state of Iowa census records are available for Jones county for the years 1852, 1854, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925.

The state censuses taken in 1852 & 1854 list the heads of households and number of males and females. In 1852 many times the wife is also named. From 1856 on, censuses are every-name censuses. 1856 includes the number of years people have lived in Iowa.

The 1925 Iowa state census is particularly useful as it gives the father's name and birthplace, and mother's maiden name and birthplace for each person listed, in addition to information about education and home ownership. You can find the Iowa censuses on microfilm at some larger libraries or through your local Latter Day Saints Family History Center.

Census records are very difficult to transcribe—beginning with the penman-

ship of the enumerator, through the marks, smudges, mildew and fading of time, to the limitations of the copying process, everything seems to conspire against the transcriber's efforts to create an accurate reproduction of these documents.

Readers are encouraged to contribute additions and corrections to the information. The transcribers' errors will be fixed and the enumerators' errors will be noted.

FEDERAL

TWP	POP
Clay	445
Fairview	721
Greenfield	168
Monticello	252
Richland	414
Rome	584
Washington	423
Total=3007

Jones county population at the 2000 census was 20221.
The census bureau estimate of 2008 population was 20346.

STATE

TWP	POP
Cass	356
Clay	710
Fairview	927
Greenfield	249
Hale	227
Jackson	143
Monticello	229
Richland	597
Rome	448
Washington	464
Total=4201

Jones county population at the 2010 census was 20,638.
The census bureau estimate of 2012 population is 20,639.

STATE

TWP	POP
Cass	203
Clay	764
Fairview	888
Anamosa Town	326
Greenfield	424
Hale	377
Jackson	247
Monticello	340
Monticello Village	37
Pierce	535
Richland	801
Rome	539
Rome Town	104
Washington	490
Total=6075

STATE

TWP	POP
Cass	447
Castle Grove	377
Clay	576
Fairview	787
Anamosa Town	456
Fairview Village	161
Greenfield	605
Hale	518
Jackson	434
Madison	436
Monticello (Lovell)	550
Oxford	387
Pierce (Wyoming)	921
Richland	735
Rome	737
Scotch Grove	508
Washington	872
Wayne	313
Total=10481

FEDERAL

TWP	POP
Cass	913
Castle Grove	839
Clay	927
Fairview	1001
Anamosa	2061
Greenfield	1083
Hale	997
Jackson	899
Madison	1067
Monticello (Lovell)	905
City of Monticello	1337
Oxford	1159
Richland	794
Rome	1068
Scotch Grove	929
Washington	861
Wayne	1178
Wyoming	1694
Total=19712

STATE

TWP	POP
Cass	739
Castle Grove	701
Clay	746
Fairview	1342
Anamosa	1781
Strawberry Hill	153
State Penitentiary	238
Greenfield	861
Hale	743
Jackson	835
Madison	1179
Monticello (Lovell)	904
Monticello City	1828
Oxford	945
Richland	696
Rome	634
Olin Town	487
Scotch Grove	763
Washington	562
Wayne	555
Wyoming	988
Wyoming Town	620
Total=18300

STATE

TWP	POP
Cass	792
Castle Grove	718
Clay	673
Fairview	1334
Anamosa	2006
Strawberry Hill	166
Greenfield	752
Hale	883
Jackson	807
Madison	803
Center Junction	254
Onslow	108
Monticello (Lovell)	847
Monticello City	2079
Oxford	700
Oxford Junction	730
Oxford Mills	144
Richland	683
Rome	927
Olin Town	648
Scotch Grove	719
Washington	530
Wayne	1015
Wyoming	838
Onslow	142
Wyoming Town	796
Total=20094

FEDERAL

TWP	POP
Oxford	1610
Rome	1236

STATE

TWP POP

Cass 744

Castle Grove 550

Clay 636

Fairview 909

Anamosa/Part 1 2401

Anamosa/Part 2

Anamosa/Part 3

Greenfield 703

Hale 681

Jackson 734

Lovell 768

Monticello/Part 1 2618

Monticello/Part 2

Monticello/Part 3

Madison 915

Oxford 662

Oxford Junction 775

Richland 695

Rome 689

Olin 646

Scotch Grove 644

Washington 496

Wayne 916

Wyoming 764

Wyoming Town 684

Total=18271

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© Copyright 1997-2013, The Art Department, © Copyright 2014-2020, Richard Harrison.
Last updated on Friday, 16-Apr-2021 16:54:20 MST