Minnesota and Wisconsin also did censuses in 1895, and I think in 1885,
too.

On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 21:26:13 -0600 "Patricia J. Weisshaus"
<[log in to unmask]> writes:
> Although only those few states took advantage of the federal dollars,
> I
> think it's only fair to tell about those states that took the 1885
> and 1895
> censuses on their own. One state that I am most familiar with is the
> state
> of Iowa.
>
> Regardless of which jurisdiction paid for the censuses, these are
> really
> invaluable because they cover the time when we don't have the 1890
> census.
>
> Pat
>
>
>
> ]At 04:25 PM 2/17/2003 -0600, paul drake wrote:
> >FYI
> >
> >1895 Census
> >
> >Although the 1890 census was largely destroyed and the only
> >resource for
> >that period is a census substitute based on tax records,
> >etc, there is an 1895 federal census available for a few
> >states.
> >
> >--------------------- On 3 March 1879, Congress passed an
> >act that provided
> >that any state or territory could conduct an inter-decennial
> >census, which
> >would be partially funded by the federal government.  Only
> >the states of
> >Colorado, Florida, and Nebraska, and the Dakota and New
> >Mexico Territories
> >availed themselves of the opportunity.
> >
> >
> >The 1885 census was conducted using the official "census
> >day" of 1 June 1885
> >and consisted of four (4) schedules:
> >--- Schedule 1: Inhabitants - Includes houses, inhabitants,
> >their color,
> >gender, age, relationship to head of household, marital
> >status, occupation,
> >place of birth, parents' birthplace, literacy, and any
> >illness or
> >disability.
> >--- Schedule 2: Agriculture - Includes the name of the
> >farmer, the duration
> >of tenancy, acreage, farm value, expenses, value of farm
> >products, type of
> >livestock and numbers, and the type and quantity of produce.
> >--- Schedule 3: Products of Industry - Includes the name of
> >the owner or
> >parent company, name of the business, amount of capital
> >invested, number of
> >employees, wages, hours, number of months operated each
> >year, value of
> >materials used, value of products, and the amount and type
> >of power used in
> >the production of the products.  (This was the last
> >manufacturing census
> >conducted.)
> >--- Schedule 5: Mortality - Includes information about
> >persons who died in
> >the year ending 31 May 1885.  It includes the name, age,
> >gender, color,
> >marital status, place of birth, parents' birthplace,
> >occupation, cause of
> >death, and length of illness.
> >
> >
> >What Records Exist?
> >Copies of the census schedules were returned to the
> >Department of the
> >Interior in Washington, DC, and the originals were to have
> >been retained by
> >the states.  There are, however, missing areas and some
> >missing schedules.
> >
> >
> >--- Colorado.  The state copy exists at the Colorado State
> >Archives in
> >Denver; the federal copy is at the National Archives and
> >Records
> >Administration (NARA) and has been microfilmed as
> >publication M158.
> >Ancestry.com is in the process of posting the 1885 census
> >database online at
> >its subscription website.
> >--- Dakota Territory.  The census for the northern half of
> >the territory is
> >located at the State Archives and Historical Research
> >Library in Bismarck.
> >A searchable online database for all counties in the
> >northern Dakota
> >Territory except Grand Forks County
> >--- Florida.  The state copy is at the Florida State
> >Archives at the Florida
> >State Library and has been microfilmed.  William T.  and
> >Patricia Martin
> >have compiled an every-name index to this census which they
> >sell bound for
> >the entire state or at county level The federal copy also is
> >at NARA and has
> >been microfilmed as publication M84 (13 rolls).
> >--- Nebraska.  The state copy is at the State Historical
> >Society in Lincoln;
> >the federal copy is at NARA and has been microfilmed as
> >publication M352 (56
> >rolls).  Ancestry.com has the 1885 census database online at
> >its
> >subscription website.  Also, visit the Nebraska USGenWeb
> >site where a few
> >counties have been transcribed by volunteers.
> >--- New Mexico Territory.  The state copy is at the State of
> >New Mexico's
> >State records Center and Archives in Santa Fe; the federal
> >copy is at NARA
> >and has been microfilmed as publication M846 (6
> >
> >
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