The population of the county in 1860 was twenty-six thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight. In 1870 the inhabitants numbered twenty-eight thousand two hundred and twenty-six, and in 1880 thirty-three thousand one hundred and ten, enumerated by townships and boroughs as follows:
TOWNSHIPS:
Addison – 1,582
Allegheny – 1,201
Brothers’ Valley – 1,654
Conemaugh – 1,379
Elk Lick – 1,501
Greenville – 557
Jefferson – 807
Jenner – 1,725
Larimer – 618
Lower Turkeyfoot – 805
Middlecreek – 680
Milford – 1776
Northampton – 842
Paint – 1,236
Quemahoning – 1,339
Shade – 1,287
Somerset – 3,276
Southampton – 629
Stony Creek – 1,727
Summit – 1,851
Upper Turkeyfoot – 953
Total Township Population – 27,425
BOROUGHS:
Berlin – 728
Confluence – 430
Jennertown – 106
Meyersdale – 1,423
New Baltimore – 150
New Centerville – 140
Salisbury – 521
Somerset – 1,197
Stoystown – 319
Ursina – 445
Wellersburg – 226
Total Borough Population – 5,685
Total County Population – 33,110
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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