Source |
1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule |
Coverage
Place |
United States |
Year range |
1840 - 1841 |
Subject |
Census records |
Publication information
Type |
Government / Church records |
Publisher |
National Archives Microfilm Publication M704 |
Periodical / Series name |
Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29 |
Number of Volumes |
580 rolls |
References / Cites |
Manuscript census schedules at the National Archives at Washington, D.C. |
Citation
United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M704). |
Repositories
1840 Enumeration
Census day of 1 June 1840, the field count due within nine months (5 Stat.331, 3 March 1839), but extended to allow completion within eighteen months from the census day (5 Stat. 452, 1 September 1841). 1
Resources
- William Thorndale and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses 1790-1920(Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), xvii.
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