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294 Walworth Co.

There were in this county in 1840 agreeably to the census 409 horses, 2861 meat cattle, 410 sheep, 6380 swine, 10 stores and groceries, 1 distillery, 3 grist mills and 7 saw mills. The products of 1839 were 59,580 bushels of wheat, 1499 of barley, 35,155 of oats, 205 of rye, 1,754 of buckwheat, 40.837 of Indian corn, and 42,455 of potatoes; 3,624 tons of hay, and one pound of reeled silk. These statistics will show what crops are usually raised in this county and the proportion they bear to one another.

There are twelve post offices in Walworth county at Bridgeport, Darien, Delavan, Elkhorn, Fairfield, Franklin, Great Prairie, Lyonsdale, Round Prairie, Sugar Creek, Troy, and Whitewater.