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407 Statistics

The census of 1840 shows that there were then 17 furnaces in this county, producing annually 6,020,350 pounds of lead, and giving employment to 86 men. There were 5,735 horses & mules, 4,177 meat cattle, 463 sheep, 8,645 swine, 32 stores & groceries, 2 lumber yards, 1 brewery, 2 flouring mills, 3 grist milles, & 11 saw mills. The products were 10,796 bushels of wheat, 3.246 of barley, 65,400 of oats, 13 of rye, 1,059 of buckwheat, 100,055 of Indian corn, & 74,629 of potatoes: 3,912 tons of hay, 100 pounds of tobacco, 1,355 pounds of maple sugar, 63,627 pounds of soap and 9,742 pounds of tallow candles.

[OMIT] There are two weekly newspapers in this county one at Lancaster the county seat, and one at Platteville.

Post offices have been established at Cassville, Engish Prairie, Fair Play, Hazel Green (Hardscrabble Diggings), Hurricane, Jamestown (Menomonee Diggings), Lancaster, Paris, Patch Grove, Platteville, Potosi, Sinsinawa, and Wingville.

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