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421 Saint Croix County

Though one of the most recent counties, having been established in 1840, is the most extensive, occupying nearly one half of the whole surface of the Territory. It embraces all the wild, brokem, and unsettled, and even in some degree unexplored region extending from [the] Crawford county to the source of the Mississippi, and around the head of Lake Superior to the northern boundary of the United States, and along that boundary as far as the Lake of the Woods. The population of this region in 1840 was 809, and in 1842 it was estimated at 1200- the settlements being so remote and so little known that it was found inpracticable to make an exact enumeration. The principal settlements are at La Pointe on Lake Superior and on the St. Croix river.

The census of 1840 shows that there were then 58 horses, 434 meat cattle, 6 sheep, 187 swine, 7 stores & groceries, 3 saw mills and 9 cabinet makers in this county; and

421 Saint Croix County

Though one of the most recent counties, having been established in 1840, is the most extensive, occupying nearly one half of the whole surface of the Territory. It embraces all the wild, brokem, and unsettled, and even in some degree unexplored region extending from [the] Crawford county to the source of the Mississippi, and around the head of Lake Superior to the northern boundary of the United States, and along that boundary as far as the Lake of the Woods. The population of this region in 1840 was 809, and in 1842 it was estimated at 1200- the settlements being so remote and so little known that it was found inpracticable to make an exact enumeration. The principal settlements are at La Pointe on Lake Superior and on the St. Croix river.

The census of 1840 shows that there were then 58 horses, 434 meat cattle, 6 sheep, 187 swine, 7 stores & groceries, 3 saw mills and 9 cabinet makers in this county; and