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A Memoir of the Late William Hodge, Sen.
Bigelow Bros., Buffalo, N.Y. - 1885


   (26-27)
                            POPULATION OF BUFFALO
                                  1789-1884.
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        The idea that Buffalo did not seem likely "to become much of a
     place," suggests the insertion here of an exhibit of its increase in
     population in less than a century, from a single person to 250,000.
        In 1791, or probably as early as 1789, and for some years there-
     after, one white man, CORNELIUS WINNE, lived where afterwards "Lake
     Erie" settlement on Buffalo creek (which later became Buffalo), was
     established.
        In 1794, only three white persons were known as living on the
     present site of Buffalo.
        In 1795, there were four or five houses, and perhaps 20 or 25
     people here.
        In 1805, the year in which my father came to Buffalo, it was com-
     posed, as I have often heard him say, of "about a dozen white
     families," and was named "New Amsterdam," and Buffalo Creek."
        In 1809, 43 families constituted Buffalo, or "Buffalo Creek" as it
     was then also called.
        In 1810, the village contained "30 to 40 houses," and the popu-
     lation may be estimated at from 150 to 200.
        In 1811, the population was computed at 500 by a traveler; pro-
     bably too large an estimate.
        In April, 1813, when the village was incorporated, it contained
     about 100 houses, and perhaps 400 or 500 people.
        In 1820, the whole Town of Buffalo contained 2,095 inhabitants.
        In 1821, the County of Niagara, comprising then the present Niagara
     and Erie counties, contained 23,313 inhabitants.
        In 1825, the Village of Buffalo contained 2,412 inhabitants, and
     the Village of Black Rock 1,031; both together, on territory now all
     within the city, 3,443.
        In 1828, when the first Directory was published, there were about
     3,000 inhabitants in Buffalo Village.
        In 1830, there were 8,680 inhabitants here.
        In 1832, when the village became a city, by incorporation, the
     population numbered, according to the City Directory, 10,119.
        The number of inhabitants has, since 1832, increased as follows:
     There were in 1835, 15,661; in 1840, 18,213; in 1845, 29,773; in 1850,
     42,261; in 1855, 74,414 (the city being that year extended in
     territory from North street, etc., outward); in 1860, 81,129; in 1865,
     94,502; in 1870, 118,000; in 1875, 140,000; in 1880, 154,000; in 1884,
     it is believed there are 225,000; some estimating the present popu-
     lation at 250,000.

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