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Manufactures and Products of Industry Schedules

The United States first attempted to collect a “Census of Manufactures” in 1810, but these returns were considered widely inaccurate and incomplete.  The second attempt during the 1820 census was voluntary to report, so is also considered incomplete.  No census of manufactures was taken in 1830 or 1840.

The 1820 census of manufactures was taken for the Missouri Territory, but the original records did not survive.  The states that did are available on Microfilm through the National Archives (M-279). Information from the Missouri census of Manufactures is available in digest form.

1820 Census of Manufactures – Missouri Territory Digest

In 1850, the Census Bureau introduced a separate “Products of Industry” schedule.  These schedules produced aggregate data for each county and provide information on companies producing articles over $500 in annual value.  Fields included are:  the name of the business owner and/or the business; the type of business; capital invested; raw materials used, including fuel; kind of motive power, machinery, structure, or resource; average number of hands employed; wages; and annual product.  Additional details were added to each successive schedule.  In 1880, the schedule was re-named “Manufactures.”  It also added separate schedules on agricultural implements (1880-1), boot and shoemaking (1880-3&4), lumber and saw mills (1880-5&6), flour and grist mills (1880-7&8), and slaughtering and meat-packing (1880-9&10).  

The 1850-1880 Industrial and Manufacturing Schedules are available by county below.  Not all counties have a schedule for each of the available years.  The original records are available at the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. 

County Census Data
CountyCensus by Year

Adair

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Andrew

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-1, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Atchison

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Audrain

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Barry

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Barton (created 1855 from Jasper)

 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Bates

 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Benton

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Bollinger (created 1851 from Cape Girardeau, Madison, Stoddard and Wayne)

 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8                                                                                                          

Boone

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Buchanan

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Butler

 1850, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Caldwell

 1850, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Callaway

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4. 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Camden

 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Cape Girardeau

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Carroll

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Carter (created 1859 from Oregon, Reynolds, Ripley and Shannon)

 1860, 1870, 1880-5&6

Cass

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Cedar

 1850, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Chariton

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Christian (created 1859 from Greene, Taney and Webster)

 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Clark

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Clay

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Clinton

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Cole

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Cooper

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Crawford

 1850, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-7&8

Dade

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Dallas

 1850, 1870, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Daviess

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Dekalb

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Dent (Created 1851 from Crawford  and Shannon)

 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Douglas (created 1857 from Ozark)

 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Dunklin

 1850, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Franklin

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Gasconade

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Gentry

 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Greene

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Grundy

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Harrison

 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Henry

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Hickory

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Holt

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Howard

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Howell (created 1857 from Oregon)

 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Iron (created 1857 from Madison, Reynolds, St. Francois, Washington and Wayne)

 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Jackson

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Jasper

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Jefferson

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Johnson

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Knox 

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Laclede

 1850, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Lafayette

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Lawrence 

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Lewis

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Lincoln

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Linn

 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Livingston

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Macon

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Madison

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Maries (created 1855 from Osage and Pulaski)

 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-7&8

Marion

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

McDonald

 1850, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Mercer

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Miller 

 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Mississippi

 1860, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Moniteau

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Monroe

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Montgomery

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Morgan

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

New Madrid

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Newton

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8,1880-9&10

Nodaway

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8,1880-9&10

Oregon

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Osage 

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Ozark

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Pemiscot (created 1851 from New Madrid)

 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Perry

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Pettis

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Phelps (created 1857 from Crawford)

 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Pike

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Platte

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Polk

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Pulaski

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Putnam

 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Ralls 

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Randolph

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4,1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Ray

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Reynolds

 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Ripley

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Saline

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Schuyler

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Scotland

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Scott 

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Shannon 

 1860, 1870, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Shelby

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

St. Charles

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

St. Clair

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

St. Francois

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

St. Louis

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

St. Louis City (separated from St. Louis County in 1876)

 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Ste. Genevieve

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Stoddard

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Stone (created 1851 from Taney)

 1870, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Sullivan

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Taney

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Texas

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Vernon (created 1855 from Bates)

 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Warren

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-1, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Washington

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-3&4, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Wayne

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Webster (created 1855 from Greene)

 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8, 1880-9&10

Worth (created 1861 from Gentry)

 1870, 1880-General, 1880-5&6, 1880-7&8

Wright

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880-General, 1880-7&8

 

Manufactures and Products of Industry Schedules
Sample FormStatistical Summaries
1850 PDF file Statistical summaries are available on the Census Bureau’s website https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html.  This link will take you off-site.  Once you are there, click on the year of the census.  Then click on the ZIP file for a specific report.
1860 PDF file
1870 PDF file
1880 Main Form PDF file
1880 Agricultural Implements PDF file
1880 Boots and Shoes; Leather (Tanned and Curried) PDF file
1880 Lumber Mills and Saw-Mills; Brick Yards and Tile Works PDF file
1880 Flour and Grist Mills; Cheese, Butter and Condensed Milk Factories PDF file
1880 Slaughtering and Meat-Packing; Salt Works PDF file
1890 (destroyed by 1896 fire)
1900-1910 (destroyed by Federal order)
1920-1930 (form not available)