Census Records of the Tri-County Area

The federal census has been taken every ten years since the early days of the United States of America.

Although the U.S. Census Bureau carries out hundreds of surveys every year, its most well-known duty is still to conduct the decennial census. Census results have several high profile applications: they are used to reapportion seats in the House of Representatives, to realign congressional districts, and as a factor in the formulas that distribute hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funds each year.

In addition to official applications, census records are a gold mine for genealogists.