158                    WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK.

           POPULATION OF WISCONSIN, 1890, 190, 1905--Continued.


                                                   State       Increase +
                             IUnited States sus. C ensus.tDecrease
     Counties, Towns, Cities                                  in 1900 as
com-
          and Vilhages.                                      pared with 1890.

                                1890.     1900,     1905.     No.    Per
cent.

  POLK COUNTY-con.
    Frederick, village 6s.............................
    Garfield.........       ...   540         1        908  +   291 +'5".83
    Geohgeto-n.......................8       2         405  +   126   + 
148323
    Jaketown...................... 100       138       186  +    38   + 
38.00
    Lkcown...668                             811      8'-0  +   143   ±
 2.1.40
    Lincoln...................... 2621     1 010       9    +          +
    Loraine.......................216                       ±   3S
   + +  .164
    Luck ..........    .......     210      267       3,h        5   +  
 .14
    Luck, village' ..   .  ....   393        56       547   +   133  +  
33.84
    M c K in le y 7:..... .   . . . - . ......... .. ..3..........
    M illtown .... ............. ........... 110      213........   ...........
    Osceola...................... 49 6&     84 671 /  84 +" 2. 1i,"+"4.0.-
    Osceola, villages.........../ .84       84667     8573 3    1    ±+
 24.01
    St. Croix Falls ............             4        5    +     82   +
                                  "53       534       503  +    481
 +  975
   St. Croix Falls, village 10    745       6:12      612        3      
10.51
   Sterling  .... '-                          2 |      6'        :      
 65
   Sterin                         667/      735       703  +    68   +  
10.19
   W~est  wdn.......              270       282       50   +    12   +  
4.44
      Total ................... 12,959    17,801   20,8855 ±  4,8233
±   37.26
   Amery village, formerly in Lincoln town, now independent.
   Luck village was incorporated from the town of Luck since 1900.
   2E;xclusive of population of Amery village. In 18C0 Amery village had
451,
 Lincoln town G021, total 1,072; in 1200 Amery village had 905, Lincoln town
1,010,
 total 1,915: increase 843'or 78.03 per cent.
   1 Frederick village was incorporated from the town of West Sweden in 1903.
   McKinley town organized from     part of Loraine town since 1890. In 1900
 Loraine town had 267, McKinley town 110, total 177; in 1890 Loraine town
had
 210: increase 1R7 or 79.52 per cent.
    Osceola village formerly in Osceola town, now independent.
    9Excrlusive of population of Osceola village. In 1S03 Osceeola town had
683,
 Osceola village 384, total 1,067; in 19000Osceola towr had 817, Osceola
vill"ge
 403, total 1,313; increase 246 or 23.05 per cent.
   -10 St. Croix Falls village, formerly in St. Croix Falls town, now irndeperdent.
   11 Exclusive of population of St. Croix Falls village. In 15390 St. Croix
Falls
 town had 53, St. Croix Falls village 745, total 798; in 1900 St. Croix Falls
town
 had 534, St. Croix Falls village 612, total 1,150; increase 3518 or 44.80
per cent.


 PORTAGE COUNTY:                       j
 Alban........................  5639, 8            1,18?  +   315  +   55.05
 Almond..................... 1  1,035     1,080      959  +     45  +   
4.34
 Almond, village. ...    ..
 Amherst .........413..
 Amherst, village2                       1,"4253  1,61            .
+ 101 + 7.
 Belmont .................        438i     558       613  +    120  +   27.39
 B6elna   t...................   22        781       905  +    159  +   25.53
 Buena Vista ................   1,061     1,5102   1,3.35 +    41   +   
1.8
 Carson 4  ................ "..... 961    1'50'5t  1,717  +t   541 
+   53. G.
 C ars onri 5 ................ .r 961 1...5'
 EauPleiney.........................     ..i8" 3   1,5776 ± 
  544      5.0.
                             74..776                      ±    734"r....
               EauPlin5........r,0                   2 ,244 ±  338S
+   45.18
  Grant ........................r 1 4171   557       692  +    140  +   33.57
  Hull  ........................1 1,477   1,469    1,390                3.54
  Lanark..................... .  797       825                 0 8i3J j+
               843wood119.                                          -+ .1.51
             368d0.................." 3 G - 677      739  +    3C9 
+   83.96
  2 Amherst village, formerly in Amherst town, now independent.
  3 Exclusive of population of Amherst village. In 1890 Amherst town had
1,321,
Amherst village 438, total 1,762; in 1900 Amherst town had 1,425, Amherst
vil-
lage 558, total 1,983; increase 221 or 12.54 per cent.
  4 Part of Stevens Point town annexed since 1810. In 1900 Carson town had
1,505, Linwood 677, Stevens Point town 803, total 3,077; in 18190 Carson
  town
had 9061, Linwood town 308, total 1.1.9; increase 1,741 or 131.52, per cent.
   Organized form parts of Eau Pleine ano l ril towns since 1813.
   Part taken to form  part of Dewey town, and part of Stevens Point town
annexed since 1890. In 1030 Dewey town had 754, Eau Pleine town 1,0 3, Hull
town 1,4Q0, total 3,309; in 1800 lai Pleine town had 74S, -ull town 1,477,
total
2,223: increase 1,084 or 48.71 per cent.
  7 Almond village was incorporated from town of Almond since 1900.