Kossuth County Iowa Historical Info Official Matters Population In 1856, the first year that this county was mentioned in the census returns of the State, there were some 377 inhabitants credited to the whole county, as then con stituted. In 1860, with a less area, the population was 416. The number of in habitants for the succeeding years are herewith presented, as compiled from the State census returns: 1863 . . . . .    365 1865 . . . . .    694 1867 . . . . . 1,573 1869 . . . . . 1,949 1870 . . . . . 3,351 1873 . . . . . 4,252 1875 . . . . . 3,765 By the census of 1880, the population was shown to be 6,178, of which 3,238 were males and 2,940 were females. A large portion of the settlers of the county are American born, those of that nativity numbering 4,883, where the foreign ele ment only foots up 1,295. [History of Kossuth County, Iowa, Chapter IV, 1884, Transcribed by Charlotte Slater] Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.