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1861 Census of Nova Scotia - Kings County - Polling Districts 1-13 - Roll: M-881

The 1861 Census of Canada is a collection of five provincial censuses. The first national census wasn't held until 1871, because confederation didn't occur until 1867. In 1861, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island only recorded the names of the heads of households, while New Brunswick, Canada East and Canada West recorded the names of everyone in the household. The census for Kings County is divided up into thirteen polling districts. Unfortunately, no place names were listed. I was able to correctly determine the place names for each poll district by reading the book "Report of the Secretary of the Board of Statistics on the Census of Nova Scotia, 1861", that was published in 1862. The table below is from the book as well. You can see the book that has been digitized by Google. I have included the count of males and females in the households. This helps the researcher work backwards from later censuses that list the names of all household members. I have also attempted to transcribe all the names with the common spellings used today.

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Polling Districts	Total Population			Number of Families
Polling Districts	Males	Females	Total	Number of Families
1. Canning	1135	1120	2255	385
2. Canard	671	671	1342	232
3. Centerville	1037	981	2018	382
4. Lakeville	834	765	1599	273
5. Somerset	1197	1089	2286	417
6. Kentville	774	714	1488	270
7. Gaspereau	590	499	1089	189
8. Wolfville	804	773	1577	265
9. Lower Horton	651	664	1315	257
10. Aylesford - Div 1	692	659	1351	248
11. West Sherbrooke	101	96	197	33
12. Aylesford - Div 2	690	652	1342	241
13. Berwick	444	428	872	147
TOTALS	9620	9111	18731	3339

Kings County

With its name as an expression of loyalty, Kings County was established by the Governor and Council of Nova Scotia on August 17, 1759 at a time when King George II was king. Kings County was subsequently reduced in size with the creation of Hants County of June 17, 1781. Four and a half years later, in 1785, the Governor-In-Council authorized boundaries for Kings County. The lines were run and marked in the years 1821-1824. Subsequently the Lieutenant Governor confirmed and established a number of lines on May 3, 1828, including the line between King and Annapolis Counties. The Township of Parrsboro was cut off from Kings in 1840, with one part of it being annexed to Cumberland County and the other part being joined to Colchester County.

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