The
following was transcribed from the 22 Feb 1912 issue of the Simcoe Reformer, page
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HALF A CENTURY'S
GROWTH
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In 1804 a census of the county of
Norfolk was given as follows:
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Males |
Females |
| Woodhouse |
198 |
156 |
| Charlotteville |
223 |
184 |
| Walsingham |
87 |
59 |
| Windham |
45 |
35 |
| Townsend |
155 |
123 |
| Houghton |
None |
None |
| Middleton |
None |
None |
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Total, 1,275. In 1861 the
population of Norfolk was 28,520.
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Today the population of Norfolk is
nearly 2,000 less than it was fifty years ago.
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