Census of 1843

By 1843, the town’s 79 residents had 10 acres cultivated; they would be joined by 240 other immigrants between 1843 and 1845.

When a census was taken in 1843, 40 residents identified their occupations. One worked in agriculture, four were artisans, two merchants, one professional, 15 semiskilled, and 17 unskilled. There was no appointed office holder.

Footnote: U. S., Congress, Senate, U. S. Navy Department, tables showing the number of emigrants and recaptured Africans sent to the colony of Liberia by the government of the United States … together with a census of the colony and a report of its commerce, &c. September, 1843: Senate Document No. 150, 28th Cong., 2n sess., 1845.