Genealogy Index: Census Index
Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly
Last Revised 09/26/2007
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1830 FEDERAL CENSUS INDEX, Michigan Territory, Iowa County (now Wisconsin)
Town of Lisbon Population: 1836 to 1999
Click on the underlined Census Year below for more census information.
| Census Year | Population | Comments |
| 1836 | 0 | Thomas Redford, P. Ray, James Hanford, and William Packard wintered in Milwaukee, so no official residents recorded |
| 1837 | Note: a 1837 Wisconsin census was never taken | |
| 1838 | 84 | 18 Head-of-House |
| 1840 | 116 | (19) Male HOH |
| 1846 | 836 | Special census: 459 males, 280 females, 3 "colored" (Note: Ancestry.com's database only lists 37 HOH from Ainsworth thru Chusick) |
| 1850 See under comments | 1,036 | 555 males, 481 females, no "colored", 299 Male HOH listed. |
| 1855 | 233 Male HOH listed. | |
| 1860
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1860a Section 2 of 3 1860b Section 3 of 3 |
1,426 Total | |
| 1870 | 1384 | |
| 1880 | 1453 | |
| 1890 | 1443 | |
| 1900 | 1510 | |
| 1910 | 1580 | |
| 1920 | 1540 | (-40) World War I, and wide-spread influenza disease |
| 1930* | 1104 | Sussex incorporated as
village in 1924 taking 387 individuals. All population numbers
here ,and after are for town only.
Railroad workers living in the 1930 Sussex - Lisbon Area (unfortunately the railway they worked for isn't listed.) Source 1930 Federal Census |
| 1940 | 1158 | |
| 1950 | 1532 | |
| 1960 | 2885 | |
| 1970 | 4709 | |
| 1980 | 8443 | |
| 1990 | 8277 | |
| 1999 | 9079 | State estimate |
| 2000 | 9359 |
*1930 Census lists 1105 individuals living in Town of Lisbon. It is identified as District 14 not including the Village of Sussex. Sussex is listed as Enumeration District 37 ( www.ancestry.com has 11 pages of census images. To produce an index go to the 1930 Census search page and enter: County - Waukesha, Town- Sussex)
Village of Sussex Population: 1930 thru 2000
| Census Year | Population | Comments |
| 1930 | 496 | 1924 incorporation population was 387, see *1930 note above |
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| 2000 | 8828 |
Town of Lisbon Irish Born 1850 Population
Town of Lisbon Scottish Born 1850 Population
Occupations of Early Town of Lisbon and Village of Sussex Residents: 1850 - 1860
Occupations of Early Town of Lisbon and Village of Sussex Residents: 1870 - 1880
Occupations of Early Town of Lisbon and Village of Sussex Residents: 1900 - 1910
Railroad workers living in the 1930 Sussex - Lisbon Area (unfortunately the railway they worked for isn't listed.) Source 1930 Federal Census
Waukesha County Directories, 1890 - 1892 - Listing individuals with Sussex, Lake Five, Lannon Springs and Merton as residence or PO. Note: Other Lisbon township residents may have had listed residences or PO's of Pewaukee, Duplainville, Marcy, or Menomonee Falls.