- Date
- 1962-01-01
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- demographycommunitygovernance
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January 1962 Beaver Beacon reported its own winter count of 202 Beaver Island residents in 55 households as of January 1. It said the count excluded six servicemen and 24 residents temporarily away for holiday vacations, and it also summarized age, household, family, marital-status, religious-order, and occupation patterns.
Evidence and limits
This is a locally compiled newspaper census, not a government census or a complete population register. The issue does not preserve the household roster or counting method.
Sources
- Reports a locally compiled count of 202 winter residents in 55 households, excluding six servicemen and 24 residents temporarily away for holidays; it also gives household, age, family, marital-status, religious-order, occupation, and age-of-resident details. This is a newspaper census report, not a government census or population register.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1962-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published demographic report; it does not expand the count or methodology.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1962-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island reports 202 winter residents in a local January census, 1962”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-winter-census-1962/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1962, “Beaver Island Census as of January 1st, 1962.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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