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Column Name: woodun Span: 1870-1950 Units: Acres Format: Integer  Unimproved
woodlandNo operational definition exists for unimproved woodland in the 1870 Census; however, the 1880 definition is probably a reasonable approximation of the criteria used by earlier census-takers. Source (where directly obtained): Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu Original Source: U.S. Census Office. Ninth Decennial Census of the United States, 1870. Volume III, The Statistics of the Wealth and Industry of the United States. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1872.  Land in farms classified as unimproved woodland includes all woodland and forest in the farm acreage. Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu Original Source:  Land in farms classified as unimproved woodland includes all land covered with natural or planted forest trees which produce, or later may produce, firewood or other forest products.
Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu Original Source: UU.S. Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Decennial Census of the United States, 1920. Volume VI, Agriculture, Part I. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1922.  Land in farms classified as unimproved woodland includes all woodland not used as pasture in 1929. Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu Original Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Decennial Census of the United States, 1930. Agriculture, Volume II, Part 3. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1932.  Land in farms classified as unimproved woodland includes all woodland which was not used for pasture or grazing in 1949. Unusually large tracts of timber land reported as “woodland not pastured” were excluded from the tabulations when it was evident that such land was held primarily for nonagricultural purposes. Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu Original Source: |
