In 1837, a census was taken of the town of Framingham, Massachusetts. At that time there were 1,138 residents of the east ward, 890 residents of the southwest ward, and 853 residents of the northwest ward. The census of the east ward is kept in the R. Stanton Avery Collections at NEHGS [MSS C 2]; the whereabouts of the censuses of the other two wards is unknown. The census of the east ward lists the head of family and the number of persons in each household. It was donated to the Society by Truman S. Safford, of Riverside, California, in 1974.

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Citation Information:

Census of the East Ward, Framingham, Massachusetts - 1837 (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), (Unpublished original manuscript, R. Stanton Avery Collections, NEHGS. "Census of the east ward in Framingham taken as of the 1st of May 1837." Donated to NEHGS by Truman S. Safford in 1974