This page includes links to research and information, including historical Census and other government documents that discuss and/or have data on churches and religious bodies in the United States. Many of the documents include extensive analytic commentary.

Documents

• The Seventh Census of the United States: 1850
  • For the U.S. and for each state and territory, information is arranged by "Division". Division 14 includes data on "Churches, church property, etc." including number of churches, accomodations, and value of church property.

• Compendium of the Seventh Census (1850): A Statistical View of the United States
  • Part 3: Moral and Social Condition
    • Section 1: Religious Worship - with information on the number of churches, accomodations, and value of property

• Statistics of the United States, (including mortality, property, &c.) in 1860
  • Miscellaneous Statistics
    • Parts 1 through 5 (pp. 352-502)

• Ninth Census: 1870
  • Volume 1: The Statistics of the Population of the United States
    • The General Tables of Miscellaneous Statistics
      • Table 17(A): Churches, 1870-1850, by States and Territories
      • Table 17(B): Churches, 1870-1850, by Denominations, Summary for the United States
      • Table 18: Churches, 1870 (Selected Statistics) in each State and Territory, by Counties

• A Compendium of the Ninth Census (1870)
  • Schools, Libraries, Newspapers and Churches
    • Table XL: Churches in the United States -- 1870-1860-1850
    • Table XLI: Churches of All Denominations -- 1870-1860-1859
    • Table XLII: Churches, Fifteen Selected Denominations -- 1870

• Eleventh Census of the United States: 1890
  • Volume 9: Report on the Statistics of Churches in the United States
    • Denominations; church organizations; edifices and seating capacity; value of property; communicants or members for States and cities, limited data for counties. Statements included with history, doctrine, and organization of each denomination.