Valley of the Shadow
The Eve of War
Fall 1859–Spring 1861

1860 Census and Summaries

African American Residence by Town, 1860


This table shows the residential patterns of Franklin County by race and township, showing where the black population lived.

Town Black Population
Antrim 132
Borough of Chambersburg 84
South Ward of Chambersburg 439
Fannett 40
Borough of Greencastle 81
Greene 111
Guilford 79
Hamilton 22
Letterkenny 13
Loudon 2
Lurgan 2
Borough of Mercer 89
Metal 8
Mont Alto 0
Montgomery 331
Borough of Orrstown 1
Peters 115
Quincy (Township and Village) 43
St. Thomas 0
Southampton 124
Warren 6
Washington 47
Waynesboro 13

U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census [1860]. Population of the United States in 1860, Compiled from the Original Returns of the Eighth Census. Washington, D.C., 1864. U.S. Census of Population, 1860. Augusta County, Virginia and Franklin County, Pennsylvania. In U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington: National Archives and Records Administration (Augusta: Reels 1333 and 1387. Franklin: Reels 1111 and 1112).