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Chapter 1

Introduction

(1910 Census Edition)

Containing over 100 Specially Engraved Maps, Diagrams
and Thousands of Indexed Entries of Towns,
and Countries with Populations from the
1910 U.S. Federal Census and
other Latest Sources for
Foreign Places

Edited and Published by
THE GEOGRAPHICAL PUBLISHING CO.
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Table of Maps

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Abyssinia

Aden

Afghanistan

Africa

Alabama

Alaska

Alberta

Algeria

Anam

Andorra

Antarctic Exploration

Antilles

Arabia

Arctic Exploration

Argentina

Arizona

Arkansas

Armenia

Ascension Island

Ashanti

Asia

Asia Minor

Atlantic Ocean

Australia

Austria

Austria-Hungary

Azores Islands

Bahama Islands

Baker Island

Baluchistan

Barbados

Barbary States

Barka

Basutoland

Bavaria

Bechuanaland

Belgium

Bermuda Islands

Bhutan

Bokhara

Bolivia

Borneo

Brazil

British Central Africa

British Columbia

British East Africa

British Empire

British Guiana

British Honduras

British North Borneo

British Somali

British South Africa

British West Africa

British West Indies

Brunei

Bulgaria

Burma

California

Cambodia

Canada

Canary Islands

Candia

Cape Colony

Cape Verde Islands

Celebes Island

Central America

Ceylon

Channel Islands

Chile

Chinese Empire

Cochin-China

Colombia

Colorado

Comoro Islands

Connecticut

Cook Islands

Corfu Island

Corsica Island

Costa Rica

Crete

Cuba

Cyprus Island

Dahomey

Danish West Indies

Date Line

Delaware

Denmark

District of Columbia

Dutch Borneo

Dutch East Indies

Dutch Guiana

Dutch West Indies

East Indies

Ecuador

Egypt

Egyptian Sudan

England

Eritrea

Europe

Falkland Islands

Faroe Islands

Federated Malay States

Fernando Po

Figi Islands

Florida

Formosa Island

France

French East Africa

French Guiana

French Guinea

French India

French Indo-China

French Kongo

French Oceania

French Somaliland

French West Africa

French West Indies

Friendly Islands

Galapagos Islands

Gambia

Georgia

German China

German East Africa

German Empire

German Oceania

German Southwest Africa

Gibraltar

Gilbert Islands

Goa

Gold Coast

Great Britain

Greater Antilles

Greece

Greenland

Guam Island

Guatemala

Guiana, British

Guiana, Dutch

Guiana, French

Guianas, The

Guinea, French

Guinea, Portuguese

Haiti

Hawaiian Islands

Herzegovina

Holland

Holy Land

Honduras

Honduras, British

Hongkong Colony

Hongkong Island

Howland Island

Hungary

Iceland

Idaho

Illinois

India

Indiana

Indo-China

Isle de France

International Date Line

Iowa

Ireland

Italian Somaliland

Italy

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan

Java

Jolo Archipelago

Kamerun

Kansas

Kentucky

Khiva

Keauchau

Kongo Free State

Kongo, French

Korea

Kuria Muria Islands

Kurile Islands

Labrador

Ladrone Islands

Lagos Colony

Lagos Protectorate

Laos

Lesser Antilles

Liberia

Liechtenstein

Loango

Louisiana

Louisiade Archipelago

Low Archipelago

Loyalty Islands

Luxemburg

Luzon Island

Macao

Madagascar Island

Madeira Islands

Maine

Malay Peninsula

Malay States

Maltese Islands

Manitoba

Mariana Islands

Maritime Canal

Marquesas Islands

Marshall Islands

Maryland

Massachusetts

Mauritius

Mayotta

Melanesia

Mexico

Michigan

Micronesia

Minnesota

Miquelon Islands

Mississippi

Missouri

Molucca Archipelago

Monaco

Montana

Montenegro

Morocco

Natal

Nairgators Islands

Nebraska

Nepal

Netherlands

Nevada

New Brunswick

New Caledonia Islands

Newfoundland

New Guinea, British

New Guinea, Dutch

New Guinea, German

New Guinea Island

New Hampshire

New Hebrides Islands

New Jersey

New Mexico

New South Wales

New York

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Nigeria

North America

North Carolina

North Dakota

Northeast Africa

North Polar Regions

Northwest Africa

Northwest Territories

Norway

Nova Scotia

Nova Zembla

Nowlands Island

Obock

Oceania

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oman

Ontario

Orange River Colony

Oregon

Pacific Ocean

Palaos

Palestine

Panama

Panama Canal

Papua

Paraguay

Pelews Islands

Pennsylvania

Pernim Island

Persia

Peru

Philippine Islands

Polar Regions

Polynesia

Port Arthur

Porto Rico

Portugal

Portuguese China

Portuguese East Africa

Portuguese East Indies

Portuguese Guinea

Portuguese India

Portuguese West Africa

Prince Edward Island

Prussia

Quebec

Queensland

Reunion Island

Rhode Island

Rhodesia

Rio Muni

Roumania

Roumelia, Eastern

Russia in Asia

Russia in Europe

Russian Turkestan

Sahara

St. Helena Island

St. Pierre Islands

Salvador

Samoan Islands

San Marino

Santo Domingo

Sarawak

Saskatchewan

Saxony

Scotland

Senegal

Servia

Shetland Islands

Siam

Siberia

Sierra Leone Colony

Society Islands

Sokotra

Solomon Islands, British

Solomon Islands, German

Somaliland

Southern Africa

South African Republic

South America

South Australia

South Carolina

South Dakota

South Georgia Islands

South Polar Regions

Spain

Spanish Central Africa

Spanish Northwest Africa

Straits Settlements

Sudan, Egyptian

Sudan, French

Sulu Island

Sumatra

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland

Tahiti Islands

Tasmania

Tennessee

Texas

Tibet

Timor Archipelago

Togoland

Tonga Islands

Tonkin

Transvaal Colony

Trinidad

Tripoli

Tunisia

Turkestan, Chinese

Turkestan, Russian

Turkey in Asia

Turkey in Europe

Turkish Empire

Ungava

United Kingdom, Great Britain and Ireland

United States of America

Uruguay

Utah

Vaal River Colony

Venezuela

Vermont

Victoria

Virginia

Wadai

Wake Island

Wales

Washington

Western Australia

Western Islands

West Indies

West Virginia

Westward Islands

Wisconsin

World, The

Wurttemberg

Wyoming

Yukon

Zanzibar

Zululand

SPECIAL FEATURES.

Flags of all Nations ,

Relief Map of Panama

Panama Canal

Description of Canal

Polar Explorations ,

Territorial Growth of U.S. (map)

Comparative Sizes of U.S. and Possessions

U.S. Proportion of Improved Land

U.S. Average Size of Farms

U.S. Value of Farm Land

U.S. Value of Farm Products, by States

U.S. Value of Farm Products

U.S. Production of Tobacco

U.S. Production of Wheat

U.S. Production of Oats

U.S. Production of Rye

U.S. Production of Barley

U.S. Production of Corn

U.S. Production of all Grains

U.S. Production of Hay and Forage

U.S. Value of Cheese, Butter and Condensed Milk

U.S. Number of Neat Cattle

U.S. Value of Leather

U.S. Number of Horses, Mules and Asses

U.S. Number of Swine

U.S. Number of Sheep

U.S. Value of Woolen Goods

U.S. Production of Potatoes

U.S. Production of Cotton

Mean Annual Rainfall in the U.S.

Conservation of U.S. Forests (map) 104, 105

Irrigation Projects in the U.S. 104, 105

Lines of Equal Precipitation 104, 105

Land Elevation and Ocean Depths

Relative Sizes of the U.S. and European Powers

Races of Man (map)

Commercial Languages (map)

Forms of Government (map)

Time at the Principal Cities when Noon at Washington

Principal Cities of the United States, 1910 Census 112 to 117

Principal Cities of the World (latest sources) 117 to 124

Resume of 1910 Census, Showing National Growth

Increase

1900 to 1910 1890 to 1900

1910. 1900. 1890. Number. Per cent. Number. Per cent.

United States (exclusive of Philippine islands) 91,954,435 *77,256,630 62,979,766 ...... ...... 14,276,864 22.7

Continental U.S. 91,972,267 75,994,575 62,947,714 ...... ...... 13,046,861 20.7

Alabama 2,138,093 1,828,697 1,513,401 309,396 16.9 315,296 20.8

Arizona 204,354 122,931 88,243 81,423 66.2 34,688 39.3

Arkansas 1,574,449 1,311,564 1,128,211 262,885 20.0 183,353 16.3

California 2,377,549 1,485,053 1,213,398 892,496 60.1 271,655 22.4

Colorado 799,024 539,700 413,249 259,324 48.0 126,451 30.6

Connecticut 1,114,756 908,420 746,258 206,336 22.7 162,162 21.7

Delaware 202,322 184,735 168,493 17,587 9.5 16,242 9.6

Dist. of Columbia 331,069 278,718 230,392 52,351 18.8 48,326 21.0

Florida 752,615 528,542 391,422 224,077 42.4 137,120 35.0

Georgia 2,609,121 2,216,331 1,837,353 392,790 17.7 378,978 20.6

Idaho 325,594 161,772 88,548 163,822 101.3 73,224 82.7

Illinois 5,638,591 4,821,550 3,826,352 817,041 16.9 995,198 26.0

Indiana 2,700,876 2,516,462 2,192,404 184,414 7.3 324,058 14.8

Iowa 2,224,771 2,231,853 1,912,297 †7,082 †0.3 319,556 16.7

Kansas 1,690,949 1,470,495 1,428,108 220,454 15.0 42,387 3.0

Kentucky 2,289,905 2,147,174 1,858,635 142,731 6.6 288,539 15.5

Louisiana 1,656,388 1,381,625 1,118,588 274,763 19.9 263,037 23.5

Maine 742,371 694,466 661,086 47,905 6.9 33,380 5.0

Maryland 1,294,400 1,188,044 1,042,390 106,356 9.0 145,654 14.0

Massachusetts 3,366,416 2,805,346 2,238,947 561,070 20.0 566,399 25.3

Michigan 2,810,173 2,420,982 2,093,890 389,191 16.1 327,092 15.6

Minnesota 2,075,708 1,751,394 1,310,283 324,314 18.5 411,111 33.7

Mississippi 1,797,114 1,551,270 1,289,600 245,844 15.8 261,670 20.3

Missouri 3,293,335 3,106,665 2,679,185 186,670 6.0 427,480 16.0

Montana 376,053 243,329 142,924 132,724 54.5 100,405 70.3

Nebraska 1,192,214 1,066,300 1,062,656 125,914 11.8 3,644 0.3

Nevada 81,875 42,335 47,355 39,540 93.4 †5,020 †10.6

New Hampshire 430,572 411,588 376,530 18,984 4.6 35,058 9.3

New Jersey 2,537,167 1,883,669 1,144,933 653,498 34.7 438,736 30.4

New Mexico 327,301 195,310 160,282 131,991 67.5 35,028 21.9

New York 9,113,614 7,268,894 6,003,174 1,844,720 25.4 1,265,720 21.1

North Carolina 2,206,287 1,893,810 1,617,949 312,477 16.5 275,861 17.1

North Dakota 577,056 319,146 190,983 257,910 80.8 128,163 67.1

Ohio 4,767,121 4,157,545 3,672,329 609,576 14.7 485,216 13.2

Oklahoma 1,657,155 790,391 258,657 866,764 109.7 531,734 205.6

Oregon 672,765 413,536 317,704 259,229 62.7 95,832 30.2

Pennsylvania 7,665,111 6,302,115 5,258,113 1,362,996 21.6 1,044,002 19.9

Rhode Island 542,610 428,556 345,506 114,054 26.6 83,050 24.0

South Carolina 1,515,400 1,340,316 1,151,149 175,084 13.6 189,167 16.4

South Dakota 583,888 401,570 348,600 182,318 45.4 52,970 15.2

Tennessee 2,184,789 2,020,616 1,767,518 164,173 8.1 253,098 14.3

Texas 3,896,542 3,048,710 2,235,527 847,832 27.8 813,183 36.4

Utah 373,351 276,749 210,779 96,602 34.9 65,970 31.3

Vermont 355,956 343,641 332,422 12,315 3.6 11,219 3.4

Virginia 2,061,612 1,854,184 1,655,980 207,428 11.2 198,204 12.0

Washington 1,141,990 518,103 357,232 623,887 120.4 160,871 45.0

West Virginia 1,221,119 958,800 762,794 262,319 27.4 196,006 25.7

Wisconsin 2,333,860 2,069,042 1,693,330 264,818 12.7 375,712 22.2

Wyoming 145,965 92,531 62,555 92,531 57.7 29,976 47.9

* Includes 953,243 persons in Porto Rico (1899) census.

† Decrease.

Commercial and Financial Development of United States in 1910

1909. 1910. % Inc.

†All bank clearings $164,195,488,940 $162,000,000,000 *1.3

Value of all farm products 8,760,000,000 8,926,000,000 1.9

Railroads earnings, gross 2,608,176,609 2,835,374,081 8.7

Deposits in all banks 14,035,000,000 15,283,400,000 8.1

Capital stock of banks 1,800,000,000 1,879,000,000 4.4

Circulation, national banks 703,940,000 724,874,308 2.9

Net earnings, national banks 131,185,750 154,167,000 17.6

Dividend disbursements 611,000,000 695,000,000 13.7

Value bonds sold, New York 1,317,291,000 630,000,000 *52.2

Value of imports 1,475,000,000 1,550,000,000 5.1

Value of exports 1,730,000,000 1,843,000,000 9.0

Building expenditures 857,550,669 809,000,000 *5.7

Fire losses 203,649,150 229,942,650 12.9

Business failures 151,752,098 †199,607,292 31.5

Cereal crops, bushels 4,719,441,000 5,169,426,000 9.3

Hay crops, tons 64,938,000 60,978,000 *6.1

Cotton crop, bales 10,363,240 12,000,000 15.8

Wool clip, pounds 307,348,000 295,672,000 *3.8

Coal mined, tons 437,176,241 500,000,000 14.4

†Iron ore shipments, tons 42,586,869 43,629,201 2.4

Pig iron production, tons 25,337,002 26,665,341 5.2

Sault Ste. Marie commerce, tons 57,895,149 62,363,218 7.7

Portland cement production, bbls 62,508,461 70,000,000 12.0

Sugar Production, tons 1,556,000 1,565,000 0.6

Total mileage railroads 234,950 239,070 1.7

New railroads built, miles 3,748 4,120 9.1

Immigration 1,334,166 1,078,000 *19.2

* Decrease.

† Dun’s report.

Map Classifying States with Respect to the Percentage of Increase of Population: 1900 to 1910.

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The World

On Mercator’s Projection

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Flags of All Nations

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Panama Canal Zone

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Type of Canal

The canal has a summit elevation of 85 feet above the sea, reached by a flight of three locks located at Gatun, on the Atlantic side, and by one lock at Pedro Miguel and a flight of two at Miraflores, on the Pacific side; all these locks are in duplicate—that is, two chambers, side by side. Each lock has a usable length of 1,000 feet and a width of 110 feet. The summit level is maintained by a large dam at Gatun and a small one at Pedro Miguel, between which is the great Gatun Lake, with an area of 164.23 square miles. A small lake, about two square miles in area, with a surface elevation of 55 feet, is formed on the Pacific side, between Pedro Miguel and Miraflores, the valley of the Rio Grande being closed by a small dam and the locks at Miraflores.

Length, Width and Depth of Canal

The Canal is about 50 miles in length, from deep water in the Caribbean Sea to deep water in the Pacific Ocean. The distance from deep water to the shore line in Limon Bay is about 4½ miles, and from the Pacific shore line to deep water is about 5 miles; hence, the length of the Canal from shore to shore is approximately 40½ miles.

The bottom width of the Canal varies from 200 feet in Culebra Cut to an indefinite width in the deep waters of the lakes. The approaches from deep water to land on both sides of the Canal are 500 feet wide, and the cuts in the shallow parts of the lakes from 500 to 1,000 feet wide. The Canal has a minimum depth of 41 feet.

Republic of Panama

Topographic Relief-Map
FROM LATEST OFFICIAL DATA
Showing Canal Zone

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Eastern Europe

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Asia

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Eastern Asia

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Africa

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Northwestern Africa

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Northeastern Africa

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Southern Africa

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Australia

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Oceania

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Map of the United States Showing Acquisition of Territory

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The Relative Sizes of the United States and Their Possessions

Conservation of Forests, Irrigation Projects, and Lines of Equal Precipitation

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Land Elevations and Ocean Depths of the United States

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The Relative Sizes of the United States and the European Powers

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