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'''1830-1850. '''No other federal censuses were taken in present-day Oklahoma in 1830, 1840, or 1850.  
'''1830-1850. '''No other federal censuses were taken in present-day Oklahoma in 1830, 1840, or 1850.  


'''1860.''' The non-Indians of what is now Oklahoma were counted in 1860 in what were called the Indian Lands of Arkansas Territory.<sup>3</sup>  
'''1860.''' The non-Indians of what is now Oklahoma were counted in 1860 in what were called the Indian Lands of Arkansas Territory.<sup>3</sup>&nbsp; This census does not list Indians, but lists free and slave inhabitants in the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole nations. The slave schedules provide the names of slave owners, but not the names of slaves.


'''1870. '''No censuses available.<br>  
'''1870. '''No census available.<br>  


'''1880.''' Most white and Indian schedules are lost. Only the Cherokee Indian schedules  
'''1880.''' Most white and Indian schedules are lost. Only the Cherokee Indian schedules survive.<sup>4</sup>


'''1890. '''In 1880  
'''1890. '''In 1880  
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'''1930. '''  
'''1930. '''  


until The earliest federal census of the area that is now Oklahoma is the 1860 census of Arkansas, which included what was then the Indian Territory. This census does not list Indians, but lists free and slave inhabitants in the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole nations. The slave schedules provide the names of slave owners, but not the names of slaves.


This census and a published index are available at the National Archives — Southwest Region, the Oklahoma Historical Society, and the Family History Library. For contact details, see the"Archives and Libraries" section of this outline.


The 1870 and 1880 censuses have been lost and the 1890 federal census has been destroyed. The 1890 veterans schedule and index are available at the Family History Library and at the National Archives.  
The 1870 and 1880 censuses have been lost and the 1890 federal census has been destroyed. The 1890 veterans schedule and index are available at the Family History Library and at the National Archives.  
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