Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Kings
Lower Horton, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Lower Horton was a census subdivision in Kings County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,580. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.081°N, 64.260°W.
Population
In 1881, Lower Horton had a population of 1,580: 780 male and 800 female residents. Population density was 49.7 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 1,519 |
| 1881 | 1,580 |
| 1891 | 1,455 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Lower Horton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 90 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 300 |
| Number of families | 300 |
| Number of females | 800 |
| Number of males | 780 |
| Number of married females | 251 |
| Number of married males | 245 |
| Number of married persons | 496 |
| Number of widowed females | 55 |
| Number of widowed males | 21 |
| Number of widowed persons | 76 |
| POP TOT | 1,580 |
| Total population | 1,580 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 494 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 514 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,008 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 267 |
| Number of occupied houses | 267 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 9 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,870 |
| Acres of potatoes | 424 |
| Acres of wheat | 278 |
| BAR BU | 492 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 492 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 676 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 21 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 222 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 13,383 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 3,587 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 371 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 70,059 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 266 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 4,255 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 6,198 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 92 |
| BWT BU | 676 |
| CRN BU | 222 |
| HAY AC | 2,870 |
| HAY TONS | 3,510 |
| OAT BU | 13,383 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 371 |
| POT AC | 424 |
| POT BU | 70,059 |
| RYE BU | 266 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,510 |
| WHT AC | 278 |
| WHT SP BU | 4,255 |
| WHT WTR BU | 92 |
Fisheries (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 7 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 20 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 329 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 3,470 |
| Number of fishing boats | 5 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 8 |
| Number of shoremen | 4 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 5 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 4 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 1 |
Other recorded variables (31 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BOAT MEN Q | 8 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 5 |
| C UNMD F | 494 |
| C UNMD M | 514 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,008 |
| CD NAME | Kings |
| COD DX K | 5 |
| D OCC | 267 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 4 |
| FEMALE | 800 |
| GRA BU | 21 |
| GSP XB Q | 7 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 267 |
| H UNINH | 9 |
| HAD DX K | 1 |
| MALE | 780 |
| MCK XB Q | 2 |
| MD F | 251 |
| MD M | 245 |
| MD TOT | 496 |
| NET XX F | 3,470 |
| NUMBER CD | 17 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 3,587 |
| SHD XB Q | 329 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 4 |
| SLM XB Q | 20 |
| TUR BU | 6,198 |
| WID F | 55 |
| WID M | 21 |
| WID TOT | 76 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS017009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS037009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1881 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the
Canadian Peoples / TCP project,
hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan.
Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921).
Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the
HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph
project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology
page for the full data pipeline.
Cite this page
Clifford, J. (2026). "Lower Horton, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/lower-horton-ns017009-1881/.