1930 Wise County, Texas, Census

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Index of All 1930 Names (Click links below)
(19,202 names)
Now All Names Have Links to Images of Census Pages
(This is 3,914 less than counted in the 1920 Wise County population)

A-B

C-D

E-G

H-L

M-N

O-R

S-T

U-Z

Click on the "Names Index Button" to go to an alphabetical listing of all completed 1930 names.
See census column headings and county map below.
Click on the Enumeration District Number below to go to the table of data for that section.

ED 249-#

Precinct/
Town

Description

Towns in Area

Enumerator

ED 01

Decatur

Decatur Township

Decatur

Verona C. Hoyle

ED 02

J P no. 1

E of Decatur to E county line

Sycamore, Sweetwater Com.

Henry E. Brady, Jr.

ED 03

J P no. 1

Center of county NW of Decatur

Jonestown Community

Lela Mann

ED 04

J P no. 1

Center of county SW of Decatur

New Salem, Flatwood Com.

James W. Hornback

ED 05

Alvord

Alvord Township

Alvord

Mrs. Pauline V. Seay

ED 06

J P no. 2

N & E of Alvord to N county line

Pella Area

Mrs. Pauline V. Seay

ED 07

J P no. 2

Center of county W of Alvord

toward Sunset

Charles Rann

ED 08

J P no. 3

NW part of county

Park Springs

Mrs. Curren New

ED 09

J P no. 3

NW corner of county

Crafton

C.W. Carson

ED 10

J P no. 4

Center of county SE of Bridgeport

Paradise

S.L. Atkins

ED 11

J P no. 4

Center of county to S county line

Cottondale

E.O. Harris

ED 12

Boyd

Boyd Village

Boyd

Tim Harlan

ED 13

J P no. 5

SE corner of county

Rhome, Aurora

Mrs. G.W. Pegues

ED 14

J P no. 5

S of Boyd to S county line

Newark

William S. Caldwell

ED 15

J P no. 6

NE corner of county

Greenwood, Slidell

Mrs. Brown L. Rudd

ED 16

Bridgeport

Bridgeport Township

Bridgeport

Mrs. Kate Dallas

ED 17

J P no. 7

Chico town & NE of Bridgeport

Chico

Ernest C. Cox

ED 18

J P no. 7

W and S of Chico & Bridgeport

Now Lake Bridgeport

John F. Drennan/Samuel J. Moore

ED 19 J P no. 8 SW corner of county Boonsville, Willow Point Mrs. Maude E. Nall

1930 Census Column Headings
(Across the top of the page from left to right)
(The columns we transcribed are in red)

Line Numbers for rows (Down left side of page)   

1

Street, avenue, road, etc.

 

PLACE OF ABODE

2

House number (in cities or towns)

3

Number of dwelling house in order of visitation

4

Number of family in order of visitation

5 (We used 2 columns)

NAME of each person whose place of abode on April 1, 1930, was in this family. Enter surname first, then the given name and middle initial, if any. Include every person living on April 1, 1930. Omit children born since April 1, 1930.

6

RELATION Relationship of this person to the head of the family.

7

Home owned or rented

 

HOME DATA

8

Value of home if owned, or monthly rental, if rented.

9

Radio set

10

Does this family live on a farm?

11

Sex

 

  PERSONAL DESCRIPTION

12

Color or race

13

Age at last birthday

14

Marital condition

15

Age at first marriage

16

Attended school or college any time since Sept 1, 1929

EDUCATION

17

Whether able to read and write

18

PERSON

PLACE OF BIRTH
Place of birth of each person enumerated and of his or her parents. If born in the US, give State or Territory. If of foreign birth, give country in which birthplace is now situated. Distinguish Canada-French from Canada-English and Irish Free State from Northern Ireland.

19

FATHER

20

MOTHER

21

Language spoken in home before coming to the US

 

MOTHER TONGUE (OR NATIVE LANGUAGE) OF FOREIGN BORN

A

  Codes (For office use only. Do not write in these columns)

B

C

22

Year of immigration to the US

 
Citizenship, etc.

23

Naturalization

24

Whether able to speak English

25 (We combined 25&26)

OCCUPATION Trade, profession, or particular kind of work, as spinner, salesman, riveter, teacher, etc.

 

 

OCCUPATION AND INDUSTRY

26

INDUSTRY Industry or business, as cotton mill, dry-goods store, shipyard, public school, etc.

D

CODE (For office use only. Do not write in the column)

27

Class of worker

28

Yes or No

EMPLOYMENT Whether actively at work yesterday (or the last regular working day)

29

If not, line number on Unemployment Schedule

30

Yes or No

VETERANS Whether a veteran of US military or naval services

31

What war or expedition

32

Number of farm schedule

 

Line Numbers (down right side of page)

1930 Map of Wise County

The 1930 Wise County, Texas, Census contains 428 pages (census images) in Enumeration District numbers 01 through 19. (The full Enumeration District citations are actually 249-01 through 249-19, but 249 is merely the code number for all of Wise County in the 1930 Census.)
Enumeration Districts are labeled with red numbers
Towns of Decatur (1), Alvord (5), Boyd (12) & Bridgeport (16) are red squares