Palo Alto, Iowa 1880 Federal Census Notes Please note the naming convention used for the files in this county: Village of Emmetsburg (Enumeration District 165-001; text file p165001.txt) Freedom Twp. (Enumeration District 165-012; text file p165012.txt) Farfield Twp. (Enumeration District 165-017; text file p165017.txt) Vernon Twp. (Enumeration District 165-021; text file p165021.txt) Walnut Twp. (Enumeration District 166-001; text file p166001.txt) Highland Twp. (Enumeration District 166-008; text file p166008.txt) Village of Ruthven (Enumeration District 166-013;text file p166013.txt) Lost Island Twp. (Enumeration District 166-015; text file p166015.txt) Town of Emmetsburg (Enumeration District 167-001; text file p167001.txt) Emmetsburg Twp. (Enumeration District 167-011; text file p167011.txt) Great Oak Twp. (Enumeration District 168-001; text file p168001.txt) Rush Lake Twp. (Enumeration District 168-004; text file p168009.txt) Silver Lake Twp. (Enumeration District 168-004; text file p168015.txt) Fern Valley Twp. (Enumeration District 169-004; text file p169016.txt) Nevaga Twp. (Enumeration District 169-004; text file p169012.txt) Ellington Twp. (Enumeration District 169-004; text file p169008.txt) West Bend Twp. (Enumeration District 169-004; text file p169004.txt) Notes from the transcriber: There were no stamped page numbers. Handwritten numbers from left corner used. There were check marks and dashes as well as numbers used in the "Number of months unemployed" column. I put an "x" if there was a dash or check mark; otherwise, I entered the number of months.