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Gold Hill Daily News
Gold Hill, Storey County, Nevada
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Recent census shows London's population at 3,254,260, up from 958,863 in 1800, across 122 square miles with average density of 12 per acre. Densities vary widely by district; Battersea grew 176% in a decade.
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London, according to a late census return, has a population of 3,254,260 souls. The population in 1800 amounted to 958,863. The area of the cities and boroughs composing London is given at 78,050 acres, or 122 square miles. From this area must be deducted the surface of the river Thames, amounting to 2,718 acres, or 4¼ miles. The mean density of the population is 12 persons per acre, and the density of population in the different districts varies from one person per acre in Eltham, to 429 persons per acre in the Berwick sub-district in the City of Westminster. In the sub-districts of St. Andrew and of Whitecross in Holborn, the density is respectively 410 and 418 persons per acre. The greatest increase in population was in the Battersea sub-district, in which the number of inhabitants had advanced from 19,600 to 54,019 in ten years—an increase of 176 per cent.
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London
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Late Census Return
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population increased from 958,863 in 1800 to 3,254,260; battersea sub-district increased 176% from 19,600 to 54,019 in ten years
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London's population is 3,254,260 according to a late census. The area is 78,050 acres (122 square miles), deducting 2,718 acres for the Thames. Average density is 12 persons per acre, ranging from 1 in Eltham to 429 in Berwick sub-district, Westminster; 410 in St. Andrew, Holborn; 418 in Whitecross, Holborn.