Churches and Religion

Agriculture Birth/Deaths Education Manufacturing
Population Race/Foreign Birth Slavery

1850

Total churches 339

Faiths
Methodist                                 173
Baptist                                         82
Presbyterian                               46
Catholic                                       13
Free Churches                              7
Minor sects                                   6
Christian                                       5
Episcopal                                     5
Union                                           2

1860

Total churches 1,034

Faiths
Methodist                                 410
Baptist                                       280
Union                                           96
Presbyterian                              72
Christian                                      53
Presbyterian Cumberland        52
Catholic                                       33
Episcopal                                    19
Lutheran                                     19
Free Churches                              7
Minor sects                                   6

Church Density 1850

The darker colors represent a higher density of population

Church Density 1860

The darker colors represent a higher density of population