Description: These two maps show the population distribution between 1830 and 1840. While the overall population density in the Florida Territory remained under 6 inhabitants per square mile for this period, the southerly population increase in the Gulf Coast states can be seen.
Source: Dixon Ryan Fox, Harper's Atlas of American History (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1920) 40
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman. |
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