Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin Directory, 1931

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1931 Janesville City Directory Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin The estimated population of Janesville in 1931 was 24,000. This database lists the individual, spouses name, occupation, place of work & place of residence, rather a householder or resides/rooms. Janesville was incorporated as a city in 1853. From a settlement of less than 300 persons in 1840, Janesville grew to 3,000 persons in 1850; 8,789 in 1870; 13,185 in 1900; and to 22,186 in 1925. Most of the residents were natives of New York and New England states. Janesville was a small but modern city. The commercial district boasted concrete curbs and gutters, electric lighting, and electric street rail cars. General Motors' Chevrolet plant and Parker Pen were the area's principal employers.

Sources Bass, Cindy, comp. Janesville County, Wisconsin, Farmers Directory 1931. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000-. Original data: 1931 Janesville County, WI, Farmers Directory. Wright Directory Publishing Company, 1931.

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