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Community populations

By name - all Villages

This table lists each Shaker community with total populations for their whole history.
The numbers are based the larger of the total populations estimated by Andrews (*) vs actual counts in databases on or known to this site.
CommunityEDA *Online CommunityEDA *Online
1 Alfred, ME
(1793-1931)		241619
Ayer, ME 4 Canterbury, NH
(1792-1992)		7461303
E. Division 2 Enfield, CT
(1792-1917)		7391814
Enfield, NH
(1793-1923)		5112310 Groveland, NY
(1836-1892)		407
Hancock, MA
(1790-1960)		5482398 Harvard, MA
(1792-1918)		2001868
Kent, OH 1 Narcoossee, FL 1
New Lebanon, NY
(1787-1947)		32025514 North Division 1
North Union, OH
(1822-1889)		407412 Philadelphia, PA
(1858-1896)		38
Pleasant Hill, KY
(1806-1910)		5002399 Sabbathday Lake, ME
(1794-PRESENT)		150334
Savoy, MA
(1817-1819)		6 See Also 41
Shaker Community, OH 1 Shaker Heights, OH 9
Shaker Station, CT 13 Shaker Village, NH 6
Shirley, MA
(1793-1908)		150859 Sodus Bay, NY
(1826-1836)		7932
Sodus, NY 278 Sonyea, NY 1
South Union, KY
(1807-1922)		6761150 Tyringham, MA
(1792-1875)		241766
Union Village, OH
(1805-1912)		8733958 Watervliet, NY
(1775-1938)		26683418
Watervliet, OH
(1806-1900)		127880 West Union, IN
(1807-1827)		3008
White Oak, GA
(1898-1902)		2 White Water Village, OH
(1823-1916)		4912502
unknown 24
Total 13,563 33,350
Unique Names27,568
Known Names16,816 Identified from WHRS records (reel 123)

The records of Shakers come from a wide number of sources, some of which are copyrighted, or other restricted for online access. The list below shows the sources and coding. The individual personal records indicate the source via the code listed here. Records from restricted souces are marked Details limited.
CodeRecord
Count
Access		Source
* References: Edward Deming Andrews:
The People Called Shakers, Appendix, "Statistical View of Shaker Communities"
bioinfo 1563
limited 		Enfield Biographic project by MaryAnn Hagen of Enfield Shaker Singers and Carolyn Smith of Shaker Workshops
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bios 336
limited 		Shaker Image by Pearson and Neal, Biographical notes by Dr. Magda Gabor-Hotchkiss
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census 2603
open 		Census: US and State records from various sources
enfieldct 115
open 		Collected census records for Enfield, CT Shaker Village
findgrave 1567
open 		Cemetery records collected at findagrave.com
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harvard 1075
open 		Harvard Name index by Roben Campbell
[More info]
hsvcensus 1426
open 		Census of Shakers who lived at Hancock Shaker Village
[More info]
phill 1451
open 		Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
shakerdic 90
limited 		The Historical Dictionary of the Shakers by Steven J Paterwick
[More info]
sni_work 2162
limited 		Shaker Name Index by Glendyne Wergland
[More info]
sofohio 160
open 		The Shakers of Ohio
[More info]
sqtrlyobits 932
open 		Manifesto
sunionky 317
limited 		South Union,KY
tyringham 346
open 		Name list of from Tyringham, MA shaker village
whrsreel 15666
open 		Cathcart Card Index from WRHS
[More info]
wohiochurch 648
limited 		A list of Shaker Names from .. Watervliet, Ohio
wvltcem 443
open 		Watervliet, NY Cemetery Records
wvltscan 440
open 		Detailed records from Watervliet, NY Cemetery
[More info]
wwonames 1982
open 		Footprints at White Water Shaker Village

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