After about ninety years of settlement, Compton County had a population of 19,581. This figure does not correspond exactly to the totals listed below because about 300 individuals do not fit into the categories used. The original colonists had been English-speaking, but at the middle of the nineteenth century French and Gaelic-speaking colonists began to migrate into the county. This table shows the birthplace of Compton County residents.
United States Britain
1851 1,048 1,804 (992 Scots)
1881 1,189 2,315 (1,350 Scots)
Canada-English Canada-French
1851 3,754 841
1881 8,095 7,698
French-speaking and English-speaking colonists were not evenly distributed throughout the county. This map shows the distribution of the two groups in 1880. From what you have learned from this set, try to account for the settlement pattern illustrated here.
