This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CBB.2ACE/5104.2 Message Board Post: It started at the beginning of June in 1880. And, in most counties, it finished sometime in July or August. The finish date kind of depended on how heavily the area was populated and how many people they had to do the census work.