Seems to be my experience too, Bill. I guess each ED has it's own pattern (recorded. After scrolling through township after township, village after village, census year after census year, etc. I'm a little miffed at our past statisticians and demographers for their lack of organizational continuity. Why did they not know we'd need them neat and pretty, so we could investigate the past more easily? .hmphhhh!.... <W> Di == In a message dated 02/2/9 9:52:31 PM, BSmithIowa@aol.com writes: << I found both alphabetical ordering and physical ordering of the townships in other counties, depending on the census year. >>