Boisroux became an independent Lutheran parish in 1905, with a resident pastor.
Boisroux was founded as a Lutheran colony on 7 June 1767 by Baron Caneau de Beauregard.
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1767 |
97*
|
281
|
152
|
129
|
| 1769 |
88
|
344
|
189
|
155
|
| 1773 |
73
|
309
|
161
|
148
|
| 1788 |
49
|
270
|
147
|
123
|
| 1798 |
56
|
351
|
186
|
165
|
| 1816 |
82
|
620
|
308
|
312
|
| 1834 |
129
|
1,205
|
642
|
563
|
| 1850 |
185
|
1,672
|
860
|
812
|
| 1857 |
174
|
2,118
|
1,085
|
1,033
|
| 1859 |
180
|
2,233
|
1,143
|
1,090
|
| 1883 |
|
3,208
|
|
|
| 1889 |
|
3,795
|
|
|
| 1894 |
|
|
|
|
| 1897 |
|
4,207**
|
2,134
|
2,073
|
| 1904 |
|
5,077
|
|
|
| 1910 |
477
|
6,123
|
3,685
|
2,438
|
| 1912 |
|
6,063
|
|
|
| 1920 |
674***
|
5,143
|
|
|
| 1922 |
|
3,119
|
|
|
| 1923 |
|
3,088
|
|
|
| 1926**** |
523
|
3,064
|
1,454
|
1,610
|
| 1931 |
|
4,244*****
|
|
|
*An additional 81 households were included in the 1767 census of Boisroux who were destined to be settled in other colonies the following year.
**Of whom 4,203 were German.
***Of which 673 households were German.
****Of whom 3,061 (1,451 male & 1,610 female) were German.
*****Of whom 4,242 were German.
Lutheran
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