Kaneau was founded as a Lutheran colony on 7 June 1767 by Baron Caneau de Beauregard.
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1767 |
87
|
283
|
140
|
143
|
| 1769 |
87
|
310
|
158
|
152
|
| 1773 |
66
|
263
|
133
|
130
|
| 1788 |
31
|
163
|
97
|
66
|
| 1798 |
37
|
229
|
115
|
114
|
| 1816 |
45
|
383
|
187
|
196
|
| 1834 |
78
|
662
|
340
|
322
|
| 1850 |
108
|
826
|
404
|
422
|
| 1857 |
102
|
976
|
480
|
496
|
| 1859 |
90
|
986
|
493
|
493
|
| 1886 |
|
|
|
|
| 1891 |
|
|
|
|
| 1894 |
|
|
|
|
| 1897 |
|
1,703*
|
867
|
836
|
| 1904 |
|
|
|
|
| 1910 |
235
|
2,196
|
1,130
|
1,066
|
| 1912 |
|
2,494
|
|
|
| 1920 |
284
|
2,132
|
|
|
| 1926** |
213
|
1,060
|
507
|
553
|
*Of whom 1,692 were German.
**Of whom 1,057 (507 male & 550 female) were German living in 212 households.
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