A town meeting was held; the whole number of votes cast was 78.

The evidence

• “Town. tax, $290. The population of the town, as by State census for 1855, was 602, The whole number of votes cast, April, 1855, 78. The State tax, $666 88;”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/12-la-prairie.md, PDF p. 110 / book p. 92

  Guernsey, Orrin, and Josiah F. Willard, editors. History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute. Janesville, Wis.: William M. Doty & Brother, 1856. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871593.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources

  

• “The first State tax was $300.37 ; county tax, $339.16 ; school tax, $361 ; town tax, $290. The population of the town, according to the State census for 1855, was 602. The whole number of votes cast, April, 1855, was 78. The State tax that year was $666.88 ; county tax, $1,2-34.98 ; school tax, $305.83 ; town tax, $320. The assessed valuation of the town for 1850 was $66,830. The assessment for 1855 was $194,061."”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/13-rock-county-ch07-town-histories.md, PDF p. 509 / book p. 513

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources · may repeat 1856-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent