EXAMINING PATTERNS OF ITALIAN IMMIGRATION TO ...

The decrease in the number of Italians in Calumet and Franklin Township starting in
1910 reflects the decrease in the overall population of Houghton County. In Adams
Township the decrease started in 1920.
Italian Population
2500
2000
1500
1000
Figure XXI. Number of Italians in Adams, Calumet, and Franklin Township in 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920,
and 1930.
Figure XXII show the trend in the Italian population in the remaining townships - all
with an average Italian population below 300 people - of Houghton County. Franklin
Township is also included to show the concentration of Italians in Franklin, Hancock, and
Quincy townships together. Although in these townships the number of Italians is
considerably smaller than in the previous three, the graph still shows the same trend:
increase in the Italian population from 1880 until 1910 and decrease from that year on. The
only anomaly is in Hancock Township. In fact there the Italian population increases also
from 1910 until 1920, and it is steady in 1930. However Italians are actually clustering in
Hancock city. Apparently, with the population shrinking, Italians tended to concentrate in
the city.
500
0
1880 1900 1910 1920 1930
Year
As for distribution of Torinesi and Lucchesi across the territory, the data clearly
show that they had different preferences. As for townships, most of the Piemontesi
ADAMS
CALUMET
FRANKLIN
throughout the years settled in Calumet Township, whereas Lucchesi spread over different
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