Beauregard was founded on 27 August 1766 by Baron Caneau de Beauregard as a Lutheran colony. There were some Roman Catholic colonists who settled there originally.
Year | Households | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Male | Female | ||
| 1767 | 67* | 174 | 94 | 80 |
| 1769 | 60 | 196 | 105 | 91 |
| 1773 | 53 | 204 | 104 | 100 |
| 1788 | 37 | 168 | 92 | 76 |
| 1798 | 45 | 241 | 126 | 125 |
| 1816 | 49 | 365 | 183 | 182 |
| 1834 | 77 | 610 | 313 | 297 |
| 1850 | 106 | 869 | 432 | 437 |
| 1857 | 114 | 969 | 485 | 484 |
| 1859 | 116 | 848 | 446 | 402 |
| 1886 | ||||
| 1889 | 1,369 | |||
| 1894 | ||||
| 1897 | 1,608 | 825 | 783 | |
| 1904 | 1,707 | |||
| 1907 | 2,071 | |||
| 1910 | 350 | 2,366 | 1,164 | 1,202 |
| 1912 | 2,484 | |||
| 1920 | 326** | 2,217 | ||
| 1922 | 1,306 | |||
| 1926*** | 261 | 1,363 | 673 | 690 |
| 1931 | 2,087 | |||
*An additional 85 households were included in the 1767 census of Beauregard who were destined to be settled in other colonies the following year.
**Of which 325 households were German.
***Of whom 1,359 (670 male & 689 female) were German living in 260 households.
Lutheran, there were some early Catholics.
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