The year 1703 there were 12 registered farms within the parish and in the year 1860 that number had risen to 14 and also the town of Ísafjörður had been established.
Árið 1703 voru 12 lögbýli innan hreppsins en 1860 hafði þeim fjölgað í 14, ásamt því að kaupstaðurinn Ísafjörður hafði verið stofnaður.