However 31 households were mentioned for Sivac, including a certain Teša Čonopljanin, aged 50 who was born in Čonoplja and had run away from the Turks in 1685; hence his surname.

Freiherr Anton von Cothmann, a representative of Empress Maria Theresia, visited Čonoplja in 1767 and his assessment was not very complimentary.

Bad houses, untidy streets and big neglected fields, but nice vineyards existed.

The Calvary, with its 14 Stations of the Cross and statues of saints, was among the most beautiful in Bačka; it was built in 1878, with donations from the faithful.

On each July 2 (Visitation of Mary) many of the faithful, including those from the surrounding villages, used to go on a pilgrimage to the Čonoplja Brünndl Chapel.

Many families used to have a vault and in front of it, there was a column made of black Swedish marble, and a white cross was attached to its top.

There was wine and fruit growing, hemp farmers and mills, fattening of pigs, and poultry breeding.

The village founded the following: A brickyard, construction tradesmen, construction materials store, clothing trade, hat maker, furrier, weaving mill, knitting business, timber processing and trading, cartwright, cooper, leather processing, electrician, metal processing, grocery store, butcher shop, bakery, confectioner, dairy, soft drink production, dyer, mills, fish farm, physician, drugstore, veterinarian, and savings bank.

The Subotica journal "Neven" wrote in early February 1921: "Čonoplja is a small, nicely equipped village in the Middle of the Bačka region".

In 1940, the population of the village numbered 4,879 people, and included: 2,597 (53.45%) Germans, 1,442 (29.68%) Hungarians, 721 (14.84%) Croats, 38 (0.78%) Jews, 38 (0.78%) Serbs, 2 (0.04%) Slovaks, 2 (0.04%) Russians, 1 (0.02%) Romanians, 3 (0.06%) other Slavs, and 15 (0.31%) other non-Slavs.

Descendants of the former ethnic German residents of Čonoplja are now widely scattered, with most living in Germany, Austria, and the United States.

[1] After World War II, the village was settled by more than 3,000 people who originated from area around Slunj, Vrginmost and Cazin.