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WHAT WERE THE CHICAGO WARD DESCRIPTIONS FOR 1912-1935 ?
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Subject: 1912-35 Wards Description
Around The World In Eighty Blocks- 1913 Chicago Record Herald -Chicago's Foreign Colonies
Chicago Wards and Major Ethnic Groups In Them.
Reporter could not find any information for England, Scotland, or Wales.
In the article each group was referred to as a race.
Races mentioned in wards with heavy population of that race.
Ward 1
Croatian, Chinese, Italian, Serbians, Turkish, Persian, Russians
Ward 2
Mixed, Southeast Corner- Japanese
Ward 3
Mixed
Ward 4
Polish, Northeast Corner Italian
Ward 5
Ruthenians, Polish, Italians, Slovakians, Slavs, Germans
Ward 6
Mixed
Ward 7
Mixed
Ward 8
Persians, Hungarians, Slovakians, Slavs, Serbians, Swedes, Dalmatians, Croatians.
Ward 9
Swedes, Hollanders
Ward 10
Jews, Bulgarians, Bohemians,
Ward 11
Jews, Bohemians
Ward 12
Jews, Bohemians
Ward 13
Jews
Ward 14
Polish, Slovaks, Hungarians
Ward 15
Germans, Norwegians, Polish, Jews
Ward 16
Polish, Jews
Ward 17
Polish, Italians ,Turkish, Jews
Ward 18
Jews, Bulgarians, Russians
Ward 19
Jews, Italians, Greek, Irish, French
Ward 20
Jews, Russian
Ward 21
Mixed
Ward 22
Italian, Romanians
Ward 23
Swedes
Ward 24
Germans
Ward 25
Mixed
Ward 26
Germans, Swedes
Ward 27
German, Swedes, Norwegians, Polish
Ward 28
German, Norwegians, Polish
Ward 29
Bohemians, Dalmatians, Croatians
Ward 30
Irish, Lithuanian, Slavs, Polish
Ward 31
Dalmatians, Croatians, Irish, Swedes
Ward 32
Irish
Ward 33
Swedes, Norwegians
Ward 34
Jews, Bohemians
Ward 35
Norwegians, Irish
Chicago, Illinois - 1912 Description of Wards
Ward 1
Chicago river, Lake Michigan, 31st street, South Park, 25th street, State street,
Indiana avenue, 25th street, Michigan avenue, 31st street, Wentworth, 30th street,
5th avenue, 25th place, Princeton, 25th street, Wallace, and south end of river
Ward 2
33rd street, 5th avenue, 30th street, Wentworth, 31st street, 25th street, Michigan
avenue, 25th street, Indiana avenue, 25th street, Michigan avenue, 25th street,
Indiana avenue, 25th street, South Park, 31st street, Lake Michigan, 38th street,
cottage Grove, 39th street, and Stewart avenue.
Ward 3
39th street, St. Lawrence, 38th street, Lake Michigan, 47th street, South Park avenue,
49th street, State, 43rd street, state, 43rd street, Princeton, and Cottage Grove.
Ward 4
South end of river, Wallace, 25th street, Princeton, 28th street, 5th avenue, 33rd
street, Wallace, 35th street, Union street, 34th street, Halsted street, 34th place
south end of river.
Ward 5
39th street, Illinois canal, south end of river, 34th place, Halsted, 34th street,
Union, 35th street, Wallace, 33rd street, Stewart, 39th street, Princeton, 43rd
street, Ashland, 45th street, Cicero.
Ward 6
49th street, St. Lawrence, 47th street, Lake Michigan, 60th street, South Park,
63rd street, and State Street.
Ward 7
63rd street, South Park, 60th street, Lake Michigan, 73rd street, Stony Island,
75th street, State, Stewart, 66th street, Harvard, 67th street, Wentworth, and
71st street.
Ward 8
73rd street, Lake Michigan, State Line, 138th street.
Ward 9
75th street, Stony Island, Lake Calumet, Stony Island, 138th street, Indiana,
Illinois/Central, Halsted, 123rd street, Ashland, Lyon, Vincennes, 115th street,
Peoria, 111th street, Halsted, 103rd street, Stewart, 84th street, Wallace, 79th
street, and State.
Ward 10
Taylor street, Loomis, 12th street, Center, 16 street, Morgan, 18th street, south
end of river, Ashland, 16th street, and Wood street.
Ward 11
12th street, Ashland, south end of river, Illinois canal.
Ward 12
12th street, Illinois canal, Central Park, 24th street, Clifton Park, Ogden, Homan,
19th street, and Kedzie.
Ward 13
Washington, Madison, Oakley, 12th street and Crawford.
Ward 14
Chicago, Ashland, Washington and Crawford.
Ward 15
North, Robey, Division, Ashland, Chicago, and St. Louis
Ward 16
North end of river, Division, Robey, and Fullerton
Ward 17
Division, north end of river, Kinzie, and Ashland
Ward 18
Kedzie, river, Van Buren, Ashland, Taylor, Oakley, Washington, and Hermitage
Ward 19
Van Buren, south end of river, Bunker, Jefferson, Desplanes, Taylor, Halsted, 12th
street, Loomis, Taylor, and Hermitage
Ward 20
12th street, Halsted, Taylor, DesPlanes, Jefferson, bunker, south end of river,
Morgan, 16th street, Morgan, 16th street, and Center.
Ward 21
Fullerton, Lake Michigan, Chicago river, Orleans, Division, Sedgewick, and Clark.
Ward 22
Clybourn place, Center, Menomonee street Sedgewick, Division, Orleans, Chicago river,
and north of river.
Ward 23
Cornelia street, Lake Michigan, Fullerton Avenue, Clark street, Sedgewick, Menomonee
street, Larrabee street Center street, Sheffield Avenue, Fullerton Avenue, Racine,
Roscoe and Southport.
Ward 24
Belmont, Western, Roscoe, Racine, Clybourn Place, and north end of river, Fullerton,
Sheffield, Center, Racine, Clybourne, north end of river, Belmont.
Ward 25
Howard, Rogers, Lake Michigan, Cornelia, Clark, Devon, Ridge, and Southport.
Ward 26
Howard, Ridge, Devon, Clark, Roscoe, Western, Belmont, north end of river, Devon,
north shore Channel, Kedzie, and Southport.
Ward 27
Park Ridge, 72nd Avenue, Hamilton, Fulton, Hamilton, Fulton, Devon, north end of
river, Belmont, Francisco, Diversey, Central Park Avenue, Fullerton, Crawford,
Belmont, Harlem, Irving Park, 60th Avenue, Bryn Mawr, north channel, Everell,
Winter, Devon and Highland.
Ward 28
Belmont, north end of river, Robey, Francisco, North avenue, Sacramento, Diversey,
Kedzie, Fullerton, and Sacramento.
Ward 29
45th street, Ashland, 43rd Street, Center, 47th street, Loomis, Garfield, Wood,
65th street,, Loomis, 71st street, Robey, 69th street, and Cicero.
Ward 30
43rd street, State street, Garfield, Loomis, 47th street, and Center Avenue.
Ward 31
Garfield, State, 63rd street, Loomis, 66th street, Wood.
Ward 32
69th street, Robey, 71st street, Loomis, 63rd street, State street, 79th street,
Wallace, 84th street, Stewart, 103rd street, Halsted, 107th street, Center,
111th street, Morgan, 115th street, Vincennes, Wentworth, 67th street, Harvard
avenue, 66th street, Lyon, Western, 115th street, Ogden, 99th street, Western,
87th street, and 49th Avenue.
Ward 33
Belmont, Crawford, Fullerton, Diversey, Sacramento, Armitage, Crawford, Central
Park, North, 46th avenue, Kinzie, 52nd avenue, Madison, Austin, North, and
Harlem.
Ward 34
12th street, Kedzie avenue, 19th street, Homan, Ogden, Clifton Park, 24th street,
Central Park, Illinois canal, 39th street, and Kenton.
Ward 35
Madison street, 52nd avenue, Kedzie street, 46th avenue, North, 40th avenue, Armitage,
Sacramento, North, St. Louis, Chicago, 40th Avenue, 12th street, and Austin.
(thanks to George V. for providing this info)
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