Year	Ward Change	Authority	Date
1854	Division of Consolidated City into Wards	Act of Consolidation P.L. 21	2 February 1854
1855	Enlargement of 19th Ward from part of 23rd Ward	P.L. 26	21 April 1855
1861	25th Ward from parts of 19th and 23rd Wards	P.L. 293	12 April 1861
1864	26th Ward from 1st Ward	P.L. 111	29 March 1864
1865	Enlargement of 18th Ward from part of 19th Ward	P.L. 603	23 March 1865
1866	27th Ward from 24th Ward	P.L. 968	14 April 1866
1867	28th Ward from 21st Ward	P.L. 460	14 March 1867
1871	29th Ward from 20th Ward	P.L. 122	23 February 1871
1875	30th Ward from 26th Ward	Quarter Sessions Court Decree	3 March 1875
1875	31st Ward from 19th Ward	Q.S. Court decree	2 March 1875
1888	32nd Ward from 28th Ward	Q.S. Court decree	13 November 1888
1888	33rd Ward from 25th Ward	Q.S. Court decree	13 November 1888
1889	34th Ward from 24th Ward	Q.S. Court decree	9 November 1889
1890	35th Ward from 23rd Ward	Q.S. Court decree	11 November 1890
1892	36th Ward from 26th Ward	Q.S. Court decree	25 November 1892
1892	37th Ward from 28th Ward	Q.S. Court decree	22 November 1892
1896	38th Ward from 28th Ward	Q.S. Court decree	13 November 1896
1898	39th Ward from 1st Ward	Q.S. Court decree	18 March 1898
1898	40th Ward from 27th Ward	Q.S. Court decree	18 March 1898
1899	41st Ward from 35th Ward	Q.S. Court decree	23 November 1899

Year	Ward Change	Authority	Date
1901	42nd Ward from 22nd Ward	Q.S. Court decree	16 November 1901
1905	43rd Ward from 33rd Ward	Q.S. Court decree	23 November 1905
1906	44th Ward from 34th Ward	Q.S. Court decree	7 December 1906
1906	45th Ward from 25th Ward	Q.S. Court decree	3 December 1906
1907	46th Ward from 27th Ward	Q.S. Court decree	25 March 1907
1907	47th Ward from 29th Ward	Q.S. Court decree	20 November 1907
1914	48th Ward from 36th Ward	Q.S. Court decree	25 February 1914
1916	Enlargement of 35th Ward from Montgomery County	P.L. 170	6 May 1915
1932	49th & 50th Wards from 42nd Ward	Q.S. Court decree	16 December 1932
1936	51st Ward from 40th Ward	Q.S. Court decree	7 December 1936
1942	52nd Ward from 34th Ward	Q.S. Court decree	5 June 1942
1957	53rd - 58th Wards from 35th Ward	Q.S. Court decree	10 June 1957
1958	59th Ward from 22nd Ward	Q.S. Court decree	22 May 1958
1958	21st Ward enlarged from 22nd Ward	Q.S. Court decree	22 May 1958
1961	60th Ward from 46th Ward	Q.S. Court decree	15 June 1961
1965	Revision of entire City into 66 Wards	Q.S. Court decree	2 August 1965

Genealogy of Philadelphia County Subdivisions
Chronology of Philadelphia County Subdivisions, 1683-1854
Chronology of Philadelphia City Subdivisions, 1705-1854

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