Original Division into 24 Wards after Consolidation
Year | Ward Change | Authority | Date |
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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 |
Division of the City into 41 Wards
Year | Ward Change | Authority | Date |
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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 |
Realignment of wards in accordance with the decree of Quarter Sessions Court of 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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