Thursday, July 23, 2009
Cleveland ward boundaries in 1858
View Cleveland Wards in 1858 in a larger map
To provide better local history to my kids, I've been researching the locations of residences of important 19th century Clevelanders. The problem is that the historic census records only provide the ward of the city that the person lived in. The ward boundaries are totally different today. Further, many of the street and road names have changed, as well as their routes.
The Cleveland Public Library has a wonderful map of Cleveland, showing the ward boundaries and Cuyahoga County, but it's hard to read, and there are also the problems mentioned above. I said to myself, "I wish that there was a nice, clean map, showing the historic ward boundaries." Now, to make my research easier, there is.
All boundaries are drawn to the best of my ability. I haven't been too fussy about the historic river shape nor the historic lake shore. The only area that I'm not completely sure about is the southern boundary of ward 6.
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It's been awhile since I worked on my family history, but all the census records I saw on Ancestry.com (my subscription is expired) had addresses on them. They have a bunch of other records that might have addresses, like city directories for some cities.
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