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1855 State Census 1855 Election District Bounadries Manhattan
Courtesy of NYC-Roots list & "Russell K. Brown"
The originals of these typescript pages are at the New York Public Library.
The 1855 state census for Manhattan (New York County/New York City)
is not an index and there are no street adresses shown (except for a few penciled in the margins).
If you have an address from the city directory an a city map, this ED description
might help you find your family.
New York City 1855 Election District Boundaries
1st Ward
1 ED: Maiden Lane - Liberty St - Broadway - Battery Pl - Hudson
River- East River
(inclues Governor's, Ellis & Beloe's Islands)
2 ED Battery Pl - Broadway - Rector St - Hudson River
3 ED Rector St - Broadway - Liberty St - Hudson River
2d Ward
1 ED: Park Row - Broadway - Liberty St - William St - Spruce St.
2 ED: Liberty St - Maiden Lane - South St - Peck Slip - Ferry St -
Gol St - Spruce St - William St
3rd Ward
1 ED: Broadway - Liberty St - Hudson River - Fulton St
2 ED: Broadway - Fulton St - Greenwich St - Murray St
3 ED: Broadway - Murray St - Greenwich St - Reae St
4 ED: Greenwich St - Fulton St - Hudson River - Reae St
4th Ward
1 ED: Park Row (Chatham St) - Spruce St - Ferry St - Cliff St -
Hague St-Pearl St
2 ED: Catherine St - Park Row (Chatham St) - Roosevelt St -
Oak St
3 ED: Catherine St - Oak St - Roosevelt St - South St
4 ED: Roosevelt St - Cherry St - Pearl St - Hague St - Cliff St -
Peck Slip - South St
5 ED: Roosevelt St - Park Row (Chatham St) - Pearl St - Cherry St
5th Ward
1 ED: Reae St - Broadway - Franklin St - West Broadway
2 ED: West Broadway - Reade St - Hudson River - Harrison St - Hudson
St - Leonar St
3 ED: Broadway - Franklin St - Varick St - Canal St
4 ED: West Broadway - Leonar St - Hudson St - Harrison St - Hudson
River - Beach St - Varick St - Franklin St
5 ED: Varick St - Beach St - Hudson River - Vestry St
6 ED: Hudson River - Vestry St - Canal St
6th Ward
1 ED: Broadway - Park Row (Chatham St) - Pearl St.
2 ED: Broadway - Canal St - Centre St - Pearl St
*3 ED: Centre St - Franklin St - Baxter St (Orange St) -
Bayar St - Mott St - Worth St (Anthony St)
4 ED: Bowery - Canal St (Walker St) - Mott St
*5 ED: Park Row (Chatham St) - Pearl St - Centre St - Worth St
(Anthony St) - Mott St
6 ED: Centre St - Walker St & Canal St - Mott St -
Bayar St - Baxter St (Orange St) - Franklin St
[Hanwritten in the original]
*Note: It seems impossible to determine from these boundaries which
ED inclues the blocks bouned by (1) Baxter St (Orange St)-Park Row
(Chatham St)-Mulberry St-Park St (Cross St) an (2) Mulberry St-Park Row
(Chatham St)-Mott St-Park St (Cross St). If the adress in question
is in either of these blocks it may be necessary to search both the 3r an 5th EDs.
7th Ward
1 ED: Division St - Catherine St - Monroe St - Pike St
2 ED: Division St - Pike St - Monroe St - Jefferson St
3 ED: Division St - Jefferson St - Maison St - Montgomery St
4. ED: Division St - Gran St - Montgomery St - Maison St -
Gouverneur St - Monroe St
5 ED: Catherine St - Monroe St - Pike St - East River
6 ED: Pike St - Monroe St - Jefferson St - East River
7 ED: Jefferson St - Maison St - Gouverneur St - East River
8 ED: Gouverneur St - Monroe St - Grand St - East River
8th Ward
1 ED: Broadway - Canal St - Greene St - Houston St
2 ED: Canal St - West Broadway (Laurens St) - Houston St - Greene
St
3 ED: Canal St - Sullivan St - Houston St - West Broaway
4 ED: Canal St - Hudson St - Dominick St[written in han] - Watts St
- Varick St - Spring St - Sullivan St
5 ED: Spring St - Varick St - Houston St (Hamersly St) - Houston St
- Sullivan St
6 ED: Watts St - Huson St - Houston St (Hamersly St) -
Varick St
7 ED: Canal St - Greenwich St - Houston St (Hamersly
St)
- Hudson St
8 ED: Canal St - Hudson St. - Houston St (Hamersly St) -
Greenwich St
9th Ward
1 ED: Houston St (Hamersly St) - Befor St - Barrow St - Huson
River
2 ED: Befor St - Houston St (Hamersly St) - Hancock St -
Bleecker St - Carmine St - 6th Ave to West Washington Pl &
Barrow St
3 ED: Barrow St - Befor St - Christopher St - Bleecker St -
Charles St - Huson River
4 ED: Barrow St & West Washington Pl - 6th Ave - W 10th St
(Amos St) - Bleecker St - Christopher St - Before St
5 ED: Charles St - Bleecker St - Bank St - Hudson River
6 ED: W 10th St (Amos St) - Greenwich St - Horatio St - 8th Ave -
Bleecker St
7 ED: Greenwich St - W 10th St (Amos St) - 6th Ave - 14th St -
8th Ave
8 ED: Horatio St - 8th Ave - 14th St - Hudson River
9 ED: Bank St - 8th Ave - Horatio St - Hudson River
10th Ward
1 ED: Bowery - Rivington St - Orchard St - Broome St
2 ED: Bowery - Broome St - Orchard St - Hester St (If you want the intersection of
Forsyth and Grand, it's in the 10th
Ward. Try 2nd ED, bounded by Bowery, Broome, Orchard and Hester.Grand St.
runs through 10th, 14th and 8th Wards, and is the boundary
between 7th and 13th.)
Forsyth St. runs from 10th into 17th Ward.
3 ED: Bowery - Hester St - Allen St - Division St
4 ED: Division St - Allen St - Hester St - Orchard St - Grand St -
Norfolk St
5 ED: Orchard St - Rivington St - Norfolk St - Gran St
11th Ward
1 ED: Clinton St - Ave B - 2n St - Ave C - Houston St - Rige St -
Rivington St
2 ED: Ridge St - Houston St - Ave C - 2n St - Sheriff St -
Rivington St
3 ED: Sheriff St - 2n St - Cannon St - Rivington St
4 ED: Cannon St - 2n St - East River - Rivington St
5 ED: East River - 2n St. - Ave D - 4th St - Ave C - 5th St
6 ED: 2n St - Ave B - 5th St - Ave C - 4th St - Ave D
7 ED: Ave B - 8th St [written in hand] - Ave C - 6th St - Ave D -
5th St
8 ED: East River - 5th St - Ave D - 6th St - Ave C - 8th St
9 ED: East River - 8th St - Ave B - 11th St
10 ED: East River - 11th St - Ave B - 14th St - Ave C - 13th St
12th Ward
1 ED: 86th St - Hudson River - 120th St - 7th Ave
2 ED: 86th St - 7th Ave - 120th St - Harlem River
(inclues Ward's Island)
3 ED: 7th Ave - 144th St - Harlem River - 120th St
(inclues Randall's Island)
4 ED: Hudson River - 144th St - 7th Ave - 120th St
5 ED: Huson River - Spuyten Devil Creek - Harlem River -
144th St [ade in hand: "and further uptown westerly,
Ave 10 betw. 151 & 152 St=12th Ward - 5th ED"]
13th Ward
1 ED: Division St - Norfolk St - Broome St - Attorney St
2 ED: Broome St - Norfolk St - Rivington St - Attorney St
3 ED: Division St - Attorney St - Rivington St - Pitt St
4 ED: Gran St - Pitt St - Rivington St - Sheriff St
5 ED: Gran St - Sheriff St - Rivington St - Lewis St
6 ED: Gran St - Lewis St - Rivington St - East St
14th Ward
1 ED: Houston St - Mulberry St - Spring St - Broaway
2 ED: Bowery - Houston St - Mulberry St - Spring St
3 ED: Bowery - Spring St - Mulberry St - Gran St
4 ED: Broaway - Spring St - Mulberry St - Gran St
5 ED: Bowery - Canal St (Walker St) - Mulberry St - Gran St
6 ED: Broaway - Canal St - Centre St - Walker St - Canal St (Walker
St) - Mulberry St - Gran St
15th Ward
1 ED: Wooster St - Houston St - Hancock St - Bleecker St - Carmine
St - 6th Ave - W 3r St (Amity St)
2 ED: 4th Ave - Houston St - Wooster St - W 3r St (Amity St) -
Great Jones St
3 ED: Bowery - Great Jones St - W 3r St (Amity St) - Wooster St -
8th St
4 ED: University Pl - Wooster St - W 3r St (Amity St) - 6th Ave -
9th St
5 ED: University Pl - 9th St - 6th Ave - 14th St
6 ED: 4th Ave - 8th St - University Pl - 14th St
16th Ward
1 ED: 14th St - 8th Ave - 17th St - Huson River
2 ED: 17th St - 8th Ave - 20th St - Huson River
3 ED: 20th St - 8th Ave - 23r St - Huson River
4 ED: 23r St - 8th Ave - 26th St - Huson River
5 ED: 14th St - 6th Ave - 17th St - 8th Ave
6 ED: 17th St - 6th Ave - 20th St - 8th Ave
7 ED: 20th St - 6th Ave - 23r St - 8th Ave
8 ED: 23r St - 6th Ave - 26th St - 8th Ave
17th Ward
1 ED: Bowery - Houston St - Allen St - Rivington St
2 ED: Bowery - 4th St - 1st Ave - Houston St
3 ED: Allen St - 1st Ave - 2n St - Essex St - Rivington St
4 ED: Essex St - 2n St - Clinton St - Rivington St
5 ED: 1st Ave - 6th St - Ave B - 2n St
6 ED: 1st Ave - 10th St - Ave B - 6th St
7 ED: 1st Ave - 14th St - Ave B - 10th St
8 ED: 4th Ave - 14th St - 1st Ave - 10th St
9 ED: 4th Ave - 10th St - 1st Ave - 7th St
10 ED: Bowery - 4th Ave - 7th St - 1st Ave - 4th St
18th Ward
1 ED: 20th St - 3r Ave - 14th St - 6th Ave
2 ED: 20th St - East River - 14th St - 3r Ave
3 ED: 26th St - 3r Ave - 20th St - 6th Ave
4 ED: 26th St - East River - 20th St - 3r Ave
19th Ward
1 ED: 6th Ave - 52n St - East River - 40th St
2 ED: 6th Ave - 71st St - East River - 52n St
(inclues Blackwell's Island)
3 ED: 6th Ave - 86th St - East River - 71st St
20th Ward
1 ED: 26th St - 8th Ave - 30th St - 6th Ave
2 ED: 30th St - 8th Ave - 35th St - 6th Ave
3 ED: 35th St - 8th Ave - 40th St - 6th Ave
4 ED: 26th St - Hudson River - 30th St - 8th Ave
5 ED: 30th St - Hudson River - 35th St - 8th Ave
6 ED: 35th St - Hudson River - 40th St - 8th Ave
21st Ward
1 ED: 6th Ave - 32n St - Lexington Ave - 26th St
2 ED: Lexington Ave - 32n St - East River - 26th St
3 ED: 6th Ave - 40th St - Lexington Ave - 32n St
4 ED: Lexington Ave - 40th St - East River - 32n St
22n Ward
1 ED: 6th Ave - 40th St - Hudson River - 43r St
2 ED: 6th Ave - 43r St - Huson River - 53r St
[handwritten]
Note: The 1854 list of polling places shows 4 polling places
for the 22n Ward, while the 1853 list of ED boundaries
shows only 3 districts. Perhaps the boundaries of the
3r an 4th ED are:
3 ED: 6th Ave - 53r St - Hudson River - 68th St
4 ED: 6th Ave - 68th St - Hudson River - 86th St
[type note]
SEARCHERS - PLEASE NOTE RE WARD 22 (1855)
The election district bounardies as given above appear to be incorrect.
Many adresses which should have been picked up in the 2 ED actually
appear in the 4 ED. Similar errors are possible for the other EDs so it
may be necessary to search the entire ward to be certain a family was
not enumerate.
M. M. DeMent
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