Around The Wards In Eighty Block

Around The Wards In Eighty Blocks

1913 Chicago Record Herald Chicago's Foreign Colonies

1913 Ward Map And Ethnic Groups

1913 Ward Boundaries And Ethnic Groups

This map shows the heavy population of Major Ethnic Groups in each ward. Reporter could find no cluster for England Scotland or Wales. The article referred to each ethnic group as a race. You will find British and German in all wards and also the Scots and the Wales. In 1913 Chicago was considered the second German City in the world. The Irish capital was not in Ireland, but here in Chicago. Next to Stockholm, Chicago is the Metropolis of Sweden. First Copenhagen then Chicago; Christiania then Chicago, Prague then Chicago. Outside of Greece and Turkey, Chicago is the place you will find the most Greeks. Chicago is the Polish Capital. Next to New York, Chicago is the Jewish Metropolis. Wards 3, 6, 7, contain a little bit of every race as in unmarked areas in the other wards.

Map Key:

A - Armenian, BE - Belgium, BOH - Bohemian, BUL - Bulgarian, CH - Chinese, CRO - Croatian, DAL - Dalmatian, D - Danish,

F - Finns, FR- French, GER - German, GR - Greek, HOL - Hollander, HUN - Hungarian, IR - Irish, ITA - Italian, JAP Japanese,

JE - Jews, LI - Lithuanian, M - Magyars, NOR - Norwegian, PER - Persian, POL - Polish, R - Romanian, RUTH - Ruthenian,

RUSS -Russian, SL - Slavs, SLOV - Slovakian, SWE - Swedish, SER - Serbian, T - Turkish

Ward 1

Croatian, Chinese, Italian, Serbian, Turkish

Chicago river, Lake Michigan, 31^st street, South Park, 25^th street, State street, Indiana avenue, 25^th street, Michigan avenue, 31^st street, Wentworth, 30^th street, 5^th avenue, 25^th place, Princeton, 25^th street, Wallace, and south end of river

Ward 2

Southeast Corner- Japanese

33^rd street, 5^th avenue, 30^th street, Wentworth, 31^st street, 25^th street, Michigan avenue, 25^th street, Indiana avenue, 25^th street, Michigan avenue, 25^th street, Indiana avenue, 25^th street, South Park, 31^st street, Lake Michigan, 38^th street, cottage Grove, 39^th street, and Stewart avenue.

Ward 3

All Ethnic Groups

39^th street, St. Lawrence, 38^th street, Lake Michigan, 47^th street, South Park avenue, 49^th street, State, 43^rd street, state, 43^rd street, Princeton, and Cottage Grove.

Ward 4

Italian, Lithuanian, Polish

Polish, South end of river, Wallace, 25^th street, Princeton, 28^th street, 5^th avenue, 33^rd street, Wallace, 35^th street, Union street, 34^th street, Halsted street, 34^th place south end of river.

Ward 5

German, Polish, Italian, Lithuanian, Ruthenian, Slavs

39^th street, Illinois canal, south end of river, 34^th place, Halsted, 34^th street, Union, 35^th street, Wallace, 33^rd street, Stewart, 39^th street, Princeton, 43^rd street, Ashland, 45^th street, Cicero.

Ward 6

All Ethnic Groups

49^th street, St. Lawrence, 47^th street, Lake Michigan, 60^th street, South Park, 63^rd street, and State Street

Ward 7

All Ethnic Groups

63^rd street, South Park, 60^th street, Lake Michigan, 73^rd street, Stony Island, 75^th street, State, Stewart, 66^th street, Harvard, 67^th street, Wentworth, and 71^st street.

Ward 8

Bulgarian, Croatian, Dalmatian, Hungarian, Magyars, Polish, Slovakian, Slavs, Serbian, Swedes,

73^rd street, Lake Michigan, State Line 138^th street.

Ward 9

Swedes, Hollander

75^th street, Stony Island, Lake Calumet, Stony Island, 138^th street, Indiana, Illinois/Central, Halsted, 123^rd street, Ashland, Lyon, Vincennes, 115^th street, Peoria, 111^th street, Halsted, 103^rd street, Stewart, 84^th street, Wallace, 79^th street, and State.

Ward 10

Bohemians, Croatian, Jews

Taylor street, Loomis, 12^th street, Center, 16 street, Morgan, 18^th street, south end of river, Ashland, 16^th street, and Wood street.

Ward 11

Bohemian, Croatian, Jews

12^th street, Ashland, south end of river, Illinois canal.

Ward 12

Jews, Bohemian

12^th street, Illinois canal, Central Park, 24^th street, Clifton Park, Ogden, Homan, 19^th street, and Kedzie

Ward 13

Jews

Washington, Madison, Oakley, 12^th street and Crawford

Ward 14

Polish, Hungarian, Slovakian

Chicago, Ashland, Washington and Crawford

Ward 15

German, Jews, Norwegian, Polish

North, Robey, Division, Ashland, Chicago, and St. Louis

Ward 16

Jews, Polish, Russian

North end of river, Division, Robey, and Fullerton

Ward 17

Armenian, Italians, Jews, Polish, Turkish

Division, north end of river, Kinzie, and Ashland

Ward 18

Bulgarian, Jews

Kedzie, river, Van Buren, Ashland, Taylor, Oakley, Washington, and Hermitage

Ward 19

Belgium, French, Greek, Italian, Irish, Jews

Van Buren, south end of river, Bunker, Jefferson, Desplaines, Taylor, Halsted, 12^th street, Loomis, Taylor, and Hermitage

Ward 20

Jews, Russian

12^th street, Halsted, Taylor, DesPlaines, Jefferson, bunker, south end of river, Morgan, 16^th street, Morgan, 16^th street, and Center.

Ward 21

Persian, Slavs, Turkish

Fullerton, Lake Michigan, Chicago River, Orleans, Division, Sedgewick, and Clark

Ward 22

Maygars, Italian, Romanian

Clybourn place, Center, Menomonee street Sedgewick, Division, Orleans, Chicago River, and north of river

Ward 23

Swedes

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

German

Belmont, Western, Roscoe, Racine, Clybourn Place, and north end of river, Fullerton, Sheffield, Center, Racine, Clybourne, north end of river, Belmont.

Ward 25

Finns, Danish

Howard, Rogers, Lake Michigan, Cornelia, Clark, Devon, Ridge, and Southport

Ward 26

German, Swedes, Romanian

Howard, Ridge, Devon, Clark, Roscoe, Western, Belmont, north end of river, Devon, north shore Channel, Kedzie, and Southport

Ward 27

German, Norwegian, Polish, Swedes

Park Ridge, 72^nd Avenue, Hamilton, Fulton, Hamilton, Fulton, Devon, north end of river, Belmont, Francisco, Diversey, Central Park Avenue, Fullerton, Crawford, Belmont, Harlem, Irving Park, 60^th Avenue, Bryn Mawr, north channel, Everell, Winter, Devon and Highland

Ward 28

German, Norwegian, Polish, Russian

Belmont, north end of river, Robey, Francisco, North avenue, Sacramento, Diversey, Kedzie, Fullerton, and Sacramento

Ward 29

Bohemians, Croatian, Dalmatian, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Ruthenian

45^th street, Ashland, 43^rd Street, Center, 47^th street, Loomis, Garfield, Wood, 65^th street, Loomis, 71^st street, Robey, 69^th street, and Cicero

Ward 30

Irish, Lithuanian, Polish, Slavs

43^rd street, State street, Garfield, Loomis, 47^th street, and Center Avenue

Ward 31

Croatians, Dalmatian, Irish, Swedes

Garfield, State, 63^rd street, Loomis, 66^th street, Wood

Ward 32

Irish

69^th street, Robey, 71^st street, Loomis, 63^rd street, State street, 79^th street, Wallace, 84^th street, Stewart, 103^rd street, Halsted, 107^th street Center, 111^th street, Morgan, 115^th street, Vincennes, Wentworth, 67^th street, Harvard avenue, 66^th street, Lyon, Western, 115^th street, Ogden, 99^th street, Western, 87^th street, and 49^th Avenue

Ward 33

Swedes, Norwegians

Belmont, Crawford, Fullerton, Diversey, Sacramento, Armitage, Crawford, Central Park, North, 46^th avenue, Kinzie, 52^nd avenue, Madison, Austin, North, and Harlem.

Ward 34

Bohemians, Jews

12^th street, Kedzie avenue, 19^th street, Homan, Ogden, Clifton Park, 24^th street, Central Park, Illinois canal, 39^th street, and Kenton.

Ward 35

Danish, Finns, Irish, Norwegians

Madison street, 52^nd avenue, Kedzie street, 46^th avenue, North, 40^th avenue, Armitage, Sacramento, North, St. Louis, Chicago, 40^th Avenue, 12^th street, and Austin.

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