Third Ward (Atlanta)

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Atlanta's Third Ward was defined in 1880 as the area bounded on the North by Georgia Railroad, West by Butler & McDonough Streets, South and East by the city limits (the green section of picture)

Generally in Atlanta's Ward System, it encompassed the following modern neighborhoods: Grant Park, Ormewood Park and Cabbagetown.

Contents

1 1854
2 1871
3 1876
4 1884
5 1894
6 1894

Third Ward (Green) 1854—1871

Third Ward (Green) 1854—1871

The original boundaries for five wards were laid out in an unknown fashion and two councilmen from each ward were elected to coincide with the completion of the first official city hall in 1854.

Third Ward councilmen of this period were

1855 John Farrar and J. W. Thompson
1856 Thomas L. Thomas and James L. Terry
1857 John B. Peck and John Glen
1858 James E. Williams and J.M. Blackwell
1859 Coleman F. Wood and J.M. Blackwell
1860 James R.D. Ozburn and Merrill T. Castelberry
1861 Seymour B. Love and Robert Crawford
1862 John Farrar and James G. Kelly
1863 F.D. Thurman and James G. Kelly
1864 William Watkins and Robert Crawford
1865 Thomas R. Ripley and F.M. Richardson
1866 Robert Crawford and James G. Kelly
1867 W.C. Anderson and George W. Terry
1868 (no election)
1869 Vardy P Sisson and William C. Anderson
1870 James G. Kelly and W.C. Anderson

Third Ward (green) 1871—1874

Third Ward (green) 1871—1874

1871 George Graham and
1872 Lemuel P. Grant and Thomas A. Morris
1873 Robert C. Young and David A. Beatie
1874 James G. Kelly and Robert C. Young
1875 Thomas A. Morris and David A. Beatie

Third Ward (green) 1874 to 1883

Third Ward (green) 1874 to 1883

The new city charter reduced the number of wards to 5 and created a Board of Aldermen

Sixth Ward (north Peachtree corridor) added

Atlanta's Third Ward (green) 1883 to 1894

Atlanta's Third Ward (green) 1883 to 1894

Seventh Ward (West End) added

1894 Robert P. Dodge
1895 Walter S. Bell
1896 William E. Adamson
1897 Eldred S. Lumpkin
1898 Edward P. Burns
1899 J. Sidney Holland, manager Kimball House Saloon
1900 Axton C. Minhinnett, grocer
1901 John C. Reed, lawyer
1902 James E. Warren, lawyer
1903 J. Sid Holland, tobacconist
1904 Thomas H. Goodwin, lawyer

Eighth Ward (West End) added

1905 William Oldknow, poolroom proprietor

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Category: History of Atlanta

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