7th Ward of New Orleans

Seventh Ward
7th Ward
Claiborne Avenue at Frenchmen Street, 1938
Claiborne Avenue at Frenchmen Street, 1938
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Coordinates: 29°58′38″N 90°03′56″W / 29.97722°N 90.06556°W / 29.97722; -90.06556
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
CityNew Orleans
Planning DistrictDistrict 4, Mid-City District
Area
 • Total1.16 sq mi (3.0 km2)
 • Land1.16 sq mi (3.0 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.0 km2)
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Population
 (2010)
 • Total5,116
 • Density4,400/sq mi (1,700/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code504
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Map of the (voting) ward boundary
House on the 7th Ward side of Esplanade Avenue

The 7th Ward (Seventh Ward) is a legally defined voting ward and a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A sub-district of the Mid-City District Area, its boundaries as defined by the New Orleans City Planning Commission are: A.P. Tureaud Avenue, Agriculture, Allen, Industry, St. Anthony, Duels, Frenchmen and Hope Streets to the north, Elysian Fields Avenue to the east, St. Claude and St. Bernard Avenues, North Rampart Street and Esplanade Avenue to the south, and North Broad Street to the west.

The voting ward is geographically the third largest of the 17 Wards of New Orleans, after the 9th Ward and 15th Ward.[1]

  1. ^ "New Orleans Districts and Wards". Archived from the original on July 1, 2010. Retrieved April 22, 2010. New Orleans Districts and Wards