1930 Census Guide
Finding Family in the 1930 Census


From Campbell County History News - July 2002


      The Campbell County Historical and Genealogical Society has recently ordered copies of the 1930 Campbell County census microfilm for our research office but local researchers don’t need to wait. The Kenton County Public Library announced receipt of the complete 1930 Kentucky census microfilm collection in early July. Campbell County records are found on two rolls of film covering a total of 55 Enumeration Districts. Some enumeration districts have nice readable handwriting while other districts have handwriting guaranteed to challenge the most determined researcher.

Work on the Soundex ended before reaching Campbell County so research will be time consuming. One way to limit the search will be to use the 1928-29 city directory at the Kenton County Public Library to determine where you ancestors may have been living when the 1930 census was taken. Be sure to record the street address because that will help you to determine which enumeration district you need.

Hopefully you have been able to determine where your relatives were living in 1930 because that will significantly narrow down the records you need to research. Campbell County census records start at the end of microfilm Roll Number 737 with the following Enumeration Districts (ED):

ED BOUNDRIES

19-1 NEWPORT CITY, WARD 1 (PART), BOUNDED BY (N) OHIO RIVER; (E) PARK AVE., 3D, OVERTON; (S) 6TH; (W) YORK.

19-2 NEWPORT CITY, WARD 1 (PART), MAGISTERIAL DIST. 2, BOUNDED BY (N) OHIO RIVER; (E) CITY LIMITS; (S) 6TH; (W) OVERTON, 3D, PARK AVE. INCLUDES ACADEMY OF NOTRE DAME OF PROVIDENCE.

19-3 NEWPORT CITY, WARD 2 (PART), BOUNDED BY (N) OHIO RIVER; (E) YORK; (S) 4TH; (W) PATTERSON, LICKING RIVER. INCLUDES NEWPORT CITY JAIL.

19-4 NEWPORT CITY, WARD 2 (PART), BOUNDED BY (N) PATTERSON, 4TH; (E) YORK; (S) 6TH; (W) LICKING RIVER. INCLUDES IMMACULATE ACADEMY AND IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SCHOOL.

19-5 NEWPORT CITY, WARD 3 (PART), BOUNDED BY (N) 6TH; (E) WASHINGTON AVE.; (S) 9TH; (W) YORK. INCLUDES ST. STEPHEN'S SCHOOL.

19-6 NEWPORT CITY, WARD 3 (PART), BOUNDED BY (N) 6TH; (E) CITY LIMITS; (S) WARD LINE, 9TH; (W) WASHINGTON AVE.

19-7 NEWPORT CITY, WARD 4 (PART), BOUNDED BY (N) 6TH; (E) YORK; (S) 9TH; (W) ISABELLA.

19-8 NEWPORT CITY, WARD 4 (PART), BOUNDED BY (N) 6TH; (E) ISABELLA; (S) 9TH; (W) LICKING RIVER.

19-9 NEWPORT CITY, WARD 5 (PART), BOUNDED BY (N) 9TH; (E) WASHINGTON AVE., 11TH, MONMOUTH; (S) 14TH AND (W) YORK. INCLUDES MT. ST. MARTIN'S YOUNG WOMEN'S INSTITUTE.

19-10 NEWPORT CITY, WARD 5 (PART), BOUNDED BY (N) 9TH, WARD LINE; (E) CITY LIMITS; (S) CITY LIMITS; (W) CITY LIMITS, ALEXANDRIA PIKE, MONMOUTH, 11TH, WASHINGTON AVE. INCLUDES ST. FRANCIS DE SALES SCHOOL AND SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME.

19-11 NEWPORT CITY, WARD 6 (PART), BOUNDED BY (N) 9TH; (E) ISABELLA, 10TH, PATTERSON; (S) CITY LIMITS; (W) LICKING RIVER.

19-12 NEWPORT CITY, WARD 6 (PART), BOUNDED BY (N) 9TH; (E) ANN, 12TH, CENTRAL; (S) CITY LIMITS; (W) PATTERSON, 10TH, ISABELLA.

19-13 CORPUS CHRISTI CONVENT (SISTERS OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE).

19-14     4 NEWPORT CITY, WARD 6 (PART), BOUNDED BY (N) 9TH; (E) YORK; (S) 14TH; (W) CENTRAL, 12TH, ANN.

 

Microfilm Roll Number 738 begins with the following Campbell County Enumeration Districts:

ED BOUNDRIES

19-15 CLIFTON CITY. INCLUDES CAMPBELL CO. PROTESTANT ORPHANS HOME AND ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SCHOOL.

19-16 SOUTHGATE TOWN.

19-17 MAGISTERIAL DIST. 1, EXCLUDING CLIFTON CITY AND NEWPORT CITIES AND SOUTHGATE TOWN.

19-18 BELLEVUE CITY, WARD 1, BOUNDED BY (N) OHIO RIVER; (E) LA FAYETTE AVE.; (S) CENTER, WARD LINE; (W) CITY LIMITS.

19-19 BELLEVUE CITY, WARD 2, BOUNDED BY (N) OHIO RIVER; (E) WASHINGTON AVE.; (S) CENTER; (W) LA FAYETTE AVE. INCLUDES ST. ANTHONY'S SCHOOL.

19-20 ST. ANTHONY'S CONVENT.

19-21 BELLEVUE CITY, WARD 3, BOUNDED BY (N) OHIO RIVER; (E) O'FALLON AVE.; (S) CENTER; (W) WASHINGTON AVE.

19-22 BELLEVUE CITY, WARD 4, BOUNDED BY (N) WARD LINE, CENTER; (E) O'FALLON AVE.; (S) CITY LIMITS; (W) CITY LIMITS, COVERT RUN TURNPIKE, TAYLOR AVE., COVERT RUN TURNPIKE, LA FAYETTE AVE., CITY LIMITS.

19-23 SACRED HEART CONVENT AND SACRED HEART SCHOOL.

19-24 DAYTON CITY, WARD 1, BOUNDED BY (N) OHIO RIVER; (E) CITY LIMITS; (S) CITY LIMITS; (W) BOONE.

19-25 DAYTON CITY, WARD 2, BOUNDED BY (N) OHIO RIVER; (E) BOONE; (S) CITY LIMITS; (W) BERRY AVE. INCLUDES SPEER'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND DAYTON CITY JAIL.

19-26 DAYTON CITY, WARD 3, BOUNDED BY (N) OHIO RIVER; (E) BERRY AVE., WARD LINE, DAYTON PIKE; (S) CITY LIMITS; (W) WARD LINE, MCKINNEY. INCLUDES ST. BERNARD'S SCHOOL.

19-27 DAYTON CITY, WARD 4, BOUNDED BY (N) OHIO RIVER; (E) MCKINNEY, WARD LINE, CITY LIMITS; (S) CITY LIMITS; (W) CITY LIMITS, VINE.

19-28 DAYTON CITY, WARD 5, BOUNDED BY (N) OHIO RIVER; (E) VINE; (S) CITY LIMITS; (W) O'FALLON.

19-29 MAGISTERIAL DIST. 3, OUTLYING EXCLUDING BELLEVUE AND DAYTON CITIES AND WOODLAWN TOWN. INCLUDES ST. JOHN'S SCHOOL.

19-30 FORT THOMAS CITY, PCT. A, BOUNDED BY (N) CITY LIMITS; (E) OHIO RIVER; (S) PCT. LINE, N. FORT THOMAS AVE., HARTWEG AVE., DIXIE AVE., PCT. LINE; (W) CITY LIMITS.

19-31 FORT THOMAS CITY, PCT. B, BOUNDED BY (N) DIXIE AVE., HARTWEG AVE., N. FORT THOMAS AVE., PCT. LINE; (E) OHIO RIVER; (S) PCT. LINE, RESERVOIR AVE., ORINOCOVE., PCT. LINE; (W) DUNDEE AVE., N. FORT THOMAS AVE., RESERVOIR AVE., PCT. LN.

19-32 FORT THOMAS CITY, PCT. C, BOUNDED BY (N) PCT. LINE; (E) PCT. LINE, RESERVOIR AVE., N. FORT THOMAS AVE., DUNDEE AVE.; (S) N. FORT THOMAS AVE., PCT. LINE; (W) CITY LIMITS.

19-33 FORT THOMAS CITY, PCT. D, BOUNDED BY (N) PCT. LINE; (E) N. FORT THOMAS AVE.; (S) HIGHLAND AVE., ALEXANDRIA PIKE; (W) CITY LIMITS.

19-34 FORT THOMAS CITY, PCT. E, BOUNDED BY (N) PCT. LINE, DUNDEE AVE.; (E) PCT. LINE, ORINOCO AVE., PCT. LINE; (S) PCT. LINE, MILLER LANE; (W) N. FORT THOMAS AVE.

19-35 FORT THOMAS CITY, PCT. F, BOUNDED BY (N) MILLERS LANE, PCT. LINE; (E) OHIO RIVER; (S) PCT. LINE; (W) S. FORT THOMAS AVE. INCLUDES ST. THOMAS SCHOOL.

19.36 FORT THOMAS AND U.S. VETERANS HOSPITAL NO. 69.

19-37 FORT THOMAS CITY, PCT. G, BOUNDED BY (N) HIGHLAND AVE.; (E) S. FORT THOMAS AVE.; (S) S. FORT THOMAS AVE.; (W) PCT. LINE.

19-38 CONVENT OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.

19-39 ST. EUPHRASIA'S TRAINING SCHOOL FOR DELINQUENT GIRLS.

19-40 FORT THOMAS CITY, PCT. H, BOUNDED BY (N) HIGHLAND AVE.; (E) PCT. LINE, GRAND AVE., S. FORT THOMAS AVE.; (S) PCT. LINE, ROBSON AVE.; PCT. LINE; (W) ALEXANDER PIKE.

19-41 FORT THOMAS CITY, PCT. I, BOUNDED BY (N) PCT. LINE, ROBSON AVE., PCT. LINE, S. FORT THOMAS AVE., TWELVE MILE RUN PIKE, MILITARY RESERVATION SOUTH BOUNDARY; (E) OHIO RIVER; (S) CITY LIMITS; (W) ALEXANDRIA PIKE.

19-42 FORT THOMAS CITY, PCT. J, BOUNDED BY (N) CITY LIMITS; (E) ALEXANDRIA PIKE; (S) ST. STEPHEN'S CEMETERY NORTH BOUNDARY, CITY LIMITS; (W) CITY LIMITS.

19-43 HIGHLAND HEIGHTS CITY.

19-44 MAGISTERIAL DIST. 4, COLD SPRINGS, EXCLUDING FORT THOMAS AND HIGHLAND HEIGHTS CITIES. INCLUDES CAMPBELL CO. INFIRMARY AND ST. JOSEPH'S SCHOOL.

19-45 ST. JOSEPH'S ORPHAN ASYLUM.

19-46 ALEXANDRIA TOWN. INCLUDES ST. MARY OF THE ASSUMPTION SCHOOL AND CAMPBELL CO. JAIL.

19-47 SILVER GROVE VILLAGE AND MAGISTERIAL DIST. 5, ALEXANDRIA (NORTHEAST PART), EXCLUDING ALEXANDRIA TOWN. INCLUDES ST. ANNE'S ACADEMY AND SISTERS OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE.

19-48 ST. ANNE CONVENT (NOVITIATE).

19-49 MAGISTERIAL DIST. 5, ALEXANDRIA (SOUTHEAST PART), EXCLUDING ALEXANDRIA TOWN.

19-50 MAGISTERIAL DIST. 5, ALEXANDRIA (WEST PART), EXCLUDING ALEXANDRIA TOWN

19-51 CALIFORNIA TOWN.

19-52 MAGISTERIAL DIST. 6, GUBSER, EXCLUDING CALIFORNIA TOWN. INCLUDES STS. PETER'S AND PAUL'S SCHOOL.

19-53 MAGISTERIAL DIST. 7, GRANTS LICK (EAST PART).

19-54 MAGISTERIAL DIST. 7, GRANTS LICK (WEST PART).

19-55 WOODLAWN TOWN.

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