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

Grant Park (Atlanta)

Grant Park refers to the oldest city park in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, as well as the Victorian neighborhood surrounding it.-Park:Grant Park is the fourth-largest in the city, behind Chastain Park, Freedom Park and Piedmont Park...

, Ormewood Park

Ormewood Park

Ormewood Park is a neighborhood located east-southeast within the Downtown Atlanta area of Atlanta, Georgia. Ormewood Park is east of Grant Park, south of Reynoldstown, west of East Atlanta, and north of East Confederate Street....

 and Cabbagetown

Cabbagetown (Atlanta)

Cabbagetown is a neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia located south of Inman Park, east of Oakland Cemetery, north of Grant Park and west of Reynoldstown. It includes Cabbagetown District, a historic district listed on the U.S...

.

1854

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
  John Glen (mayor)
  John Glen was born in Laurens, South Carolina and moved to Decatur, Georgia in 1826 where he worked as a clerk in the Superior Court of DeKalb County.He moved to Atlanta in 1850 to work for the Georgia Railroad which he did for 41 years....
  
  
• 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

1871

• 1871 George Graham
• 1872 Lemuel P. Grant
  Lemuel P. Grant
  Lemuel Pratt Grant was an American engineer and businessman.He was Atlanta's quintessential railroad man as well as a major landowner and civic leader....
  
   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

1876

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

• 1876 William Gray
• 1877 J.M. Buice
• 1878 William E. Hayne
• 1879 James K. Thrower
• 1880 Thomas J. Buchanan
• 1881 David A. Beatie
• 1882 Zachry W. Adamson
• 1883 Samuel W. Day

1884

Sixth Ward (north Peachtree corridor) added

• 1884 C. Wheeler Mangum
• 1885 David A. Beatie
• 1886 Edgar A. Angier
• 1887 Elisha T. Allen
• 1888 James G. Woodward
• 1889 James G. Woodward and A.S. Robbins
• 1890 A.S. Robbins and W.H. Hulsey
• 1891 W.H. Hulsey and Arnold Broyles
• 1892 John F. McWaters
• 1893 David A. Beatie

1894

Seventh Ward (West End

West End (Atlanta)

The West End neighborhood of Atlanta is on the National Register of Historic Places and can be found southwest of Castleberry Hill, east of Westview, west of Adair Park Historic District, and just north of Oakland City...

) 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
  Kimball House
  The Kimball House was the name of two historical hotels in Atlanta, Georgia. Both were constructed on an entire city block at the south-southeast corner of Five Points, bounded by Whitehall Street , Decatur Street, Pryor Street, and Wall Street.-First Kimball House:-Design and construction:In 1870...
  
   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

1905

Eighth Ward (West End

West End (Atlanta)

The West End neighborhood of Atlanta is on the National Register of Historic Places and can be found southwest of Castleberry Hill, east of Westview, west of Adair Park Historic District, and just north of Oakland City...

) added

• 1905 William Oldknow, poolroom proprietor