1940 Census
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

The 1940 federal census of the United States is being released for the first time on Monday April 2, 2012 at 9:00 AM Eastern Time. At that time, the census will be available in digital form direct from the National Archives web site. The bad news is that there is no index right now to the approximately 3,900,000 images. This census will eventually be indexed by Ancestry.com and possibly by other subscription genealogy web sites. There is also a program underway that will create a free index through the LDS Church and their FamilySearch.org web site. Click here to sign up to help create this index.

Until indexing is available for the 1940 census, the way to find people in the 1940 census will be to determine the "Enumeration District" (ED) of the place where your ancestors lived and view the images for that ED. This page is designed to help you identify the enumeration district number(s) for Lancaster County municipalities.

Click here for large map showing ED's in Townships (useful if you need to search adjoining areas). For all municipalities, see the table below.

Table of Enumeration Districts

Click on Municipality name for ED map (on NARA web site). Most boroughs are shown with the adjoining township, as listed in the table below.

When the census images become available online, you will be able to click on the ED numbers to go directly to the online images.

Municipality (Click for Map)	Enumeration Districts
Ambler Borough	46-17, 46-18, 46-19
Bridgeport Borough	46-21, 46-22, 46-23, 46-24
Bryn Athyn Borough (see Lower Moreland Township)	46-25
Collegeville Borough (see Upper Providence Township)	46-42
Conshohocken Borough	46-43, 46-44, 46-45, 46-46, 46-47, 46-48, 46-49, 46-50
East Greenville Borough (see Upper Hanover Township)	46-52
Green Lane Borough (see Marlborough Township)	46-57
Hatboro Borough	46-58, 46-59
Hatfield Borough (see Hatfield Township)	46-60
Jenkintown Borough	46-64, 46-65, 46-66, 46-67
Lansdale Borough	46-68, 46-69, 46-70, 46-71, 46-72, 46-73, 46-74, 46-75
Narberth Borough (see Lower Merion Township)	46-127, 46-128, 46-129, 46-130, 46-131
Norristown Borough	46-133, 46-134, 46-135, 46-136, 46-137, 46-138,  46-139, 46-140, 46-141, 46-142, 46-143, 46-145,  46-146, 46-147, 46-148, 46-149, 46-150, 46-151,  46-152, 46-153, 46-154, 46-155, 46-156, 46-157,  46-158, 46-159, 46-160  46-144 St. Joseph's Protectory for Girls  46-160 Norristown State Hospital (part, see East and     West Norriton Townships)
North Wales Borough (see Upper Gwynedd Township)	46-161
Pennsburg Borough (see Upper Hanover Township)	46-162
Pottstown Borough	46-167, 46-168, 46-169, 46-170, 46-171, 46-172,  46-173, 46-174, 46-175, 46-176, 46-177, 46-178,  46-179, 46-180, 46-181, 46-182, 46-183
Red Hill Borough (see Upper Hanover Township)	46-184
Rockledge Borough (see Abington Township)	46-185, 46-186
Royersford Borough	46-187, 46-188, 46-189, 46-190
Schwenksville Borough (see Perkiomen Township)	46-192
Souderton Borough	46-195, 46-196, 46-197
Telford Borough (see Franconia Township)	46-236
Trappe Borough (see Upper Providence Township)	46-204
West Conshohocken Borough	46-229,46-230
Abington Township	46-1, 46-2, 46-3, 46-4, 46-5, 46-6, 46-7, 46-8, 46-9,  46-10, 46-11, 46-12, 46-13, 46-14, 46-15, 46-16
Cheltenham Township	46-26, 46-27, 46-28, 46-29, 46-30, 46-31, 46-32,  46-33, 46-34, 46-35, 46-36, 46-37, 46-38, 46-40,  46-41  46-39 Motherhouse of the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart and Melrose Academy
Douglass Township	46-51
East Norriton Township	46-53  46-54 Norristown State Hospital (part, see Norristown     and West Norriton Township)  46-144
Franconia Township	46-55, 46-56
Hatfield Township	46-61
Horsham Township	46-62,46-63
Limerick Township	46-76, 46-77
Lower Frederick Township	46-78
Lower Gwynedd Township	46-79
Lower Merion Township	46-80, 46-81, 46-82, 46-83, 46-84, 46-85, 46-86,  46-87, 46-88, 46-89, 46-90, 46-92, 46-93,  46-94,  46-95, 46-96, 46-97, 46-98, 46-99, 46-100,  46-102,  46-104, 46-105, 46-106,  46-107, 46-108, 46-109,  46-110, 46-111, 46-112,  46-113, 46-114, 46-115,  46-116  46-85 Bryn Mawr College  46-91 Gladwyn Colony  46-101 St. Charles Boromeo Seminary  46-103 Mater Misericordiae Motherhouse and Academy     for Girls
Lower Moreland Township	46-117
Lower Pottsgrove Township	46-118
Lower Providence Township	46-119, 46-120  46-121 Eagleville Sanitarium for Consumptives  46-122 Philadelphia Protectory for Boys
Lower Salford Township	46-123, 46-124
Marlborough Township	46-125
Montgomery Township	46-126
New Hanover Township	46-132
Perkiomen Township	46-163
Plymouth Township	46-164, 46-165, 46-166
Salford Township	46-191
Skippack Township	46-193  46-194 Eastern State Penitentiary
Springfield Township	46-198, 46-199, 46-200, 46-201, 46-202
Towamencin Township	46-203
Upper Dublin Township	46-205, 46-206, 46-208, 46-210  46-207 Crest View Sanitarium  46-209 St. Mary's Orphan Asylum
Upper Frederick Township	46-211
Upper Gwynedd Township	46-212
Upper Hanover Township	46-213
Upper Merion Township (see the map on the right below main image)	46-214, 46-215, 46-216, 46-217, 46-218, 46-219
Upper Moreland Township	46-220, 46-221, 46-222
Upper Pottsgrove Township	46-223
Upper Providence Township	46-224, 46-226, 46-227  46-225 Montgomery County Alms House
Upper Salford Township	46-228
West Norriton Township	46-231, 46-233  46-232 Norristown State Hospital (part, see Norristown    and East Norriton Township)
West Pottsgrove Township	46-234, 46-235
Whitemarsh Township	46-237, 46-238, 46-239, 46-240
Whitpain Township	46, 241, 46-242
Worcester Township	46-243

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