Point U.S. Naval Support Area Aurora, also called Old Aurora; includes Huntlee Village and Walnut Bend Behrman, New Orleans Fischer Housing Development McDonogh, formerly called McDonoghville Tall Timbers / Brechtel New Aurora (Includes River Park, Cut Off, and Lower Coast Algiers) English Turn Area (District 13) English Turn Latitude and longitude of neighborhoods Other divisions and designations There are a number of traditional and historic divisions of New Orleans which may still be commonly heard of in conversation, but which do not correspond with New Orleans City Planning Commission designations. The 19th-century division of the city along the axis of Canal Street into downtown and uptown is a prime example. Various areas of the modern city which were separate towns in the past, such as Algiers and Carrollton, continue to be spoken of – but now as neighborhoods. The large area to the east of the Industrial Canal and north of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal, little developed until the last third of the 20th century, is often referred to as Eastern New Orleans (or "New Orleans East," although that term usually refers to a smaller subset of the area). Another example is the use of the Wards as means of neighborhood identification for the city's residents. Originally created in 1805 with only 7 wards designated, there now are 17 in total. Socially among locals the wards are divided by the ones located "uptown" and the ones located "downtown". Later in the 1980's there was a rise in the use of them as cultural identifiers with the emergence of bounce music and the recognition of the different dialects within them. See also Buildings and architecture of New Orleans Downtown New Orleans Uptown New Orleans Wards of New Orleans Housing Authority of New Orleans List of streets of New Orleans References External links City of NOLA Data Portal Neighborhood boundary data for these neighborhoods NOLAhoods.com This site showcases many of the 85+ distinct neighborhoods within New Orleans, with a comprehensive calendar and current news feeds. Greater New Orleans Community Data Center This site produces New Orleans profiles based on the City Planning Commission's New Orleans neighborhood breakdown. New Orleans Neighborhood Guide New Orleans