Ward

Ward may refer to:

Places

• Assal al-Ward, Syria
• Ward, Castleknock, Ireland
• Ward, New Zealand
• United States:
  • Ward, Alabama
  • Ward, Arkansas
  • Ward, California
  • Ward, Colorado
  • Ward, South Dakota
  • Ward, New York
  • Ward, South Carolina
  • Ward, Washington
  • Ward, West Virginia
  • Ward Reservation, Massachusetts
  • Ward Township, Todd County, Minnesota
  • Ward Township, Hocking County, Ohio
  • Ward Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
  • Wards of New Orleans

Designated areas, or political or social units

• Hospital ward, a department, division, floor, or room of a hospital set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example a convalescent or psychiatric ward
• Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a prison
• Ward (electoral subdivision), electoral district or unit of local government
  • Ward (KPK), local government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • Ward (South Africa)
  • Wards of Bangladesh
  • Wards of Germany
  • Wards of Japan
  • Wards of Myanmar
  • Wards of the United Kingdom
  • Ward (United States)
• Ward (fortification), part of a castle
• Ward (LDS Church), local congregation
• Ward (Vietnam), a type of third tier subdivision of Vietnam

Art, entertainment, and media

• WARD (AM), a radio station in Petoskey, Michigan
• Ward Cleaver, a fictional character from the American television sitcom Leave It to Beaver
• Warring Adolescents Revenge Division (WARD), organization in The Hardy Boys graphic novels
• Watch and Ward, a short novel by Henry James first published as a serial in 1871 and later as a book in 1878

Brands and enterprises

• Montgomery Ward, an online retailer and former department store chain
• Ward Body Works, a school bus manufacturer, now IC Bus
• Ward's, a publisher of Ward's AutoWorld and Ward's Dealer Business
• Wards Brewing Company, a former English brewery, now a brand operated by Double Maxim Beer Company

Law and law enforcement

• Ward (law), someone placed under the protection of a legal guardian
• Watchman (law enforcement), a security guard
• Ward (feudal)

Names

• Ward (surname)
• Ward (given name)
• Ward, short form of the given names:
  • Edward
  • Howard
  • Hereward

Sport

• Ward (fencing), defensive position in the sport of fencing

Vessels

• USS Aaron Ward, various United States Navy destroyers
• USS Ward (DD-139), a U.S. Navy destroyer in commission from 1918 to 1921 and from 1941 until sunk in 1944, the first ship to open fire in the Battle of Pearl Harbor

See also

• The Ward (disambiguation)
• Warded lock
• Justice Ward (disambiguation)