Watford Rural District

51°40′01″N 0°23′49″W / 51.667°N 0.397°W / 51.667; -0.397

Watford Rural District
Rural district
Population
  191117,776
  197150,275
History
  Created28 December 1894
  Abolished31 March 1974
  Succeeded byThree Rivers
Hertsmere
Dacorum
  HQWatford
Contained within
  County CouncilHertfordshire

Watford Rural District was a rural district in Hertfordshire from 1894 to 1974. It initially surrounded but did not include the town of Watford, which was a separate urban district. It gradually ceded territory to other districts, and by the time of its abolition in 1974 the district comprised three separate pieces of land, lying to the north-west, north-east, and south of Watford.