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U.S. Cities Whose Population Peaked Before WWII

Based on the clues, try to name these cities who population peaked before the Second World War.
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Year
Peak
Loss
State
Clue
Answer
1940
253,504
25%
RI
The largest city in its state
Providence
1940
112,504
10%
DE
Has more registered corporations than any other city
Wilmington
1940
64,094
40%
NJ
Setting of the HBO show "Boardwalk Empire"
Atlantic City
1930
442,337
31%
NJ
Tony Soprano's hometown
Newark
1930
143,433
47%
PA
Home to Jim, Pam, Dwight, and their boss Michael
Scranton
1930
111,171
15%
PA
Monopoly players will be familiar with its railroad
Reading
1930
101,740
37%
NY
They don't have steamed hams in this city starting with U
Utica
1930
61,659
38%
WV
Former industrial capital of West Virginia
Wheeling
1920
121,217
17%
MA
Whaling center visited in "Moby Dick" prior to Nantucket
New Bedford
1920
41,611
15%
MT
Copper mining boom town whose name
is a landform similar to a mesa
Butte
1920
15,203
89%
IL
Mississippi river town pronounced "Care-O"
Cairo
1920
14,027
27%
OR
Setting of "Goonies", "Kindergarten Cop", and "Short Circuit"
Astoria
1920
11,757
5%
OK
The first state capital of Oklahoma, no relation
to folk singer Woody
Guthrie
1910
76,813
12%
NY
Named for the city conquered in the Iliad
Troy
1900
12,488
70%
AK
Where the Iditarod sled dog race ends
Nome
1880
14,820
82%
CO
Gold-mining boom town which has the highest
elevation of any city in the U.S.
Leadville
1880
3,423
62%
AZ
Where Wyatt Earp had a shootout
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