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100 Biggest Cities of the Central United States in 1840 with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the 100 most populous cities in the central U.S. in 1840, the last census before the further expansion west following the Mexican-American War?
Population estimates according to the US Census of 1840 (incomplete). Other sources listed in this Pastebin.
Some of these cities no longer exist.
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Pop.
State or
Territory
City
102,193
LA
New Orleans
46,338
OH
Cincinnati
21,210
KY
Louisville
16,469
MO
St. Louis
12,672
AL
Mobile
9,102
MI
Detroit
6,997
KY
Lexington
6,929
TN
Nashville
6,071
OH
Cleveland
6,067
OH
Dayton
6,048
OH
Columbus
4,800
MS
Natchez
4,766
OH
Zanesville
4,470
IL
Chicago
4,247
OH
Steubenville
4,226
IN
New Albany
3,977
OH
Chillicothe
3,798
IN
Madison
3,272
OH
Lancaster
3,207
LA
Lafayette
3,104
MS
Vicksburg
2,741
KY
Maysville
2,705
OH
Newark
2,692
IN
Indianapolis
2,600
AL
Wetumpka
2,579
IL
Springfield
2,558
IL
Joliet
2,496
AL
Huntsville
2,450
IL
Nauvoo
2,363
OH
Mount Vernon
2,340
IL
Alton
2,329
OH
Circleville
2,319
IL
Quincy
2,269
LA
Baton Rouge
Pop.
State or
Territory
City
2,179
AL
Montgomery
2,076
IN
Terre Haute
2,070
IN
Richmond
2,062
OH
Springfield
2,026
KY
Covington
2,000
AL
Tuscumbia
1,996
OH
Warren
1,949
AL
Tuscaloosa
1,917
KY
Frankfort
1,913
OH
Wooster
1,913
OH
Xenia
1,900
IL
Jacksonville
1,843
IL
Galena
1,814
OH
Marietta
1,800
TN
Memphis
1,799
OH
Canton
1,792
IN
Vincennes
1,712
WI
Milwaukee
1,703
MI
Monroe
1,700
IN
Jeffersonville
1,672
MO
Boonville
1,664
OH
Akron
1,634
OH
Bucyrus
1,581
KY
Hopkinsville
1,580
IN
Fort Wayne
1,577
OH
Ohio City
1,570
IN
Lafayette
1,544
OH
Portsmouth
1,528
OH
Lebanon
1,511
KY
Georgetown
1,500
AL
Florence
1,500
TN
Franklin
1,500
WI
Green Bay
Pop.
State or
Territory
City
1,500
TN
Knoxville
1,500
TN
Lebanon
1,500
TN
Murfreesboro
1,500
AR
Little Rock
1,492
KY
Bardstown
1,490
OH
New Lisbon
1,480
OH
Piqua
1,467
IL
Peoria
1,441
MO
St. Charles
1.433
OH
Sandusky
1,420
OH
Massillon
1,413
OH
Gallipolis
1,409
OH
Hamilton
1,403
IN
Cambridge City
1,400
KY
Bowling Green
1,400
KY
Newport
1,354
MO
Lexington
1,351
OH
Troy
1,328
OH
Mansfield
1,327
IN
Crawfordsville
1,300
LA
Natchitoches
1,300
TN
Pulaski
1,273
MI
Jackson
1,254
KY
Harrodsburg
1,228
IL
Belleville
1,223
KY
Danville
1,222
OH
Toledo
1,200
TN
Columbia
1,200
AL
Gainesville
1,200
OH
Germantown
1,199
AL
Selma
1,197
KY
Paris
1,196
KY
Russellville
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jroob
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Mar 13, 2026
Nauvoo on a biggest city quiz! Nice!
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