100 Biggest Cities of the Northwestern U.S. in 1900

Try to name the 100 largest cities in the Northwestern U.S. in 1900, as the region boomed at the turn of the century with railroads, timber, and mining reshaping the region.

Population estimates according to the US Census of 1900. Full list of sources used listed in this Pastebin.

Several of these communities no longer exist as independent towns or cities or were unincorporated at the time.

This region is not officially defined, this map is per this definition.

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Oregon
90,426	Portland
8,381	Astoria
6,663	Baker City
4,406	Pendleton
4,258	Salem
3,542	The Dalles
3,494	Oregon City
3,236	Eugene
3,149	Albany
2,991	La Grande
2,634	Ashland
2,290	Grants Pass
1,819	Corvallis
1,791	Medford
1,690	Roseburg
1,420	McMinnville
1,391	Marshfield
1,271	Dallas
1,146	Heppner
1,096	Forest Grove
980	Hillsboro

Idaho
5,957	Boise
4,046	Pocatello
2,484	Moscow
2,425	Lewiston
2,278	Wardner
2,265	Wallace
1,444	Montpelier
1,364	Weiser
1,330	Blackfoot
1,262	Idaho Falls
1,240	Hailey
1,217	Mullan
1,132	Grangeville
1,081	Burke
1,081	Rexburg
1,077	Gem
1,074	Preston
1,050	Malad City
997	Caldwell
976	Silver City

Montana
30,470	Butte
14,930	Great Falls
10,770	Helena
9,453	Anaconda
4,366	Missoula
3,419	Bozeman
3,221	Billings
2,778	Livingston
2,621	Walkerville
2,526	Kalispell
2,152	Red Lodge
1,938	Miles City
1,530	Dillon
1,324	Deer Lodge
1,257	Hamilton
1,096	Lewistown
1,033	Havre
1,024	Fort Benton

Washington
80,671	Seattle
37,714	Tacoma
36,848	Spokane
10,049	Walla Walla
7,838	Everett
6,834	New Whatcom
4,568	Ballard
4,228	Fairhaven
4,082	Olympia
4,006	Vancouver
3,747	Aberdeen
3,443	Port Townsend
3,154	North Yakima
2,786	Roslyn
2,608	Hoquiam
2,321	Port Angeles
2,216	Dayton
2,121	Colfax
2,101	Snohomish
2,050	Republic
1,884	Puyallup
1,775	Chehalis
1,737	Ellensburg
1,600	Centralia
1,592	Blaine
1,476	Anacortes
1,308	Pullman
1,194	Montesano
1,120	Mount Vernon
1,015	Steilacoom
1,014	Buckley
1,011	Waitsburg
1,004	Cosmopolis
1,000	Davenport

Wyoming
14,087	Cheyenne
8,207	Laramie
4,363	Rock Springs
2,317	Rawlins
2,110	Evanston
1,559	Sheridan
1,361	Green River

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