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100 Biggest U.S. Cities within 1776 Borders

Try to name the modern-day 100 biggest cities in the United States within the territory that made up the country at the time of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
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Boundaries per the Proclamation Line of 1763.
Excluding NJ townships.
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Population
State
Cities
8,478,072
NY
New York
1,573,916
PA
Philadelphia
943,476
NC
Charlotte
702,250
DC
Washington
673,458
MA
Boston
568,271
MD
Baltimore
499,825
NC
Raleigh
454,808
VA
Virginia Beach
317,303
NJ
Newark
307,381
NC
Greensboro
302,824
NJ
Jersey City
301,870
NC
Durham
255,769
NC
Winston-Salem
254,997
VA
Chesapeake
233,655
VA
Richmond
231,105
VA
Norfolk
211,286
MA
Worcester
211,040
NY
Yonkers
209,496
NC
Fayetteville
201,737
GA
Augusta
194,706
RI
Providence
183,056
VA
Newport News
182,659
NC
Cary
160,463
NJ
Paterson
159,102
VA
Alexandria
157,665
SC
Charleston
154,888
MA
Springfield
151,599
CT
Bridgeport
148,808
GA
Savannah
146,097
NY
Syracuse
144,788
SC
Columbia
140,413
NJ
Elizabeth
139,134
CT
Stamford
137,596
VA
Hampton
Population
State
Cities
137,562
CT
New Haven
128,691
GA
Athens
127,138
PA
Allentown
126,005
SC
North Charleston
125,284
NC
Wilmington
122,129
CT
Hartford
121,186
MA
Cambridge
120,418
MA
Lowell
118,601
NC
High Point
116,386
NH
Manchester
115,908
CT
Waterbury
112,395
NC
Concord
105,788
MA
Brockton
103,489
MA
Lynn
103,434
MA
Quincy
103,105
VA
Suffolk
101,318
MA
New Bedford
101,317
NY
Albany
97,912
VA
Roanoke
96,482
VA
Portsmouth
96,000
PA
Reading
95,604
SC
Mount Pleasant
95,138
NC
Greenville
94,689
MA
Fall River
93,661
CT
Norwalk
91,851
NH
Nashua
91,193
NJ
Trenton
90,700
MA
Newton
90,322
NJ
Clifton
89,537
MD
Frederick
89,332
MA
Lawrence
88,692
CT
Danbury
85,535
NC
Gastonia
Population
State
Cities
85,512
NY
New Rochelle
84,448
RI
Cranston
83,554
RI
Warwick
82,149
MA
Somerville
80,301
VA
Lynchburg
79,453
PA
Bethlehem
76,996
RI
Pawtucket
75,977
NC
Apex
75,905
PA
Scranton
75,871
CT
New Britain
75,798
SC
Rock Hill
74,532
NJ
Bayonne
74,371
SC
Greenville
73,361
MA
Framingham
73,176
DE
Wilmington
71,999
NY
Mount Vernon
71,850
NJ
East Orange
71,749
NJ
Camden
70,840
NC
Jacksonville
70,722
NJ
Passaic
70,686
MD
Gaithersburg
69,568
ME
Portland
69,495
NY
Schenectady
68,417
MD
Rockville
68,291
MA
Haverhill
67,087
NC
Huntersville
66,918
NJ
Union City
66,663
MA
Plymouth
66,693
MA
Malden
65,849
MA
Waltham
65,300
CT
Fairfield
64,594
CT
Greenwich
64,184
CT
West Hartford
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