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Biggest Cities of California in 1800 on a Map
With the help of a map, can you name the most populous settlements in the Spanish province of Alta California in 1800, in the area that would later become the U.S. state of California?
Takes three different settlement types into account. Population estimates sourced from The works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: History of California vol. 1.
Type-ins for both historical and modern-day names are accepted.
Dashed outlines represent the presidial districts that existed at the time.
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Last updated: June 12, 2026
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Kingsfisher
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Level 70
Jun 12, 2026
Just wild how rapidly California population had grown!
Dekkie
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Level 56
Jun 12, 2026
Very much an underdeveloped region at the time. It was home to only a few thousand European settlers and about 150,000 - 200,000 Native Americans before the Gold Rush in the late 1840s.
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