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Biggest Cities of the Midwestern United States in 1850 with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the 100 most populous cities of the Midwestern United States in 1850, marking the early stages of industralisation in the area?
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Source: Census estimates (incomplete) and Population history of eastern U.S. cities and towns, 1790-1870
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Population
State
City
115,435
OH
Cincinnati
77,860
MO
St. Louis
29,963
IL
Chicago
21,019
MI
Detroit
20,061
WI
Milwaukee
17,882
OH
Columbus
17,034
OH
Cleveland
10,977
OH
Dayton
8,181
IN
New Albany
8,091
IN
Indianapolis
8,012
IN
Madison
7,299
OH
Zanesville
7,100
OH
Chillicothe
6,902
IL
Quincy
6,140
OH
Steubenville
6,129
IN
Lafayette
6,004
IL
Galena
5,108
OH
Springfield
5,107
WI
Racine
5,095
IL
Peoria
5,087
OH
Sandusky
4,533
IL
Springfield
4,282
IN
Fort Wayne
4,082
IA
Burlington
4,051
IN
Terre Haute
4,011
OH
Portsmouth
3,829
OH
Toledo
3,711
OH
Mount Vernon
3,654
OH
Newark
3,585
IL
Alton
3,557
OH
Mansfield
3,483
OH
Lancaster
3,460
MO
St. Joseph
3,455
WI
Kenosha
Population
State
City
3,411
OH
Circleville
3,277
OH
Piqua
3,266
OH
Akron
3,235
IN
Evansville
3,210
OH
Hamilton
3,175
OH
Marietta
3,108
IA
Dubuque
3,024
OH
Xenia
3,000
OH
Massillon
2,949
IL
Waukegan
2,941
IL
Belleville
2,868
MI
Ann Arbor
2,813
MI
Monroe
2,802
OH
Youngstown
2,797
OH
Wooster
2,745
IL
Jacksonville
2,718
OH
Tiffin
2,698
MO
Lexington
2,686
MI
Grand Rapids
2,659
IL
Joliet
2,651
IN
Lawrenceburg
2,603
OH
Canton
2,540
IA
Muscatine
2,529
MO
Kansas City
2,507
MI
Kalamazoo
2,478
IA
Keokuk
2,451
WI
Janesville
2,363
MI
Jackson
2,326
MO
Boonville
2,315
OH
Bucyrus
2,301
MO
Jefferson City
2,262
IA
Iowa City
2,251
IN
Logansport
Population
State
City
2,219
MI
Adrian
2,219
IL
Ottawa
2,200
IN
Cannelton
2,200
WI
Green Bay
2,132
IL
St. Charles
2,122
IN
Jeffersonville
2,093
IL
Rockford
2,088
OH
Lebanon
2,074
OH
Delaware
2,070
IN
Vincennes
2,020
MO
Hannibal
2,020
OH
Urbana
2,014
WI
Fond du Lac
2,000
IA
Kanesville
2,000
OH
New Richmond
2,000
MI
Niles
2,000
OH
Warren
2,000
MI
Ypsilanti
1,972
MI
Marshall
1,956
OH
Troy
1,954
IN
Aurora
1,915
MO
Weston
1,911
IL
LaSalle
1,848
IA
Davenport
1,824
IN
La Porte
1,780
OH
Ripley
1,732
WI
Beloit
1,711
IL
Rock Island
1,686
OH
Gallipolis
1,681
MI
Pontiac
1,678
IL
Pekin
1,670
MI
Flint
1,670
MI
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4 Comments
Dekkie
+3
Level 55
Apr 14, 2025
Minnesota Territory has no cities that make the threshold for the quiz. The largest city within its territory was Saint Paul with only 1,112 inhabitants.
JJRN
+2
Level 73
May 20, 2025
While Minnesota did only total 6,077 population counted in 1850, it counted 172,023 in 1860.
Shadywyvern
+2
Level 84
Feb 7, 2026
Who would have guessed Cannelton, IN would make this list lol
Dekkie
+1
Level 55
Feb 8, 2026
And it’s pretty much always been around the same population since this time.
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