Biggest Cities of the Northeastern United States in 1860 with a Map

Try to name the 100 biggest towns and cities in the Northeastern U.S. in 1860, a year before the Civil War.
Population estimates mostly according to the US Census of 1860.
Several of these communities no longer exist as independent towns or cities.
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Connecticut
39,267
New Haven
29,152
Hartford
14,048
Norwich
13,299
Bridgeport
10,115
New London
10,004
Waterbury
7,582
Norwalk
7,426
Meriden
7,324
Danbury
 
 
Maine
26,341
Portland
16,407
Bangor
9,349
Biddeford
8,076
Bath
7,609
Augusta
7,424
Lewiston
7,316
Rockland
Massachusetts
177,840
Boston
36,827
Lowell
26,060
Cambridge
25,137
Roxbury
25,065
Charlestown
24,960
Worcester
22,300
New Bedford
22,252
Salem
19,083
Lynn
17,639
Lawrence
15,376
Taunton
15,199
Springfield
14,026
Fall River
13,401
Newburyport
13,395
Chelsea
10,904
Gloucester
9,995
Haverhill
9,769
Dorchester
9,132
Milford
8,527
Abington
8,382
Newton
8,045
Pittsfield
8,025
Somerville
7,805
Fitchburg
7,742
Weymouth
7,646
Marblehead
7,261
Chicopee
New Hampshire
20,107
Manchester
10,896
Concord
10,065
Nashua
9,335
Portsmouth
8,502
Dover
 
 
New Jersey
71,941
Newark
29,226
Jersey City
19,586
Paterson
17,228
Trenton
14,358
Camden
11,567
Elizabeth
11,256
New Brunswick
9,662
Hoboken
8,877
Orange
7,229
Hudson
New York
813,669
New York
266,661
Brooklyn
81,129
Buffalo
62,367
Albany
48,204
Rochester
39,235
Troy
28,119
Syracuse
22,529
Utica
16,816
Oswego
14,726
Poughkeepsie
12,578
Newburgh
10,986
Auburn
10,871
Lockport
9,579
Schenectady
8,820
West Troy
8,800
Cohoes
8,325
Binghamton
8,308
Elmira
8,218
Yonkers
7,409
Ogdensburg
Pennsylvania
565,529
Philadelphia
49,221
Pittsburgh
28,702
Allegheny
23,162
Reading
17,603
Lancaster
13,405
Harrisburg
9,444
Pottsville
9,419
Erie
9,223
Scranton
8,944
Easton
8,848
Norristown
8,605
York
8,025
Allentown
 
 
Rhode Island
50,666
Providence
13,283
Smithfield
11,818
North Providence
10,508
Newport
8,916
Warwick
8,339
Cumberland
7,500
Cranston
 
 
Vermont
7,713
Burlington
7,577
Rutland
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