Biggest U.S. Cities in the Border States of the American Civil War

With the help of a map, can you name the 50 most populous U.S. cities located in the states that would later be known as the border states during the Civil War in 1860?

Population estimates according to the US Census of 1860 (incomplete). Other sources listed in this Pastebin.

Some of these cities no longer exist.

Includes West Virginia, which split from Virginia in 1863.

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Population	State	Cities
212,418	MD	Baltimore
160,773	MO	St. Louis
68,033	KY	Louisville
21,258	DE	Wilmington
16,471	KY	Covington
14,083	WV	Wheeling
10,046	KY	Newport
9,321	KY	Lexington
8,932	MO	St. Joseph
8,143	MD	Frederick
6,505	MO	Hannibal
4,962	KY	Danville
4,590	KY	Paducah
4,529	MD	Annapolis
4,418	MO	Kansas City
4,132	MD	Hagerstown
4,122	MO	Lexington

Population	State	Cities
4,078	MD	Cumberland
3,993	MO	Carondelet
3,702	KY	Frankfort
3,499	KY	Maysville
3,400	KY	Bowling Green
3,364	WV	Martinsburg
3,239	MO	St. Charles
3,164	MO	Independence
3,082	MO	Jefferson City
3,000	KY	Henderson
2,663	MO	Cape Girardeau
2,630	WV	South Wheeling
2,596	MO	Boonville
2,493	WV	Parkersburg
2,436	MO	Louisiana
2,308	KY	Owensboro
2,289	KY	Hopkinsville

Population	State	Cities
1,999	MO	Palmyra
1,963	MD	Havre de Grace
1,902	DE	New Castle
1,873	DE	Smyrna
1,862	MD	Cambridge
1,810	MO	Weston
1,706	KY	Portland
1,684	KY	Georgetown
1,668	KY	Harrodsburg
1,650	MD	Elkton
1,550	MD	Westminster
1,539	MD	Chestertown
1,520	WV	Charleston
1,511	KY	Carrollton
1,500	MD	Port Deposit
1,500	MD	Salisbury

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