First U.S. Cities to Reach 100,000 People

Name the cities in the United States that were the first to reach a population of one hundred thousand.

One of these cities (in gold) has been absorbed by another city

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Last updated: September 6, 2017

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First submitted	September 6, 2017
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Year	City
1819	New York City
1839	Baltimore
1840	New Orleans
1842	Boston
1843	Philadelphia
1848	Cincinnati
1851	Brooklyn

Year	City
1853	St. Louis
1859	Chicago
1865	San Francisco
1866	Buffalo
1869	Newark
1869	Washington D.C.
1870	Louisville

Year	City
1872	Cleveland
1872	Pittsburgh
1875	Jersey City
1877	Milwaukee
1878	Detroit
1879	Providence

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34 Comments

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Level 61

Sep 16, 2017

Missed Newark and Jersey City (didn't even think of NJ, duh). Good quiz.

Level 70

Aug 30, 2022

Same

Level 82

Dec 19, 2017

Damn. Only missed Jersey City and (somehow) New Orleans.

Level 15

Nov 12, 2021

same

Level 56

Aug 30, 2022

Same here :/

Level 28

Mar 27, 2018

Can't believe I forgot Brooklyn was once a city. Also missed the New Jersey ones, Milwaukee, and Providence (which I knew was old, but it's not that big today).

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Level 70

Mar 27, 2018

It's pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which is Algonquin for "the good land."

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Level 89

Mar 27, 2018

WE'RE NOT WORTHY!!!

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Level 64

Mar 27, 2018

does this guy know how to party or what?

Level 89

Aug 13, 2018

School's out for summer.

Level 71

Feb 22, 2020

I was not aware of that. Garth, were you aware of that?

Level 70

Aug 29, 2020

You can get clothing that says 'Milwaukee' along with 'The Good Land' on it. It all comes together...

Level 81

Mar 27, 2018

Got them all except Louisville. I remembered Brooklyn showing up on the biggest American cities by decade quiz.

Level 48

Mar 30, 2018

Same thing! Wouldn't have gotten Brooklyn except for that decades quiz. And Louisville....never saw that one coming.

Level 49

Aug 9, 2022

I watched something on YouTube on biggest U.S cities, from Independence Day to present day, and I saw Brooklyn appearing for a lot of years then just poof! Gone, guessed it was absorbed, the thing is that Brooklyn would be the third most populous city right now if it was a city, near to Chicago population, but hundred of thousands people ahead of Houston

Level 75

Mar 27, 2018

Got Jersey City but forgot Newark.

Level 79

Mar 27, 2018

Forgot Brooklyn and I live there.

Level 49

Aug 30, 2022

It’s ok to not guess it, I mean present day, it’s in NYC, it was only a city for a while, I also live in Brooklyn

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Level 89

Aug 13, 2018

I forgot New York City and I'm taking the quiz from the zeppelin mast on the Empire State Building in a gorilla suit.

Level 63

Jun 12, 2020

Never knew Brooklyn was a city of its own at one point. You learn something new every day

Level 70

Jun 12, 2020

Surprisingly I got Providence,

But Not Cincinatti or New Orleans

As well as Jersey City & Newark

Level 65

Jun 12, 2020

Could accept "Jersey" for Jersey City. I thought of Jersey, but gave up when jersey didn't give it. If I'm typing jersey it's pretty clear I mean jersey city.

Level 69

Aug 30, 2022

As a New Jerseyan (New Jerseyite? New Jerseyer?), I've heard "Jersey" be used to describe my state occasionally, but I've never heard it to describe Jersey City. I've only ever heard "Jersey City" to refer to said city.

If I do hear someone say "Jersey," and they aren't referring to the Jersey several thousand miles away, I'd assume they were talking about the state, not the city.

Level 85

Jun 13, 2020

How can you tell when the person you are talking to is from New Jers...ANSWER ME!!! :-P

(we're not all rude & obnoxious....just don't drive slowly in the fast lane!)

Level 17

Feb 26, 2021

Got most of 'em just forgot Washington D.C. (how could I miss the country's capital), San Francisco, Cleveland, and Saint Louis!

Level 81

Apr 6, 2021

14/20 first time.

Level 67

Aug 30, 2022

Missed Brooklyn and SF. When LA wasn't there didn't try any other west coast city.

Level 55

Aug 30, 2022

Missed Brooklyn, San Francisco, and New Orleans. I was thinking too much of the East Coast and Midwest and didn't know about Brooklyn...

Level 58

Aug 30, 2022

I'm not sure how long the dot point clue has been on the front page, but it immediately gave me the least guessed answer.

Level 53

Aug 30, 2022

Wth are Newark and jersey city?

Level 62

Sep 3, 2022

Large(ish) cities in New Jersey, near New York City.

Level 62

Sep 3, 2022

Currently in the 2.7% who have 100% (It did take me two tries, but I took them months apart, so I didn't remember my answers from the first attempt). I think this is the highest percentile I've ever been in.

Level 67

Jul 9, 2024

I guessed several southern cities which were wrong apparently. I wonder if the slave populations of those cities were included.

Level 73

Aug 27, 2024