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100 Biggest Cities of the Union (U.S. Civil War) with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the 100 most populous cities of the United States in 1860, which would remain part of the Union during the American Civil War?
The map portrays the situation on May 20th 1861.
Population estimates mostly according to the US Census of 1860.
Some of these cities no longer exist and have since merged into larger cities.
Try the Confederacy counterpart to this quiz here.
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Population
State
Cities
813,669
NY
New York City
565,529
PA
Philadelphia
266,661
NY
Brooklyn
212,418
MD
Baltimore
177,840
MA
Boston
161,044
OH
Cincinnati
160,773
MO
St. Louis
112,172
IL
Chicago
81,129
NY
Buffalo
71,941
NJ
Newark
68,033
KY
Louisville
62,367
NY
Albany
61,122
DC
Washington
56,802
CA
San Francisco
50,666
RI
Providence
49,221
PA
Pittsburgh
48,204
NY
Rochester
45,619
MI
Detroit
45,246
WI
Milwaukee
43,417
OH
Cleveland
39,267
CT
New Haven
39,235
NY
Troy
36,827
MA
Lowell
29,226
NJ
Jersey City
29,152
CT
Hartford
28,702
PA
Allegheny
28,119
NY
Syracuse
26,341
ME
Portland
26,060
MA
Cambridge
25,137
MA
Roxbury
25,065
MA
Charlestown
24,960
MA
Worcester
23,162
PA
Reading
22,529
NY
Utica
Population
State
Cities
22,300
MA
New Bedford
22,252
MA
Salem
21,258
DE
Wilmington
20,107
NH
Manchester
20,081
OH
Dayton
19,586
NJ
Paterson
19,083
MA
Lynn
18,611
IN
Indianapolis
18,554
OH
Columbus
17,639
MA
Lawrence
17,603
PA
Lancaster
17,228
NJ
Trenton
16,816
NY
Oswego
16,471
KY
Covington
16,407
ME
Bangor
15,376
MA
Taunton
15,199
MA
Springfield
14,726
NY
Poughkeepsie
14,358
NJ
Camden
14,048
CT
Norwich
14,045
IL
Peoria
14,026
MA
Fall River
13,785
CA
Sacramento
13,768
OH
Toledo
13,718
IL
Quincy
13,405
PA
Harrisburg
13,401
MA
Newburyport
13,395
MA
Chelsea
13,299
CT
Bridgeport
13,283
RI
Smithfield
13,000
IA
Dubuque
12,647
IN
New Albany
12,578
NY
Newburgh
Population
State
Cities
11,818
RI
North Providence
11,567
NJ
Elizabeth
11,484
IN
Evansville
11,267
IA
Davenport
11,256
NJ
New Brunswick
10,986
NY
Auburn
10,904
MA
Gloucester
10,896
NH
Concord
10,871
NY
Lockport
10,508
RI
Newport
10,401
MN
Saint Paul
10,115
CT
New London
10,065
NH
Nashua
10,046
KY
Newport
10,004
CT
Waterbury
9,995
MA
Haverhill
9,769
MA
Dorchester
9,662
NJ
Hoboken
9,579
NY
Schenectady
9,444
PA
Pottsville
9,419
PA
Erie
9,387
IN
Lafayette
9,349
ME
Biddeford
9,335
NH
Portsmouth
9,321
KY
Lexington
9,320
IL
Springfield
9,229
OH
Zanesville
9,223
PA
Scranton
9,132
MA
Milford
8,944
PA
Easton
8,932
MO
St. Joseph
8,916
RI
Warwick
8,877
NJ
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5 Comments
FreeStater
+1
Level 77
Aug 16, 2024
Fun quiz. Consider accepting just "DC"?
Dekkie
+1
Level 55
Aug 16, 2024
Thanks! Should work now.
Neodymium
+1
Level 62
Aug 23, 2024
Shouldn’t W. Virginia be there?
Dekkie
+1
Level 55
Aug 23, 2024
West Virginia did not exist until 1863.
Nestormakhno
+2
Level 73
Sep 8, 2024
Consider accepting stillwater for smithfield?
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