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Biggest Cities of the 13 Colonies in 1775 with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the most populous cities in the thirteen original colonies that would later make up the United States with an estimated population of over 4,000 on the eve of the American Revolutionary War in 1775?
Population estimates according to colonial censuses, Carl Bridenbaugh and John Alexander.
Some of these cities no longer exist and have since merged into larger cities.
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Pop.
City
25,000
New York City
20,000
Philadelphia
16,000
Boston
12,000
Charleston
11,000
Newport
8,300
New Haven
7,300
Norwich
6,700
Dartmouth
6,600
Northern Liberties
6,200
Norfolk
6,100
Farmington
5,900
Baltimore
5,900
New London
5,600
Stratford
5,500
Lancaster
5,400
Stonington
5,300
Salem
5,300
Woodbury
Pop.
City
5,000
Hartford
4,900
Fairfield
4,900
Middletown
4,900
Wallingford
4,500
Portsmouth
4,500
Southwark
4,500
Sherburne
4,400
Gloucester
4,400
Ipswich
4,400
Norwalk
4,300
Bridgewater
4,300
Marblehead
4,300
Providence
4,200
Rehoboth
4,100
Lyme
4,100
Middleborough
4,000
Albany
4,000
Lebanon
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24 Comments
Maxibon
+3
Level 65
Aug 23, 2024
Another amazing work of art!
Dekkie
+2
Level 55
Aug 23, 2024
Thanks!
AlmostAGenius
+2
Level 82
Aug 23, 2024
What are the type-ins for Sherburne? Because I definitely didn’t type that.
cornflakesfu
+8
Level 87
Aug 23, 2024
I got it with "Nantucket."
Djilas
+2
Level 83
Aug 23, 2024
same
Dekkie
+6
Level 55
Aug 23, 2024
Nantucket, MA was historically known as Sherburne. It retained this name until 1795.
AlmostAGenius
+3
Level 82
Aug 23, 2024
Oh that makes sense. Great quiz by the way!
Dekkie
+2
Level 55
Aug 23, 2024
Thanks!
Walacama
+3
Level 82
Sep 2, 2024
1795 is when that man arrived and they renamed the island to make the limerick work.
BMDragon
+2
Level 83
Aug 23, 2024
Brooklyn?
Djilas
+1
Level 83
Aug 23, 2024
under 4000 at the time:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Brooklyn

Dekkie
+1
Level 55
Aug 23, 2024
Brooklyn wasn't really among the larger settlements yet. According to the federal census of 1790: 1,603 inhabitants.

I'm not sure where the 4,549 figure came from, but it might be from the local precinct.

mf3
+6
Level 87
Aug 23, 2024
I never realized that Connecticut was so packed with most of the giant metropolises (pop 4,000+) of colonial times. I would have guessed 3 other states ahead of Conn.
Dekkie
+1
Level 55
Aug 23, 2024
Highly urbanized for the time, along with Massachusetts. It was actually Virginia that was the most populous state at the time with around 500,000 people, though not as urbanized as the New England colonies.
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 89
Aug 27, 2024
I've taken this quiz several times in the past few days since it got featured, but it still says I haven't taken it.
Dekkie
+1
Level 55
Aug 27, 2024
It's possible that you haven't played the quiz since it was reset due to the correction of an error.
Dollyfroggy
+3
Level 61
Sep 1, 2024
No Springfield, Columbus, or Columbia? Preposterous.
freehuggs
+2
Level 62
Sep 2, 2024
I don't know this for a fact, but it would not surprise me if these names became more popular after independence. It makes sense that a newly independent American nation would want to name things after Columbus in order to emphasize their distance from Europe and the Old World (somewhat ironic, given that Columbus was himself a European).
Dekkie
+1
Level 55
Sep 2, 2024
Springfield, MA was still at a relatively small population of about 1,974 by 1776. As far as I'm aware, there was no town under the name of Columbia or Columbus that had over 1,000 inhabitants at the time.
JackintheBox
+3
Level 79
Sep 2, 2024
I got many just by typing English place names!
BigJ32001
+3
Level 69
Sep 3, 2024
Being from Connecticut made this a little easier. Only missed Woodbury. I was very surprised Lebanon made the list since it only has a few thousand more people now.
Dekkie
+2
Level 55
Sep 3, 2024
Fell out of significance due to staying a farming town. Lebanon would sit comfortably at about 3,500 - 4,000 inhabitants until it started to decline after the 1790 census. It wouldn't recover this population count until the 1960s/1970s.
DJMonaco
+3
Level 46
Sep 3, 2024
Connecticut powerhouse!!!
SpencerGT
+3
Level 68
Sep 3, 2024
"We shall rise again" - Connecticut.
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