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Biggest Cities of the New England Colonies in 1775 with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the most populous cities in New England on the eve of the American Revolutionary War in 1775?
Population estimates according to colonial censuses.
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Population
Colony
City
16,000
MA
Boston
11,000
RI
Newport
8,295
CT
New Haven
7,327
CT
Norwich
6,773
MA
Dartmouth
6,069
CT
Farmington
5,888
CT
New London
5,555
CT
Stratford
5,412
CT
Stonington
5,337
MA
Salem
5,313
CT
Woodbury
5,031
CT
Hartford
4,915
CT
Wallingford
4,878
CT
Middletown
4,863
CT
Fairfield
4,590
NH
Portsmouth
4,512
MA
Gloucester
4,508
MA
Ipswich
4,412
MA
Nantucket
4,388
CT
Norwalk
4,386
MA
Marblehead
4,364
MA
Bridgewater
4,321
RI
Providence
4,191
MA
Rehoboth
4,119
MA
Middleborough
4,088
CT
Lyme
3,960
CT
Lebanon
3,848
CT
Groton
3,700
CT
Simsbury
3,681
MA
Newburyport
3,601
RI
Scituate
3,563
CT
Stamford
3,536
CT
Waterbury
3,528
CT
Windham
Population
Colony
City
3,489
CT
Wethersfield
3,486
CT
Killingly
3,315
MA
Berwick
3,259
MA
Taunton
3,258
CT
Colchester
3,239
MA
Newbury
3,026
MA
Falmouth
2,999
CT
East Windsor
2,991
MA
Kittery
2,953
MA
Andover
2,945
RI
Glocester
2,930
CT
Guilford
2,888
RI
Smithfield
2,879
MA
Wrentham
2,871
MA
Braintree
2,835
RI
South Kingstown
2,812
MA
Barnstable
2,810
MA
Haverhill
2,808
CT
East Haddam
2,776
CT
Greenwich
2,776
CT
New Milford
2,755
MA
Lynn
2,754
MA
Beverly
2,746
MA
Lancaster
2,742
MA
York
2,687
CT
Saybrook
2,672
MA
Scituate
2,655
MA
Plymouth
2,649
MA
Brookfield
2,644
MA
Sutton
2,595
MA
Wells
2,590
NH
Londonderry
2,554
CT
Litchfield
Population
Colony
City
2,526
CT
Danbury
2,472
RI
North Kingstown
2,466
CT
Mansfield
2,449
MA
Rochester
2,444
CT
Canterbury
2,438
RI
Warwick
2,397
CT
Chatham
2,338
CT
Preston
2,337
CT
Hebron
2,322
MA
Mendon
2,306
CT
Pomfret
2,284
MA
Danvers
2,241
CT
Ashford
2,229
CT
Newtown
2,227
MA
Yarmouth
2,200
MA
Attleboro
2,160
MA
Sudbury
2,127
CT
Milford
2,125
CT
Windsor
2,097
MA
Stoughton
2,087
MA
Hingham
2,071
CT
Glastonbury
2,056
CT
Coventry
2,054
CT
Woodstock
2,051
CT
Branford
2,023
RI
Coventry
2,017
CT
Suffield
2,012
CT
Sharon
1,996
CT
Kent
1,990
CT
Killingworth
1,984
MA
Reading
1,980
CT
Salisbury
1,974
MA
Springfield
4 Comments
+2
Level 77
Aug 28, 2024
Nice quiz! I wonder if any Vermont cities would've made it.
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Level 55
Aug 28, 2024
Thanks! Unlikely, especially since data on early settlements in Vermont is scarce. There is 1768 data however that indicates that Bennington was the largest with 85 families present. Even with the high-end of the average density of about five to seven people per family, that would only put the population figure at about 600 inhabitants.
+2
Level 73
Aug 29, 2024
I have more nominations left than cities i got :(

Anyway Amazing Quiz Nominated!!

+2
Level 55
Aug 29, 2024
Thanks!