Largest U.S. Cities on State Borders

Try to name the largest cities in the United States which lie on a state border.

If there is a water border, there has to be a bridge over it, for example, Yonkers, NY doesn't count because there is no bridge over the Hudson river at Yonkers.

D.C. doesn't count

Based on city proper population and city limit borders

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Population	Border	City
8,336,817	NY-NJ	New York City
2,693,976	IL-IN	Chicago
1,584,064	PA-NJ	Philadelphia
885,708	NC-SC	Charlotte
681,728	TX-NM	El Paso
654,741	OR-WA	Portland
651,073	TN-MS-AR	Memphis
617,638	KY-IN	Louisville
495,327	MO-KS	Kansas City
478,192	NE-IA	Omaha
449,974	VA-NC	Virginia Beach
303,940	OH-KY	Cincinnati

Population	Border	City
300,576	MO-IL	St. Louis
272,779	OH-MI	Toledo
262,075	NJ-NY	Jersey City
255,601	NV-CA	Reno
244,835	VA-NC	Chesapeake
197,888	GA-SC	Augusta
195,769	GA-AL	Columbus
195,494	KS-MO	Overland Park
184,463	WA-OR	Vancouver
182,799	TN-GA	Chattanooga
159,428	VA-MD	Alexandria
158,146	TN-KY	Clarksville

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28 Comments

Level 68

Dec 4, 2020

Kansas City, Kansas is #25, so barely doesn't make the cut.

Level 84

Dec 4, 2020

Great quiz! Did you not include Alexandria, VA due to the tip of DC that touches the Beltway as it crosses the Potomac between Virginia and Maryland? That's a messy intersection of borders, but I believe Alexandria's southeast corner also touches Maryland's water border directly.

Level 68

Dec 4, 2020

I was really torn on weather to include it, the rule is that there has to be a bridge, and this really is an edge case, so since the quiz is featured I will make the change and let the Quizmaster decide if he wants to approve it.

Level ∞

Dec 4, 2020

Looks like there is a bridge that starts in Alexandria and ends in Maryland. I say it qualifies, even if a part of the middle of the bridge is technically in D.C.

Level 61

Jun 16, 2021

so it doesn't actually have to be on the exact border. I guessed two VA-NC cities living here in the metro area, but both cities are actually over 30 miles from the NC border.

Level 65

Oct 25, 2024

The city boundaries of both Virginia Beach and Chesapeake technically extend down to the North Carolina border, even though the urban areas don't.

Level 66

Dec 4, 2020

Detroit is on the Michigan border with Canada and there’s a bridge.

Level 68

Dec 4, 2020

Its not a state border, so it doesn't count.

Level 86

Dec 5, 2020

That would make another good quiz. There are enough international border cities, even if you limit it to Canada/USA/Mexico.

Level 88

Dec 4, 2020

Fun quiz! I wish it could be based on MSA (or similar) population rather than city proper so I didn't have to remember the names of suburbs, but I suppose that would make it harder to make border determinations.

Level 68

Dec 4, 2020

Yeah, if I did that I would have to include cities like Atlanta and Sacramento, and that just doesn't feel right.

Level 86

Dec 4, 2020

Congratulations! Very well done.

Level 68

Dec 5, 2020

Thanks!

Level 74

Dec 5, 2020

Washington (DC)?

Level 71

Dec 6, 2020

It said "DC doesn't count" in the heading.

Level 71

Dec 7, 2020

It does say DC doesn't count, but I'm not sure why. Even though Washington, DC, is not in a state, it is a U.S. city that borders two different states. I think it should count.

Level 68

Dec 7, 2020

It's simple. The hint would have to be DC-VA-MD, and people would either get it very easily, or get very confused, neither of which is very helpful.

Level 84

Jul 16, 2024

That's fair. Thanks for the explanation.

I, too, was thinking it was a bit odd and arbitrary that DC "didn't count," but your explanation makes perfect sense.

Level 71

Dec 6, 2020

I forgot to take the last train to Clarksville.

Level 75

Jan 13, 2021

One of the best quizzes on Jetpunk, would have featured!

Level 68

Jan 13, 2021

Thanks!

Level 75

Jan 13, 2021

I thought about Clarksville and rejected it, thinking it wasn't big enough. I should have typed it anyway - I never learn.

Level 68

Jan 13, 2021

When I was making the quiz I was surprised it was that large as well, it has more people in it than Kansas City, Kansas.

Level 28

Jan 18, 2021

When I saw VA-NC I typed Vancouver as a joke, and actually got Vancouver, Washington

Level 68

Jan 18, 2021

Lol

Level 68

Oct 7, 2022

This makes sense, since many state borders are rivers, or other geographically-significant features.

Level 68

Oct 7, 2022

Agreed, very observant!

Level 82

Jul 24, 2023

"That's because it's going to Columbus, GEORGIA, not Columbus, OHIO. You see these letters by the city? That's called a state. What else ya got, wonder boy?"

This scene taught me that the USA has more than one Columbus.

Although I did not need to go to college for another 7 years to study a globe.