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Biggest Cities in the United States in 1776 with a Map
With the help of a map, can you name the most populous cities of the United States of America with an estimated population of over 3,000 in 1776?
Click on the map to zoom in.
Sources used for population estimates in the stickied comments.
Some of these cities do not exist anymore and have since been absorbed into larger cities.
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Last updated: August 25, 2023
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| First submitted | August 24, 2023 |
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Population in the Colonial Period and Continental Periods - For several of the larger cities.
Estimates by Carl Bridenbaugh (direct download) - For a handful of smaller cities.
A century of population growth in the United States - For a census data of cities around the early 1770s.
The Population of Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia (direct download) - For Southwark and Northern Liberties. Estimate for Philadelphia discarded.
Official 1790 Census - For population estimates for cities in Massachusetts (and Maine) in 1790.
The geometric mean for respective cities between both censuses is used for the population figures in this quiz.
I wonder why Connecticut had so many?
It's weird to think about this, but Connecticut and Massachusetts (included Maine at the time) were likely the most urbanized regions of the country at the time. Connecticut being the 6th most populous state and the Massachusetts being the 2nd.
Virginia was most the most populous state with a population between 450k - 540k, but didn't really have any major urban centres for a while besides Norfolk and Richmond. I removed Norfolk since the city was burned by the British on January 1st 1776 and wouldn't recover for a long time.
Nice quiz!