Can you name the 50 most populous cities in the United States in the year 1850?

Rank	City	Population
1		515,547
2		169,054
3		136,881
4		121,376
5		116,375
6		115,435
7		96,838
8		77,860
9		58,894
10		50,763
11		47,223
12		46,774
13		46,601
14		43,194
15		42,985
16		42,261
17		41,413
18		40,001
19		38,894
20		38,799
21		36,403
22		33,383
23		30,780
24		29,963
25		28,785

Rank	City	Population
26		27,570
27		26,979
28		22,271
29		21,262
30		21,019
31		20,815
32		20,515
33		20,345
34		20,264
35		20,061
36		18,364
37		17,882
38		17,565
39		17,216
40		17,049
41		17,034
42		16,443
43		15,743
44		15,312
45		15,215
46		14,432
47		14,362
48		14,252
49		14,190
50		14,010
?	14,010

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US Populous Cities 1850 Quiz

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	Ghostbear:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 19:51 GMT		18 points
	I want to meet the person who got moyamensing. I won't look it up but you probably dont even have the excuse of being from there. J/k, deep geography knowledge, damn.

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	mendelevium:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 20:07 GMT		24 points
	i gave up half way and started naming English towns. i ended up doing better

	NoVan:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 20:17 GMT		6 points
	@Flick: speaking of singing, it seems those Cleveland tourism video guys lied to me. I thought it was "under construction since 1868"!

	jcos444:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 20:27 GMT		19 points
	Broooklynnnn....youu sly dog.

	somedudemanguy:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 20:29 GMT		18 points
	Stupid Philadelphia, why couldn't you just play by the rules like everyone else?

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	omnipotent1:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 21:40 GMT		37 points
	These old population quizzes fascinate me to no end. It's just interesting to see how some cities seem to spring up overnight and others that were once big players are now an afterthought.

	dje:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 21:41 GMT		5 points
	@jefe- what happens when you type in Kyrgyzstan? if there is a bonus, it sure isnt working for me

	drn211:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 21:43 GMT		5 points
	The only bonus is San Francisco

	benito50:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 21:48 GMT		25 points
	No wonder the South lost the Civil War...

	nymous:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 21:54 GMT		15 points
	Couldn't the next census results be used for a sporcle quiz sooner than 160 years from now?

	Geo_Crazy:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 22:05 GMT		-4 points
	No cities (besides San Francisco) west of the Mississippi. Wonder if anyone was living in the now top 10 cities of Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Antonio, and Phoenix then.

	kobie:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 22:05 GMT		13 points
	@TooMuchTime: Cry more, noob.

	mddassarma:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 22:06 GMT		8 points
	I got Kensington, but missed Newark... Sporcle really messes with your mind...

	DPA727:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 23:05 GMT		14 points
	It sure does help to live in Massachusetts for this one.

	Jman14:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 23:11 GMT		11 points
	chicago only had about 30,000 people?! My how things have changed.

	MechTimber:	Mar 27th, 2010 at 00:49 GMT		8 points
	Knowing the neighborhoods and history of Philadelphia was a big help

	icing:	Mar 27th, 2010 at 00:57 GMT		15 points
	Yay! I love these historical population quizes! It's fun to try to remember ... "now who had heavy industry, who's near a big river, who's on the coast" ... if you think about the means of freight transport back then (train, riverboat, canal barge, etc.) it helps fill a lot of these in. What? Too nerdy?

	omnipotent1:	Mar 27th, 2010 at 01:01 GMT		2 points
	icing, that's what I used to make educated guess. That and cities that had professional sports teams back in the day.

	jefe_:	Mar 27th, 2010 at 01:22 GMT		3 points
	@dje Nothing. Nothing at all happens when you type in Kyrgyzstan, as it is not one of the 50 most populous cities in the United States in the year 1850.

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	davidr:	Mar 27th, 2010 at 02:12 GMT		12 points
	@Geo_Crazy: Lafayette and St Louis are both west of the Mississippi. (Though the St Louis urban area now spans both sides of the river, the actual city is on the west bank.)

	alkeiper:	Mar 27th, 2010 at 02:34 GMT		5 points
	Knew I was going to get nailed on pre-incorporated cities.

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	cardsfan86:	Mar 27th, 2010 at 03:10 GMT		4 points
	@geo crazy.. last time I checked st. Louis WAS west of the mississippi

	phatti:	Mar 27th, 2010 at 03:11 GMT		5 points
	I live in Philadelphia and didn't get "Moyanmensing"--most impressive for anyone who got it on the first try.

	Edge578:	Mar 27th, 2010 at 03:19 GMT		4 points
	great quiz.