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to 1830 ; and that, in both decennial periods, it exceeds that of the 

 whole population, nearly as 50 to 32. 



By extending our estimate of this description of the population 

 to towns of a lower rank, we may not only better compare the 

 different States in this particular, but, perhaps, also better draw the 

 line between the town and country population. Congregations of 

 a much smaller number than 10,000, whether their dwelling-place 

 be called a city, town, or village, have the chief characteristics 

 which distinguish the main part of the inhabitants of cities, as to 

 their habits, manners, and character. Though these characteristics 

 are but partially found in towns and villages of not more than 2,000 

 inhabitants, yet, as the census has, in many of the States, numbered 

 these among the " principal towns," we will extend our estimate to 

 them, and endeavour to supply its omissions, in other States, by a 

 reference to the best geographical authorities: 



Table of all Towns in the United Suites containing between 10,000 and 2,000 Inhabit, 

 ants, according to the Census of 1840. 



Slates. Toions. Pop. 



Maine, Bangor, 8,627 



Thomaston, 6,227 



Augusta, 5,314 



Bath, 5,141 



Gardenier, 5,042 



HaHowell, 4,654 



Saco, 4,408 



Brunswick, 4,259 



Belfast, 4,186 



Westbrook, 4,116 



Frankfort, 3,603 



Minot, 3,550 



Prospect, 3,492 



Poland, 3,360 



York, 3,111 



N. Hampshire, . .Portsmouth, 7,887 



Dover, 6,458 



Nashua, 6,054 



Concord, 4,897 



Somers worth, 3,283 



Meredith, 3,351 



Manchester, 3,235 



Exeter, 2,925 



Vermont, Burlington, 4,271 



Montpelier, 3,725 



Bennington, 3,429 



Woodstock, 3,315 



Middlebury, 3,162 



Massachusetts, . Lynn, 9,367 



Roxbury, 9,089 



Nantucket, 9,012 



Newburyport, 7,161 



Fall River, 6,738 



Gloucester, 6,350 



Marblehead, 5,575 



Towns- Pop. 



Bucksport, 3,015 



Camden, 3,005 



Gorham, 3,001 



Waterville, 2,971 



Vassalborough, 2,952 



Calais, 2,934 



Eastport, 2,876 



North Yarmouth, 2,824 



Kennebunk, 2,768 



Buxton, 2,688 



Freeport, 2,662 



Biddeford, 2,574 



South Berwick, 2,314 



Ellsworth, 2,263 



Haverhill, 2,784 



Hanover, 2,613 



Keene, 2,610 



Hopkinton, 2,455 



Rochester, 2,431 



Goffstown, 2,376 



Peterborough, 2,163 



Windsor, 2,744 



Rutland, 2,708 



St. Albans, 2,702 



Brattleboro', 2,624 



Rockingham, 2,330 



Cambridge, 8,409 



Taunton, 7,645 



Worcester, 7,497 



Mendon, 3,524 



Quincy, 3,486 



Newton, 3,351 



Dedham, 3,290 



107,937 



55,459 



31,010 



