thought some of you might find this link interesting

[david(tx)]

it gives the populations of american cities and how they grew population wise from the time they started doing the census'.many older eastern cities were larger by a long shot than many cities which dwarf them population wise today.

http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0027.html

 

[Art SC]

Of course people weren't keen on anti-slavers settling that area, especially since they were "outsiders" and foreigners. Pre-Civil War "politics" I guess.