In 1790, the very first United States Census found that Northern Liberties was the sixth most populous city in all of the United States, weighing in with around 9,900 residents. Granted, the country was pretty small back then, but it made me wonder what caused this Northern Liberties to completely fall off the map. As it turns out, Northern Liberties was located in present-day Philadelphia, just north of what is now...
Tracking the center-point of America's population through the years:
It’s a neat idea, the mean center of population. As the population in the West grows, the center-point of America’s population creeps away from the East coast.
Center of population at each Census: 1790 - 1890 (1890)
