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HANDY ATLAS

THE WORLDCONTENTS.

United States Standard Time 2

The World in Hemispheres 3

North America 4

Dominion of Canada 5

Arctic Regions 5

United States 6, 7

New England States 8

Middle Atlantic States 9

New York City and Vicinity 10

Philadelphia and Vicinity

Boston and Vicinity .

Washington and Vicinity

South-eastern States 12

East Central States 13

West Central States 14

Chicago and Vicinity 15

St. Louis and Vicinity 15

Pacific States and Territories 16

South-western States 17

Mexico and the West Indies 17

United States— Commercial Map . . . . 18, ig

South America 20

Europe 21

Great Britain and Ireland 22

France and Switzerland . . .... 23

Germany, Netherlands, and Belgium.... 24

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy 25

Turkish Empire, etc 26

Asia 27

Bible Lands of Western Asia 27

Africa 28

Northern Africa 28

Southern Africa 28

Central Africa 29

Australia and Pacific Islands 30

Heights of the Principal Mountains of the World . 31

Lengths of the Principal Rivers of the World . . 31

Population of the Principal Cities of the World . 31

Population of Chief Cities ai.d Towns of United States, 32

General Tables of Area and Population ... 32

Co['VRir;nT, 1883, by

IVISON, BLAKEMAN, TAYLOR, AND COMPANYPUBLISHERS

NEW YORK AND CHICAGO 930B 1 8»

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PRINCIPAL RAILROADS IN THEUNITED STATES.

1. Grand Trunk.2. Eastekn.3. Shore Line.

4. Vermont Central.5. Bo.sTON AND Albany.6. Hudson River.7. New York Central.8. New York, Lake Erie, and Western.g. A'-LANTic and Great Western.

Pennsylvania.Baltimore and OhPittsburg, Fort V

Chicago and North-Western.Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific.St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba.Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul.Chicago. Burlington, and Quincy.Hannibal and St. Joseph.Chicago and Alton.Illinois Central (Iowa Division).

23. Wabash, Toledo,24. Ohio and Mississ

25. Pittsburg, CiNcr26. Cleveland, Coli27. Washington Cn

Southern.28. RrcHMOND, Fred

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( Wilmington, Co-31. South Carolina.32. Georgia.

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33- Piedmont Air Line.34. Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line.35- Central Railroad of Georgia.36. Western and Atlantic.37. East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia.38. Atlantic, Mississippi, and Ohio.39. Cincinnati Southern.40. Atlantic and Gulp.41. Western Railroad op Alabama, and Atlanta

West Point.42. I.niiisvii.LE AND Great Southern.43. Memihis anu Char44. Mobile and Ohio.

45. Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans.46 St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern.47. International and Great Northern.48. Houston and Texas Central.49. M1S.SOURI, Kansas, and Texas.50. St. Louis and San Krancisco.51. Texas and Pacific.

52. Atchison, Topkka, and Santa Ft53. Union Pacific.54. Central Pacific.55. Northern Pacific. •

56. Southern Pacific.

57. Oregon and California.

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POPULATION, IN EVEN THOUSANDS, OF SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THE

[For the Population of the Principal Cities ofthe United States, sec next page.}

Chili.NORTH AMERICA.Canada and Newf'd.

Quebec .... 62.000

Halifax .... 34,000St. John . . . 26,000St. John's . . . 23.000Ottawa .... 27,000

Mexico.

Mexico .... 225,000Leon 100,000Oiiadala\ara . . 93,000Puebia .... 77,000Guanaxuato . . 63,000

Queretaro . . 48,000

Central America.

New Guateniaht . 56,000

Argentine Confeder'i

Buenos .-^yres . .

j

Cordova. . . .

San balvador . .

West Indie

Havana ....SantiagoKingston . . .

Port-auPrince .

San Juan . . .

San Domingo . .

SOUTH AMERICA.Venezuela.

Caracas .... 55,00c

Cartagena . . .

Popayan . . .

Panama. . . .

Ecuador.

Quito....

Guayaquil . . .

Peru.

Calls : : : :

Bolivia.

La Paz . . . . 26,0Cochabamba . . 15,0Sucre .... x2,o<

NORTH AMERICA.

18,0

Riga .....Astrakhan . .

Cronstadt . .

Archangel . .

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POPULATION OF THE CHIEF CITIES AND TOWNS OF THE UNITED STATES.

{Compiledfrom the Report of the Tenth United States Ceusus, iSSo.]

Akron, O. . . .

Albany, N.V. .

Alexandria, Va. .

Allegheny, Penn.

AUentown, Penn.

Altoona, Penn. .

Atchison, Kan. .

Atlanta, Oa. . .

Attleborough, MassAuburn, N.Y. .

Augu.sta, Ga. . .

Aurora, HI. . .

Austin, Te.v. . .

H..lli,„ore. Md. .

I'.LUigor, Ml>. . .

Bay City, iMich. .

Belleville, 111. .

Biddeford, Me. .

ISinghamton, N.Y.Bloomington. 111.

Boston, Ma.ss. .

Bridgeport, Conn.

Brockton, Ma^.s.

Brooklyn, N.Y. .

Buffalo, N.Y. .

Btirlington, lo. .

Burlington, Vt. .

Cambridge, Mass.

Camden, N.J. .

Canton, O. . .

Cedar .Rapids, lo.

Charleston, 3.C. .

Chatunooga, Teiui.

Chelsea, Mass. . .

Chester, Penn. .

Chicago, III. . .

Chicopce, Mass. .

Chilicothe, O. .

Cincinnati, O.

Cleveland, () . .

Cohoes, N.Y. . .

Columbia, S.C. .

Columbus, O.Concord, N.H. .

Council Bluffs, lo.

Covington, Ky. .

Cumberland, Md.

90.758

18,063

12,651

>7.3"7

17,180362,83927,64313,608

566,66355,13419.45011,364

4-,659.2,258

503,185

:o;^;i255,139160,146

51,64713,843

18,05929,72010,693

Dallas, Tex. .

Danbury, Conn.

Davenport, lo.

Dayton, O. .

Denver, Col. .

Derby, Conn. .

Des Moines, lo.

Detroit, Mich.

Dover, N.H. .

Dubuque, lo. .

Easton, Penn.East Saginaw, !

Eau Claire, WisElizabeth, N.J.

Fall River, Mass.

Fitchburg, Mass.

Fond-du-Lac, Wis.Fort Wayne, Ind.

Galesburg. III. .

Galveston, Tex. .

Georgetown, r).C.

Gloucester, Mass.Grand Rapids, Mic

Hamilton, O. . .

,MoHarrisburg, Penn.

Hartford, Conn. .

Haverhill, Mass.Hoboken, N.J. .

Holyoke, Mass. .

Houston, Tex. .

Hyde Park, 111. .

Jackson, Mich. .

Jacksonville, 111.

Jersey City, N.J.Joliet.lU. . . .

Kalamazoo, Mich.Kansas City, Mo.Keokuk, lo. . .

Kingston, N.Y. .

'\'s';

22,248

12,57819,32932,016

42^01518,472

73,056

16,145

55^735

La Crosse, Wis. .

Lafayette, Ind. .

Lancaster, Penn.

Lawrence, Mass.LeadvUle, Col. .

Leavenworth, KalLewi.

,Me

Lexington, Ky, .

Lincoln, Neb.Lincoln, R.l. . .

Little Rock, Ark.

Lockport, N.V. .

Logansport, Ind.

Long Island City ,

Ix>s Angeles, Cal.

I.xDuisviTle, Ky. .

Lowell, Mass. .

Lynchburg, Va. .

Lynn, Mass. . .

,Ga.Madison, Wis. . .

Maiden, Mass. . .

Manchester, N.H. .

Marlborough, Mass.

.Memphis, Tenn. .

Meriden, Conn. . .

Middletown, Conn. .

Milwaukee, Wis.

Minneapolis, Minn.Mobile, Ala. . . .

Montgomery, Ala. .

Muskegon, Mich. .

Nashua, N.H. . .

Nashville, Tenn.New Albany, Ind. .

Newark, N.J. . .

New Bedford, Mass.New Brighton, N.Y.New Britain, Conn.New Brunswick, N.J.Newburg, N.Y. . .

Newburyport, Mass.New Haven, Conn.New London, Conn.New Orleans, La. .

Newport, Ky. . .

Newport, R.I. . .

Newton, Mass. . .

New York. N.Y. .

25.76939.'5i14,820

16,54619.08316,656

13,003

'3.76513,138

".732115.58746,887

.36,50826,84512,679

62382

5,693

^^•995

Norfolk, Va. . .

Norristown, Penn.North Adams, MasNorthampton, MasNorwalk, Conn. .

Norwich, Conn. .

Oakland, Cal .

Ogdensburg, N.V.Omaha, Neb. . .

Orange, N.J. . .

Oshkosh, Wis. .

Osw N.V.

Paterson, N.J. . .

I'awtucket, K.I. . .

Peoria, III

Petersburg, ''a. . .

Philadelphia, Penn.

Pittsburg, Penn. . .

Pittsfield, Mass. . .

Portland, Me. . .

Portland, Ore. . .

Portsmouth, O. . .

Portsmouth, Va.

Pottsvdle, Penn. .

Poughkeepsie, N.Y.Providence, R.I. .

Racine, Wis. . .

Reading, Penn. .

Richmond, Ind. .

Richmond, Va. .

Rochester, N.Y.Rockford, 111. .

Rock Island, III.

Rome, N.V. . .

Sacramento, Cal, .

Saginaw, Mich. . .

Salem, Mass. . . .

Salt Lake City, UtahSan Antonio, Tex. .

Sandusky, _0. . .

San Francisco, Cal.San Jos«, Cal. . .

Savannah, Ga. . .

Schenectady, N.Y. .

30,51813,2075.748

.56,3893.36733,8107,577

104,857

27,268

20,768

5,838233.959

12,56730,70913.65s

SomerviUe, Mass.South Bend, Ind.

Springfield, 111. .

Springfield, Mass.Springfield, O. .

Stamford, Conn. .

Steubenville, O. .

St. Joseph, Mo. .

St. Louis, Mo. .

St. Paul, Minn. .

Stockton, Cal. .

Syracuse, N.Y. .

Taunton, Mass. .

Terre Haute, Ind.

Toledo, O. . . .

Topeka, Kan.Trenton, N.J. .

Troy, N.Y. . .

Vicksburg, MiVirginia City, Nev. ,

Waltham, Mass. .

Warwick, R.I. .

Washington, D.C.Waterbury, Conn. ,

Watertown, N.Y.Weymouth, Mass. ,

Wheeling, W. Va.Wilkesbarre, Penn. ,

Williamsport, Penn.

Wilmington, Del.

Wilmington, N.C.

Wobum', Mass. '.

Woonsocket, R.l.

Worcester, Mass.

Vonkers, N.Y. .

York, Penn. . .

Youngstown, O. .

GENERAL TABLES OF AREA AND POPULATION.

General Divisions.

Polar Lands (both hemisphe.Greenland and Iceland .

North of North AmericaNorth of Europe . . .

North of Asia ....South of South AmericaSouth of Australia . .

: ,726,934878,357502,347

28,606,250

82:438

Asi'a'uncluding Malaysia) '. '.

Polynesia (both hemispheres)Australasia (both hemispheres) .

AustraliaTasmaniaNew Zealand . . . .

'

. .

New GuineaOther Islands

.756,973, 327,743,400

,2i2,6oi 795,591,000,SM,755 205,823,26011,710 271,000

i»444,987 3.960,883

105,401

311,95256,314

"5,705534,578

States and Terri-

Alabama . . .

Alaska ....Arizona Territory

California . . .

Colorado . . .

Dakota TerritoryDelaware . . .

District CohmibiaFlorida ....Georgia . . ,

Idaho Territory .

16. Indian Territnr>' .

18. Kansas . . . .

19. Kentucky . . .

20. Louisiana . . .

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