A report on List of capitals in the United States
List of capital cities of the United States, including places that serve or have served as federal, state, insular area, territorial, colonial and Native American capitals.
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Austin, Texas
2 linksCapital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties.
Capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties.
Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most populous city in the United States, the fourth-most-populous city in Texas, the second-most-populous state capital city, one of two state capitals with a population of over one million people, after Phoenix, Arizona, and the most populous state capital that is not also the most populous city in its state.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
2 linksCapital of the U.S. state of New Mexico.
Capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico.
The city was founded in 1610 as the capital of Nuevo México, replacing the previous capital, San Juan de los Caballeros (near modern Española) at San Gabriel de Yungue-Ouinge, which makes it the oldest state capital in the United States.
Capital city
1 linksMunicipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government.
Municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government.
Traditional capitals may be economically eclipsed by provincial rivals, e.g. Nanking by Shanghai, Quebec City by Montreal, and numerous US state capitals.
New York City
1 linksMost populous city in the United States.
Most populous city in the United States.
New York City was the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790, and has been the largest U.S. city since 1790.
Philadelphia
1 linksLargest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth most populous city in the U.S., and the second most populous city in the Northeast megalopolis, behind New York City.
Largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth most populous city in the U.S., and the second most populous city in the Northeast megalopolis, behind New York City.
Philadelphia remained the nation's largest city until 1790, when it was surpassed by New York City, and served as the nation's first capital from May 10, 1775 until December 12, 1776 and on four subsequent occasions during and following the American Revolution, including from 1790 to 1800 while the new national capital of Washington, D.C. was under construction.
Vermont
1 linksState in the New England region of the United States.
State in the New England region of the United States.
The state capital is Montpelier, the least-populous state capital in the United States.
Montpelier, Vermont
1 linksCapital city of the U.S. state of Vermont and the seat of Washington County.
Capital city of the U.S. state of Vermont and the seat of Washington County.
The site of Vermont's state government, it is the least populous state capital in the United States.
New Mexico
1 linksState in the Southwestern United States.
State in the Southwestern United States.
The state capital is Santa Fe, which is the oldest capital in the U.S., founded in 1610 as the government seat of Nuevo México in New Spain; the largest city is Albuquerque.
Congress Hall
0 linksCongress Hall, located in Philadelphia at the intersection of Chestnut and 6th Streets, served as the seat of the United States Congress from December 6, 1790, to May 14, 1800.
Congress Hall, located in Philadelphia at the intersection of Chestnut and 6th Streets, served as the seat of the United States Congress from December 6, 1790, to May 14, 1800.
During Congress Hall's duration as the capitol of the United States, the country admitted three new states, Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee; ratified the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution; and oversaw the presidential inaugurations of both George Washington (his second) and John Adams.