State Capitals

Albany

Capital of New York, at the head of Hudson navigation

Annapolis

Capital of Maryland, a sailing city on Chesapeake Bay

Atlanta

Capital of Georgia and economic capital of the Southeast

Augusta

Capital of Maine, at the head of Kennebec navigation

Austin

Capital of Texas, on the edge of the Hill Country

Baton Rouge

Capital of Louisiana, on the Mississippi River

Bismarck

Capital of North Dakota, on the Missouri River

Boise

Capital of Idaho, on the edge of the high desert

Boston

Capital of Massachusetts and hub of New England

Carson City

Capital of Nevada, below the eastern Sierra

Charleston

Capital of West Virginia, in the Appalachian hills

Cheyenne

Capital of Wyoming, a high-plains railroad town

Columbia

Capital of South Carolina, at the fall line

Columbus

Capital of Ohio and the state's largest city

Concord

Capital of New Hampshire, on the Merrimack River

Denver

The Mile High City, capital of Colorado

Des Moines

Capital of Iowa, at the meeting of two rivers

Dover

Capital of Delaware, on the coastal plain

Frankfort

Capital of Kentucky, in a bend of the Kentucky River

Harrisburg

Capital of Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River

Hartford

Capital of Connecticut, on the Connecticut River

Helena

Capital of Montana, born of a gold strike

Honolulu

Capital of Hawaii, on the island of Oʻahu

Indianapolis

Capital of Indiana, a planned city at the state's center

Jackson

Capital of Mississippi, on the Pearl River

Jefferson City

Capital of Missouri, on a bluff above the Missouri River

Juneau

Capital of Alaska, reachable only by boat or plane

Lansing

Capital of Michigan, in the Lower Peninsula

Lincoln

Capital of Nebraska, on the eastern prairie

Little Rock

Capital of Arkansas, on the Arkansas River

Madison

Capital of Wisconsin, a city on an isthmus

Montgomery

Capital of Alabama, on the Alabama River

Montpelier

The smallest state capital in the U.S.

Nashville

Capital of Tennessee, on the Cumberland River

Oklahoma City

Capital of Oklahoma, born in a single day

Olympia

Capital of Washington, at the foot of Puget Sound

Phoenix

Capital of Arizona and the desert Southwest's largest city

Pierre

Capital of South Dakota, on the Missouri River

Providence

Capital of Rhode Island, at the head of Narragansett Bay

Raleigh

Capital of North Carolina, the "City of Oaks"

Richmond

Capital of Virginia, at the falls of the James

Sacramento

Capital of California, in the Central Valley

Saint Paul

Capital of Minnesota, eastern half of the Twin Cities

Salem

Capital of Oregon, in the Willamette Valley

Salt Lake City

Capital of Utah, below the Wasatch Range

Santa Fe

The oldest and highest state capital in the U.S.

Springfield

Capital of Illinois, in the central prairie

Tallahassee

Capital of Florida, in the rolling Panhandle

Topeka

Capital of Kansas, on the Kansas River

Trenton

Capital of New Jersey, at the fall line of the Delaware