Encyclopedia > List of current and former capital cities within the United States
This is a list of the current capitals of U.S. states , as well as a few of the former capital cities (legislature or government seat) of states, territories, colonies, or kingdoms within today's United States .
National capital
State Place When UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1776 Baltimore, Maryland 1776–1777 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1777 Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1777 York, Pennsylvania 1777–1778 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1778–1783 Princeton, New Jersey 1783 Annapolis, Maryland 1783–1784 Trenton, New Jersey 1784 New York, New York 1785–1790 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1790–1800 Washington, District of Columbia 1800–present
Within current states Located in Place When, Whose ALABAMA St. Stephens, Alabama Territorial capital (1817–1819) Huntsville, Alabama 1819 Cahaba, Alabama 1820–1826 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1826–1846 Montgomery, Alabama Current, also first capital of Confederate States of America ALASKA Sitka, Alaska District capital (—1906) Juneau, Alaska District capital (1906–1912), territorial capital, current ARIZONA Prescott, Arizona Territorial capital (—1867; 1877–1889) Tucson, Arizona Territorial capital (1867–1877) Phoenix, Arizona Current ARKANSAS Arkansas Post, Arkansas Territorial capital (1819–1821) Washington, Arkansas Confederate capital (1863–1865) Little Rock, Arkansas Territorial; current CALIFORNIA Monterey, California Capital under Spanish and Mexican rule San Jose, California —1851 Vallejo, California 1851– Benicia, California 1853–1854 Sacramento, California Current COLORADO Golden, Colorado Territorial capital (1862–1867) Denver, Colorado current CONNECTICUT Hartford, Connecticut current New Haven, Connecticut Co-capital with Hartford (1701–1873) DELAWARE New Castle, Delaware Colonial capital Dover, Delaware Current FLORIDA St. Augustine, Florida Spanish and territorial capital (—1824), alternated with Pensacola Pensacola, Florida Spanish and territorial capital (—1824), alternated with St. Augustine Tallahassee, Florida Territorial, current GEORGIA Savannah, Georgia Colonial and first of state Augusta, Georgia Alternated with Savannah Louisville, Georgia ~1799 Milledgeville, Georgia 1803–1868 Atlanta, Georgia Current HAWAII Lahaina, Hawaii Capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii (—1840) Honolulu, Hawaii Current IDAHO Lewiston, Idaho Territorial (1863–1864) Boise, Idaho Territorial, current ILLINOIS Kaskaskia, Illinois Territorial (1809–1818) Vandalia, Illinois 1819–1839 Springfield, Illinois Current INDIANA Vincennes, Indiana Territorial capital (1800–1813) Corydon, Indiana 1816–1825 Indianapolis, Indiana Current IOWA Burlington, Iowa Stop-gap territorial capital 1838–1841 Iowa City, Iowa Territorial, first state (1841–1857) Des Moines, Iowa Current KANSAS Pawnee near Fort Riley, Kansas Territorial capital Topeka, Kansas Current KENTUCKY Danville, Kentucky Capital of Virginia's Kentucky District Bowling Green, Kentucky Confederate capital Frankfort, Kentucky Current LOUISIANA New Orleans, Louisiana 1812–1849 except 1830; 1865–1880 Donaldsonville, Louisiana 1830 Opelousas, Louisiana 1862 in war Shreveport, Louisiana 1863 Baton Rouge, Louisiana current MAINE Portland, Maine 1820–1832 Augusta, Maine current MARYLAND St. Mary's City, Maryland Colonial capital ( —1694) Annapolis, Maryland Current (initially named Anne Arundel Town ) MASSACHUSETTS Boston, Massachusetts Current (1630—) MICHIGAN Detroit, Michigan Territorial capital, state capital 1837–1847 Lansing, Michigan Current MINNESOTA Saint Paul, Minnesota Territorial , current MISSISSIPPI Natchez, Mississippi Territorial capital Washington near Natchez, Mississippi Jackson, Mississippi Current (renamed from LeFleur's Bluff ) MISSOURI St. Louis, Missouri Territorial capital Saint Charles, Missouri 1821–1825 Marshall, Texas Civil War Capital of exiled pro-Confederate state officials and ousted Governor of Missouri Jefferson City, Missouri current MONTANA Bannack, Montana Territorial capital Virginia City, Montana Territorial capital (1864–1875) Helena, Montana Current NEBRASKA Omaha, Nebraska Territorial capital Lincoln, Nebraska Current NEVADA Carson City, Nevada Territorial , current NEW HAMPSHIRE Portsmouth, New Hampshire Colonial , state (—1808) Exeter, New Hampshire Revolutionary War capital Concord, New Hampshire Current NEW JERSEY Elizabethtown, New Jersey Colonial capital (–1686) Trenton, New Jersey Current NEW MEXICO Mesilla, New Mexico Declared capital of Confederate Arizona Territory Santa Fe, New Mexico Current NEW YORK New York, New York Colonial , under British rule (1664–1777) Kingston, New York (1777) Hurley (city), New York (Oct–Dec 1777) Poughkeepsie (1777–) New York, New York (1789–1797) Albany, New York Current NORTH CAROLINA Charlestown, Carolina Early colonial, before division of Carolina New Bern, North Carolina —1794 Raleigh, North Carolina Current NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck, North Dakota Territorial (1883–1889), current OHIO Chillicothe, Ohio 1803–1810; 1812–1816 Zanesville, Ohio 1810–1812 Columbus, Ohio Current OKLAHOMA Guthrie, Oklahoma 1889–1910 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Current OREGON Oregon City, Oregon Territorial capital (–1851) Corvallis, Oregon Territorial capital (1855) Salem, Oregon Current PENNSYLVANIA Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1799–1812 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Current RHODE ISLAND Providence, Rhode Island Current SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston, South Carolina Was early colonial Charlestown, Carolina Columbia, South Carolina Current SOUTH DAKOTA Yankton, South Dakota Capital Dakota Territory (1861–1883) Pierre, South Dakota Current TENNESSEE Knoxville, Tennessee 1796–1812 Murfreesboro, Tennessee 1819–1826 Nashville, Tennessee Current TEXAS Washington, Texas First capital of the Republic of Texas , today called Washington-on-the-Brazos Galveston, Texas Temporary capital of the Republic of Texas Harrisburg, Texas Temporary capital of the Republic of Texas Velasco, Texas Temporary capital of the Republic of Texas Columbia, Texas Temporary capital of the Republic of Texas, today called West Columbia Houston, Texas Capital of the Republic of Texas from 1837 to 1839 Austin, Texas Current (initially named Waterloo ; changed in the 19th c. ) UTAH Fillmore, Utah Territorial capital Salt Lake City, Utah Current VERMONT Montpelier, Vermont Current VIRGINIA Jamestown, Virginia First Colonial capital Williamsburg, Virginia Second colonial capital (initially Middle Plantation ) Yorktown, Virginia Third colonial capital Richmond, Virginia Current; also capital of the Confederate States of America WASHINGTON Olympia, Washington Territorial , current WEST VIRGINIA Wheeling, West Virginia First capital; 1863–1870, 1875–1885 Charleston, West Virginia 1870–1875, 1885–present WISCONSIN Belmont, Wisconsin Territorial capital Madison, Wisconsin Current WYOMING Cheyenne, Wyoming Territorial , current
Within current possessions
See also
External links Capitals of Alabama (http://www.archives.state.al.us/capital/capitals.html ) Florida Facts - The Capitol (http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/flafacts/capitol.html ) The Capitalization of Georgia (http://www.rootsweb.com/~gamacon/capitalization.htm ) The State Houses of Louisiana (http://www.sec.state.la.us/museums/osc/exhibits/statehouse/stathse-bro.pdf ) Las Vegas: Nevada's Next State Capital? (http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/nsla/archives/myth/myth28.htm ) New Hampshire Senate for Kids - Capitals (http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/misc/kids.html ) Handbook of Texas Online – Capitals (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/mzc1.html ) Colonial Capitals of the Dominion of Virginia (http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/colcap.htm )
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