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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. A few of these were temporary, until the permanent location was chosen or built. Sorted by state and date. ==National capital==
StatePlaceWhen
'''UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'''    New York City, New York 1785–1790
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1790–1800
Washington, District of Columbia     1800–present
==Within current states==
Located inPlaceWhen, 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 (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 ( –1840)
'''Honolulu, Hawaii''' current
'''IDAHO'''Lewiston, Idaho territorial (1863–1864)
'''Boise, Idaho''' territorial, current
'''ILLINOIS'''Kaskaskia, Illinois 1818–1819
Vandalia, Illinois 1819–1839
'''Springfield, Illinois''' current
'''INDIANA'''Vincennes, Indiana territorial capital (1800–1813)
Corydon, Indiana 1816–1825
'''Indianapolis, Indiana''' current
'''IOWA'''Burlington, Iowa 1838–1841
Iowa City, Iowa 1841–1857
'''Des Moines, Iowa''' current
'''KANSAS'''Pawnee near Fort Riley, Kansas territorial capital
'''Topeka, Kansas''' current
'''KENTUCKY'''Danville, Kentucky capital 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, Missouriterritorial 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 Hampshirecolonial, 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'''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; 18..
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 colonial capital (initially "Middle Plantation")
Yorktown, Virginia 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==
StatePlaceWhen
'''AMERICAN SAMOA'''    Pago Pago, American Samoa
'''GUAM'''    Hagta, Guam
'''NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS'''    Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
'''PUERTO RICO'''    San Juan, Puerto Rico
'''U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS'''    Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
==See also== * List of capitals of subnational entities (includes capitals of U.S. possessions) * List of historical national capitals * List of multiple capitals * List of U.S. state capitals * List of U.S. states' largest cities * List of U.S. states by date of statehood * List of U.S. states that were never territories * List of U.S. state name etymologies * List of U.S. states by area * List of U.S. states by population * List of U.S. states by population density * List of U.S. states by postal abbreviation * List of U.S. states by time zone * List of U.S. states by traditional abbreviation * List of U.S. states by unemployment rate * List of current and former capital cities within the United States * Lists of U.S. state insignia ==External links== *Capitals of Alabama *Florida Facts - The Capitol *The Capitalization of Georgia *The State Houses of Louisiana *Las Vegas: Nevada's Next State Capital? *New Hampshire Senate for Kids - Capitals *''Handbook of Texas Online'' – Capitals *Colonial Capitals of the Dominion of Virginia
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