List of current and former capital cities within U.S. states
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This is a list of the current and former national and subnational capitals (legislature or government seat) of states, territories, colonies, or kingdoms located in the United States, organized by current U.S. state location. Washington, D.C., the national capital, is not located in any state; current state capitals are noted in boldface font.
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Sources
- 1: United States Senate Historical Office, "U.S. Senate: Reference Home > The Nine Capitals of the United States," viewed 9 June 2005; based on Fortenbaugh, Robert, The Nine Capitals of the United States, York, PA: Maple Press, 1948. (http://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_item/Nine_Capitals_of_the_United_States.htm)
- 2: Alabama Department of Archives and History, "ADAH: Capitals of Alabama," updated 29 Oct 2001, viewed 9 June 2005. (http://www.archives.state.al.us/capital/capitals.html)
- 3: SLED: Statewide Library Electronic Doorway, "FAQ ALASKA - Frequently Asked Questions About Alaska," updated 21 Sept 2004, viewed 9 June 2005; based on Alaska Blue Book 1993-94, 11th ed., Juneau, Department of Education, Division of State Libraries, Archives & Museums. (http://sled.alaska.edu/akfaq/akchron.html)
- 4: Department of Community and Economic Development Alaska Community Database Online, "ExploreNorth: The History of Sitka," viewed 9 June 2005. (http://www.explorenorth.com/library/communities/alaska/bl-Sitka.htm)
- 5: Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records, "Capitals before the Capitol," viewed 9 June 2005. (http://azcapitol.lib.az.us/before_capitol.htm)
- 6: Arkansas Secretary of State, "Arkansas Secretary of State: Educational Materials: Facts," viewed 9 June 2005. (http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/educational_facts.html)
- 7: Confederate Capital Old Division of State Parks, Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, "Washington State Park 19th century village in SW Arkansas," created 2003, viewed 9 June 2005. (http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/oldwashingtonhistoric)
- 8: California State Library, "Previous Capitals of California," updated 27 Nov 2000, viewed 9 June 2005. (http://www.library.ca.gov/history/previous-ca-capitals.cfm)
- 9: Historic Monterey, "Historic Timeline," created 2005, viewed viewed 9 June 2005. (http://www.historicmonterey.org/?p=historic_timeline)
- 10: Colorado State Archives, "Colorado State Capitol Virtual Tour Early Capitol and Legislative Assembly Locations," updated 20 June 2003, viewed 9 June 2005. (http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/cap/locate.htm)
- 11: Official City of Olympia Web Site, "The History of Olympia," viewed 9 June 2005. (http://www.ci.olympia.wa.us/information/history.asp)
- 12: Rocha, Guy "Nevada State Archives Historical Myth a Month Myth #28, Las Vegas: Nevada's Next State Capital?," updated 14 July 2003, viewed 9 June 2005; originally published as Sierra Sage, Carson City/Carson Valley, Nevada, May 1998 edition. (http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/nsla/archives/myth/myth28.htm)
- 13: Vermont Historical Society, "Early History of Montpelier, Vermont," viewed 9 June 2005; adapted from Esther Munroe Swift, Vermont Place-Names: Footprints of History, 1977, 1996, and Montpelier Heritage Group, Three Walking Tours of Montpelier, Vt., 1991. (http://www.vermonthistory.org/links/monthist.htm)
- 14: City of St. Paul, Minnesota, "Saint Pauls 150th birthday," viewed 9 June 2005. (http://www.stpaul.gov/leisure/history/stpaul150.html)
- 15: Idaho Office of the Governor, "Chronological History of Idaho," created 2000, viewed 9 June 2005. (http://gov.idaho.gov/fyi/history/1863-89.htm)
- 16: New Hampshire General Court, "New Hampshire Senate Page For Kids," viewed 9 June 2005. (http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/misc/kids.html)
- 17: New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources, "New Hampshire History in Brief," created 1989, viewed 9 June 2005. (http://www.nh.gov/markers/brief.html)
- 18: Saban, Mary Thompson, "Wyoming Sage: Brief History of Wyoming," updated 17 Jan 2004, viewed 10 June 2005. (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sabthomp/wyoming/wysage.htm)
- 19: Harding, Eldon, "Stories from the Kansas State Capital: Choosing a Capital City--Why Topeka?" Kansas State Historical Society, April 2001, viewed 10 June 2005. (http://www.kshs.org/features/feat401j.htm)
- 20: Bunn, Mike and Clay Williams, "Capitals and Capitols: The Places and Spaces of Mississippi's Seat of Government," Mississippi History Now (Mississippi Historical Society Online), posted September 2003, viewed 10 June 2005. (http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/features/feature44/capitals_capitols.html)
- 21: Sabin, Henry, "Making of Iowa, Chapter 24: Locating a Capital," originally published 1900 by A. Flanagan Co. of Chicago and New York, published online by Iowa History Project, posted 25 Aug 2004, viewed 10 June 2005. (http://iagenweb.org/history/moi/moi24.htm)
- 22: Lambert, Kirby, "Montana's crown jewel of architecture: The Montana state capitol," Montana: The Magazine of Western History, Montana Historical Society, originally published summer 2002, viewed 10 June 2005. (http://www.gradewinner.com/p/articles/mi_qa3951/is_200207/ai_n9146543)
- 23: "Michigan in Brief," Official State of Michigan website, updated 7 Mar 2005, viewed 10 June 2005. (http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-15481_20826_20829-56001--,00.html)
- 24: "Capital Cities," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, posted 2002, viewed 10 June 2005. (http://160.36.208.47/FMPro?-db=tnencyc&-format=tdetail.htm&-lay=web&entryid=C028&-find=)
- 25: "Students Questions Frequently Ask," Maine State Senate website, viewed 10 June 2005. (http://www.state.me.us/legis/senate/about/generalinfo/Students/questions_students_ask-1.htm)
- 26: "Past Capitols," (note: copied from the 1975-1976 Illinois Bluebook), ilstatehouse.com, created 5 Mar 2005, viewed 10 June 2005. (http://www.ilstatehouse.com/PastCapitols.htm)
- 27: Jackson, Edwin L., "Story of Georgia's Capitols and Capital Cities," Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia, 1988 (http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/capital.htm)
- 28: Florida State History, Florida Division of Historical Resources (http://www.shgresources.com/fl/history/)
See also
- List of U.S. state capitals
- List of capitals of subnational entities (includes capitals of U.S. possessions)
- List of historical national capitals (e.g. of the United States)
- Capital of the Confederate States of America
- List of multiple capitals
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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)
- Utah History To Go - Utah's Capitols (http://historytogo.utah.gov/utcapitol.html)