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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
Within current states
| Located in | Place | When, Whose
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| 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
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