List of current and former capital cities within the United StatesThis 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 (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, 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 | 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
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Within current possessions
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