| Place | When
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| Saint Stephens, Alabama (territorial capital) | 1817-1819
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| Cahawba, Alabama | 1820-1826
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| Tuscaloosa, Alabama | 1826-1846
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| Montgomery, Alabama | current
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| Juneau, Alaska | current
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| Prescott, Arizona (territorial capital) | -1867; 1877-1889
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| Tucson, Arizona (territorial capital) | 1867-1877
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| Phoenix, Arizona | current
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| Little Rock, Arkansas | current
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| Monterey, California | (capital under Spanish and Mexican rule)
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| San Jose, California | -1851
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| Vallejo, California | 1851-
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| Benicia, California | 1853-1854
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| Sacramento, California | current
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| Golden, Colorado (territorial capital) | 1862-1867
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| Denver, Colorado | current
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| Hartford, Connecticut | current
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| New Castle, Delaware (Delaware state) | -1777
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| Dover, Delaware | current
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| Tallahassee, Florida | current
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| Savannah, Georgia (colonial) |
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| Augusta, Georgia |
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| Louisville, Georgia |
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| Milledgeville, Georgia | 1803-1868
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| Atlanta, Georgia | current
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| Lahaina, Hawaii (capital of the Kingdom) | -1840
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| Honolulu, Hawaii | current
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| Boise, Idaho | current
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| Kaskaskia, Illinois | 1818-1819
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| Vandalia, Illinois | 1819-1839
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| Springfield, Illinois | current
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| Vincennes, Indiana (territorial capital) | 1800-1813
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| Corydon, Indiana | -1821
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| Indianapolis, Indiana | current
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| Iowa City, Iowa | -1852
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| Des Moines, Iowa | current
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| Pawnee near Fort Riley, Kansas (territorial capital) |
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| Topeka, Kansas | current
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| Frankfort, Kentucky | current
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| New Orleans, Louisiana | 1812-1849 except 1830; 1865-1880
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| Donaldsonville, Louisiana | 1830
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| Opelousas, Louisiana | 1862 in war
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| Shreveport, Louisiana | 1863
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| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | current
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| Portland, Maine | 1820-1832
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| Augusta, Maine | current
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| St. Mary's City, Maryland (colonial times) | -1694
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| Annapolis, Maryland (initially named Anne Arundel Town) | current
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| Boston, Massachusetts | current
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| Lansing, Michigan | current
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| Saint Paul, Minnesota | current
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| Natchez, Mississippi (territorial capital) |
|
| Washington near Natchez, Mississippi |
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| Jackson, Mississippi (renamed from LeFleur's Bluff) | current
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| Saint Charles, Missouri | 1821-1825
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| Jefferson City, Missouri | current
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| Bannack, Montana (territorial capital) |
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| Virginia City, Montana (territorial capital) | 1864-1875
|
| Helena, Montana | current
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| Lincoln, Nebraska | current
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| Carson City, Nevada | current
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| Concord, New Hampshire | current
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| Trenton, New Jersey | current
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| Santa Fe, New Mexico | current
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| Kingston, New York |
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| Poughkeepsie, New York |
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| New York, New York |
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| Albany, New York | current
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| New Bern, North Carolina | -1794
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| Raleigh, North Carolina | current
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| Bismarck, North Dakota | current
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| Chillicothe, Ohio | 1803-1810; 1812-1816
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| Zanesville, Ohio | 1810-1812
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| Columbus, Ohio | current
|
| Guthrie, Oklahoma | 1907-1910
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| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | current
|
| Oregon City, Oregon (territorial capital) | -1851
|
| Corvallis, Oregon (territorial capital) | 1855
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| Salem, Oregon | current
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| Lancaster, Pennsylvania | 1799-1812
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| Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | current
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| Providence, Rhode Island | current
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| Charleston, South Carolina |
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| Columbia, South Carolina | current
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| Pierre, South Dakota | current
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| Knoxville, Tennessee | 1796-1812; 18..
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| Murfreesboro, Tennessee | 1819-1826
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| Nashville, Tennessee | current
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| Austin, Texas | current
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| Fillmore, Utah (territorial capital) |
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| Salt Lake City, Utah | current
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| Montpelier, Vermont | current
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| Williamsburg, Virginia | colonial capital
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| Richmond, Virginia | current
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| Olympia, Washington | current
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| Charleston, West Virginia | current
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| Belmont, Wisconsin (territorial capital) |
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| Madison, Wisconsin | current
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| Cheyenne, Wyoming | current
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