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- 6. State capital that’s located near a major lake
- 8. The suffix of this state capital means “city” in Greek.
- 10. This state capital is located near the headwaters of the Mississippi River.
- 11. This capital city is located on the Cumberland River and is also the largest city in its state.
- 12. This state capital borders California
- 14. This state capital is located near the Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains.
- 15. This is the capital of the state that shares a name with a major river.
- 19. This is the capital city that means “Red Stick” in French.
- 20. This capital city is on the Kennebec River on the East Coast.
- 21. This is the capital city of the Blue Grass state.
- 22. This state capital was the site of many important events in the Civil Rights Movement.
- 26. This is the closest state capital to the national capital.
- 27. This “mile high” city is also its state’s capital.
- 28. This state capital's name means “Place to dig potatoes or roots” in Kansa-Osage language.
- 29. This is the only state capital that is on an actual island.
- 31. This capital city was established by gold miners and had been called “Last Chance Gluch.”
- 33. It's the state capital of the Lone Star state.
- 34. This state capital was named for the third president of the United States.
- 37. This is the state capital of the state that is east of Vermont.
- 38. The smallest state’s capital city.
- 39. This state capital was the site of the first vote to rebel against the United States.
- 40. This state capital is closer to Philadelphia than the capital of Pennsylvania.
- 42. This west coast state’s capital was originally called Chemeketa.
- 43. This is the capital of the state that is west of Rhode Island.
- 46. This state capital is named after an indigenous people from the Great Plains who were eventually pushed westward.
- 47. This state capital means “Holy Faith” in Spanish.
- 48. This is the only state capital to be named after a foreign leader.
- 49. This is the northernmost state capital.
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- 1. This capital city is known by locals as “mid Michigan.”
- 2. This state capital was named for a nearby rock formation.
- 3. This state capital was named after a French fur trader.
- 4. The Ohio state capital was named after… well, you can probably guess…
- 5. Philadelphia is the state’s largest city, but this is the capital city.
- 7. This capital city is located on an isthmus and was previously called Taychopera, “land of the four lakes” by native people.
- 9. This state capital was once a fort on the Oregon Trail.
- 13. This is the only state capital that has the name of the state in its name.
- 16. This large capital city is in the area once inhabited by the Cree people.
- 17. This capital city was established in 1630 by a group of Puritans.
- 18. This is the state capital of the state named after the Illini, a group of indigenous tribes that originally lived there.
- 23. This is the state capital of the state that is west of New Hampshire. (It’s also the least populated state capital in the country)
- 24. This capital city is part of a “triangle” with Durham and Chapel Hill.
- 25. The capital of the First State is this.
- 30. A flag with a bear on it flies at this state capital.
- 32. The capital city of the Empire State
- 35. This state capital is named after a president who never went there and died before it became a state.
- 36. This state capital has three sets of double letters. Its state's name doesn’t have any.
- 37. Although it was a part of the United States before the Civil War, this capital’s state didn’t exist until after the war.
- 41. This state capital is named after a mythical bird.
- 44. This state capital was once an important village of the Powhatan people. It was later the capital city of the Confederate States of America.
- 45. This is the capital of the state that is south of Minnesota and north of Missouri.