50 Fun Facts About US State Capitals Trivia for Kids

What is the capital of Georgia?

It sits in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, about 1,000 feet above sea level.

What is the capital of Colorado?

It lies just east of the Rocky Mountains' Front Range.

What is the capital of Hawaii?

It is on the southeast coast of the island of Oahu.

What is the capital of Tennessee?

It was named after Francis Nash, a general in the Revolutionary War.

What is the capital of Indiana?

Its slogan is 'Crossroads of America' because so many roads and railways meet there.

What is the capital of Utah?

Locals often just call it Salt Lake or SLC.

What is the capital of Alabama?

It was named for Richard Montgomery, a general in the Continental Army.

What is the capital of Arkansas?

It is named for a small rock formation on the Arkansas River that a French explorer spotted in 1722.

What is the capital of Iowa?

The name probably comes from French words meaning 'River of the Monks'.

What is the capital of Kansas?

It sits on the Kansas River in the northeast of the state.

What is the capital of Mississippi?

It sits on the Pearl River.

What is the capital of Nebraska?

It began in 1856 as a village called Lancaster, on salt marshes.

Which state capital is often shortened to OKC?

It is one of the biggest cities in the country by land area.

What is the capital of Oregon?

It sits in the middle of a river valley in the northwest of the state, south of Portland.

What is the capital of Rhode Island?

It was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, who had been forced out of Massachusetts for his religious views.

What is the capital of Washington?

It is about 50 miles southwest of Seattle at the southern end of Puget Sound.

What is the capital of West Virginia?

Daniel Boone was one of the trustees when the town was set up in 1794.

What is the capital of Wyoming?

It began in 1867 as a stop on the Union Pacific Railroad and is named for the Cheyenne people.

What is the capital of Idaho?

It sits on the Boise River, about 41 miles from the Oregon border.

What is the capital of Montana?

It is the county seat of Lewis and Clark County, named for the famous explorers.

What is the capital of New Mexico?

Its name is Spanish for 'Holy Faith'.

What is the capital of North Dakota?

It has been the capital since North Dakota became a state in 1889.

What is the capital of South Dakota?

It is pronounced 'peer', not like the French name.

What is the capital of Missouri?

Locals call it Jeff City.

What is the capital of Kentucky?

The site was once a ford across the Kentucky River on an old buffalo trail.

What is the capital of Vermont?

It was named after Montpellier, a city in the south of France.

What is the capital of Maryland?

It sits on Chesapeake Bay, about 25 miles south of Baltimore.

What is the capital of Delaware?

William Penn named it after Dover in Kent, England.

What is the capital of Wisconsin?

Its downtown sits on a strip of land between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona.

What is the capital of Maine?

It sits on the Kennebec River, which English settlers explored as early as 1607.

Which state has Phoenix, the most populous state capital in the country, as its capital?

More than 1.6 million people live in Phoenix.

Which state capital has the fewest people of any in the United States?

Only about 8,000 people live there, though about 21,000 come in to work each day.

Which state capital is highest above sea level?

It sits at 6,998 feet in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

Which state capital is on an island in the Pacific Ocean?

The island is Oahu, and Honolulu Harbor made it an important port.

Which state capital was renamed to honour the president who led the Union through the Civil War?

It was originally called Lancaster when it was founded in 1856.

Which state capital is named after the fourth president, known as the Father of the Constitution?

It was founded in 1836, the same year Wisconsin became a territory.

Which state capital is named after the explorer who claimed the Americas for Spain in 1492?

It is the third-biggest state capital, after Phoenix and Austin.

Which state capital is named after the English explorer who founded the lost Roanoke Colony?

It is nicknamed the 'City of Oaks' for its tree-lined streets.

Which state capital is named after a famous mountain man and frontier scout of the 1800s?

It grew after silver was found nearby in the Comstock Lode.

Which state capital's name means 'Red Stick' in French?

It sits on a bluff on the east bank of the Mississippi River.

Which state capital took over from Sitka as Alaska's capital in 1906?

Congress ordered the move in 1900, and it happened six years later.

Which state capital was founded in 1630 by English Puritan settlers on the Shawmut Peninsula?

It is the biggest city in New England.

Which state capital is next door to Minneapolis, forming the 'Twin Cities'?

The Minnesota State Capitol sits on a hill above a bend in the Mississippi River.

Which state capital started as a gold camp at Last Chance Gulch in 1864?

By 1888 about 50 millionaires lived there.

Which state capital was the capital of the whole United States for a few weeks at the end of 1784?

Congress met there from November 1 to December 24 that year.

Which state capital is famous for the school segregation case Brown v. Board of Education?

The 1954 ruling said separate schools for Black and white children were not equal.

Which state capital hosts more than 70,000 students, including Florida State University?

It became Florida's capital in 1824, when Florida was still a territory.

Which state capital sits where the American River joins a larger river in California?

Spanish cavalryman Gabriel Moraga named the river in 1808.

Which state capital is the oldest city in New York?

It sits on the west bank of the Hudson River.

Which river runs through Salem, the capital of Oregon?

The river forms the line between Marion and Polk counties, so West Salem is in a different county.