Settled in 1786, Knoxville became the first capital of Tennessee. Though originally faced with difficulties expanding because of its geographic seclusion, Knoxville grew as a manufacturing city due to the instillation of railroads in the mid...
Originally known as Bronson, Kalamazoo was founded and named by Titus Bronson. In 1837, the name was changed to Kalamazoo, which is a Potawatomi word. The word was originally used to name the local river, meaning “the mirage or reflecting...
Milwaukee is a city is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. Its conception stemmed from a collection of scattered settlements on a site familiar to the Native American tribes in eastern Wisconsin. In 1818, French-Canadian explorer...
Louisville is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the state’s only first-class city. The settlement that went on to become Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark and is named after King Louis XVI of France...
Little Rock is the capital and largest city in Arkansas; in 2010 the population reached 193,524. The population for the Metropolitan Area was 717,666 in 2012. Little Rock’s name originates from a small rock formation on the south bank of the...
The town of Nashville was founded in 1779 by James Robertson, John Donelson, and a party of Overmountain Men. It was named after Francis Nash, the American Revolutionary War hero. Nashville grew rapidly because of its convenient location...
Norfolk is located at the center of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, named for the large harbor of the same name located at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. It is considered to be the historic, cultural, and economic center of the region. Known...
Mobile is the most populous city in Mobile County, the third most populous city in the state of Alabama, and the largest municipality on the Gulf Coast between New Orleans, Louisiana, and St. Petersburg, Florida. The Port of Mobile is the...
New York is the most populous city in the United States and one of the most densely populated urban clusters in the world. Located on one of the world’s largest natural harbors, New York City consists of five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn...
Minneapolis is the largest city in the state of Minnesota and the 48th-largest in the United States. The city lies on both banks of the Mississippi River and borders Saint Paul, the state’s capital. Known as the Twin Cities...
Jackson is the capital and largest city of Mississippi at the southern border of the Mississippi Delta, near the southern portion of the Yazoo River. The city was named after Andrew Jackson, when he was a general, before he went on to become...
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in Pennsylvania. With a combined statistical population of 2,661,369, it is the largest metropolitan area in both the Ohio Valley and Appalachia. Known as the “City of Bridges” and “Steel...
