State Capitals Quiz

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Fun Fact: At 450 feet tall, Baton Rouge’s capital building is the tallest in the country. 

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Fun Fact: Trenton was the U.S. Capital for the last two months of 1784. 

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Fun Fact: Frankfort was the only Union capital that was overtaken and occupied by the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War. 

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Fun Fact: Indianapolis is the largest U.S. city that is not on a navigable river.

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Fun Fact: Boise is home to the largest population of Basque Americans in the U.S. (15,000).

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Fun Fact: Santa Fe is the oldest state capital (founded in 1610), and also the highest U.S. capital at 7,000 feet above sea level.

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Fun Fact: Phoenix, the capital of Arizona, is the most populous state capital in the U.S.

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Fun Fact: Des Moines was originally named “Fort Raccoon” after the Raccoon River.

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Fun Fact: Although Denver is exactly one mile high, it is not the U.S. capital with the highest elevation. (Santa Fe and Cheyenne are higher).

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Fun Fact: Lansing was the birthplace of Oldsmobile in 1897, eleven years before the Ford Motor Company created the Ford Model T.