State Capitals Quiz

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Fun Fact: Sacramento is the oldest incorporated city in the state of California (1850).

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Fun Fact: Another U.S city named after a past U.S. president – Andrew Jackson (7th U.S. president).

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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: Montgomery, the capital of the state of Alabama, was the first city with an electric streetcar system known as “The Lightning Route“.

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Fun Fact: Concord was named for the “concord” or harmony, after a boundary dispute between the neighboring towns Rumford and Bow.

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Fun Fact: Located only eight miles north of the Colorado border, Cheyenne is one of the furthest U.S. capitals from its own state’s geographic center.

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Fun Fact: Dover differed from the rest of Kent County regarding slavery, and the city was an important stop on the Underground Railroad.

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

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Fun Fact: The capital building in Little Rock finished construction in 1842, making it the oldest capital building in the country.

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Fun Fact: Augusta is home to Fort Western, the oldest wooden fort in the United States (built in 1794).