US States and Capitals
Northeast Region
• State: Maine (ME)
• Capital: Augusta
• Fun Fact: Maine is
the only state
whose name is one
syllable
Northeast Region
• State: New Hampshire
(NH)
• Capital: Concord
• Fun Fact: The state’s
motto is “live free
or die”
Northeast Region
• State: Vermont (VT)
• Capital: Montpelier
• Fun Fact: VT is the
home to Ben and
Jerry’s ice cream 
Northeast Region
• State: Massachusetts
(MA)
• Capital: Boston
• Fun Fact: Harvard, the
first college established
in the United States
(1636) is located in
Cambridge, MA
Northeast Region
• State: Connecticut (CT)
• Capital: Hartford
• Fun Fact: UConn's NCAAW
basketball team has the
longest winning streak out
of both men and women's
college basketball teams
Northeast Region
• State: Rhode Island
(RI)
• Capital: Providence
• Fun Fact: Providence
was founded by
banished Puritan,
Rodger Williams and
was seen as a religious
refuge for some in
the1600s
Northeast Region
• State: New York
(NY)
• Capital: Albany
• Fun Fact: The Major
League Baseball
Hall of Fame is
located in
Cooperstown, NY
Northeast Region
• State: Pennsylvania
(PA)
• Capital: Harrisburg
• Fun Fact: PA is known
as the Keystone State
Northeast Region
• State: New Jersey
(NJ)
• Capital: Trenton
• Fun Fact: NJ is the
most DENSELY
populated state in
the US
Northeast Region
• State: Maryland
(MD)
• Capital: Annapolis
• Fun Fact: MD is
home to the US
Naval Academy
Northeast Region
• State: Delaware (DE)
• Capital: Dover
• Fun Fact: Nicknamed
the “First State” (first
state to ratify the
Constitution)
Southeast Region
• State: West Virginia (WV)
• Capital: Charleston
• Fun Fact: John Brown’s Raid at
Harpers Ferry (for abolition)
happened in WV.
Southeast
• State: Virginia (VA)
• Capital: Richmond
• Fun Fact: Home to Jamestown
Southeast Region
• State: North Carolina (NC)
• Capital: Raleigh
• Fun Fact: Home to the first flight (Wright
Brothers)
Southeast Region
• State: South Carolina
(SC)
• Capital: Columbia
• Fun Fact: First state to
secede from the Union to
start the Civil War.
Southeast Region
• State: Georgia (GA)
• Capital: Atlanta
• Fun Fact: Home to Coca-Cola headquarters
Southeast Region
• State: Florida (FL)
• Capital: Tallahassee
• Fun Fact: NASA Headquarters located at
Cape Canaveral
Southeast Region
• State: Alabama (AL)
• Capital: Montgomery
• Fun Fact: Hub of the
Civil Rights Movement
in the 1960s;
Montgomery Bus
Boycott occurred here
(Rosa Parks)
Southeast Region
• State: Mississippi (MS)
• Capital: Jackson
• Fun Fact: Named after
the largest river in the
US
Southeast Region
• State: Louisiana (LA)
• Capital: Baton Rouge
• Fact: In 2005, New
Orleans was
devastated by
Hurricane Katrina
Southeast Region
• State: Arkansas (AR)
• Capital: Little Rock
• Fun Fact: Home to the
“Little Rock Nine”
Event
Southeast Region
• State: Tennessee (TN)
• Capital: Nashville
• Home state of Elvis
Southeast Region
• State: Kentucky (KY)
• Capital: Frankfort
• Fun Fact: Home to
the longest
continuously held
horse race (the
Kentucky Derby) at
Churchill Downs
Southwest Region
• State: Oklahoma
(OK)
• Capital: Oklahoma
City
• Fun Fact: Settlers who
tried to get land in
Oklahoma, before the
noon starting time,
were called Sooners
Southwest Region
• State: Texas (TX)
• Capital: Austin
• Fun Fact: Texas
executes more
prisoners than any
other state
Southwest Region
• State: New
Mexico(NM)
• Capital: Santa Fe
• Fun Fact: Home to
Los Alamos where
the US tested the
atomic bomb
Southwest Region
• State: Arizona (AZ)
• Capital: Phoenix
• Fun Fact: Home to
the Grand Canyon
Midwest Region
Midwest Region
• State: Ohio (OH)
• Capital: Columbus
• Fun Fact: Kent, Ohio
is home to the Kent
State Massacre in 1970
when the government
fired on students
protesting the US
involvement in the
Vietnam War
Midwest Region
• State: Michigan (MI)
• Capital: Lansing
• Fun Fact: Home to
Motown and the US
car industry
Midwest Region
• State: Indiana (IN)
• Capital: Indianapolis
• Fun Fact: Residents
are called Hoosier's
after the frontier
greeting of "who's
here?" whenever
settlers approached
someone's living
quarters
Midwest Region
• State: Illinois (IL)
• Capital: Springfield
• Fun Fact: Home to
Presidents Lincoln
and Obama
Midwest Region
• State: Wisconsin (WI)
• Capital: Madison
• Fun Fact: #1 producer
of dairy products,
hence the “cheese
head” nickname
Midwest Region
• State: Minnesota
(MN)
• Capital: St. Paul
• Fun Fact: Home to
the “Twin Cities”
Midwest Region
• State: Iowa (IA)
• Capital: Des Moines
• Fun Fact: Home to
the Iowa Caucus, the
first presidential
primary state
Midwest Region
• State: Missouri (MO)
• Capital: St. Louis
• Fun Fact: Home to the
famous Gateway Arch
and the 2011 World
Series Champions
(Cardinals)
Midwest Region
• State: North Dakota
(ND)
• Capital: Bismarck
• Fun Fact: North Dakota
is nicknamed the
"Roughrider State" in
honor of the first
volunteer cavalry in the
US led by Teddy
Roosevelt in the SpanishAmerican War
Midwest Region
• State: South Dakota
(SD)
• Capital: Pierre
• Fun Fact: Home to Mt.
Rushmore.
Midwest Region
• State: Nebraska (NE)
• Capital: Lincoln
• Fun Fact: Kool Aid
was invented in this
state.
Midwest Region
• State: Kansas (KS)
• Capital: Topeka
• Fun Fact: Part of
Tornado alley
Western Region
Western Region
• State: Colorado
• Capital: Denver
• Fun Fact: Home to
the US Air Force
Academy
Western Region
• State: Utah
• Capital: Salt Lake City
• Fun Fact: TCR
completed here.
Celebration occurred at
Promontory Summit in
1869.
Western Region
• State: Wyoming
• Capital: Cheyenne
• Fun Fact: Home to
Yellowstone
National Park
Western Region
• State: Montana
• Capital: Helena
• Fun Fact: Battle of
Litter Big Horn
(Custer’s Last Stand)
happed in Montana
Western Region
• State: Idaho
• Capital: Boise
• Fun Fact: #1
producer of potatoes
in the US
Western Region
• State: Nevada
• Capital: Carson City
• Fun Fact: Home to
“Sin City”
Western Region
• State: California
• Capital: Sacramento
• Fun Fact: Most
populous state in the
US
Western Region
• State: Oregon
• Capital: Salem
• Fun Fact: Home to
the largest lake in
the US (Crater Lake)
Western Region
• State: Washington
• Capital: Olympia
• Fun Fact: Only state
to be named after a
president.
Western Region
• State: Hawaii
• Capital: Honolulu
• Fun Fact: 50th State,
only state with an
active volcano
Western Region
• State: Alaska
• Capital: Juneau
• Fun Fact: Only state
whose capital city
can’t be accessed by
car.