List of bodies of water of capital cities of the United States

This is a list of bodies of water of capital cities of the United States. The list distinguishes between bodies of water that each capital was founded upon and bodies that are within or bordering each city through expansion or annexation.

State capitals

State Capitals of the United States

State	Abr.	Capital	Body Founded Upon	Body Type	Body Upon Through Annexation	Notes
Alabama	AL	Montgomery	Alabama River	River (Navigable)
Alaska	AK	Juneau	Gastineau Channel	Bay (Pacific Ocean)
Arizona	AZ	Phoenix	Salt River	River (Non-Navigable)		Founded upon the Salt River near where it flows into the Gila River.
Arkansas	AR	Little Rock	Arkansas River	River (Navigable)
California	CA	Sacramento	Sacramento River, approximately a mile downstream of its confluence with the American River	River (Navigable)
Colorado	CO	Denver	Confluence of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek	Confluence of Rivers (Non-Navigable)
Connecticut	CT	Hartford	Connecticut River	River (Navigable)
Delaware	DE	Dover	St. Jones River	River
Florida	FL	Tallahassee	None	Not Applicable	Lake Jackson and Lake Lafayette	Both lakes are natural
Georgia	GA	Atlanta	Chatahoochee River	River (Navigable)
Hawaii	HI	Honolulu	Honolulu Harbor	Bay (Pacific Ocean)		Pearl Harbor lies entirely to the west of the City and County of Honolulu
Idaho	ID	Boise	Boise River	River
Illinois	IL	Springfield	Sangamon River	River
Indiana	IN	Indianapolis	White River	River
Iowa	IA	Des Moines	Des Moines River	River
Kansas	KS	Topeka	Kansas River	River
Kentucky	KY	Frankfort	Kentucky River	River
Louisiana	LA	Baton Rouge	Mississippi River	River (Navigable)
Maine	ME	Augusta	Kennebec River	River
Maryland	MD	Annapolis	Severn River at Chesapeake Bay	River mouth and bay
Massachusetts	MA	Boston	Charles River at Boston Harbor	River mouth and bay
Michigan	MI	Lansing	Grand River	River
Minnesota	MN	Saint Paul	Mississippi River	River (Navigable)
Mississippi	MS	Jackson	Pearl River	River		Pearl River forms the easternmost portion of the Mississippi-Louisiana border
Missouri	MO	Jefferson City	Missouri River	River (Navigable)
Montana	MT	Helena	None	Not Applicable		Within 10 miles of the Missouri River, though no body of water was relevant to the location of Helena's founding.
Nebraska	NE	Lincoln	Salt Creek	River
Nevada	NV	Carson City	None	Not applicable	Lake Tahoe and the Carson River
New Hampshire	NH	Concord	Merrimack River	River
New Jersey	NJ	Trenton	Delaware River	River (Navigable)
New Mexico	NM	Santa Fe	Santa Fe River	River (Non-Navigable)		Santa Fe River is seasonal and endangered.
New York	NY	Albany	Hudson River	River (Navigable)
North Carolina	NC	Raleigh	None	Not applicable	Neuse River	While various creeks run through the area, Raleigh's location was chosen for its centrality within North Carolina rather than its proximity to a water resource.
North Dakota	ND	Bismarck	Missouri River	River (Navigable)
Ohio	OH	Columbus	Confluence of Scioto and Olentangy Rivers	Confluence of Rivers
Oklahoma	OK	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma River	River
Oregon	OR	Salem	Willamette River	River
Pennsylvania	PA	Harrisburg	Susquehanna River	River
Rhode Island	RI	Providence	Providence River at Narragansett Bay	River mouth and bay
South Carolina	SC	Columbia	Saluda River and Broad River at confluence forming the Congaree River	Confluence of rivers
South Dakota	SD	Pierre	Missouri River	River (Navigable)
Tennessee	TN	Nashville	Cumberland River	River (Navigable)
Texas	TX	Austin	Colorado River (Texas)	River (Navigable)		The Colorado River of Texas is dammed to form the seven “Highland Lakes
Utah	UT	Salt Lake City	Jordan River (Utah) near its mouth at the Great Salt Lake	River
Vermont	VT	Montpelier	Winooski River	River
Virginia	VA	Richmond	James River	River (Navigable)
Washington	WA	Olympia	Budd Inlet of Puget Sound	Bay (Pacific Ocean)	Capitol Lake (artificial)	Capitol Lake was formed by damming the Deschutes River estuary.
West Virginia	WV	Charleston	Elk and Kanawha Rivers	Confluence of Rivers
Wisconsin	WI	Madison	Lake Mendota and Lake Monona, natural lakes of the Yahara River	Lakes (natural)	Lake Waubesa	One of Madison’s nicknames is the “City of the Four Lakes,” referencing a nearby fourth lake of the Yahara, Lake Kegonsa.
Wyoming	WY	Cheyenne	Crow Creek	River		The location on Crow Creek was strategically important due to its selection as the Union Pacific Railroad crossing.

Insular area capitals

Capitals of United States Insular Areas

Insular area	Abr.	Capital	Body Founded Upon	Body Type	Body Upon Through Annexation	Notes
American Samoa	AS	Fagatogo (constitutional capital)	Pago Pago Harbor	Bay (Pacific Ocean)
Guam	GU	Hagåtña	Hagåtña River and Agana Bay	Mouth of River and Bay (Pacific Ocean)
Northern Mariana Islands	MP	Saipan				The entire island of Saipan is organized as a single municipality, with the center of government located in the village of Capital Hill, which is not on the coast or any notable body of water.
Puerto Rico	PR	San Juan	San Juan Bay	Bay (Atlantic Ocean)	Bahia de Puerto Nuevo, Candado Lagoon, Laguna Los Corozos, Laguna San Jose, Rio Puerto Nuevo, and Caño Martín Peña
U.S. Virgin Islands	VI	Charlotte Amalie	Saint Thomas Harbor	Bay (Caribbean Sea)

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