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Pioche, Nevada
Pioche, Nevada: unincorporated Lincoln County seat, former 1870s silver boomtown named for financier F.L.A. Pioche, famed for the Million Dollar Courthouse, Boot Hill, and its aerial tramway.
Pocatello, Idaho
Pocatello, Idaho, is the county seat of Bannock County in southeastern Idaho, named for Shoshone Chief Pocatello. It grew from a railroad junction and is home to Idaho State University.
Prescott, Arizona
Prescott, Arizona: county seat of Yavapai County in north-central Arizona, founded 1864 as the first Arizona territorial capital (1864–67, 1877–89), population 45,827 in 2020, known for Courthouse Plaza, Whiskey Row, and the 1888 Frontier Days Rodeo.
Provo, Utah
Provo, Utah: county seat of Utah County on the eastern shore of Utah Lake, 45 miles south of Salt Lake City. Founded as Fort Utah in 1849, incorporated 1851, population 115,162 (2020), home of Brigham Young University.
Pueblo, Colorado
Pueblo, Colorado: Steel City on the Arkansas River at Fountain Creek, southern Front Range. Founded from the 1842 El Pueblo trading post; CF&I steelworks 1882; 1921 flood; 2020 population 111,876; Hispanic 48.3%.
Reno, Nevada
Reno, Nevada, "The Biggest Little City in the World," is the largest city in Northern Nevada, in the Truckee Meadows. Founded 1868 as a railroad town, incorporated 1903; gambling legalized 1931; population 264,165 (2020).
Rock Springs, Wyoming
Rock Springs, Wyoming: Sweetwater County city founded on 1868 Union Pacific coal mining, site of the 1885 Chinese massacre, population 23,526 (2020), fifth-largest Wyoming city.
Roswell, New Mexico
Roswell, New Mexico: county seat of Chaves County in the Pecos Valley, founded 1869 by Van C. Smith, population about 47,000, famed for the 1947 Roswell Incident, artesian-basin agriculture, and Roswell Air Center.
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City is the capital and most populous city of Utah, founded in 1847 by Latter-day Saint pioneers led by Brigham Young in the Salt Lake Valley.
Sandpoint, Idaho
Sandpoint, Idaho: Bonner County city on Lake Pend Oreille, incorporated 1901/1907, railroad and timber origins, 2025 population about 10,645, recreation economy with Schweitzer ski area and the Long Bridge.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico: capital of New Mexico, founded 1610 by Don Pedro de Peralta, oldest capital in the United States; population about 89,800, tourism-driven economy, Palace of the Governors.
Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona: Sonoran Desert city northeast of Phoenix founded by Winfield Scott in 1888, incorporated 1951; about 243,000-246,000 residents, 184.5 square miles, $3.7 billion tourism economy, CAP water supply, and Old Town arts district.
Sedona, Arizona
Sedona, Arizona: small city in Coconino and Yavapai counties famed for red rock scenery and Oak Creek Canyon; about 9,700 residents, incorporated 1988, named for Sedona Schnebly (1902), with a tourism-dominated economy.
Sheridan, Wyoming
Sheridan, Wyoming: county seat of Sheridan County at the eastern foot of the Bighorn Mountains on I-90. Founded 1882 by John D. Loucks, incorporated 1884; population about 20,000 (2025 estimate); major visitor economy with the WYO Rodeo and historic Main Street.
Sierra Vista, Arizona
Sierra Vista, Arizona: largest city in southeastern Arizona, in Cochise County south of Interstate 10, adjacent to Fort Huachuca. Incorporated 1956; 2020 population 45,308; regional hub near the San Pedro River.
Silver City, New Mexico
Silver City, New Mexico: Grant County seat founded about 1870 after silver was found at Chloride Flat, incorporated under its 1878 territorial charter, population 9,704 (2020), home of Western New Mexico University.
Sparks, Nevada
Sparks, Nevada: railroad city east of Reno in the Truckee Meadows, founded 1904 by Southern Pacific, incorporated 1905, named for Governor John Sparks; about 112,000 residents, Rail City nickname, Sparks Marina, and limited room left to grow.
St. George, Utah
St. George, Utah: county seat of Washington County, founded fall 1861 as the main settlement of the LDS Cotton Mission and named for apostle George A. Smith; nicknamed Utah's Dixie; now a fast-growing metro of about 213,670.
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Steamboat Springs is a home rule city in Routt County, Colorado, founded in the late 1880s by James Crawford, known for mineral springs, Steamboat Ski Resort, and a severe workforce housing shortage.
Surprise
Surprise, Arizona: a city in the northwest Phoenix metro founded in 1938 by Flora Mae Statler. Population about 175,000 (2025), groundwater-based 100-year assured water supply, Texas Rangers and Kansas City Royals spring training, ratified 2040 General Plan.
Taos, New Mexico
Taos, New Mexico: northern New Mexico town (population 6,474 in 2020) at 6,967 feet elevation, incorporated 1934, home to the nearly 1,000-year-old UNESCO-listed Taos Pueblo and a noted arts colony.
Telluride, Colorado
Telluride, Colorado: San Juan Mountains box-canyon town, founded 1878 as Columbia, silver-mining boom town, National Historic Landmark District (1961), now a ski resort and festival destination with a free gondola to Mountain Village.
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe is a city of about 190,000 in Maricopa County, Arizona, in the East Valley of the Phoenix metropolitan area, and home to Arizona State University's historic Tempe campus.
Thornton, Colorado
Thornton, Colorado: home rule city in Adams County, nine miles north of Denver, incorporated May 26, 1956 and named for Governor Daniel Thornton. Grew from Sam Hoffman's 1953 planned subdivision to about 148,000 people, with water supply from the South Platte basin.
Trinidad, Colorado
Trinidad, Colorado: Las Animas County seat at Raton Pass on the Santa Fe Trail, founded circa 1860-1862, a coal-mining city tied to the 1914 Ludlow Massacre, later a cannabis and cultural hub of about 8,300 people.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Truth or Consequences (T or C) is a Sierra County, New Mexico city, formerly Hot Springs, renamed March 31, 1950 after Ralph Edwards' NBC radio quiz show; known for geothermal bathhouses and nearby Elephant Butte Lake.
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona: second-largest Arizona city (548,371 est. 2025) in the Sonoran Desert on the Santa Cruz River; founded as Presidio San Agustín del Tucson in 1775; home of the University of Arizona and first UNESCO City of Gastronomy.
Tucumcari, New Mexico
Tucumcari, New Mexico: a Quay County railroad town founded in 1901 (Ragtown, Six Shooter Siding), later a Route 66 stop known for the Blue Swallow Motel, neon, and murals; population about 5,100.
Twin Falls, Idaho
Twin Falls, Idaho: south-central Idaho city on the Snake River, founded 1904-05 on the Carey Act Twin Falls irrigation tract; eighth largest Idaho city, Magic Valley hub, home of Shoshone Falls.
Virginia City, Nevada
Virginia City, Nevada, a Storey County boom town born of the 1859 Comstock Lode silver strike, grew to 25,000 people by 1874, declined by the 1880s, and is now a National Historic Landmark mining town.