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Clearwater, Florida
Clearwater, Florida: county seat of Pinellas County on the Gulf coast, population about 114,000 (2025 estimate). Founded around Fort Harrison (1841), incorporated 1891, reincorporated 1915; council-manager government; notable for Clearwater Beach, hurricane exposure, and the Duke Energy utility dispute.
Clemson, South Carolina
Clemson, South Carolina: Upstate Pickens County college town, founded as Town of Calhoun in 1892, renamed Clemson in 1943; home of Clemson University, fare-free CAT transit, and Lake Hartwell parks; 2020 population 17,681.
Cocoa Beach, Florida
Cocoa Beach, Florida is a Brevard County barrier-island city incorporated June 5, 1925 by Gus Edwards, known for surfing, Ron Jon Surf Shop, the 1962 pier, and its proximity to Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center launches.
College Park, Georgia
College Park, Georgia: city in Fulton and Clayton counties near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport; founded as Manchester in 1890, renamed 1895; population 13,930 (2020); home to Six West redevelopment and a large National Register historic district.
Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina, also known as Soda City, is the capital of South Carolina and the seat of Richland County, created in 1786 as the nation's first planned capital city.
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus, Georgia: consolidated city-county seat of Muscogee County on the Chattahoochee River, founded 1828, first Georgia consolidated government (1971), population about 202,000, home to the world's longest urban whitewater course and Fort Moore.
Concord, North Carolina
Concord, North Carolina, is the county seat of Cabarrus County, about 19 miles northeast of Charlotte. Founded in 1796, it is home to Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Conway, South Carolina
Conway, South Carolina: historic Horry County seat on the Waccamaw River, founded 1732 as Kingston, renamed Conwayborough 1801, Conway 1883. Home of Coastal Carolina University; 2020 census population 24,849, 2025 estimate 30,627. Distinct from Conway, Arkansas.
Conyers, Georgia
Conyers, Georgia: county seat and only incorporated city of Rockdale County, about 24 miles east of Atlanta. Founded as Conyers Station railroad depot, incorporated 1854; population 20,377 (2025 estimate); home to the Georgia International Horse Park.
Coral Gables, Florida
Coral Gables, Florida: planned city in Miami-Dade County, also called the City Beautiful, founded by George Merrick and incorporated April 29, 1925; Mediterranean Revival architecture, Venetian Pool, Biltmore Hotel, population about 49,600.
Coral Springs, Florida
Coral Springs, Florida: a master-planned city in northwestern Broward County, incorporated July 1963 by Coral Ridge Properties founders James S. Hunt and Joe Taravella; population 134,394 (2020), fully built-out.
Covington, Georgia
Covington, Georgia, county seat of Newton County about 30 miles east of Atlanta, founded 1822 as Newtonsborough and renamed for War of 1812 hero Leonard Covington; known for its 1885 courthouse square, historic district, and film tourism from The Vampire Diaries and The Dukes of Hazzard.
Cumming, Georgia
Cumming, Georgia: county seat of Forsyth County, about 40 miles north of Atlanta. Founded 1833 on 1832 Cherokee land lottery lots, incorporated December 1834, named for War of 1812 colonel William Cumming; population 7,318 in 2020.
Dalton, Georgia
Dalton, Georgia, county seat of Whitfield County, is the Carpet Capital of the World, home to Shaw and Mohawk Industries, founded as Cross Plains in 1847 on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, with a majority-Hispanic population of about 35,000.
Danville, Virginia
Danville is an independent city in southside Virginia near the North Carolina border. Founded in 1793 as a tobacco inspection station, it had 42,590 residents in 2020.
Davie, Florida
Davie, Florida: a town of about 110,000 in central Broward County west of Fort Lauderdale, known for equestrian zoning, the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds, the South Florida Educational Center, and a 1,104-acre CRA extended to 2039.
Daytona Beach, Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida: Atlantic coast city in Volusia County, also called the World's Most Famous Beach. Founded 1870 by Mathias Day, incorporated 1876; home of NASCAR, founded 1948, and Daytona International Speedway, host of the Daytona 500 since 1959; 2020 population 72,647.
Decatur, Georgia
Decatur, Georgia: DeKalb County seat incorporated December 10, 1823, named for Commodore Stephen Decatur; second-oldest metro Atlanta municipality, six miles east of downtown, commission-manager government, independent schools, 2020 population 24,928.
Deerfield Beach, Florida
Deerfield Beach is a coastal city in Broward County, Florida, between Boca Raton and Pompano Beach, population 86,859 (2020), known for its 976-foot International Fishing Pier, Blue Wave certified beach, and 1925 incorporation.
DeLand, Florida
DeLand is a city in Volusia County, Florida, and its county seat. Founded in 1876 by Henry Addison DeLand, it is home to Stetson University, Florida's first private university.
Delray Beach, Florida
Delray Beach is a coastal city in Palm Beach County, Florida, formerly named Linton, incorporated 1911/1923 and merged 1927; about 69,800 residents, three-time All-America City, two-mile public beach, Atlantic Avenue downtown.
Destin, Florida
Destin, Florida: resort city in Okaloosa County on the Emerald Coast, founded by fisherman Leonard Destin, incorporated 1984, about 14,000 residents, home to Florida's largest charter fishing fleet.
Doral, Florida
Doral is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, incorporated January 28, 2003, near Miami International Airport. Known as Doralzuela for its large Venezuelan community, it is a logistics and Latin American commerce hub of about 81,600 residents.
Duck, North Carolina
Duck, North Carolina: Outer Banks town in Dare County known for its MSD-funded beach nourishment program (first project 2017, next in 2027) and award-winning NC 12 living shoreline resiliency project completed in 2024.
Duluth, Georgia
Duluth, Georgia, a Gwinnett County city of about 31,873 (2020) northeast of Atlanta, founded as Howell's Cross Roads in 1821 and renamed in 1873 after Duluth, Minnesota.
Dunedin, Florida
Dunedin, Florida, a Gulf Coast city in Pinellas County between Tampa and Clearwater, founded by Scottish merchants J.O. Douglas and James Somerville, named for Dùn Èideann, home of Toronto Blue Jays spring training, Honeymoon and Caladesi islands, and the Pinellas Trail.
Durham, North Carolina
Durham, North Carolina: Piedmont city and Durham County seat, nicknamed the Bull City for Bull Durham tobacco. Grew from an 1850s railroad station; home to Duke University, NC Central, and Research Triangle Park; population about 305,000.
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Elizabeth City, North Carolina, is a city of about 18,600 people on the Pasquotank River near the Outer Banks, incorporated in 1793 and known as the Harbor of Hospitality.
Emerald Isle
Emerald Isle, North Carolina: a town on the western end of Bogue Banks barrier island on the Crystal Coast; founded by 1954 Red Springs investors, incorporated 1957, bridge-linked in 1971, population 3,797 swelling to 50,000 in summer.
Fairfax, Virginia
Fairfax, Virginia: an independent city of about 26,800 in Northern Virginia, founded 1805 as the Town of Providence, a town from 1874, and an independent city since 1961, distinct from surrounding Fairfax County.