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Fairhope, Alabama
Fairhope, Alabama: Baldwin County city on Mobile Bay's eastern shore, founded 1894 as a Henry George single tax colony by E. B. Gaston, incorporated 1908, now a fast-growing arts and resort town of about 26,600.
Falls Church, Virginia
Falls Church, Virginia, "The Little City," is a 2.2-square-mile independent city near Washington, D.C., incorporated 1875 as a town and 1948 as a city, named for the 1769 Episcopal church, with a council-manager government and ranked schools.
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Fayetteville, North Carolina, or Fayetteville, NC, is a city in southeastern North Carolina and the seat of Cumberland County, with 208,501 people, beside Fort Bragg.
Florence, South Carolina
Florence, South Carolina: county seat of Florence County and Pee Dee region hub, founded 1853 as a railroad junction named for Florence Harllee. Population 41,231 (2025 est.); at I-95/I-20; AESC $1.6B battery plant paused 2025.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida: county seat and largest city of Broward County, incorporated 1911, nicknamed the Venice of America for its 165 miles of waterways; population about 183,000-186,000, home to Port Everglades and a $1.6 billion flood-resilience program.
Fort Myers, Florida
Fort Myers, Florida: Gulf Coast city and Lee County seat on the Caloosahatchee River; 2020 population 86,395, 2025 estimate 101,581; home of the Edison-Ford Winter Estates and Boston Red Sox spring training.
Fort Pierce, Florida
Fort Pierce, Florida (the Sunrise City), county seat of St. Lucie County on the Treasure Coast; incorporated 1901, named for an 1838 Seminole War fort; 2020 population 47,297, deepwater port, Indian River Lagoon setting.
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Fort Walton Beach is a city in Okaloosa County, Florida, population 20,922 (2020), incorporated 1941, whose growth centered on neighboring Eglin Air Force Base and Gulf Coast tourism.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Fredericksburg, Virginia: independent city on the Rappahannock River, founded 1728, incorporated 1781/1879, council-manager government, population about 30,400 (2025), Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg site.
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville, Florida, the largest city and county seat of Alachua County in north central Florida, founded 1854, incorporated 1869, and home of the University of Florida, which anchors its university-driven economy.
Gainesville, Georgia
Gainesville, Georgia, seat of Hall County, chartered 1821 as Mule Camp Springs and renamed for Gen. Edmund P. Gaines. Poultry Capital of the World on Lake Lanier, 52 miles northeast of Atlanta; 2020 census population 42,296.
Gastonia, North Carolina
Gastonia, North Carolina: county seat of Gaston County, incorporated 1877 as a railroad junction town, once a leading Southern textile center, now a Piedmont city of about 87,000 west of Charlotte.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Gatlinburg, Tennessee: Sevier County gateway city to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, incorporated 1945, about 3,700 residents, tourism-driven economy, site of the deadly 2016 Chimney Tops 2 wildfire.
Goldsboro, North Carolina
Goldsboro, North Carolina: Wayne County seat on the Neuse River, chartered January 1, 1847 and named for railroad engineer Matthew T. Goldsborough; home to Seymour Johnson AFB (activated 1942), population about 35,000, prone to Neuse flooding.
Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro, North Carolina: Guilford County seat founded 1808 in the central Piedmont; population about 308,700 (2025 estimate). Known for the February 1, 1960 NC A&T sit-in at Woolworth's that sparked the national sit-in movement, and for JetZero's planned $4.7 billion aircraft plant.
Greenville, North Carolina
Greenville, North Carolina, is the county seat of Pitt County on the Tar River, a university and medical center for eastern North Carolina with about 96,000 residents in 2025.
Greenville, South Carolina
Greenville, South Carolina: Upstate city on the Reedy River, incorporated 1831, population 70,720 (2020). Former textile mill town, now known for Falls Park, Liberty Bridge, Swamp Rabbit Trail, and downtown dining.
Hampton, Virginia
Hampton, Virginia: independent city founded 1610 on Kecoughtan, oldest English-speaking settlement in America; site of 1619 African arrival, Fort Monroe's Contraband Decision, and NASA Langley; 137,148 residents.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: historic town at the Potomac-Shenandoah confluence, site of the 1859 John Brown raid on the U.S. Armory, eight Civil War changes of hands, and Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Harrisonburg, Virginia: independent city and Rockingham County seat in the Shenandoah Valley, also called the Friendly City or Rocktown. Founded 1780 by Thomas Harrison; home of James Madison University; 2020 population 51,814.
Helen, Georgia
Helen, Georgia: small White County city on the upper Chattahoochee River, remodeled in 1968–1972 into a Bavarian alpine village. Third most visited destination in Georgia; known for tubing, Oktoberfest, waterfalls, and wineries.
Hendersonville, North Carolina
Hendersonville, North Carolina: county seat of Henderson County in the Blue Ridge foothills, incorporated 1847, about 15,900 residents, council-manager government, retirement destination hit by Hurricane Helene flooding.
Hialeah, Florida
Hialeah, Florida: Miami-Dade County city incorporated 1925, founded by James Bright and Glenn Curtiss, named for "high prairie"; sixth largest Florida city, 95 percent Hispanic, home to historic Hialeah Park Racetrack.
Hickory, North Carolina
Hickory, North Carolina: anchor city of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton MSA at the I-40/US 321 junction. Founded as Hickory Tavern (1863 charter); former furniture, hosiery, and textile manufacturing center now diversified into fiber optics and data centers.
High Point, North Carolina
High Point, North Carolina: Piedmont Triad city in Guilford County, founded 1859 on the North Carolina Railroad; the "Home Furnishings Capital of the World" and host of the semi-annual High Point Market furniture trade show.
Hollywood, Florida
Hollywood, Florida: coastal city in southern Broward County between Fort Lauderdale and Miami, incorporated November 28, 1925, founded and planned by Joseph Wesley Young; 153,067 residents in 2020, home to the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk and Port Everglades.
Homestead, Florida
Homestead, Florida: Miami-Dade County city incorporated 1913, gateway to Everglades and Biscayne National Parks, rebuilt after 1992 Hurricane Andrew; about 86,000 residents, majority Hispanic, agricultural roots.
Huntington, West Virginia
Huntington, West Virginia: C&O Railway terminus founded 1871 by Collis P. Huntington; second-largest WV city (44,815 in 2025), Ohio River tri-state hub, Marshall University, 1937 flood, opioid recovery.
Huntsville, Alabama
Huntsville, Alabama, the state's most populous city (233,627 est. 2025) and seat of Madison County, is "Rocket City USA," home to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Arsenal, and the incoming U.S. Space Command headquarters.
Islamorada, Florida
Islamorada, Village of Islands is a village in the Upper Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida, incorporated December 31, 1997. Known as the Sport Fishing Capital of the World, it spans Plantation, Windley, Upper Matecumbe, Lower Matecumbe, and Tea Table Keys along U.S. 1.