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Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida: consolidated city-county on the St. Johns River, Florida's most populous city proper (1,017,689 est. 2025) and largest US city by land area after the 1968 Duval County merger; Navy, JAXPORT, Jaguars stadium deal.
Jacksonville, North Carolina
Jacksonville, North Carolina: county seat of Onslow County and home of Camp Lejeune and MCAS New River. Population 72,723 (2020 census); incorporated 1842, named for Andrew Jackson; council-manager government since 1953.
Johnson City, Tennessee
Johnson City, Tennessee: a Tri-Cities city in Washington County, home of East Tennessee State University; 71,046 residents (2020), railroad heritage, Tweetsie Trail, and ETSU.
Jupiter Island, Florida
Jupiter Island, Florida is an incorporated barrier-island town in Martin County, established 1953, population about 804-820, with nine miles of oceanfront, multimillion-dollar estates, the Hobe Sound refuge, and severe beach erosion.
Jupiter, Florida
Jupiter, Florida is a coastal Palm Beach County town incorporated February 9, 1925, population 61,047 (2020), known for the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, first lit July 10, 1860, the oldest structure in Palm Beach County.
Kennesaw, Georgia
Kennesaw, Georgia (formerly Big Shanty), a Cobb County city of about 33,000-38,000 in metro Atlanta, founded in the 1830s on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, site of the 1862 Great Locomotive Chase and home of the General locomotive at the Southern Museum.
Kinston, North Carolina
Kinston, North Carolina: county seat of Lenoir County on the Neuse River, chartered 1762 as Kingston, renamed 1784; site of two Civil War battles and the CSS Neuse; 2020 population 19,900.
Kissimmee, Florida
Kissimmee, Florida, county seat of Osceola County on Lake Tohopekaliga; founded as Allendale, incorporated 1882-1884, boomtown under Hamilton Disston, transformed by Walt Disney World in 1971; 2020 population 79,226, tourism-driven economy.
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina: a town in Dare County on the Outer Banks, incorporated 1981, earlier called Chickahawk; site of the Wright brothers' first powered flight on December 17, 1903.
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Lake Buena Vista, a small city in Orange County, Florida, incorporated 1967 as City of Reedy Creek, renamed 1969; about 3 square miles inside Walt Disney World, population 21, governed by a five-member council.
Lake City, Florida
Lake City, Florida, formerly Alligator, is the county seat of Columbia County in North Central Florida, near the intersection of Interstates 75 and 10, with a 2020 population of 12,329.
Lakeland, Florida
Lakeland, Florida: largest city in Polk County on the I-4 corridor between Tampa and Orlando; incorporated January 1, 1885 by Abraham Munn; 124,990 residents (2024 est.); 38 named lakes; Publix headquarters; Frank Lloyd Wright's largest single-site campus; Detroit Tigers spring training.
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Lawrenceville, Georgia, county seat of Gwinnett County, incorporated December 15, 1821 and named for Captain James Lawrence. Oldest city in Gwinnett, second oldest in metro Atlanta; about 30,600 residents (2020), home to Georgia Gwinnett College.
Leesburg, Virginia
Leesburg, Virginia: county seat of Loudoun County, founded 1758 as George Town and renamed for the Lee family; largest incorporated town in Virginia, about 50,000 residents, historic 1970 National Register district, site of the 1861 Battle of Ball's Bluff.
Lexington, Virginia
Lexington, Virginia: independent city and Rockbridge County seat in the Shenandoah Valley, home of Washington and Lee University and VMI; 7,320 residents (2020), historic district listed 1971-1972.
List of cities and counties in Virginia
Virginia's 95 counties and 38 independent cities: all Virginia cities lie outside county boundaries, a system unique among U.S. states, dating from Williamsburg's 1722 charter and the 1870 constitution.
Lumberton, North Carolina
Lumberton, North Carolina: county seat of Robeson County on the Lumber River, founded 1787-1788 by John Willis, incorporated 1852/1859, population 19,025 (2020), flooded by Hurricane Matthew in 2016.
Lynchburg, Virginia
Lynchburg, Virginia: independent city on the James River, also called the Hill City, founded 1757 by John Lynch's ferry, chartered 1786, tobacco and railroad hub, home of five colleges, population about 81,000.
Macon, Georgia
Macon, Georgia: seat of Bibb County, fourth-largest Georgia city, consolidated with Bibb County in 2014 as Macon-Bibb County. Fall-line city on the Ocmulgee River at I-75/I-16, population 157,346 (2020), known for soul music heritage and Ocmulgee Mounds.
Manassas, Virginia
Manassas is an independent city in Virginia that grew from a nineteenth-century railroad junction. It became a transportation and governmental hub for Prince William County in 1976.
Marco Island, Florida
Marco Island, Florida: a Gulf-coast barrier-island city in Collier County, largest of the Ten Thousand Islands, developed by the Mackle Brothers from 1962, incorporated 1997, population about 16,000.
Marietta, Georgia
Marietta, Georgia: county seat of Cobb County, 15 miles northwest of Atlanta; chartered 1834, named for Thomas W. Cobb's wife, shaped by the Western & Atlantic Railroad, the 1864 Atlanta Campaign, and the Lockheed aircraft plant.
Martinsburg, West Virginia
Martinsburg is the county seat of Berkeley County, West Virginia, in the Eastern Panhandle. Founded 1773 by Adam Stephen, a B&O railroad hub, Civil War battleground, site of the 1877 railroad strike; population about 19,000.
Melbourne, Florida
Melbourne, Florida: a Space Coast city in southern Brevard County astride the Indian River Lagoon, incorporated 1888 and named for Melbourne, Australia; merged with Eau Gallie in 1969; 2020 population 84,678.
Miami
Miami, Florida: city incorporated July 28, 1896 after Julia Tuttle persuaded Henry Flagler to extend the Florida East Coast Railroad; nicknamed the Magic City, now a majority-foreign-born hub of Latin American trade.
Miami Beach, Florida
Miami Beach, Florida: resort city on a barrier island in Miami-Dade County, incorporated March 26, 1915 by John Collins and Carl Fisher; population 82,890 (2020), famed for its Art Deco District and sea level rise adaptation programs.
Miami Gardens, Florida
Miami Gardens, Florida: city in north-central Miami-Dade County incorporated May 13, 2003; third largest city in the county, largest predominantly African-American municipality in Florida, home of Hard Rock Stadium.
Milledgeville, Georgia
Milledgeville, GA, is a city in central Georgia and the seat of Baldwin County; it served as Georgia's fourth capital from 1804 to 1868, including the Civil War years.
Miramar, Florida
Miramar, Florida, a Broward County city incorporated May 26, 1955 with under 200 residents, named after a Havana suburb; grew to about 135,000-143,000 people, fourth largest in Broward.
Mooresville, North Carolina
Mooresville, North Carolina: Iredell County town founded in 1873 along the AT&O Railroad, once a cotton-mill center, now Race City USA with 60+ NASCAR teams, Lowe's headquarters, and a 2025 population estimate of 55,842.