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Morgantown, West Virginia
Morgantown, West Virginia: county seat of Monongalia County on the Monongahela River, home of West Virginia University; 30,347 residents in 2020, the state's third-largest city, founded as Morgan's Town in 1785.
Mount Airy, North Carolina
Mount Airy, North Carolina: Surry County city of about 10,700, Andy Griffith's hometown and the model for Mayberry, also called Granite City for the world's largest open-face granite quarry.
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: a Charleston County town across the Cooper River from Charleston, incorporated 1837, grown from 6,155 residents in 1970 to about 95,000, known for the Old Village, Patriots Point, and the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: resort city in Horry County on the Grand Strand, incorporated 1938, city 1957, named for wax myrtle trees; 40,937 residents (2025 est.) and a $26 billion tourism economy.
Naples, Florida
Naples, Florida: Gulf-coast city in Collier County, incorporated 1923, population about 20,000, median age 67.3, wealthy retirement destination with $1.5 million median home values, NCH hospital, and hurricane and sea-level-rise exposure.
New Bern, North Carolina
New Bern, North Carolina: Craven County seat founded 1710 by Swiss and Palatine settlers under Baron Christoph von Graffenried at the Neuse-Trent confluence; colonial capital 1766-1788, home of Tryon Palace, hit by Hurricane Florence 2018.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
New Smyrna Beach is a coastal city in Volusia County, Florida, population about 30,000, founded in 1768 as Andrew Turnbull's New Smyrnea Colony, known for surfing, tourism, beach restoration, and shark bites.
Newnan, Georgia
Newnan, Georgia: county seat of Coweta County, 38 miles southwest of Atlanta; incorporated 1828, named for Daniel Newnan; historic "City of Homes" with six National Register districts, about 45,900 residents in 2025.
Newport News, Virginia
Newport News, Virginia: independent city on the James River, population about 183,000, home of Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia's largest industrial employer and the only U.S. builder of nuclear aircraft carriers.
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk, Virginia: independent Hampton Roads seaport city at the mouth of the James and Elizabeth Rivers; home of Naval Station Norfolk, the world's largest naval base, the Port of Virginia, and a $6 billion floodwall program.
North Charleston
North Charleston, South Carolina: city incorporated 1972, first mayor John Bourne; named in 1912 for a Cooper River development scheme; naval base 1901-1996; third-largest SC city, 2020 population 114,852.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the "Secret City," was built in 1942 as the Manhattan Project's uranium enrichment and headquarters site, incorporated in 1959, and is now a nuclear research hub with Orano, Oklo, X-energy, and TVA projects.
Ocala, Florida
Ocala, Florida: county seat and largest city of Marion County in north-central Florida, the "Horse Capital of the World" with about 600 thoroughbred farms, Silver Springs glass-bottom boats, and the fastest-growing U.S. metro in 2025.
Opa-locka, Florida
Opa-locka is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, founded May 14, 1926 by aviator Glenn Curtiss with architect Bernhardt Muller around an Arabian Nights theme, known for its Moorish Revival architecture, 20 National Register buildings, and 2020 population of 16,463.
Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida: county seat of Orange County, incorporated 1875, population about 334,000 in 2025, anchor of the 2.96-million Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro and a global theme-park and tourism hub.
Ormond Beach, Florida
Ormond Beach is a Volusia County, Florida city just north of Daytona Beach, incorporated April 22, 1880 as Ormond. Known for the 1888 Ormond Hotel, Rockefeller's Casements, and beach auto racing.
Palm Bay, Florida
Palm Bay, Florida: largest city in Brevard County on the Indian River Lagoon, founded as Tillman in 1887, incorporated 1960; defense and engineering economy led by L3Harris; 2020 census population 119,760.
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida: a Palm Beach County city founded by insurance magnate John D. MacArthur in 1959 as a garden city; about 64,000 residents, former PGA of America headquarters, PGA National Resort, and the Avenir development.
Palm Beach, Florida
Palm Beach, Florida: an incorporated (April 17, 1911) barrier-island town in Palm Beach County with about 9,000 year-round and 20,000 seasonal residents, council-manager government under Mayor Danielle H. Moore, Flagler-era landmarks, and three miles of public beaches.
Palm Coast, Florida
Palm Coast, Florida: a planned city in eastern Flagler County along the Intracoastal Waterway, built from the late 1960s by ITT Community Development Corporation with 48,000 platted lots, incorporated December 31, 1999, population 109,886 (2025 estimate).
Panama City Beach, Florida
Panama City Beach, Florida (PCB): a Gulf Coast resort city in Bay County, incorporated 1970 from four merged communities, with about 20,000 residents, 27 miles of white-sand beaches, roughly 4.5 million annual visitors, no property tax, and a tourism-driven economy.
Panama City, Florida
Panama City, Florida, county seat of Bay County on St. Andrews Bay; founded as Harrison, renamed by G.M. West in 1906; 37,806 residents (2025 est.); port, military, and tourism economy; recovering from 2018's Hurricane Michael.
Parkersburg, West Virginia
Parkersburg, West Virginia: county seat of Wood County at the Ohio and Little Kanawha river confluence; 2020 population 29,738, 2025 estimate 28,593; river town founded on Alexander Parker's 1783 land purchase, oil-boom and railroad history, Blennerhassett Island state park.
Parkland, Florida
Parkland, Florida: a city in northwest Broward County founded in 1963 by cattle farmer Bruce B. Blount as BBB Ranches. Known for large-lot homes, nine parks, high incomes, and the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.
Pembroke Pines, Florida
Pembroke Pines is a city in southwestern Broward County, Florida, incorporated January 16, 1960; 171,178 residents at the 2020 census, second most populous in Broward County, 11th in Florida.
Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola is the county seat of Escambia County in the Florida Panhandle, home to Naval Air Station Pensacola and the Blue Angels, with a 2020 population of 54,312.
Petersburg, Virginia
Petersburg is an independent city in Virginia on the Appomattox River, 30 miles south of Richmond, best known for the 1864 to 1865 Siege of Petersburg.
Pinehurst, North Carolina
Pinehurst, North Carolina: Sandhills village founded 1895 by James Walker Tufts with an Olmsted plan; home of Pinehurst No. 2, a National Historic Landmark district, and a four-time U.S. Open anchor site.
Plains, Georgia
Plains, Georgia, a small Sumter County town established in the 1880s, is the birthplace, lifelong home, and burial place of President Jimmy Carter and centers on the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park and peanut-farming heritage.
Plantation, Florida
Plantation, Florida: a Broward County city incorporated April 30, 1953, founded by Frederick C. Peters on 10,000 acres; 91,750 residents in 2020, strong-mayor government, Gateway/Midtown/Technology Park business districts.