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Dothan, Alabama
Dothan, Alabama: seat of Houston County in the Wiregrass region, incorporated 1885 as renamed Poplar Head, self-proclaimed Peanut Capital of the World since 1938, home of the National Peanut Festival, about 72,000 residents.
Dripping Springs, Texas
Dripping Springs, Texas: a fast-growing Hays County city on US 290 about 25 miles west of Austin, founded in the 1850s, known as the Wedding Capital of Texas, a Dark Sky Community, and a Hill Country winery and tourism destination.
Eagle Pass, Texas
Eagle Pass, Texas, county seat of Maverick County on the Rio Grande opposite Piedras Negras, Coahuila; founded as El Paso del Aguila, about 28,000 residents, two international bridges, and center of the Shelby Park border standoff.
Edinburg, Texas
Edinburg, Texas, county seat of Hidalgo County in the Rio Grande Valley, founded as Chapin in 1908 and renamed 1911. Population about 110,700 (2025 estimate); major employers include DHR Health, UTRGV, and Edinburg CISD.
Edmond, Oklahoma
Edmond, Oklahoma: a city in northern Oklahoma County founded in 1887 as a Santa Fe Railway coal and water stop at Mile Marker 103, named for agent Edmond Burdick, settled in the 1889 Land Run, home of the University of Central Oklahoma.
El Paso, Texas
El Paso, Texas: major city at the state's far western tip on the Rio Grande across from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua; 678,815 residents (2020 census), 81.6% Hispanic, $81.9 billion border trade (2018), founded as El Paso del Norte, boomtown after 1881 railroads.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Eureka Springs, Arkansas, an Ozark Mountain city and one of two Carroll County seats, founded in 1879 as a mineral-spring resort, population about 2,200, with its entire town on the National Register of Historic Places and a tourism-driven economy.
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas: second-largest city in the state and county seat of Washington County, home of the University of Arkansas (founded 1871). Settled 1828, renamed from Washington Courthouse in 1829; fast-growing Ozark city of about 101,858 residents.
Flower Mound, Texas
Flower Mound, Texas: a master-planned town in Denton County, incorporated 1961 to avoid Irving annexation, named for a flower-covered mound, part of the 1841 Peters Colony, population about 81,925 in 2025.
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Fort Smith, Arkansas: the state's third-largest city (90,855 in 2025) at the Arkansas-Poteau river confluence, home of two 19th-century frontier forts, Judge Parker's federal court, and the Fort Smith National Historic Site.
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas: major North Central Texas city on the Trinity River, founded 1849 as an army fort, known as Cowtown; 10th largest US city with 1,028,117 residents (2025 estimate), economy led by aviation, defense, and transportation.
Franklin, Tennessee
Franklin is a city in Middle Tennessee and the county seat of Williamson County, about 15 miles south of Nashville, founded in 1799 and named for Benjamin Franklin.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Fredericksburg, Texas (Friedrichsburg): Gillespie County seat in the Texas Hill Country, founded May 8, 1846 by German Adelsverein settlers; German heritage town, wine and tourism hub with $175M visitor spending in 2024.
Frisco, Texas
Frisco, Texas: Collin County city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, founded 1902 as a St. Louis–San Francisco Railway town named Emerson; population grew from 116,989 (2010) to about 249,000, home of Toyota Stadium and Grand Park.
Galveston, Texas
Galveston, Texas: island city chartered 1839, 19th-century principal Texas port, site of the deadly September 8, 1900 hurricane (about 8,000 deaths), seawall and grade-raising recovery, and today the 4th-ranked U.S. cruise port with about 53,700 residents.
Garland, Texas
Garland, Texas, is a city in Dallas County founded in 1887 as a railroad town; its 2020 population was 246,018, making it Texas's 13th largest city.
Georgetown, Texas
Georgetown, Texas: county seat of Williamson County on I-35 and the San Gabriel River, founded 1848 and named for George Washington Glasscock; home of Southwestern University (1873), a 100% renewable municipal utility, and one of the fastest-growing U.S. cities, reaching 106,907 in 2025.
Grand Prairie, Texas
Grand Prairie, Texas, a city of about 196,100 (2020 census) in Dallas, Tarrant, and Ellis counties between Dallas and Fort Worth; founded as Dechman in 1863, renamed 1877, transformed by World War II aviation plants.
Grapevine, Texas
Grapevine, Texas: Tarrant County city of about 50,700 on the Grapevine Prairie, named for wild mustang grapes, incorporated 1907; home of Grapevine Lake, DFW Airport adjacency, TEXRail, and the Christmas Capital of Texas trademark.
Greenville, Mississippi
Greenville, Mississippi: Delta river-port city in Washington County, population 29,670 (2020), 82.6% Black, median household income $40,083; rebuilt after the Civil War and the 1927 flood; home of the Port of Greenville.
Gulf Shores, Alabama
Gulf Shores, Alabama: coastal resort city in Baldwin County on the Gulf of Mexico; population 15,014 (2020), incorporated 1958, known for white-sand beaches, Gulf State Park, and the October National Shrimp Festival.
Gulfport, Mississippi
Gulfport, Mississippi: Gulfport, a Gulf Coast city and Harrison County seat founded 1898 around the Port of Gulfport (est. 1902, state-owned since 1961); population 72,926 (2020), rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina.
Harlingen, Texas
Harlingen, Texas: a Rio Grande Valley city in Cameron County founded in 1904 by Lon C. Hill, population about 72,000, a distribution and healthcare center with Valley International Airport, the Port of Harlingen, and low cost of living.
Harrison, Arkansas
Harrison, Arkansas: county seat of Boone County in the Ozarks, population 13,069 (2020). Known for the 1905 and 1909 race riots that made it a sundown town, nearby Knights of the KKK compound, and Buffalo National River headquarters.
Hendersonville, Tennessee
Hendersonville, Tennessee: a Sumner County city on Old Hickory Lake near Nashville; 61,753 residents (2020), incorporated 1901, modern government since 1969, home of Johnny Cash and Taylor Swift's high school.
Hope, Arkansas
Hope, Arkansas: county seat of Hempstead County in southwest Arkansas, a railroad town founded in the 1870s and named for James Loughborough's daughter; birthplace of Bill Clinton and Mike Huckabee, known for record watermelons; population 8,952 (2020).
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Hot Springs, Arkansas: Garland County resort city of about 38,000 built around 47 thermal springs, home to Hot Springs National Park, Bathhouse Row, baseball spring training origins, and the 1832 Hot Springs Reservation.
Houma, Louisiana
Houma, Louisiana: parish seat of Terrebonne Parish and hub of the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux MSA. Founded 1834, named for the Houma people; 2020 census population 33,406, declining since.
Houston
Houston is a city in southeastern Texas, founded in 1836 and named for General Sam Houston; it is the largest city in Texas and fourth-largest in the United States.
Huntsville, Texas
Huntsville, Texas, is a city of about 46,000 in East Texas and the seat of Walker County, known for Sam Houston's estate, its 1849 prison, and Sam Houston State University.