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Holyoke, Massachusetts
Holyoke is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, on the Connecticut River, laid out as one of the first planned industrial communities in the United States.
Homer, Alaska
Homer, once called Miller Landing, is a city of about 5,500 people in south-central Alaska on Kachemak Bay, known as the Halibut Fishing Capital of the World.
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.
Honda, Tolima
Honda, Tolima, is a Colombian municipality on the left bank of the Magdalena River, founded in 1539 and known as the obligatory colonial river port linking Cartagena and Bogotá.
Honolulu
Honolulu (Hawaiian: Honolulu) is the capital of Hawaii and seat of the City and County of Honolulu on Oahu's south shore; state capital since 1959, county population 998,747 (2024), tourism-driven economy with the highest U.S. utility costs.
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).
Hope, British Columbia
Hope, British Columbia: district municipality at the Fraser–Coquihalla river junction, 150 km east of Vancouver. Founded as HBC Fort Hope (1848–49), incorporated 1929, district 1992; 2021 population 6,686; forestry, tourism, service economy.
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.
Houghton, Michigan
Houghton, Michigan: Upper Peninsula city on the Keweenaw Waterway, home of Michigan Technological University (founded 1885), gateway to the Keweenaw Peninsula, population about 8,560, among America's snowiest cities.
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.
Huamachuco
Huamachuco is a town and highland region in the northern sierra of Peru's La Libertad department, center of a pre-Inca culture whose stone sanctuary, Marcahuamachuco, is the northern highlands' largest archaeological site.
Hudson, New York
Hudson, New York: small Columbia County city founded 1783 by Nantucket Quaker whalers at Claverack Landing, incorporated 1785 as New York's third city; whaling port, later gentrifying Amtrak-linked antiques and arts town of about 5,900.
Huntington Beach, California
Huntington Beach, California (Surf City USA): Orange County coastal city of about 191,000-199,000 residents, famed for surfing, its 1,850-foot pier, a 1920 oil boom, and recent state conflicts over voter ID and housing mandates.
Huntington, New York
Town of Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York: founded 1653 by deed from the Matinecock sachem Raseokan; about 204,000 residents, 94 square miles, four incorporated villages, and LIRR commuter rail service.
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.
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.
Hyde Park, New York
Hyde Park, New York: a town in Dutchess County on the Hudson River, home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, three national park sites, the first presidential library, and the Culinary Institute of America; population 21,021 (2020).
Ibagué
Ibagué, capital of Colombia's Tolima department, is the "Musical Capital of Colombia," founded 14 October 1550 by Andrés López de Galarza at about 1,285 m altitude, hosting the Colombian Folkloric Festival since 1959 and the Conservatorio del Tolima.
Ibarra, Imbabura
Ibarra, formally San Miguel de Ibarra, is a city in northern Ecuador and the capital of Imbabura province, founded in 1606 and known as the "white city".
Ica, Peru
Ica, Peru: capital of the Ica region on the southern coast, founded as Villa de Valverde in 1563. Known for pisco, grapes, Huacachina oasis, agroexports, and severe groundwater over-extraction.
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Idaho Falls, Idaho: largest city of eastern Idaho on the Snake River, seat of the Idaho National Laboratory; near EBR-I, first reactor to generate electricity (1951); 2025 estimate 71,785.
Imperatriz
Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil: second largest city of Maranhão, founded 16 July 1852 by Frei Manoel Procópio, on the Tocantins River; hub of southwestern Maranhão, northern Tocantins, and southern Pará.
Indaiatuba
Indaiatuba, São Paulo municipality in the Campinas Metropolitan Region, Brazil; former district of Itu, freguesia 1830, vila 1859; 255,748 people (2022 census), industrial hub near Viracopos Airport with high quality-of-life rankings.
Independence, Missouri
Independence, Missouri: city in Jackson County founded 1827, eastern terminus of the Santa Fe Trail and outfitting point for the Oregon and California Trails, nicknamed Queen City of the Trails, and hometown of President Harry S. Truman.
Index, Washington
Index, Washington: a town of about 173 people in Snohomish County on the North Fork Skykomish River, platted by the Gunn family in 1893, incorporated 1907, now a recreation and climbing gateway.
Indian Wells, California
Indian Wells, California: affluent Coachella Valley city in Riverside County, incorporated July 14, 1967 as California's 400th city; named for a Cahuilla well; home of the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament.
Indianapolis
Indianapolis, capital of Indiana since 1825, is a purpose-built capital founded in 1821 with a one-mile-square plat, central circle, and four diagonal avenues adapted from Washington, DC; metro population about 2.2 million.
Indio, California
Indio, California: Coachella Valley city founded 1876 as a Southern Pacific Railroad stop, incorporated 1930 as the valley's first city; date capital and home of the Coachella and Stagecoach festivals, population about 94,000.