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Clacton-on-Sea
Clacton-on-Sea is an Essex seaside resort founded in 1871 by engineer Peter Schuyler Bruff, linked to London by rail in 1882, the largest town in Tendring with over 53,000 people, and home to Grade II registered seafront gardens.
Clare, Suffolk
Clare, Suffolk: a small medieval market town in West Suffolk on the River Stour, known for Clare Castle, Clare Priory, its wool-trade heritage, and over 130 listed buildings.
Claremont, California
Claremont, California: Los Angeles County city 30 miles east of Los Angeles, incorporated October 3, 1907, known as the City of Trees and home to the seven-institution Claremont Colleges consortium.
Clarksdale, Mississippi
Clarksdale, Mississippi: county seat of Coahoma County in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta, founded 1848 by John Clark, incorporated 1882; famed as the home of the blues, the 61/49 Crossroads, and the Delta Blues Museum.
Clarksville, Tennessee
Clarksville, Tennessee: county seat of Montgomery County, founded 1784 at the Cumberland-Red River confluence and named for George Rogers Clark. Second-oldest Middle Tennessee city; 188,829 residents (2025 estimate); home of Fort Campbell and Austin Peay State University.
Classification of Indian cities
Classification of Indian cities: Census of India system sorting settlements into statutory towns, census towns, urban agglomerations, outgrowths, six size classes, and X/Y/Z HRA allowance classes.
Clearwater, Florida
Clearwater, Florida: county seat of Pinellas County on the Gulf coast, population about 114,000 (2025 estimate). Founded around Fort Harrison (1841), incorporated 1891, reincorporated 1915; council-manager government; notable for Clearwater Beach, hurricane exposure, and the Duke Energy utility dispute.
Clemson, South Carolina
Clemson, South Carolina: Upstate Pickens County college town, founded as Town of Calhoun in 1892, renamed Clemson in 1943; home of Clemson University, fare-free CAT transit, and Lake Hartwell parks; 2020 population 17,681.
Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand, city of about 146,000 in central France on the edge of the Massif Central; union of Clermont and Montferrand (édits of 1630 and 1731); home of Michelin, about 41,000 students, and ASM Clermont Auvergne rugby.
Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio: city on Lake Erie at the Cuyahoga River mouth, founded 1796 by Moses Cleaveland, incorporated 1836, once the sixth largest US city, now a Great Lakes port and medical-education hub.
Cleveland, Tennessee
Cleveland, Tennessee is the county seat of Bradley County in southeast Tennessee, founded 1842 and named for Revolutionary War hero Benjamin Cleveland; 2020 population 47,356, growing to an estimated 51,172 by 2025.
Clewiston, FL Micro Area
Clewiston, FL Micro Area (CBSA 17500): a micropolitan statistical area covering Glades and Hendry counties, Florida, principal city Clewiston, "America's Sweetest Town." Population about 55,000-61,500; among the fastest-growing U.S. micro areas; economy dominated by U.S. Sugar sugarcane farming.
Closed city
Closed city: restricted-access settlement, chiefly Russia's 38 ZATOs under the 1992 law, built around nuclear, missile, navy, and aerospace facilities; entry by pass only, most closed to foreigners, 1.04 million residents in 2021.
Clovis, California
Clovis, California, a city of about 129,000 in Fresno County northeast of Fresno, founded 1891 as a railroad stop named for Clovis M. Cole, incorporated 1912, known for Old Town, the Clovis Rodeo, and Clovis Unified schools.
Clovis, New Mexico
Clovis, New Mexico: county seat of Curry County on the High Plains near Texas, founded 1906/1907 as a Santa Fe Railway Belen Cutoff terminal. Economy: agriculture, railroad, Cannon AFB (27th Special Operations Wing); pop. 38,567 (2020).
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca, also known as Kolozsvár or Klausenburg, is a city in northwestern Romania and the seat of Cluj County. With about 425,000 inhabitants, it is Romania's second largest city.
Clun
Clun is a small town in south Shropshire, England, on the River Clun near the Welsh border, parish population 1,115 (2021). Known for Clun Castle, a Norman motte-and-bailey fortress of the de Say and Fitzalan families.
Coacalco
Coacalco de Berriozábal, a municipality in the State of Mexico within the Mexico City metropolitan area; seat San Francisco Coacalco; 293,444 inhabitants (2020), founded 1862, name means House of the Serpent.
Coachella, California
Coachella, California: city in Riverside County at the eastern Coachella Valley, incorporated 1946, name from a printer's error; agricultural, 97% Latino, recently fighting a proposed 450-acre data center campus.
Coatzacoalcos (city)
Coatzacoalcos, a city and major Gulf port in southern Veracruz, Mexico, founded as Villa del Espíritu Santo in 1522; renamed Puerto México 1900–1936; Atlantic terminus of the Interoceanic Corridor and Pemex petrochemical hub.
Cobán
Cobán, Guatemala: capital of Alta Verapaz department, founded peacefully by Fray Bartolomé de las Casas as Santo Domingo de Cobán, titled Ciudad Imperial by Charles V; Q'eqchi' Maya majority, cloud-forest climate, German coffee and cardamom heritage.
Cobh
Cobh (formerly Queenstown) is a port town on Great Island in Cork Harbour, Ireland. Titanic's last port of call (1912), major emigration port, home of St Colman's Cathedral, Ireland's dedicated cruise port.
Coburg
Coburg, Upper Franconia town in Bavaria, Germany, former residence of the dukes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; dominated by the Veste Coburg fortress, joined Bavaria by 1920 referendum, ancestral town of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's consort.
Cochabamba
Cochabamba, Bolivia's third largest city (691,970 inhabitants, 2,558 m altitude), founded 1571-1574 as Villa de Oropesa by order of Viceroy Francisco de Toledo; UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy since 2017, site of the 1999-2000 water war against the Aguas del Tunari concession.
Coco, PR Micro Area
Coco, PR Micro Area (Coco, PR Micropolitan Statistical Area, CBSA 17640) is a micropolitan statistical area in Salinas, southern Puerto Rico; population fell from 31,078 (2010) to 25,397 (2023), with median household income $21,611 and 43.1% poverty.
Cocoa Beach, Florida
Cocoa Beach, Florida is a Brevard County barrier-island city incorporated June 5, 1925 by Gus Edwards, known for surfing, Ron Jon Surf Shop, the 1962 pier, and its proximity to Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center launches.
Cody, Wyoming
Cody, Wyoming: city founded 1896 by Buffalo Bill Cody, incorporated 1901, county seat of Park County, 52 miles from Yellowstone's east entrance, population about 10,000, home of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho: Kootenai County seat on Lake Coeur d'Alene, named for the Schitsu'umsh ('heart of an awl'). Founded at Fort Sherman in 1878, incorporated 1887, population 58,179 (2025 estimate).
Coffs Harbour
Coffs Harbour, a coastal regional city on the NSW Mid North Coast between Sydney and Brisbane; LGA population 78,759 (2021), $4.89b GRP, blueberry production, Big Banana, and the $2.2b Pacific Highway bypass due late 2026.
Coggeshall
Coggeshall is a historic wool town in Braintree district, Essex, on the River Blackwater. Founded around a 1140 abbey of King Stephen, it prospered in wool and cloth, retaining Grange Barn, Paycocke's House, and over 200 listed buildings.