Boston is one of the United States’ oldest cities, having been founded in 1630 on the Shawmut Peninsula by Puritan settlers from the English town of the same name. The Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the siege of Boston were all held here during the American Revolution. The […]

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the country’s first railroad, was established in 1830 and secured Baltimore’s place as a key transportation hub by providing access to the city’s port for producers from the Midwest and Appalachia. Baltimore’s Inner Harbor was formerly the country’s second busiest point of entry for immigrants. Baltimore was also a major […]

Atlantic City, also abbreviated as A.C., is a coastal resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, known for its casinos, boardwalk, and beaches. The city had a population of 37,743 people in 2020. On May 1, 1854, it was formed from parts of Egg Harbor Township and Galloway Township. It borders Absecon, Brigantine, Pleasantville, Ventnor […]

At the time of its founding, Atlanta was the terminus of a significant state-sponsored railroad. With rapid expansion, however, it quickly became a hub for many railroads, accelerating its growth. Its name comes from the local terminal of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, indicating the city’s developing importance as a transportation hub. The majority of […]

Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California, that is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area. The city had a population of 346,824 people as of the 2020 United States Census, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most populous city in California, and the 56th most populous city in […]

Sacramento (Spanish: [sakamento], “sacrament”) is the capital of California and the seat and largest city of Sacramento County in the United States. Sacramento is the sixth-largest city in California and the ninth-largest capital in the United States, with a population of 524,943 in 2020. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American […]

San Francisco (Spanish for “Saint Francis”), formally the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial capital of California, United States. San Francisco, which is located in Northern California, is the 17th most populated city in the United States and the fourth most populous in the state, with 873,965 residents as […]

San Diego (Spanish for “Saint Didacus”) is a city on the Pacific Coast of the United States, near the Mexican border. San Diego is the seventh most populous city in the United States, and the second most populous in California, with a population of 1,386,932 people in 2020. (after Los Angeles). With 3,338,330 projected population […]

Los Angeles is the second most populous city and metropolitan region in the United States (after New York City). It is the seat of Los Angeles County in southern California. The city sprawls across a huge coastal plain between mountains and the Pacific Ocean; the city is surrounded by 90 other incorporated cities, including Beverly […]

With a population of 542,629 in the 2020 United States Census, Tucson is Arizona’s second-largest city, while the Tucson metropolitan statistical area has a population of 1,043,433. The Tucson MSA is part of the larger Tucson-Nogales combined statistical region (CSA). Tucson is Arizona’s second most populous city, after Phoenix, both of which are part of […]