U.S. Cities by Letter - B

The capital and largest city of Massachusetts.

The most populous city of Maryland, named after an Anglo-Irish nobleman.

The ninth most populous city in California is the county seat of Kern County, and a hub for agriculture and energy production.

The NFL franchise of the second most populous city of New York had championship wins in 1964 and 1965.

The capital and most populous city of Idaho.

The name of Louisiana’s capital city means “red stick” in French.

Alabama’s third most populous city figured prominently in the civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s.

The eighteenth largest city in Texas sits across the border from (and is adjacent to) Matamoros, Mexico.

Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in this Washington city.

The most populous city in Connecticut was the site of the first telephone exchange and of the invention of the AC plug outlet and the modern brassiere.

Montana’s most populous city lies mostly in a canyon carved out by the Yellowstone River.

Home to the oldest campus of the University of California.

The name of Oklahoma’s fourth largest city describes a feathered shaft that has been severed.

This Texas city near the Louisiana border lies within one of the most polluted urban regions in the U.S.

The name of Arizona’s largest city by area is also the state nickname of Ohio.

This college town, home to the flagship campus of the University of Colorado, is the twelfth most populous city in the state.

The sixth largest city in Massachusetts once had a thriving shoe industry and in 2020 became the first New England city with a majority-Black population.

Sometimes called “The Media Capital of the World,” this California city is the location of production studios or headquarters for Warner Bros. Entertainment,The Walt Disney Company, Nickelodeon Animation Studio, and others. (Think “Beautiful Downtown …”)

This Oregon city started out as a logging town, is known as a gateway for outdoor sports, and is the location of the last Blockbuster video rental store (as of 2023). Its name describes something a river or a road might have.