List of highest United States cities by state

This list is about the highest cites in the united states; for a list of highest cities in the world, see List of highest cities in the world.

This is an incomplete list of the highest United States cities by state. Only settlements that are permanently occupied all year long are included.

Rank Altitude Name State, District or Territory               Comments
1 10,578 feet (3,224 m) Alma  Colorado [1]
2 9,800 feet (3,000 m) Brian Head  Utah [2]
3 9,055 feet (2,760 m) Fox Farm-College  Wyoming [3]
4 8,663 feet (2,640 m) Cloudcroft  New Mexico [3]
5 8,302 feet (2,530 m) North Pinal  Arizona [3]
6 7,608 feet (2,319 m) Cooke City  Montana [4]
7 7,510 feet (2,290 m) Mount Charleston  Nevada [3]
8 6,300 feet (1,900 m) Greenhorn  Oregon [5]highest incorporated city in Oregon
9 5,897 feet (1,797 m) Mackay  Idaho [6]called the Top of Idaho because it's the nearest city to Mount Borah
10 5,506 feet (1,678 m) Beech Mountain  North Carolina [7]
11 5,506 feet (1,678 m) Fort Davis  Texas [8]Highest incorporated Texan city
12 4,979 feet (1,518 m) Hill City  South Dakota oldest existing city in Pennington County
13 4,979 feet (1,518 m) Kenton  Oklahoma
14 3,638 feet (1,109 m) Harrison  Nebraska [9]
15 3,638 feet (1,109 m) Whitetop  Virginia [10] Unincorporated
16 3,192 feet (973 m) Rhame  North Dakota [11]
17 3,163 feet (964 m) Ta'u  American Samoa Highest peak in Samoa Lata Mountain. Island Population: 873
18 3,491 feet (1,064 m) Adams  Massachusetts [12]The town includes the peak of Mt. Greylock - Highest point in MA
19 3,166 feet (965 m) Agrihan  Northern Mariana Islands [13]
20 3,100 feet (940 m) Sky valley  Georgia [14]
21 2,790 feet (850 m) Shady valley  Tennessee
22 2,611 feet (796 m) Bluefield  West Virginia [15]Nicknamed "Summit City"
23 2,401 feet (732 m) Aibonito  Puerto Rico [16]
24 2,400 feet (730 m) Cheney  Washington [17]
25 2,215 feet (675 m) Woodford  Vermont [18]
26 2,070 feet (630 m) Frostburg  Maryland [19]
27 2,000 feet (610 m) Isabella  Minnesota [20]Unincorporated community
28 1,866 feet (569 m) Hazleton  Pennsylvania [21] one of the highest incorporated cities east of the Mississippi
29 1,803 feet (550 m) Montague Township  New Jersey [22]
30 1,708 feet (521 m) Mentone  Alabama [23]
31 1,555 feet (474 m) Saint Thomas  United States Virgin Islands

Population: 51,634 about 48.5% of US Virgin Island total
32 1,550 feet (470 m) Bellefontaine  Ohio The highest point in Ohio, Campbell Hill, is within the city limits
33 1,439 feet (439 m) Dublin  New Hampshire [24]
34 1,375 feet (419 m) Jackman  Maine
35 1,348 feet (411 m) Gaylord  Michigan
36 1,332 feet (406 m) Agat  Guam Village located on Lamlam, highest mountain in Guam
37 1,293 feet (394 m) Viroqua  Wisconsin [25]
38 1,130 feet (340 m) Cortland  New York [26]
39 966 feet (294 m) Greenville  South Carolina [27]
40 885 feet (270 m) St. Joseph  Missouri
41 812 feet (247 m) Foster  Rhode Island [28]Jerimoth Hill, highest point in Rhode Island, is located in Foster
42 561 feet (171 m) Iuka  Mississippi
43 420 feet (130 m) Barkley  Delaware [29] City closest to Ebright Azimuth, the highest point in Delaware.
44 380 feet (120 m) Washington  District of Columbia [30]
45 345 feet (105 m) Lakewood  Florida [31] Lowest natural high point in any state.
46 308 feet (94 m) Bryceland  Louisiana

See also

References

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  2. ^ http://www.brianheadtown.utah.gov
  3. ^ a b c d City Data Top 100 highest located US Cities
  4. ^ Construction west of Cooke City projected to be finished in fall of 2009
  5. ^ Sign proclaiming greenhorn the "Highest and Smallest Incorporated city in Oregon"
  6. ^ Idaho Fast Facts & Trivia
  7. ^ Beech Mountain - Eastern America's Highest Town
  8. ^ Fort Davis, Texas Where The Stars Come Out To Play
  9. ^ "Nebraska's 'Top Town'". Sioux County Travel and Tourism website. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  10. ^ Virginia Creeper Trail Guide
  11. ^ Williams, Mary Ann (Barnes) (1966). Origins of North Dakota Place Names. Bismarck, North Dakota: Bismarck Tribune, 1966. pp. 43. OCLC 431626. 
  12. ^ Mt. Greylock - Adams Massachusetts
  13. ^ World Atlas, Highest and Lowest Points on Islands
  14. ^ Sky Valley Georgia
  15. ^ Bluefield, West Virginia
  16. ^ To Puerto Rico - Aibonito
  17. ^ Cheney Washington
  18. ^ All Getaways Green Mountains South around Benning
  19. ^ http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/archive/index.php/t-171941.html Skyscraper Page Index]
  20. ^ Guide to Isabella Minnesota
  21. ^ Mesothelioma.com - Hazleton, Pennsylvania
  22. ^ High Point State Park
  23. ^ Mentone, Dekalb County, Alabama
  24. ^ Dublin, The Highest Town In New Hampshire
  25. ^ Year of the Public Museum of the city of Milwaukee Vol 1-3 P.121
  26. ^ [http://www.careermd.com/physicians/viewlisting.aspx?ListingID=288977132 Emergency Medicine Physician — Cortland, New York]
  27. ^ Genealogy Trails History Group
  28. ^ Highest point in Rhode Island
  29. ^ GNIS Detail - Barkley
  30. ^ Washington D.C. Fast Facts
  31. ^ Lakewood - Florida's Highest Point