Former State Capitals of United States - States N to W

These cities were all capitals, either singly or jointly, of their states in the noted year(s) AFTER statehood. Identify them.

Populations of capitals per 2010 Census, rounded to nearest 1,000.

Excludes capitals of PRE-STATEHOOD territories, colonies, districts, republics, military governments, Indian nations, provinces, dominions

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Year(s)	State	2010 Population	FORMER CAPITAL
1776-1777, 1788-1797	New York	8,175,000	New York
1776-1780	Virginia	14,000	Williamsburg
1776-1784 (joint)	New Jersey	10,000	Burlington
1776-1784 (joint)	New Jersey	51,000	Perth Amboy
1776-1786	South Carolina	120,000	Charleston
1776-1789	North Carolina	30,000	New Bern
1776-1799	Pennsylvania	1,526,000	Philadelphia
1776-1808	New Hampshire	14,000	Exeter
1776-1853 (rotating)	Rhode Island	23,000	Bristol
1776-1853 (rotating)	Rhode Island	13,000	East Greenwich
1776-1853 (rotating)	Rhode Island	31,000	South Kingstown
1776-1853 (rotating), 1854-1899 (alternating)	Rhode Island	25,000	Newport
1777	New York	24,000	Kingston
1777	New York	6,000	Hurley
1777-1788	New York	33,000	Poughkeepsie
1789-1794	North Carolina	201,000	Fayetteville
1791-1805	Vermont	4,000	Windsor
1796-1807, 1807-1812, 1817-1818	Tennessee	179,000	Knoxville
1799-1812	Pennsylvania	59,000	Lancaster
1803-1810, 1812-1816	Ohio	22,000	Chillicothe
1807	Tennessee	6,000	Kingston
1810-1812	Ohio	25,000	Zanesville
1818-1826	Tennessee	109,000	Murfreesboro
1863-1870, 1875-1885	West Virginia	28,000	Wheeling
1907-1910	Oklahoma	10,000	Guthrie

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