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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, and only the highest in each state is listed.

Altitude Name State, District or Territory               Comments
10,361 feet (3,158 m) Alma  Colorado [1]Breckenridge has subdivisions surpassing Alma in elevation.[2] While Alma is the highest incorporated municipality in the United States, the nearby city of Leadville is its highest incorporated city at an elevation of 10,152 feet (3,094 m).
9,800 feet (3,000 m) Brian Head  Utah [3] Town Offices elevation 9,656'
9,321 feet (2,841 m) Village of Taos Ski Valley  New Mexico [4] Some homes and businesses above 10,000'
8,327 feet (2,538 m) Albany  Wyoming Highest incorporated city or town is Encampment at 7,277 feet.
8,050 feet (2,450 m) Alpine  Arizona [5] an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States, in Bush Valley in the east central part of the state. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 145.[6]
7,920 feet (2,410 m) Mammoth Lakes  California [7]
7,608 feet (2,319 m) Cooke City  Montana [8] Larger community Big Sky, surpassing 8,700', is unincorporated[9]
7,510 feet (2,290 m) Mount Charleston  Nevada [10]
6,253 feet (1,906 m) Stanley  Idaho
5,506 feet (1,678 m) Beech Mountain  North Carolina [11] Some private roads above 5200'; town center is at 5075'
5,315 feet (1,620 m) Custer  South Dakota [citation needed] Most of Lead surpasses Custer in elevation
4,900 feet (1,500 m) Fort Davis  Texas [12]
4,802 feet (1,464 m) Lakeview  Oregon [13]
4,638 feet (1,414 m) Harrison  Nebraska [14]
4,353 feet (1,327 m) Kenton  Oklahoma [15]
3,907 feet (1,191 m) Kanorado  Kansas
3,750 feet (1,140 m) Volcano  Hawaii
3,638 feet (1,109 m) Whitetop  Virginia [16] Unincorporated
3,491 feet (1,064 m) Adams  Massachusetts [17] The town includes the peak of Mt. Greylock - Highest point in MA
3,396 feet (1,035 m) Paxson  Alaska Unincorporated
3,192 feet (973 m) Rhame  North Dakota [18]
3,163 feet (964 m) Ta'u  American Samoa Highest peak in Samoa Lata Mountain. Island Population: 873
3,166 feet (965 m) Agrihan  Northern Mariana Islands [19]
3,100 feet (940 m) Davis  West Virginia Davis is incorporated as a town. The highest place incorporated as a city is Bluefield, elevation 2,611 feet (796 m), nicknamed "Summt City".[20] The Snowshoe Mountain resort village is the second-highest point in the state at 4,848 feet (1,478 m), but is neither incorporated nor permanently populated.
3,100 feet (940 m) Sky valley  Georgia [21]
2,790 feet (850 m) Shady valley  Tennessee [citation needed]
2,622 feet (799 m) Waterville  Washington [22]
2,530 feet (770 m) Seven Springs  Pennsylvania Highest incorporated city is Hazleton at 1,866 ft,[23] one of the highest incorporated cities east of the Mississippi
2,401 feet (732 m) Aibonito  Puerto Rico [24]
2,215 feet (675 m) Woodford  Vermont [25]
2,070 feet (630 m) Frostburg  Maryland [26]
2,000 feet (610 m) Isabella  Minnesota [27] Unincorporated community
1,803 feet (550 m) Montague Township  New Jersey [28]
1,801 feet (549 m) Lake Placid  New York Highest incorporated city is Cortland at 1,130 ft[29]
1,762 feet (537 m) Payne Gap  Kentucky [30]
1,736 feet (529 m) Star Lake  Wisconsin [31]
1,708 feet (521 m) Mentone  Alabama [32]
1,598 feet (487 m) Allendorf  Iowa Highest incorporated city or town is Melvin at 1,581 ft.[30]
1,555 feet (474 m) Saint Thomas  United States Virgin Islands

Population: 51,634 about 48.5% of US Virgin Island total

1,550 feet (470 m) Bellefontaine  Ohio The highest point in Ohio, Campbell Hill, is within the city limits
1,980 feet (600 m) Clarksville  New Hampshire [33]
1,614 feet (492 m) Rangeley  Maine [citation needed]
1,348 feet (411 m) Gaylord  Michigan [citation needed]
1,332 feet (406 m) Agat  Guam Village located on Lamlam, highest mountain in Guam
1,319 feet (402 m) Goshen  Connecticut
1,211 feet (369 m) Bethel  Indiana [30]
1,100 feet (340 m) Travelers Rest  South Carolina [34]
1,033 feet (315 m) Waddams Grove  Illinois
885 feet (270 m) St. Joseph  Missouri [citation needed]
812 feet (247 m) Foster  Rhode Island [35]Jerimoth Hill, highest point in Rhode Island, is located in Foster
561 feet (171 m) Iuka  Mississippi
420 feet (130 m) Barkley  Delaware [36] City closest to Ebright Azimuth, the highest point in Delaware.
380 feet (120 m) Washington  District of Columbia [37]
345 feet (105 m) Lakewood  Florida [38] Lowest natural high point in any state.
308 feet (94 m) Bryceland  Louisiana [citation needed]

See also

References

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  2. ^ http://www.gobreck.com/the-town/facts-and-stats
  3. ^ http://www.brianheadtown.utah.gov
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ [2]
  6. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Alpine CDP, Arizona". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  7. ^ [3]
  8. ^ Construction west of Cooke City projected to be finished in fall of 2009
  9. ^ [4]
  10. ^ City Data Top 100 highest located US Cities
  11. ^ Beech Mountain - Eastern America's Highest Town
  12. ^ [5]
  13. ^ [6]
  14. ^ "Nebraska's 'Top Town'". Sioux County Travel and Tourism website. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  15. ^ [7]
  16. ^ Virginia Creeper Trail Guide
  17. ^ Mt. Greylock - Adams Massachusetts
  18. ^ Williams, Mary Ann (Barnes) (1966). Origins of North Dakota Place Names. Bismarck, North Dakota: Bismarck Tribune, 1966. p. 43. OCLC 431626.
  19. ^ World Atlas, Highest and Lowest Points on Islands
  20. ^ Bluefield, West Virginia
  21. ^ Sky Valley Georgia
  22. ^ [8]
  23. ^ Mesothelioma.com - Hazleton, Pennsylvania
  24. ^ To Puerto Rico - Aibonito
  25. ^ All Getaways Green Mountains South around Benning
  26. ^ Skyscraper Page Index
  27. ^ Guide to Isabella Minnesota
  28. ^ High Point State Park
  29. ^ Emergency Medicine Physician — Cortland, New York
  30. ^ a b c "USGS Geographic Names Information System". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
  31. ^ [geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=132:2:2333157032405066::NO:RP:: USGS GNIS search]
  32. ^ Mentone, Dekalb County, Alabama
  33. ^ Clarksville, New Hampshire
  34. ^ [9]
  35. ^ Highest point in Rhode Island
  36. ^ GNIS Detail - Barkley
  37. ^ Washington D.C. Fast Facts
  38. ^ Lakewood - Florida's Highest Point