Preserve America Communities
Preserve America recognizes and designates communities, including municipalities, counties, neighborhoods in large cities, and tribal communities, that protect and celebrate their heritage.
Since the program began in 2003, Mrs. Laura Bush has designated nearly 600 communities as Preserve America Communities in all 50 states and one U.S. territory
To read about the benefits of designation, click here. To view Preserve America communities by state, including capsule histories, heritage highlights, and additional web links, click on any of the links below.
Select first
letter of State:
A | C
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| H | I | K
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Alabama
Birmingham
Chickasaw
Huntsville
Mobile
Selma
Alaska
Anchorage
Juneau
Ketchikan
Sitka
St. George Island
Arizona
Glendale
Nogales
Phoenix
Prescott
Scottsdale
Springerville
Williams
White
Mountain Apache Tribe
Yuma
Arkansas
Blytheville
Dumas
El Dorado
Eureka
Springs
Fort Smith
Helena
Little Rock
Osceola
Van Buren
California
Chinatown (Los Angeles)
Elk Grove
Fresno
Japantown (San Francisco)
Little Tokyo (Los Angeles)
Monterey
Ontario
Redlands
Richmond
Sacramento
San Clemente
Little Italy (San Diego)
San Juan Bautista
San Ramon
Santa
Ana
Santa Barbara
Santa
Monica
Santa Rosa
Thai Town (Los Angeles)
Tuolumne County
Ventura
Weaverville
Colorado
Baca County
Bent County
Breckenridge
Colorado Springs
Cripple Creek
Crowley County
Denver
Durango
Fort
Collins
Fremont County
Frisco
Georgetown
Gilpin County
Glenwood Springs
Golden
Greeley
Kiowa County
Lake City
Leadville
Montezuma County
Otero County
Pagosa Springs
Park County
Prowers County
Pueblo
Redstone
Silverton
Steamboat
Springs
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Colchester
Ledyard
New Britain
New London
Norwalk
Simsbury
Wethersfield
Florida
Coral Gables
Daytona
Beach
DeLand
Dunedin
Fort
Myers
Key
West
Kissimmee
Miami
Sanford
Sarasota
St.
Augustine
St. Petersburg
Tampa
Georgia
Alpharetta
Augusta
Dahlonega
Dalton
Fayetteville
Fort Valley
Harlem
LaGrange
Kennesaw
Macon
Madison
Monticello
Richmond
Hill
Rome
Roswell
Sandersville
Savannah
Thomasville
Tifton
Walker County
Washington
Whitfield
County
Hawaii
Chinatown Special Historic District (Honolulu)
Maui County
Idaho
Boise
Caldwell
Kamiah
Mackay
Illinois
Blue Island
Lockport
Oak Park
Palestine
Rock
Island
Will County
Indiana
Bedford
Crown
Point
Elkhart
Irvington neighborhood (Indianapolis)
Jeffersonville
Lafayette
Madison
Monroe County
New Albany
New Harmony
Noblesville
Richmond
South Bend
St. Joseph County
Iowa
Coon Rapids
Davenport
Dubuque
Fort Madison
Hardin County
Mason City
Oskaloosa
Sioux City
Waterloo
Kansas
Leavenworth
Wichita
Kentucky
Anchorage
Ashland
Augusta
Barbourville
Bardstown
Bell Court neighborhood (Lexington)
Bellevue
Benham
Boone
County
Bowling
Green
Cadiz
Campbellsville
Carrollton
Cloverport
Covington
Cumberland
Cynthiana
Danville
Dawson
Springs
Dayton
Elizabethtown
Erlanger
Flemingsburg
Fort
Thomas
Frankfort
Franklin
Georgetown
Glasgow
Gratz Park neighborhood (Lexington)
Greensburg
Harlan
Harrodsburg
Hart
County
Henderson
Historic Portland neighborhood (Louisville)
Hodgenville
Hopkinsville
Horse
Cave
LaGrange
Lawrenceburg
Lebanon
Letcher County
Liberty
London
Lynch
Madisonville
Maysville
Midway
Morehead
Mount
Sterling
Mount Vernon
Munfordville
Murray
New
Castle
Newport
Nicholasville
Paducah
Perryville
Pikeville
Pineville
Princeton
Rabbit
Hash
Richmond
Russellville
Scottsville
Shelbyville
Springfield
Stanford
Versailles
Warsaw
West Main Street Preservation District (Louisville)
West
Point
Winchester
Louisiana
Arcadia
Bastrop
Baton Rouge
Crowley
Dubach
Lafayette
Mandeville
Natchitoches
New Orleans
Slidell
Maine
Bath
Camden
Dover-Foxcroft
Gardiner
Lewiston
Portland
Rockland
Saco
Maryland
Annapolis
Baltimore
Calvert County
Charles County
Cumberland
Dorchester
County
Easton
Frederick
Oakland
Rockville
Salisbury
Snow Hill
St.
Mary's County
Worcester
County
Massachusetts
Blackstone
Douglas
Gloucester
Grafton
Hopedale
Leicester
Lowell
Mendon
Millbury
Millville
Northbridge
Springfield
Sutton
Upton
Uxbridge
Worcester
Michigan
Alpena
Bay City
Cadillac
Douglas
Ferndale
Flat Rock
Grand
Rapids
Huron Township
Ludington
Menominee
Saginaw
Saugatuck
Sparta Township
Wyandotte
Minnesota
Carver
Little Falls
Minneapolis
New Ulm
Northfield
Red
Wing
St. Cloud
Stillwater
Wabasha
Mississippi
Baldwyn
Biloxi
Canton
Cleveland
Columbus
Corinth
Greenwood
Hattiesburg
Leland
Meridian
Natchez
Oxford
Pascagoula
Port Gibson
Raymond
Sharkey County
Vicksburg
Missouri
Arrow Rock
Cape Girardeau
Florissant
Fredericktown
Independence
Jefferson City
Liberty
Saint Charles
Soulard (St. Louis)
Ste. Genevieve
Rocheport
Weston
Montana
Anaconda-Deer Lodge
Bozeman
Billings
Butte-Silver Bow
Fort
Benton
Great Falls
Havre
Hill County
Jefferson County
Kalispell
Lewistown
Lewis and Clark County
Livingston
Missoula
Stevensville
Red Lodge
Terry
Virginia City
Nebraska
Brownville
Lincoln
Plattsmouth
Nevada
Sparks
Las Vegas
New Hampshire
Hooksett
Keene
New Jersey
Wall Township
Newton
New Mexico
Las
Vegas
Silver City
New
York
Beacon
Beekman
Brockport
Buffalo
Cortland
Dutchess County
Great
Neck Plaza
Highland Falls
Ithaca
Liberty
Newburgh
Ossining
Owego
Peekskill
Pittsford
Putnam County
Ramapo
Rensselaer County
Rochester
Rockland County
Roxbury
Saratoga
Springs
Shelter Island
Schenectady
Schenectady County
Southampton
Syracuse
Troy
North Carolina
Asheville
Banner Elk
Burlington
Cleveland County
Edenton
Fayetteville
Gaston
County
Gastonia
Greenville
Hatteras
Village
Kinston
Lincoln County
Lincolnton
Manteo
New Bern
Ocracoke
Shelby
Thomasville
Wilmington
Wilkes County
Ohio
Canal Winchester
Dayton
Delaware
Georgetown
German Village neighborhood (Columbus)
Granville
Medina
New Richmond
Oberlin
Piqua
Shawnee
Oklahoma
Ardmore
Durant
Enid
Ponca City
Newkirk
Shawnee
Tulsa
Oregon
Astoria
Corvallis
Enterprise
Jacksonville
Salem
Pennsylvania
Ambridge
Bethlehem
Bradford
Carlisle
Chambersburg
Cheltenham Township
Columbia Borough
Easton
Gettysburg
Hanover
Harrisburg
Media
Lancaster County
Lower Merion Township
Montgomery
County
Newtown Borough
Newtown Township
Philadelphia
Philipsburg Borough
Pittsburgh
Saltsburg
Tredyffrin Township
Washington County
West Chester
York
Rhode
Island
Bristol
Burrillville
Central
Falls
Cranston
Cumberland
East
Greenwich
East
Providence
Glocester
Lincoln
Little
Compton
Newport
New
Shoreham
North
Smithfield
Pawtucket
Providence
Smithfield
South
Kingstown
Warren
Westerly
Woonsocket
South
Carolina
Abbeville
Aiken
Anderson
Bluffton
Camden
Conway
Charleston
Chesterfield
Dillon
Gray Court
Horry County
Lancaster County
Pacolet
Walterboro
York County
South Dakota
Aberdeen
Brookings
Lead
Vermillion
Tennessee
Blount County
Columbia
Franklin
Jonesborough
Oak Ridge
Rugby
The District neighborhood (Nashville)
Victorian Village (Memphis)
Texas
Abilene
Albany
Alpine
Atlanta
Bastrop
Brownsville
Calvert
Canton
Canyon
Castroville
Celina
Clarksville
Crosbyton
Cuero
Dallas
Denton
Electra
El Paso
Farmersville
Fredericksburg
Galveston
Georgetown
Giddings
Gonzales
Granbury
Grapevine
Harris County
Hearne
Hidalgo
Junius Heights (Dallas)
Kerrville
Lipscomb County
Llano
Luling
Marshall
Matagorda
County
McAllen
McKinney
Mesquite
Milam
County
Mineola
Mount
Vernon
Nacogdoches
New Braunfels
Odessa
Orange
Palestine
Paris
Pharr
Pilot
Point
Pittsburg
Plano
Roaring
Springs
Rio Grande City
Sabine
County
San Antonio
San Marcos
Shiner
Taylor
Victoria
County
Waco
Waxahachie
Wimberley
Winnsboro
Utah
Brigham City
Centerville
Farmington
Kanab
Manti
Mount
Pleasant
Murray
Payson
Pleasant
Grove
Provo
Salt Lake City
Tooele County
Vermont
Barre
Bennington
Brandon
Bradford
Brattleboro
Burlington
Middlebury
Montpelier
Morristown
Poultney
Richford
Rockingham
Rutland
St. Albans
St. Johnsbury
Vergennes
White River Junction
Windsor
Winooski
U.S. Virgin Islands
Charlotte Amalie
Virginia
Alexandria
Chesterfield County
Fauquier County
Hanover
County
Harrisonburg
Herndon
Hillsville
Leesburg
Lynchburg
Petersburg
Prince
William County
Scott County
Smithfield
Spotsylvania County
Stafford County
Suffolk
Warrenton
Williamsburg
Washington
Anacortes
Bainbridge Island
Bellingham
Dayton
Edmonds
King County
Palouse
Port Townsend
Redmond
Ritzville
Roslyn
Skykomish
Spokane
Stevens County
Vancouver
West Virginia
Beverly
Bramwell
Charles Town
Fairmont
Hinton
Mannington
Wheeling
Wisconsin
Bayfield
Cedarburg
De Pere
Eau Claire
Fond du Lac
Lodi
Mazomanie
Mineral Point
New Berlin
Osceola
Richfield
Ripon
Stoughton
Waukesha
West Allis
Whitewater
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Evanston
Green
River
Rock Springs