States That Start With M

States that start with M: 8 US states do, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana. The table gives each state's postal abbreviation, capital and largest cities, and the lists below show state capitals and US cities that start with M.

M ties with N for the most US states, eight in total. They spread across the map: Maine in the far northeast, Montana out west, Mississippi in the Deep South and Michigan wrapped around the Great Lakes. Four of them, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota and Mississippi, share the same opening "Mi" or "Ma" sound, which makes them easy to mix up.

Capitals are tricky here. Boston and Jackson each serve as capital and largest city at once, but Michigan's capital is Lansing rather than Detroit, and Missouri's is Jefferson City rather than Kansas City. Saint Paul and Minneapolis sit side by side as the Twin Cities of Minnesota.