Who’s Using It?

 Building Character Around the Nation and the World

The governing body of each city, county, or state listed below has passed a resolution declaring its desire to build and promote good character. Many are working toward implementing and encouraging community-wide character initiatives in order to develop a true "culture of character."

This list may also be downloaded in an easy-to-print format: Character_Cities_List.pdf (requires Adobe Acrobat).

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Character Cities
Character Counties
Character States
International Cities

 Character Cities

ALABAMA
Opelika
Prattville
Tuscaloosa

ALASKA
Wasilla

ARIZONA
Avondale
Camp Verde
Cottonwood
Payson
Show Low

ARKANSAS
Big Flat
Briarcliff
Bull Shoals
Cotter
Flippin
Jefferson
Lakeview
Mountain Home
Norfork
Pine Bluff
Pyatt
Salesville
Searcy
Summit
Yellville

CALIFORNIA
Compton
Chowchilla
Fresno
Mission Viejo
Watsonville

COLORADO
Cortez
Ft. Collins
Colorado Springs
Julesburg
Sedgwick

 

DELAWARE
Wilmington

FLORIDA
Avon Park
Fanning Springs
Inverness
Lake Placid
Marianna
North Lauderdale
Palm Beach
Gardens
Sebring
Titusville
Trenton

GEORGIA
Augusta
Bremen
Columbus
Douglasville
Lithonia
McDonough
Warner Robins

IDAHO
Rathdrum
Worley

ILLINOIS
North Chicago
Peoria
Springfield

INDIANA
Carmel
Elkhart
Greenfield
Indianapolis
Shipshewana
Terre Haute

 KANSAS
Dodge City
El Dorado
Iola
Olathe
Topeka

KENTUCKY
Alexandria
Crescent Springs
Elizabethtown
Lexington
Winchester

LOUISIANA
Baker
Baton Rouge
Donaldsonville
Eunice
Plaquemine

MICHIGAN
Heath Township
Holland
Marquette
Three Rivers
Zeeland

MINNESOTA
Brainerd

MISSISSIPPI
Clinton
Hattiesburg
Laurel
Madison
Petal

MISSOURI
Golden City
Jefferson City
Lamar
Liberal
O'Fallon
Richmond

NEW MEXICO
Roswell

NEW YORK
Belfast
Hamburg
Rome

OHIO
Archbold
Defiance
Cincinnati
Greenville
Napoleon

OKLAHOMA
Bartlesville
Bethany
Chickasha
Claremore
Edmond
Elk City
Frederick
Granite
Guthrie
Leedey
Oklahoma City
Oologah
Owasso
Pawhuska
Ponca City
Shawnee
Skiatook
Talala
The Village
Tulsa

OREGON
Clatskanie
Scappoose

SOUTH CAROLINA
Aiken
Allendale
Beaufort
Bowman
Branchville
Chapin
Conway
Cope
Cordova
Elloree
Eutawville
Florence
Georgetown
Greenwood
Hanahan
Holly Hill
Lexington
Livingston
Neeses
North
North Augusta
Norway
Orangeburg
Ridgeland
Rowesville
Santee
Springfield
Sumter
Vance
Woodford

TENNESSEE
Elizabethton
Hohenwald

TEXAS
Bastrop
Belton
Burleson
Cedar Park
Center
Cleburne City
Cleveland
Glen Rose
Grandview
Hempstead
Joaquin
Keene
League City
Tenaha
Temple

VIRGINIA
Blackstone

WASHINGTON
Bonney Lake
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 USA Counties of Character

ARKANSAS
Baxter County
Jefferson County
Marion County*

COLORADO
Dolores County
El Paso County
Larimer County
Montezuma County
Sedgwick County

FLORIDA
Collier County
Highlands County*
Jackson County
Gilchrist County

GEORGIA
DeKalb County
Douglas County
Spalding County

 

 IDAHO
Kootenai County
Pinkerton County

INDIANA
La Grange County
Vigo County

KANSAS
Chase County

KENTUCKY
Boone County
Hardin County

LOUISIANA
Ascension Parish
St. James Parish

MISSISSIPPI
Jones County
MISSOURI
Barton County*

OHIO
Henry County
Holmes County
Darke County

SOUTH CAROLINA
Florence County
Horry County
Orangeburg County*
Pickens County

TEXAS
Bell County
Johnson County
Nacogdoches County
Somervell County
Shelby County

*All cities within county are Character Cities.
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 USA States of Character
Alabama
Arkansas
Delaware		 Geogia
Ohio
Oklahoma		 South Carolina
Texas
 
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 International Cities of Character
AUSTRALIA
Manningham, Victoria

CANADA
Aurora, Ontario
Cochrane, Ontario
Drayton Valley, Alberta
East Gwillimbury
King City
Markham, Ontario
Newmarket
Richmond Hill
Vaughn
Whitchurch – Stouffville
York Region, Ontario

GUATEMALA
Antigua

MEXICO
Matamoros

PERU
Santa Anita

 PHILIPPINES
Anao
Aritao
Aparri
Bacalod
Baguio
Bais
Baras
Bayawan
Buenavista
Cadiz City
Cagayan de Oro
Candijay
Daet
Davao City
Gapan City
Island Garden City
Iriga
Kidapawan
Luna
Naujan
Malaybalay City

Mandaue City
Moncada
Oton
Palayan City
Quezon City
Sibulan
Sorsogon City
Sulat
Tagaytay City
Talisay
Tanauan

ROMANIA
Arad

 

Sectors

Various organizations have also created websites highlighting how they implement and promote character.

Paris, TX Character Council

Muskogee, OK Character Council
 

Business

EDG Consulting Engineers

Education

Colorado State University
 - Campus of Character

Faith Community

Christian Fellowship Ministry
Home Life Ministries, England		 (Back to Top)