College Towns

We at SmallTownGems.com are partial to college towns, and so are many of our viewers. Many of our patrons have expressed interest in retiring to a small college town. Because their professional careers force them to work, commute and live in a big city, they long to retire to a small college town where they could enjoy a slower pace-of-life, yet provided many of the cultural, athletic and artistic opportunities of a bigger city. This is the dual advantage afforded by many small college towns.

The following are towns recommended by SmallTownGems.com where colleges are located. The list does not include community colleges, technical colleges, online universities, prep schools / boarding schools and 2-year / junior / branch / satellite colleges.

Alabama	Athens	Athens State College
Arkansas	Siloam Springs	John Brown University
Colorado	Durango Gunnison	Fort Lewis College Western State College of Colorado
Florida	Key West St. Augustine	Hodges University Flagler College
Georgia	Barnesville Dahlonega Lawrenceville Savannah Savannah Savannah Savannah	Gordon College North Georgia College & State University Georgia Gwinnett College Armstrong Atlantic State University Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah State University South University
Idaho	Moscow	University of Idaho
Illinois	Elsah Greenville Lebanon	Principia College Greenville College McKendree University
Iowa	Decorah Mount Vernon Orange City Pella	Luther College Cornell College Northwestern College Central College
Kansas	Lindsborg	Bethany College
Kentucky	Berea Danville Georgetown Midway Murray	Berea College Centre College Georgetown College Midway College Murray State University
Louisiana	Natchitoches	Northwestern State University
Maine	Bar Harbor Portland Portland	College of the Atlantic University of Southern Maine Maine College of Art
Maryland	Annapolis Annapolis Chestertown Frostburg	United States Naval Academy St. John’s College Washington College Frostburg State University
Minnesota	New Ulm Northfield Northfield	Martin Luther College Carlton College St. Olaf College
Mississippi	Holly Springs Oxford	Rust College University of Mississippi
Missouri	Parkville St. Charles	Park University Lindenwood University
Nebraska	Seward	Concordia University
New Hampshire	Hanover	Dartmouth
New Jersey	Princeton	Princeton University
New Mexico	Albuquerque Silver City	University of New Mexico Western New Mexico University
New York	Cazenovia Geneseo Hamilton Pittsford Saratoga Springs	Cazenovia College State University of New York Colgate University St. John Fisher College Skidmore College
North Carolina	Black Mountain Belmont Brevard Chapel Hill Davidson	Montreat College Belmont Abbey College Brevard College University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Davidson College
Ohio	Gambier Granville Oberlin Oxford Tiffin Tiffin Urbana	Kenyon College Denison University Oberlin College Miami University Heidelberg University Tiffin University Urbana University
Oregon	Ashland	Southern Oregon University
Pennsylvania	Bloomsburg Gettysburg Lewisburg	Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Gettysburg College Bucknell University
South Carolina	Newberry	Newberry College
South Dakota	Spearfish	Black Hills State University
Texas	Georgetown	Southwestern University
Vermont	Bennington Middlebury	Bennington College Middlebury College
Virginia	Lexington Lexington Williamsburg Winchester	Washington and Lee University Virginia Military Institute The College of William and Mary Shenandoah University
Washington	Ellensburg Pullman	Central Washington University Washington State University
West Virginia	Shepherdstown	Shepherd University