A number of places in the United States: • A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Franklin County. • A city, the county seat of Coles County, Illinois; after Charles Morton, its first postmaster. • A town in Penobscot County, Maine; after Charles Vaughan, an early settler. • A city in Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Tallahatchie County. • A city, the county seat of Mississippi County, Missouri; after either nearby Charles Prairie or the city in South Carolina. • A town in New York; after Charles Van Epps, an early settler. • A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York; after Charles Kreischer, son of Balthasar Kreischer, after whom the town was previously named (as Kreischerville). • A city, the county seat of Charleston County, South Carolina; after Charles II of England. • A city in Tennessee. • A town in Utah; after Charles Shelton, an early settler. • A town in Vermont; after a naval battle near the city in South Carolina; the town's early settlers were naval officers. • The capital city of West Virginia, United States and the county seat of Kanawha County; perhaps after Charles Clendenin, the father of an early settler. • A community in Nova Scotia, Canada. • A village in Angus council area, Scotland; after Charles Henderson, proprietor of the village's land before its formation (OS grid ref NO3845). • A suburb of Dundee, City of Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3532). • A town in South Australia. • A coastal village south of Westport, West Coast, New Zealand. • A surname.