Each of the junior colleges listed below are either examples of the community interests that led to the organization of a junior college or, as in the case of San Francisco Junior College are notable for their exceptional histories.

 State Junior College Community

Year Opened
 CA
  San Francisco JC San Francisco

1935
 MN
   Duluth JC  Duluth

1927
   Rochester JC  Rochester

1915
 MO
   Kansas City (MO) JC  Kansas City

1915 
 NB
  Scottsbluff JC  Scottsbluf

1926 
  Norfolk JC Norfolk

1928
 NJ
  Newark JC Newark

1918
 TX
   Kilgore JC  Kilgore

 1935