List of North American settlements by year of foundation
This is a list of settlements in North America by founding year and present-day country.

List of North American settlements by year of foundation

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Table Section Text: This is a list of settlements in North America by founding year and present-day country.

Year	Settlement	Subdivision	Country	Notes

7500 BC	Tlapacoya	Ixtapaluca	Mexico	Silvia González et al. have published research claiming that "one Tlapacoya skull is the first directly dated human in Mexico with an age of 9730 ± 65 years BP" (before present).

1500 BC	Tepoztlán	Morelos	Mexico

1500 BC	San José Mogote	Oaxaca	Mexico

1500 BC	Chalcatzingo	Morelos	Mexico

1500 BC	Calixtlahuaca	Mexico	Mexico

1500 BC	Kaminaljuyu	Guatemala	Guatemala

1400 BC	Teopantecuanitlan	Guerrero	Mexico

1400 BC	Nakbe	Petén	Guatemala

1200 BC	San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán	Veracruz	Mexico

1200 BC	La Venta	Veracruz	Mexico

1150 BC	Etlatongo	Oaxaca	Mexico

1000 BC	Xochitecatl	Tlaxcala	Mexico

1000 BC	Cuicuilco	Tlalpan	Mexico

1000 BC	Tres Zapotes	Veracruz	Mexico

950 BC	Takalik Abaj	Retalhuleu	Guatemala

950 BC	El Mirador	Petén	Guatemala

950 BC	Uaxactun	Petén	Guatemala

800 BC	Zazacatla	Morelos	Mexico

700 BC	Ticul	Yucatán	Mexico

600 BC	Tikal	Petén	Guatemala

500 BC	Monte Albán	Oaxaca	Mexico

500 BC	Cholula	Puebla	Mexico	Possibly the oldest continuously inhabited settlement in the Americas.

400 BC	Tula	Hidalgo	Mexico

300 BC	Teotihuacan	México	Mexico	In the Valley of Mexico

200	Mitla	Oaxaca	Mexico

600	Cantona	Puebla	Mexico

650	Cahokia	Illinois	United States

1003?	L'Anse aux Meadows	Newfoundland & Labrador	Canada	First European settlement in the Americas. The Norse explorer Leif Ericson established a settlement at 51°N on this site in 1003.

1050	Motul	Yucatán	Mexico

1054	Antiguo Cuscatlan	La Libertad	El Salvador	Cuscatlán was founded in 1054 by Topiltzin Atzil, last king of Tula of Anahuac. It was a city inhabited by ten thousand, with an additional twelve thousand people who lived in xacal, straw huts distributed at the edge of a maar (crater) which housed the sacred lake of Cuscatlan.

1100	Oraibi	Arizona	United States

1144	Acoma Pueblo	New Mexico	United States	Oldest continuously occupied communities in the USA. The Acoma Pueblo today is known as Sky City.

1325	Tenochtitlan	Distrito Federal	Mexico	Today this city is known as Mexico City

1450	Taos Pueblo	New Mexico	United States	One of the oldest continuously inhabited Native American settlements in the United States

1498	Santo Domingo	Distrito Nacional	Dominican Republic	Capital of the Dominican Republic. Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in the Americas.

1508	Caparra	Puerto Rico	United States

1509	Sevilla la Nueva	Seville, St. Ann's Bay	Jamaica	Established by Juan de Esquivel, the first Spanish Governor of Jamaica, St Ann's Bay became the third capital established by Spain in the Americas.

1510	Nombre de Dios	Colón	Panama	Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Panama and continental America.

1511	Baracoa	Guantánamo	Cuba	Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Cuba, former capital of Cuba.

1513	Bayamo	Granma	Cuba	Former capital in Cuba in 1513.

1514	Santiago	Santiago	Cuba

1515	Havana	Havana	Cuba	Current capital of Cuba

1519	La Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz	Veracruz	Mexico	Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Mexico.

1519	Panama City	Panamá	Panama	First European city on the Pacific coast of the Americas

1521	San Juan	Puerto Rico	United States	Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in The United States.

1524	Quetzaltenango	Guatemala	Guatemala

1525	San Salvador	San Salvador Department	El Salvador	Diego de Holguín became the first mayor of San Salvador after the town was founded on April 1, 1525. Founded in what is now the archaeological site Ciudad Vieja, north of the present-day city, it was moved to the Valle de Las Hamacas or the Acelhuate Valley, named so due to the intense seismic activity that characterizes it.

1524	Granada	Granada	Nicaragua	Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Nicaragua.

1526	Acámbaro	Guanajuato	Mexico

1526	San Miguel de Gualdape	Georgia	United States	First European settlement in the continental United States. It was abandoned after only 3 months.

1531	Mazatlán	Sinaloa	Mexico

1531	Culiacán	Sinaloa	Mexico

1532	Oaxaca	Oaxaca	Mexico

1534	Villa de la Vega	Saint Catherine Parish	Jamaica	After founding Seville in 1509, Spanish settlers moved to a new, healthier site, which they named Villa de la Vega. The English later renamed it Spanish Town when they conquered the island in 1655.

1536	San Pedro Sula	Cortés	Honduras

1539	Zuni Pueblo	New Mexico	United States	[Ferguson, T.J. (1985). A Zuni Atlas. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press]

1540	Compostela	Nayarit	Mexico	Known as Capital de la Nueva Galicia Compostela (1548–1560)

1540	Childersburg	Alabama	United States	Recently claimed by the city to be the oldest city in America. Established by Native Americans.

1540	Campeche	Campeche	Mexico

1541	Morelia	Michoacan	Mexico

1541	Charlesbourg-Royal	Quebec	Canada	First French settlement (short lived)

1542	Yuriria	Guanajuato	Mexico

1542	Mérida	Yucatán	Mexico	Founded by Francisco de Montejo over the ruins of the Maya city of T'ho.

1542	Guadalajara	Jalisco	Mexico

1542	San Miguel de Allende	Guanajuato	Mexico

1543	Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala (Antigua Guatemala)	Guatemala	Guatemala

1550	Acapulco	Guerrero	Mexico	Discovered by Cortés in 1531; settlement founded in 1550.

1559	Pensacola	Florida	United States	Spanish explorer Tristán de Luna founded a short-lived settlement in 1559.

1560	Port of Spain	Port of Spain	Trinidad And Tobago	In 1560, a Spanish garrison was posted near the foot of the Laventille Hills, which today form the city's eastern boundary.

1563	Cartago	Cartago	Costa Rica	Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement Costa Rica.

1564	Fort Caroline	Florida	United States	Permanent settlement of 200 soldiers and artisans began in 1564, led by Rene de Goulaine de Laudonniere, who had accompanied Ribault on the previous expedition.

1564	Villa Hermosa de San Juan Bautista	Tabasco	México	The city was founded on June 24, 1564 (day of San Juan Bautista, hence its original name) by the Spanish Don Diego de Quijada

1565	Saint Augustine	Florida	United States	The oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the Continental United States.

1573	San Germán	Puerto Rico	United States

1575	Saltillo	Coahuila	Mexico	Oldest post-conquest settlement in northern Mexico.

1575	Aguascalientes	Aguascalientes	Mexico

1576	León	Guanajuato	Mexico

1583	St. John's	Newfoundland and Labrador	Canada	Oldest English-founded city in North America.

1583	Harbour Grace	Newfoundland and Labrador	Canada

1585	Roanoke Colony	North Carolina	United States	Settlers first left on island August 17, 1585.[ambiguous][clarification needed]

1596	Monterrey	Nuevo León	Mexico

1597	Portobelo	Colón	Panama

1598	Parras	Coahuila	Mexico

1598	Española	New Mexico	United States	Along with San Juan de los Caballeros, the first European-founded capital of the "New World" located within the boundaries of the United States; established by Juan de Oñate

1598	San Juan de los Caballeros	New Mexico	United States	Along with Española, the oldest European-founded settlement in the Southwestern United States

1599	Tadoussac	Quebec	Canada	Oldest continuously inhabited French established settlement in the Americas, oldest European established settlement in Quebec.

1603	Salamanca	Guanajuato	Mexico

1604	Canso	Nova Scotia	Canada	Founded in 1604, setting began in 1518 by European Fur Traders and Fisherman. Canso and the surrounding Islands were involved in the French and English struggles to gain control of the area.

1604	L'Ile-aux-Marins	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	France

1604	Saint Croix Island	Maine	United States	Established in the summer of 1604 by a French expedition led by Pierre Dugua that included Samuel de Champlain. After the winter of 1604–1605 the survivors relocated and founded Port Royal, Nova Scotia.

1605	Port Royal	Nova Scotia	Canada	Established in the summer of 1605 by French colonizing explorers Pierre du Gua de Monts and Samuel de Champlain who, in 1608, would establish Quebec City.

1607	Jamestown	Virginia	United States	Oldest settlement in the original thirteen colonies comprising the United States of America

1607	Popham Colony	Maine	United States	Short lived settlement; project of the Plymouth Company

1607	Santa Fe	New Mexico	United States	Oldest continuously inhabited state capital in the US.

1608	Québec	Quebec	Canada	Original settlement on this site was established by Jacques Cartier in 1535 but abandoned in 1536. He returned in 1541 but abandoned the site again.

1610	Cupids	Newfoundland and Labrador	Canada	Oldest continuously occupied English settlement in Canada.

1610	Hampton	Virginia	United States	Oldest continuously occupied English settlement in the United States.

1610	Kecoughtan	Virginia	United States

1611	Henricus	Virginia	United States

1612	St. George's	St. George	Bermuda	Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Bermuda.

1613	Newport News, Virginia	Virginia	United States

1614	Albany, New York	New York	United States	Oldest European settlement in New York State, founded as Fort Nassau, 1614, Fort Orange 1623. First Dutch settlement in North America.

1615	Taos, New Mexico	New Mexico	United States

1620	Plymouth	Massachusetts	United States	The oldest town in New England and Massachusetts. Settled by pilgrims of The Mayflower

1622	Weymouth	Massachusetts	United States	As Wessagussett, resettled and renamed in 1623

1623	South Berwick	Maine	United States	Settled by men whom landed at the confluence of the Salmon Falls and Great Works Rivers on the ship Pied Cow

1623	Dover	New Hampshire	United States	oldest settlement in New Hampshire

1623	Gloucester	Massachusetts	United States	Abandoned in 1629 but quickly resettled

1624	Burlington	New Jersey	United States

1624	New Amsterdam	New York	United States	Now New York City. Was settled 1624 on Governors Island, moved to Manhattan 1625.

1625	Merrymount	Massachusetts	United States	Now Quincy, Massachusetts

1626	Salem	Massachusetts	United States

1626	Socorro	New Mexico	United States	Originally founded as Nuestra Señora de Perpetuo Socorro in 1626; abandoned in 1680 following the Pueblo Revolt; resettled in 1815

1627	Scituate	Massachusetts	United States	Scituate, Massachusetts

1627	Basseterre	Saint Kitts	Saint Kitts and Nevis

1628	Bridgetown	Saint Michael	Barbados

1629	Marblehead	Massachusetts	United States	Founded as first naval stronghold for the colonies.

1629	Lynn	Massachusetts	United States	Founded as Saugus, different from town today known as Saugus.

1629	Charlestown	Massachusetts	United States	Now a neighborhood in Boston

1630	Portsmouth	New Hampshire	United States	First known as Strawbery Banke.

1630	Jersey City	New Jersey	United States	Pavonia, first Dutch settlement in New Jersey

1630	Medford	Massachusetts	United States	Settled on the "Ford" by Meadow

1630	Boston	Massachusetts	United States	Founded by John Winthrop and his fleet, as Trimountaine

1630	Dorchester	Massachusetts	United States	Now a neighborhood in Boston

1630	Boston	Massachusetts	United States	Now a neighborhood in Boston

1631	Saco	Maine	United States	Settled as Winter Harbor.

1631	Lewes	Delaware	United States	Purchased in 1629 and settled as a short-lived Dutch colony named Zwaanendael in 1631. Because Lewes was the earliest town founded in the state, and because Delaware was the first state to ratify the constitution, the town refers to itself as "The first town in the first state."

1631	Cambridge	Massachusetts	United States	Drake, Samuel Adams (1880). History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. 1. Boston: Estes and Lauriat. pp. 305–16. Retrieved December 26, 2008.

1632	Williamsburg	Virginia	United States

1633	Ipswich	Massachusetts	United States

1632	St. John's	Antigua	Antigua and Barbuda

1633	Hartford	Connecticut	United States	Founded as Fort Hoop by the Dutch, renamed by English in 1637, by Thomas Hooker

1633	Windsor	Connecticut	United States	First English settlement in Connecticut. Founded as Dorchester, renamed in 1637

1634	Beauport	Quebec	Canada	Became a borough of Québec in January, 2002.

1634	Wethersfield	Connecticut	United States	Founded as Watertown, renamed in 1637.

1634	Green Bay	Wisconsin	United States

1634	St. Mary's City	Maryland	United States

1634	Trois-Rivières	Quebec	Canada

1634	Willemstad	Curaçao	Kingdom of the Netherlands	Formerly Part of the now dissolved Netherlands Antilles, now autonomous constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Not to be confused with one of its constituent countries, the Netherlands)

1635	Concord	Massachusetts	United States

1635	Newbury	Massachusetts	United States

1636	Springfield	Massachusetts	United States	The Massachusetts Bay Colony's first Connecticut River port – and, by far, its westernmost settlement, sitting 85 miles west of the colonial capital at Boston.

1636	Providence	Rhode Island	United States	Oldest settlement in Rhode Island, founded by Roger Williams.

1637	Taunton	Massachusetts	United States

1637	Sandwich	Massachusetts	United States	Oldest town on Cape Cod

1638	Rowley	Massachusetts	United States

1638	Portsmouth	Rhode Island	United States	Founded by Anne Hutchinson

1638	Exeter	New Hampshire	United States	One of the four original towns of New Hampshire. Revolutionary War Capital of New Hampshire and site of the ratification of the first state constitution in the North American colonies in January 1776.

1638	Hampton	New Hampshire	United States	Founded by Stephen Bachiler. First known as Winnicunnet.

1638	Sillery	Quebec	Canada	Now part of Québec

1638	Swedesboro	New Jersey	United States	Nucleus of the New Sweden colony that spread along the Delaware River into Pennsylvania and Delaware.

1638	New Haven	Connecticut	United States

1638	Sainte-Foy	Quebec	Canada	Merged with the City of Québec in 2002.

1638	Wilmington	Delaware	United States	Grew from Fort Christina, part of the New Sweden colony. Originally called Willington.

1639 (prior to)	St. Marks	Florida	United States

1639	Stratford	Connecticut	United States

1639	Newport	Rhode Island	United States

1639	Sudbury	Massachusetts	United States

1640	Farmington	Connecticut	United States	Founded as Tunxis.

1640	Braintree	Massachusetts	United States	Land first settled in 1625 as Merrymount, resettled and incorporated in 1640

1640	Woburn	Massachusetts	United States	First settled in 1640, incorporated in 1642

1641	Haverhill	Massachusetts	United States	First settled in 1640, incorporated 1641

1642	Maspeth	New York	United States

1642	Montreal	Quebec	Canada	Founded in 1642 and incorporated later on.

1642	Lexington	Massachusetts	United States

1642	Sorel	Quebec	Canada	Now known as Sorel-Tracy.

1642	Warwick	Rhode Island	United States

1643	Basse-Terre	Guadeloupe	France	Territorial capital.

1643	Dolores Hidalgo	Guanajuato	Mexico

1643	Guilford	Connecticut	United States

1643	Rehoboth	Massachusetts	United States	Settled 1636. Incorporated 1643.

1644	Longmeadow	Massachusetts	United States	Settled in 1644. Incorporated October 17, 1783.

1644	Branford	Connecticut	United States	Known as Brentford at first.

1644	Salvatierra	Guanajuato	Mexico

1645	Vlissingen	New York	United States	Now Flushing, New York.

1646	Andover	Massachusetts	United States	The original Andover, founded by Simon and Anne Bradstreet along with the Barker, Osgood, Stevens, Woodbridge and other families, broke into two separate towns April 7, 1855.

1646	Château-Richer	Quebec	Canada

1646	New London	Connecticut	United States	Founded as Faire Harbour

1647	Kittery	Maine	United States	Oldest incorporated town in Maine.

1647	La Prairie	Quebec	Canada	La Prairie was established as a mission by the Jesuits in 1647. The first parish was founded in 1667.

1647	Spanish Wells	Eleuthera	Bahamas

1649	Annapolis	Maryland	United States

1650	Saint-Ours	Quebec	Canada

1650	Kingston	New York	United States	Settled by the Dutch as Esopus, renamed in 1664 by the English

1651	Cap-de-la-Madeleine	Quebec	Canada	Became a borough of Trois-Rivières in January, 2002.

1651	Medfield	Massachusetts	United States	https://web.archive.org/web/20110714082251/http://www.town.medfield.net/index.cfm?pid=12391

1651	New Castle	Delaware	United States	On the site of a former aboriginal village, "Tomakonck", settled by the Dutch as Fort Casimir, in 1654 renamed New Amstel

1651	Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré	Quebec	Canada

1652	Natick	Massachusetts	United States	Founded by John Eliot: Natick comes from the language of the Massachusett Native American tribe and is commonly considered to mean place of hills

1653	Lancaster	Massachusetts	United States

1654	Northampton	Massachusetts	United States	Founded by a group led by William Houlton and John King.

1654	Pelham	New York	United States	Founded by Thomas Pell who purchased 9000 acres from Siwanoy Indians and received a land grant from the English Crown

1655	Cap-Saint-Ignace	Quebec	Canada

1655	Chelmsford	Massachusetts	United States	Founded by settlers from Concord. The area currently encompassed by Chelmsford, Lowell, Westford, Carlisle and to a certain extent Dracut, were all originally part of Chelmsford.

1655	Groton	Massachusetts	United States

1655	Billerica	Massachusetts	United States

1657	Longueuil	Quebec	Canada

1658	Harlem	New York	United States

1659	Assonet	Massachusetts	United States	Settled 1659. Incorporated 1683.

1659	Hadley	Massachusetts	United States	Founded by a group led by John Russell and Nathaniel Dickinson.

1659	Ciudad Juárez	Chihuahua	Mexico

1659	Jamestown	Saint Helena	United Kingdom

1660	Placentia	Newfoundland	Canada	French Capital until 1713, originally called Plaisance

1660	Rye	New York	United States

1661	Schenectady	New York	United States

1662	Uxbridge	Massachusetts	United States

1664	L'Ange-Gardien	Quebec	Canada

1664	Woodbridge	New Jersey	United States	Oldest original township in New Jersey

1665	Chambly	Quebec	Canada

1665	Port-de-Paix	Nord-Ouest	Haiti

1666	Charlesbourg	Quebec	Canada	Became a borough within the City of Québec in 2002.

1666	Newark	New Jersey	United States

1666	Piscatawaytown	New Jersey	United States	One of the first five New Jersey settlements. Now part of Edison, NJ

1666	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	Quebec	Canada	Grew from Fort Saint-Jean.

1667	Boucherville	Quebec	Canada

1667	Mendon	Massachusetts	United States	Netmocke Plantation 1662

1668	Amesbury	Massachusetts	United States

1668	Saint-Nicolas	Quebec	Canada	Merged with the City of Lévis, Quebec in 2002.

1668	Sault Ste. Marie	Michigan	United States	Oldest city in Michigan.

1669	Neuville	Quebec	Canada

1669	Westfield	Massachusetts	United States

1669	Middleborough	Massachusetts	United States

1670	Charleston	South Carolina	United States

1670	Repentigny	Quebec	Canada

1670	Wallingford	Connecticut	United States

1670	Hatfield	Massachusetts	United States

1672	Varennes	Quebec	Canada

1672	Verchères	Quebec	Canada

1673	Kingston	Ontario	Canada	Grew from Fort Frontenac.

1673	L'Ancienne-Lorette	Quebec	Canada

1673	Worcester, Massachusetts	Massachusetts	United States	Incorporated as city in 1848.

1674	Pointe-aux-Trembles	Quebec	Canada	Now part of Montréal, Québec.

1674	Waterbury	Connecticut	United States

1674	Deerfield	Massachusetts	United States

1675	Lachine	Quebec	Canada	Lachine was merged into the City of Montreal in 2002.

1675	Lavaltrie	Quebec	Canada

1676	Contrecoeur	Quebec	Canada

1676	Loretteville	Quebec	Canada	Loretteville merged with the city of Québec in 2002.

1677	Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue	Quebec	Canada

1677	Crosswicks	New Jersey	United States	Settled by Quakers

1678	La Pocatière	Quebec	Canada

1678	Montmagny	Quebec	Canada

1679	Lévis	Quebec	Canada	The first settlement was formerly known as Lauzon, which merged with Lévis in 1989.

1679	L'Islet	Quebec	Canada

1679	Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures	Quebec	Canada

1680	Ysleta	Texas	United States

1680	South Orange	New Jersey	United States	Grew from Newark (later Orange)

1680	Creve Coeur	Illinois	United States	Originally Fort Crevecoeur, later Fort Clark (1813).

1681	Baie-Saint-Paul	Quebec	Canada

1681	Berthierville	Quebec	Canada

1681	Cockburn Town	Turks and Caicos Islands	United Kingdom

1681	Bridgewater Township	New Jersey	United States

1681	Saint-François (Laval)	Quebec	Canada	Integrated to the City of Laval, Quebec in 1965.

1682	Moorestown	New Jersey	United States

1682	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	United States

1682	Norfolk	Virginia	United States

1683	Dover	Delaware	United States

1683	Lachenaie	Quebec	Canada	In 2001, the town of Lachenaie merged with the neighbouring city of Terrebonne.

1682	Rivière-du-Loup	Quebec	Canada

1684	Bécancour	Quebec	Canada

1685	Prairie du Chien	Wisconsin	United States

1686	Arkansas Post	Arkansas	United States

1687	New Britain	Connecticut	United States

1687	Rivière-des-Prairies	Quebec	Canada	Rivière-des-Prairies is now part of the Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles borough of the City of Montreal.

1690	Oka	Quebec	Canada

1693	Glastonbury	Connecticut	United States	Settled 1636, Incorporated 1693 (as Glassenbury. Known as Glastenbury from about 1785 until 1870.)

1693	Kingston	Kingston	Jamaica

1694	Newark	Delaware	United States

1694	Santa Cruz	New Mexico	United States

1695	Nassau	New Providence	Bahamas

1696	Rimouski	Quebec	Canada

1696	Sault-au-Récollet	Quebec	Canada	Sault-au-Récollet is now part of the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough of the City of Montreal

1698	Pensacola	Florida	United States	First established by Don Tristán de Luna y Arellano in 1559; abandoned in 1561. Permanently established in 1698.

1699	Biloxi	Mississippi	United States

1700	Mascouche	Quebec	Canada

1701	Detroit	Michigan	United States	1701	Dracut,Massachusetts	United States

1701	Nicolet	Quebec	Canada

1702	Le Moyne	Alabama	United States	Founded as Fort Louis de la Louisiane by France; abandoned in 1711

1703	Amherst	Massachusetts	United States

1703	Kaskaskia	Illinois	United States

1703	Saint-Sulpice	Quebec	Canada

1705	Bath	North Carolina	United States	Oldest incorporated town in North Carolina.

1706	Albuquerque	New Mexico	United States

1709	Chihuahua	Chihuahua	Mexico

1710	Chatham	New Jersey	United States	On land purchased in 1680.

1710	New Bern	North Carolina	United States	Settled initially by German-Swiss immigrants.

1711	Mobile	Alabama	United States	Year of the relocation of the settlement of Le Moyne to Mobile

1711	Needham	Massachusetts	United States

1711	Pointe-Claire	Quebec	Canada

1711	Beaufort	South Carolina	United States

1714	Natchitoches	Louisiana	United States	Oldest settlement in the Louisiana Purchase

1714	Freehold	New Jersey	United States	Originally called Monmouth Courthouse, the site of the Battle of Monmouth

1715 (prior to)	Kekionga	Indiana	United States	Capital of the Miami tribe.

1715	Les Cèdres	Quebec	Canada

1716	Kahnawake	Quebec	Canada	Homeland of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha (1656–1680).

1716	Nacogdoches	Texas	United States	Spanish mission established about 1716 in a much older Caddo village.

1716	Natchez	Mississippi	United States	Dates to the founding of Fort Rosalie by the French.:

1716	Georgetown	Maine	United States	Originally included the modern towns of West Bath, Bath, Phippsburg, Arrowsic, and part of Woolwich as well as current-day Georgetown.

1717	L'Assomption	Quebec	Canada	The territory was settled from 1647.

1717	Ouiatenon	Indiana	United States

1718	New Orleans	Louisiana	United States

1718	San Antonio	Texas	United States

1719	Longue-Pointe	Quebec	Canada	Now part of Montreal.

1719	Trenton	New Jersey	United States

1719	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	United States

1720	Saint-Laurent	Quebec	Canada	The City of Saint-Laurent merged with Montreal in 2002.

1720	Saint-Martinville	Louisiana	United States	Source: "The Attakapas Country: A History of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana", by Harry Lewis Griffin

1721	Cortazar	Guanajuato	Mexico

1721	Saint-Jean-Port-Joli	Quebec	Canada

1722	Prairie Du Rocher	Illinois	United States

1722	Louiseville	Quebec	Canada

1723	Beaufort	North Carolina	United States

1723	Terrebonne	Quebec	Canada

1725	Concord	New Hampshire	United States

1728	Fredericksburg	Virginia	United States

1728	Nuuk	Sermersooq	Greenland

1729	Baltimore	Maryland	United States

1729	Pabos	Quebec	Canada	Now part of Chandler, Quebec.

1729	Lancaster	Pennsylvania	United States

1730	New Brunswick	New Jersey	United States

1732	Lanoraie	Quebec	Canada

1732	Vincennes	Indiana	United States

1733	Richmond	Virginia	United States

1733	Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (Laval)	Quebec	Canada	Integrated to the City of Laval in 1965.

1733	Savannah	Georgia	United States

1735	Ste. Genevieve	Missouri	United States	French-Colonial settlement. Oldest continually-inhabited settlement in Missouri.

1736	Châteauguay	Quebec	Canada

1736	Gorham	Maine	United States

1736	Augusta	Georgia	United States

1733	Winnipeg	Manitoba	Canada	Formerly known as Fort Rouge.

1738	Pointe-du-Lac	Quebec	Canada	Merged with the City of Trois-Rivières in 2002.

1738	Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce	Quebec	Canada

1739	Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu	Quebec	Canada

1739	Memphis	Tennessee	United States	Grew from the 1739 French Fort de l'Assomption.

1740	Belén	New Mexico	United States

1740	L'Île-Perrot and Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot	Quebec	Canada

1741	Bethlehem	Pennsylvania	United States

1741	Sainte-Geneviève and Pierrrefonds	Quebec	Canada	Those cities merged with Montreal in 2002.

1742	Les Écureuils	Quebec	Canada	Now Donnacona, Quebec

1745	Sainte-Marie	Quebec	Canada

1745	Sainte-Rose (Laval)	Quebec	Canada	Integrated to the City of Laval, Quebec in 1965.

1746	Saint-Henri	Quebec	Canada

1746	Merrimack	New Hampshire	United States

1749	Alexandria	Virginia	United States

1749	Port-au-Prince	Ouest	Haiti

1749	Halifax	Nova Scotia	Canada

1749	Windsor	Ontario	Canada	Oldest continually-inhabited settlement in Canada west of Montreal

1750	Erie	Pennsylvania	United States	Grew from the French Fort Presque Isle.

1750	Rock Island	Illinois	United States	Originally a Native American settlement named Saukenuk

1751	Carlisle	Pennsylvania	United States

1751	Georgetown	Maryland	United States	Originally in Maryland; became part of the District of Columbia when the District was organized in 1801. Georgetown and its government were incorporated into the District government in 1871.

1751	Las Trampas	New Mexico	United States

1752	Akwesasne	New York, Ontario, Quebec	Canada, United States	First known as Saint-Régis.

1752	Saint-Constant	Quebec	Canada

1753	Saint-Philippe	Quebec	Canada

1754	Augusta	Maine	United States

1754	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	United States	Grew from the French Fort Duquesne, replaced by the British Fort Pitt in 1758

1755	Charlotte	North Carolina	United States

1757	Saint-Hyacinthe	Quebec	Canada

1761	Charlottesville	Virginia	United States

1762	Shepherdstown	West Virginia	United States	Originally known as Mecklenburg.

1762	Allentown	Pennsylvania	United States	Incorporated as Northamptontown.

1763	St. Louis	Missouri	United States

1763	Burlington	Vermont	United States

1764	Amherst	Nova Scotia	Canada

1764	Charlottetown	Prince Edward Island	Canada

1765	St. Charles	Missouri	United States

1766	Moncton	New Brunswick	Canada

1766	Vergennes	Vermont	United States

1768	Beloeil	Quebec	Canada

1768	L'Acadie	Quebec	Canada	In 2001, the town of L'Acadie merged with the neighbouring city of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.

1768	New Smyrna Beach	Florida	United States	Scottish entrepreneur Dr. Turnbull established a colony of 1,225 immigrants at New Smyrna which was the largest colonization attempt in the US.

1768	Saint-Eustache	Quebec	Canada

1769	Santa Cruz	California	United States

1769	San Diego	California	United States	Grew from Presidio of San Diego.

1770	Monterey	California	United States	Grew from Presidio of Monterey. Original capital of California

1770	San Blas	Nayarit	Mexico	Spanish Naval Department headquarters established at San Blas.

1771	Greenville	North Carolina	United States	Settled and founded as Martinsborough. Renamed to Greenville in 1786.

1772	Ellicott City	Maryland	United States

1772	Morgantown	West Virginia	United States

1773	Guatemala City	Guatemala	Guatemala

1774	Unalaska	Alaska	United States	Oldest Russian settlement of Aleutian Islands, dating to the 1760s. Permanent trading post established in 1774.

1774	Orizaba	Veracruz	Mexico	In 1774, Charles IV grants the title of Villa, but the city was already a Spanish settlement since times of Cortez

1775	Tucson	Arizona	United States	The town of Tucson had existed for over 2000 years at this point but this is the date the Spanish built a presidio and formally recognized the town

1775	Lexington	Kentucky	United States

1775	Boonesborough	Kentucky	United States	Grew from Fort Boonesborough, built by pioneer Daniel Boone.

1776	San Francisco	California	United States

1777	San Jose	California	United States	Originally known as El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, the first town in the Spanish colony of Nueva California, which later became Alta California.

1778	Louisville	Kentucky	United States	Grew from Fort Nelson, established by explorer George Rogers Clark.

1778	West Point	New York	United States	Grew from Fort Clinton

1779	Jonesborough	Tennessee	United States	Later organized as the lost State of Franklin with Jonesborough as capital 1784.

1779	Nashville	Tennessee	United States	Grew from Fort Nashborough

1781	Montpelier	Vermont	United States

1781	Los Angeles	California	United States

1783	Clarksville	Indiana	United States

1784	Cornwall	Ontario	Canada	Founded on June 6, 1784 by a group of United Empire Loyalists led by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Johnson, 2nd Baronet.

1784	Frenchtown	Michigan	United States	Third French settlement in Michigan

1785	Harrisburg	Pennsylvania	United States

1785	Asheville	North Carolina	United States

1785	Dubuque	Iowa	United States	Oldest city in Iowa, among oldest European settlements west of the Mississippi River.

1785	Fredericton	New Brunswick	Canada

1785	Sydney	Nova Scotia	Canada	Former capital of Cape Breton Island Colony until 1820.

1786	Columbia	South Carolina	United States

1786	Florissant	Missouri	United States	Originally known as St. Ferdinand.

1786	Frankfort	Kentucky	United States

1786	Portland	Maine	United States

1786	Steubenville	Ohio	United States

1788	Marietta	Ohio	United States	First permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory

1788	Cincinnati	Ohio	United States

1788	Charleston	West Virginia	United States	Grew from Fort Lee

1789	Buffalo	New York	United States

1789	Santa Cruz de Nuca	British Columbia	Canada	First European settlement in British Columbia, only Spanish settlement in what is today Canada

1790	Hamilton	Bermuda	United Kingdom

1790	Washington	District of Columbia	United States

1790	Vicksburg	Mississippi	United States	Grew from Fort Nogales established by Spain in 1790.

1791	Georgetown	Delaware	United States

1791	Monroe	Louisiana	United States	Originally known as Fort Miro

1791	Kenai	Alaska	United States	Grew from Fort St. Nicholas of the Russian-American Company.

1791	Knoxville	Tennessee	United States

1791	Bangor	Maine	United States

1792	Kodiak	Alaska	United States	Founded in 1792 by Alexander Baranov as the new site for at Three Saints Bay, founded in 1784.

1792	Raleigh	North Carolina	United States

1793	York	Ontario	Canada	First established as Fort Rouillé; now Toronto.

1793	Ancaster	Ontario	Canada

1794	Fort Wayne	Indiana	United States

1795	Edmonton	Alberta	Canada	Grew from Fort Edmonton.

1796	Cleveland	Ohio	United States

1796	Dayton	Ohio	United States

1796	Youngstown	Ohio	United States

1797	Athens, Ohio	Ohio	United States

1797	Franklinton	Ohio	United States	Eventually absorbed by Columbus, Ohio.

1797	Mentor	Ohio	United States

1797	Zanesville	Ohio	United States

1798	Bowling Green	Kentucky	United States

1798	Shepherdstown	West Virginia	United States	Formerly known as Mecklenburg.

1798	Warren	Ohio	United States

1798	Bethel, Ohio	Ohio	United States	Formerly known as Denham Town, founded by Obed Denham

1799	Hudson	Ohio	United States

1799	Potosi	Missouri	United States	Town was founded by Moses Austin and was the sight of many small battles during the American Civil War.

1799	Ravenna	Ohio	United States

1799	Aurora	Ohio	United States

1799	Sitka	Alaska	United States	Original capital of Alaska, founded by the Russian-American Company in 1799, destroyed in 1802, reestablished in 1804.

1800	Buffalo	New York	United States	"In 1800, it was a town of four log cabins.".

1800	Hull	Quebec	Canada	Formerly known as Wright's Town

1801	Athens	Georgia	United States	Named after Athens, Greece.

1803	Ashtabula	Ohio	United States

1803	Chicago	Illinois	United States	Grew from Fort Dearborn.

1796	Chillicothe	Ohio	United States

1804	Stow	Ohio	United States

1805	Huntsville	Alabama	United States

1807	Prince George	British Columbia	Canada	Grew from fur trading post of Fort George, established in 1807 by the North West Company.

1810	Manchester	New Hampshire	United States

1810	San Bernardino	California	United States

1811	Astoria	Oregon	United States	Grew from Fort Astoria, founded by the Pacific Fur Company in 1811.

1811	Murfreesboro	Tennessee	United States	Originally named Cannonsburgh. State capital from 1818 until 1826.

1812	Columbus	Ohio	United States

1812	Kamloops	British Columbia	Canada	Grew from fur trading posts of Fort Cumcloups (Fort Kamloops) and Fort She-whaps (Shuswap), founded by the Pacific Fur Company and North West Company, both in 1812.

1815	Hamilton	Ontario	Canada

1815	Pickerington	Ohio	United States

1815	Jonesboro	Arkansas	United States

1816	Chattanooga	Tennessee	United States	Originally named Ross's Landing.

1816	Cambridge	Ontario	Canada	Original settlement in 1816 named Shades Mill, ON, renamed Galt, ON in 1827. City of Galt amalgamated with the towns of Preston and Hespeler, village of Blair and parts of Waterloo township to form City of Cambridge in 1973.

1816	Saginaw	Michigan	United States

1817	Fort Smith	Arkansas	United States

1817	Milan	Ohio	United States

1818	Pontiac	Michigan	United States	The first settlers arrived in what is now the City of Pontiac in 1818. Two years later there were enough people there to form a village named after the famous Indian Chief Chief Pontiac.

1818	Medina	Ohio	United States

1818	Columbia	Missouri	United States

1818	Jim Thorpe	Pennsylvania	United States	Formally known as Mauch Chunk also known as the burial place of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe.

1819	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	United States

1819	Montgomery	Alabama	United States	State capital, grew from the 1540 French settlement Fort Toulouse.

1819	Springfield	Illinois	United States

1819	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	United States

1820	South Bend	Indiana	United States	Formerly named Big St. Joseph Station.

1820	Oliver's Grove	Minnesota	United States	Near the confluence of the Mississippi, St. Croix, and Vermillion Rivers.

1821	Alexandria	British Columbia	Canada	Grew from fur trading posts of Fort Alexandria, founded by the North West Company in 1821.

1821	Bridgeport	Connecticut	United States

1821	Little Rock	Arkansas	United States

1821	Indianapolis	Indiana	United States

1822	Jacksonville	Florida	United States

1822	Jackson	Mississippi	United States

1823	Peoria	Illinois	United States	Founded as Peoria in 1823.

1823	Tampa	Florida	United States	Grew from earlier military post Fort Brooke.

1824	Ann Arbor	Michigan	United States

1824	Tallahassee	Florida	United States

1825	Akron	Ohio	United States

1825	Vancouver	Washington	United States	Grew from Fort Vancouver.

1825	Grand Rapids	Michigan	United States

1825	Irapuato	Guanajuato	Mexico	Becomes villa in 1825 and ciudad in 1893.

1826	London	Ontario	Canada

1826	Wabasha	Minnesota	United States	Oldest city in Minnesota

1827	Mineral Point	Wisconsin	United States	3rd oldest city in Wisconsin

1827	Guelph	Ontario	Canada

1827	St. Andrews	Florida	United States	Now part of Panama City

1827	Langley	British Columbia	Canada

1828	Key West	Florida	United States

1829	Oregon City	Oregon	United States

1829	Bainbridge	Georgia	United States

1833	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	United States

1833	Kitchener	Ontario	Canada	Formerly Berlin, ON, renamed Kitchener, ON in 1916.

1835	Austin	Texas	United States

1835	Kenosha	Wisconsin	United States	Originally named Southport, renamed Kenosha in 1850.

1836	Shreveport	Louisiana	United States

1836	Madison	Wisconsin	United States

1837	Lansing	Michigan	United States

1837	Houston	Texas	United States

1837	Oxford	Mississippi	United States

1837	Toledo	Ohio	United States

1839	Sacramento	California	United States

1841	Dallas	Texas	United States

1841	Racine	Wisconsin	United States

1843	Atlanta	Georgia	United States	first known as "Terminus", and for a short time was renamed "Marthasville" to honor Governor Lumpkin's daughter.

1843	Des Moines	Iowa	United States

1843	Victoria	British Columbia	Canada	Fort Victoria established in 1843; Victoria incorporated in 1862.

1844	Chagrin Falls	Ohio	United States

1845	Portland	Oregon	United States

1847	Brantford	Ontario	Canada	Originally known as Brant's ford.

1847	Salt Lake City	Utah	United States	Originally known as Great Salt Lake City.

1847	Harrisburg	Illinois	United States

1848	Mesilla	New Mexico	United States

1849	Las Cruces	New Mexico	United States

1849	Provo	Utah	United States	Grew from Fort Utah.

1850	Ottawa	Ontario	Canada	Originally known as Bytown.

1850	Kansas City	Missouri	United States	Originally named Kansas.

1850	Phoenix	Oregon	United States

1851	La Crosse	Wisconsin	United States

1851	Seattle	Washington	United States

1852	Oakland	California	United States

1854	Gainesville	Florida	United States

1854	Omaha	Nebraska	United States

1854	Saint Paul	Minnesota	United States

1854	Topeka	Kansas	United States

1854	Versailles	Missouri	United States

1855	Champaign	Illinois	United States	Originally named West Urbana.

1856	College Park	Maryland	United States

1856	Lincoln	Nebraska	United States	Originally named Lancaster.

1856	O'Fallon	Missouri	United States

1857	Appleton	Wisconsin	United States

1858	Carson City	Nevada	United States

1858	Denver	Colorado	United States

1858	New Westminster	British Columbia	Canada

1859	Olympia	Washington	United States

1862	Boise	Idaho	United States

1862	Prince Albert	Saskatchewan	Canada	Originally called Isbister's Settlement.

1864	Salinas	California	United States

1865	Sioux Falls	South Dakota	United States	Grew from Fort Dakota.

1867	Cheyenne	Wyoming	United States

1867	Minneapolis	Minnesota	United States

1868	Phoenix	Arizona	United States

1869	Lethbridge	Alberta	Canada	Grew from Fort Whoop-Up.

1870	Wichita	Kansas	United States

1871	Birmingham	Alabama	United States

1871	Colorado Springs	Colorado	United States	Originally named Fountain Colony.

1871	Fargo	North Dakota	United States	Originally named Centralia.

1872	Anniston	Alabama	United States

1874	Pasadena	California	United States

1875	Orlando	Florida	United States

1875	Calgary	Alberta	Canada	Grew from Fort Calgary

1877	Billings	Montana	United States

1881	Brandon	Manitoba	Canada

1882	Regina	Saskatchewan	Canada

1882	Moose Jaw	Saskatchewan	Canada

1882	Yorkton	Saskatchewan	Canada

1883	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan	Canada

1883	Swift Current	Saskatchewan	Canada

1885	Ruston	Louisiana	United States

1886	Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada	Named after English explorer George Vancouver

1886	Nelson	British Columbia	Canada

1886	Takoma Park	Maryland	United States

1887	Gulfport	Mississippi	United States

1889	Clemson	South Carolina	United States	Originally known as Calhoun.

1889	Norman	Oklahoma	United States

1889	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	United States

1889	Tijuana	Baja California	Mexico	Tijuana derives from the Kumeyaay word Tiwan, meaning by-the-sea.

1892	Estevan	Saskatchewan	Canada

1892	Grottoes	Virginia	United States

1893	Kamloops	British Columbia	Canada	From the Shuswap language "Tk'emlups" meaning meeting of the waters.

1894	Palo Alto	California	United States

1894	Tempe	Arizona	United States

1896	Dawson City	Yukon	Canada	Capital of Yukon Territory until 1952.

1896	Miami	Florida	United States

1896	State College	Pennsylvania	United States

1905	Cranbrook	British Columbia	Canada

1903	North Battleford	Saskatchewan	Canada

1905	Las Vegas	Nevada	United States

1906	Virginia Beach	Virginia	United States

1911	The Pas	Manitoba	Canada	Grew from Fort Paskoyac

1914	Anchorage	Alaska	United States

1915	Prince George	British Columbia	Canada	Grew from Fort George

1916	Truth Or Consequences	New Mexico	United States	Originally named Hot Springs, the city changed its name to "Truth or Consequences", the title of a popular NBC Radio program.

1934	Yellowknife	Northwest Territories	Canada

1942	Iqaluit	Nunavut	Canada

1950	Alert	Nunavut	Canada	Northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world

1956	Corner Brook	Newfoundland and Labrador	Canada

1970	Cancún	Quintana Roo	Mexico	Planned tourist balneario resort city

2002	Gatineau	Quebec	Canada	Formed by the merging of five cities, including Hull, above.

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Albany is one of the oldest European settlements in the United States.

final_sentence: Albany is one of the oldest European settlements in the United States.