List of the oldest churches in the United States
Oldest Continuous Church Congregations

List of the oldest churches in the United States

Section Title: Oldest Continuous Church Congregations
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Cathedral of San Juan Bautista	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico	PR	1521	Roman Catholic	The oldest continuous church congregation in a (non incorporated) territory of the US.

Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine.	Cathedral-Basilica in St. Augustine.JPG	St. Augustine, Florida	FL	1565	Roman Catholic	Oldest parish in continuous existence in the United States of America. Parish established September 8, 1565, as San Agustin de La Florida, by Spanish conqueror Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles.

San Juan Bautista Church	San Juan Bautista Church at Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo.JPG	Ohkay Owingeh (formerly, San Juan Pueblo)	NM	1598	Roman Catholic	Oldest Native American congregation in the United States, and one of the oldest congregations in the United States

St. John's Episcopal Church (Hampton, Virginia)	Stjohnshampton01.JPG	Hampton, Virginia	VA	1610	Episcopal	Oldest English-speaking parish in continuous existence in the United States of America, current building from 1728

West Parish Church	West Barnstable, Massachusetts	MA	1616	United Church of Christ	Oldest church congregation on Cape Cod. Founded in 1616 in England by Rev.

First Parish Church in Plymouth	Town Square Plymouth.JPG	Plymouth, Massachusetts	MA	1620	Originally Separatist (Calvinist) Congregational, now Unitarian Universalist

Marble Collegiate Church	-	New York, New York	NY	1628	Reformed and United Church of Christ	Oldest church congregation in New York State (building from 1854)

First Church in Salem	-	Salem, Massachusetts	MA	1629	Originally Puritan (Calvinist) Congregational, now Unitarian Universalist	First Puritan Church in North America and second Congregational Church in America. Building constructed in 1838.

First Church in Boston	-	Boston, Massachusetts	MA	1630	Originally Puritan (Calvinist) Congregational, now Unitarian Universalist	Oldest congregation in Boston, Massachusetts (building from 1968)

First Parish Watertown (Watertown, Massachusetts)	Watertown, Massachusetts	MA	1630	Originally Puritan (Calvinist) Congregational, now Unitarian Universalist

Christ Church	-	Stevensville, Maryland	MD	1631	Episcopal	Oldest congregation in Maryland, building from 1880 pictured. (current building from 1995)

First Parish Church (Dover, New Hampshire)	First Parish Church, Dover, New Hampshire.JPG	Dover, New Hampshire	NH	1632	Congregational	Oldest congregation in New Hampshire (current building from 1825).

Center Church (The First Church of Christ in Hartford)	-	Hartford, Connecticut	CT	1632	Congregational	Oldest congregation in Connecticut (current building from 1807)

First Baptist Church in America	-	Providence, Rhode Island	RI	1638	Baptist	First Baptist Church founded in America, oldest church congregation in Rhode Island, oldest Baptist congregation in America (building from 1775)

First Church, Sandwich Massachusetts	-	Sandwich, Massachusetts	MA	1638	Congregational church	First Congregational Church founded in Cape Cod by Mayflower Pilgrims, second oldest church congregation in Cape Cod (building from 1848)

First Church in Albany	-	Albany, New York	NY	1642	Reformed	Established in 1642 to serve the Dutch inhabitants of the patroonship of Rensselaerswyck. (building from 1790s)

First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica	-	New York, New York	NY	1662	Presbyterian	Oldest Presbyterian church congregation in continuous existence

First Congregational Church of Greenwich	-	Greenwich, CT	CT	1665	Congregational	Oldest congregation in Greenwich (wooden buildings in 1667, 1694, 1735 and 1835. Present stone building in 1896.)

St. Philip's Episcopal Church (Charleston, South Carolina)	-	Charleston, SC	SC	1681	Episcopal	Oldest Episcopal Congregation south of Virginia, present church building 1838

King's Chapel	Kings chapel boston 2009h.JPG	Boston, MA	MA	1686	Unitarian Christian	Oldest continually used religious site in Boston, present church building 1754

Brandywine Baptist Church (Chadds Ford, PA)	Chadds Ford, PA	PA	1692	Baptist	Oldest Baptist Church in America West of Philadelphia

First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia	-	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	PA	1692	Presbyterian

Christ Church, Philadelphia	Christ Church Phila crop.JPG	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	PA	1695	Episcopal	Oldest Episcopal congregation in Pennsylvania

First Parish Church (Waltham, Massachusetts)	First Parish Church, Unitarian Universalist, Waltham, MA.JPG	Waltham, Massachusetts	MA	1696	Unitarian Universalist

Trinity Church, New York	Trinity Church NYC 004b.JPG	New York, NY	NY	1697	Episcopal	Chartered by King William III in 1697.

Trinity Church, Newport	-	Newport, Rhode Island	RI	1698	Episcopal	Oldest Episcopal Parish in Rhode Island

St. Thomas, Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania	Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania	PA	1698	Episcopal	One of the oldest Episcopal churches in the US. Current building is the fourth.

St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Perth Amboy, New Jersey)	-	Perth Amboy, New Jersey	NJ	1698	Episcopal	Oldest Episcopal parish in New Jersey (current building from 1849). Graveyard contains the oldest gravestone in New Jersey

Ste. Anne de Detroit, Detroit, Michigan	-	Detroit, Michigan	MI	1701	Roman Catholic	Founded in 1701 two days after the founding of Detroit. Current building from 1886

Trinity Church (Swedesboro, New Jersey)	Old Swedes 2 NJ.JPG	Swedesboro, New Jersey	NJ	1703	Episcopal (originally Swedish Lutheran)	First Swedish congregation in New Jersey

Trinity Episcopal Church (Woodbridge, New Jersey)	-	Woodbridge, New Jersey	NJ	1703	Episcopal	One of the 1703 Episcopal parishes in New Jersey (current building from 1861)

St. Michael's Church, Trenton, New Jersey	St Mikes Trenton.JPG	Trenton, New Jersey	NJ	1703	Episcopal	One of the 1703 Episcopal parishes in New Jersey (current building from 1810)

St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Burlington, New Jersey	-	Burlington, New Jersey	NJ	1703	Episcopal	One of the 1703 Episcopal parishes in New Jersey (oldest Episcopal church building in New Jersey)

Bangor Episcopal Church	[[Churchtown, Caernarvon, PA	1722	Anglican	Parish was started in 1722. Current church was built in 1830 with a cemetery of 325 graves dating to the French and Indian War.

Old St. Joseph's Parish	Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia 02.JPG	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	PA	1733	Roman Catholic	Oldest Catholic congregation in Pennsylvania. Present church building opened in 1757.

Most Blessed Sacrament Parish	-	Bally, Pennsylvania	PA	1741	Roman Catholic	Oldest RC Church in Pennsylvania still in continuous use in original building, originally named St. Paul's Chapel

Congaree Baptist Church (Gadsden, South Carolina)	Gadsden, SC	SC	1765	Baptist	Second oldest Baptist congregation in South Carolina (current building constructed in 1810)

John Street Methodist Church	-	New York City	NY	1766	Methodist	The congregation is the oldest Methodist congregation in North America, founded on October 12, 1766 as the Wesleyan Society in America (building built in 1841)

St. George's Methodist Church	-	Philadelphia	PA	1769	Methodist	Oldest Methodist church building in continuous use in the United States (congregation founded in 1767)

Barratt's Chapel	-	Kent County, Delaware	Delaware	1780	Methodist	oldest surviving church building in the United States built by and for Methodists

Chester-Bethel Church	-	Wilmington, Delaware	Delaware	1780	Methodist	Oldest Methodist congregation that has continuously gathered in the state of DE (building from 1873).

Mother Bethel AME Church	-	Philadelphia	PA	1794	African Methodist Episcopal (AME)	AME Church and denomination (1816) founded in Philadelphia; oldest congregation in the United States (building from 1890)

Cathedral Church of St. Paul	-	Detroit	MI	1824	Episcopal	Oldest Episcopal congregation in Michigan (present building from 1907)

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In 1765, Congaree Baptist Church (Gadsden, South Carolina) was one of the oldest churches in the United States.

final_sentence: In 1765, Congaree Baptist Church (Gadsden, South Carolina) was one of the oldest churches in the United States.