# 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.
| Year | Settlement | Subdivision | Country | Notes |
| 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 | |
| 874 | Reykjavík | Capital Region | Iceland | First European settlement in the Americas. Founding is given as 874 CE by Ingólfr Arnarson in the Landnámabók. Reykjavík is located west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge on the American plate. |
| 985? | Eastern Settlement | Greenland | Denmark | Norse explorer Erik the Red established this settlement, followed by the Western Settlement c. 985. |
| 1000 | L'Anse aux Meadows | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | First European settlement in the New World. Norse explorer Leif Ericson established a settlement on this site in 1003. |
| 1050 | Motul | Yucatán | Mexico | |
| 1054 | Antiguo Cuscatlan | La Libertad | El Salvador | |
| 1100 | Oraibi | Arizona | United States | |
| 1144 | Acoma Pueblo | New Mexico | United States | Oldest continuously occupied community in the US, known today as Sky City |
| 1325 | Tenochtitlan | Distrito Federal | Mexico | Present-day Mexico City |
| 1450 | Taos Pueblo | New Mexico | United States | One of the oldest continuously inhabited Native American settlements in the United States |
| 1493 | La Isabela | Puerto Plata | Dominican Republic | First European settlement in the New World during the Age of Discovery. Abandoned by 1500. |
| 1494 | Concepción de la Vega | La Vega | Dominican Republic | Founded by Christopher Columbus in 1494 as a gold town, and abandoned by 1562 after an earthquake destroyed the settlement. |
| 1496 | Santo Domingo | Distrito Nacional | Dominican Republic | Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the Americas. Present-day capital of the Dominican Republic. |
| 1497 | St. John's | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | Oldest English-founded city in North America, seasonal until c. 1630 |
| 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 was the third capital established by Spain in the Americas. |
| 1510 | Nombre de Dios | Colón | Panama | Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Panama and the continental Americas |
| 1511 | Baracoa | Guantánamo | Cuba | Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Cuba, and its former capital |
| 1513 | Bayamo | Granma | Cuba | Capital of Cuba in 1513 |
| 1514 | Santiago | Santiago | Cuba | |
| 1515 | Havana | Havana | Cuba | Present-day 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 contiguous United States or U.S. territories |
| 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 on what is now the archaeological site of Ciudad Vieja, north of the present-day city, it was moved to the Valle de Las Hamacas (Acelhuate Valley). |
| 1524 | Granada | Granada | Nicaragua | Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Nicaragua |
| 1526 | Acámbaro | Guanajuato | Mexico | |
| 1526 | San Miguel de Gualdape | South Carolina, then Georgia | United States | First European settlement in the contiguous U.S., abandoned after three months |
| 1531 | Mazatlán | Sinaloa | Mexico | |
| 1531 | Puebla City | Puebla | Mexico | |
| 1531 | Culiacán | Sinaloa | Mexico | |
| 1531 | Querétaro City | Querétaro | Mexico | |
| 1532 | Oaxaca | Oaxaca | Mexico | |
| 1534 | Villa de la Vega | Saint Catherine Parish | Jamaica | After founding Seville in 1509, Spanish settlers moved to a healthier site which they named Villa de la Vega. The English 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 | Possibly the oldest still-occupied village in eastern North America, established by Native Americans |
| 1540 | Campeche | Campeche | Mexico | |
| 1541 | Morelia | Michoacán | Mexico | Known as Valladolid until 1828 |
| 1541 | Charlesbourg-Royal | Quebec | Canada | First French settlement; short-lived |
| 1542 | Yuriria | Guanajuato | Mexico | |
| 1542 | Mérida | Yucatán | Mexico | Founded by Francisco de Montejo on 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 | |
| 1544 | Ejutla | Jalisco | Mexico | |
| 1550 | Acapulco | Guerrero | Mexico | Discovered by Cortés in 1531; settled 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 | 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 in Costa Rica |
| 1563 | Villa de Durango | Durango | Mexico | Capital of the Nueva Vizcaya province of Villa New Spain |
| 1564 | Fort Caroline | Florida | United States | A permanent settlement of 200 soldiers and artisans led by Rene de Goulaine de Laudonniere, who had accompanied Ribault on a previous expedition. With help from the Timucua Indians, the colonists began building a village and fort on the river's south bank and named the area La Caroline after Charles IX. |
| 1564 | Villa Hermosa de San Juan Bautista | Tabasco | México | Founded on June 24, 1564 (the feast of San Juan Bautista, hence its original name) by Diego de Quijada |
| 1565 | Saint Augustine | Florida | United States | Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the contiguous U.S. San Agustín/St. Augustine was founded by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. |
| 1566 | Saint Marys | Georgia | United States | Second-oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the contiguous U.S.; on the St. Mary's River |
| 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 | Harbour Grace | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | First permanent English settlement in North America |
| 1585 | Roanoke Colony | North Carolina | United States | Settlers were left on the island on August 17, 1585. |
| 1587-1623 | Mantle Site | Ontario | Canada | Massive late Woodland Huron-Wendat village site, with trade links reaching as far as Newfoundland. |
| 1596 | Monterrey | Nuevo León | Mexico | |
| 1597 | Portobelo | Colón | Panama | |
| 1598 | Parras | Coahuila | Mexico | |
| 1598 | Española | New Mexico | United States | First European-founded capital of the "New World" in the United States, established by Juan de Oñate. |
| 1598 | San Juan de los Caballeros | New Mexico | United States | 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, and the oldest European-established settlement in Quebec |
| 1603 | Salamanca | Guanajuato | Mexico | |
| 1604 | Saint John | New Brunswick | Canada | |
| 1604 | Canso | Nova Scotia | Canada | Founded in 1604, settled in 1518 by European fur traders and fishermen. Canso and the surrounding islands were involved in the French and English struggles to control 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, which 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 established Quebec City in 1608. |
| 1607 | Jamestown | Virginia | United States | Oldest permanent European settlement in the Thirteen Colonies |
| 1607 | Popham Colony | Maine | United States | Short-lived settlement, a Plymouth Company project |
| 1607 | Santa Fe | New Mexico | United States | Oldest continuously inhabited state capital in the US |
| 1608 | Québec | Quebec | Canada | Originally settled by Jacques Cartier in 1535, who abandoned it in 1536. He returned in 1541, but abandoned the site again. Samuel de Champlain established a permanent settlement on July 3–4, 1608. Only completely-garrison-walled city north of Mexico |
| 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 | United States | Oldest European settlement in New York State, founded as Fort Nassau and renamed Fort Orange in 1623. First Dutch settlement in North America |
| 1615 | Taos | New Mexico | United States | |
| 1620 | Plymouth | Massachusetts | United States | Oldest town in New England and Massachusetts. Settled by Pilgrims from the Mayflower. |
| 1622 | Weymouth | Massachusetts | United States | The Wessagusset Colony, resettled and renamed in 1623 |
| 1623 | Dover | New Hampshire | United States | oldest settlement in New Hampshire |
| 1623 | Gloucester | Massachusetts | United States | Abandoned in 1629, but quickly resettled |
| 1623 | Eliot | Maine | United States | Part of Kittery until 1810 |
| 1624 | Chelsea | Massachusetts | United States | |
| 1624 | Fort Wilhelmus | New Jersey | United States | Short-lived factorij on what is now Burlington Island in Delaware River |
| 1624 | Fort Orange | New York | United States | Dutch factorij which grew to become the Capital District around Albany |
| 1624 | New Amsterdam | New York | United States | Present-day New York City. First settled 1624 on Governors Island, followed by Manhattan the following year. |
| 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; abandoned in 1680 after the Pueblo Revolt, and resettled in 1815. |
| 1626 | Fort Nassau | New Jersey | United States | A Dutch factorij on Big Timber Creek near what is now Gloucester City |
| 1627 | Duxbury | Massachusetts | United States | |
| 1627 | Scituate | Massachusetts | United States | |
| 1627 | Basseterre | Saint Kitts | Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
| 1628 | Bridgetown | Saint Michael | Barbados | |
| 1629 | Marblehead | Massachusetts | United States | First naval stronghold of the colonies |
| 1629 | Lynn | Massachusetts | United States | Founded as Saugus, but different from Saugus, Massachusetts. |
| 1629 | Charlestown | Massachusetts | United States | Now a neighborhood in Boston |
| 1630 | Portsmouth | New Hampshire | United States | First known as Strawbery Banke. |
| 1630 | Pavonia | New Jersey | United States | First Dutch patroonship in New Jersey, now part of Jersey City |
| 1630 | Medford | Massachusetts | United States | |
| 1630 | Watertown | Massachusetts | United States | |
| 1630 | Dorchester | Massachusetts | United States | Now a neighborhood in Boston |
| 1630 | Boston | Massachusetts | United States | |
| 1630 | Roxbury | Massachusetts | United States | Later annexed by Boston in 1868 |
| 1631 | Kent Island | Maryland | United States | Settled by William Claiborne in August of 1631 as a trading outpost and initially considered a part of Virginia. The island was invaded and captured by Maryland Governor, Leonard Calvert, and musketeers loyal to Lord Baltimore in early 1638. Claiborne and Virginia's claims to the island would later be nullified in the English courts in deference to the Maryland Charter. |
| 1631 | Saco | Maine | United States | Settled as Winter Harbor. |
| 1631 | South Berwick | Maine | United States | Settled by sailors from the Pied Cow who landed at the confluence of the Salmon Falls and Great Works Rivers |
| 1631 | Lewes | Delaware | United States | Purchased in 1629 and settled as the short-lived Dutch Zwaanendael Colony in 1631. Because Lewes was Delaware's first town and because Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution, it is known as "the first town in the first state." |
| 1631 | Cambridge | Massachusetts | United States | |
| 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 Thomas Hooker in 1637 |
| 1633 | Windsor | Connecticut | United States | First English settlement in Connecticut. Founded as Dorchester, renamed in 1637. |
| 1634 | Beauport | Quebec | Canada | Became a borough of Quebec City 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 | The original settlement was the fourth oldest permanent English settlement in the United States. |
| 1634 | Trois-Rivières | Quebec | Canada | |
| 1634 | Willemstad | Curaçao | Kingdom of the Netherlands | Formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles, now a country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| 1635 | Hingham | Massachusetts | United States | First discovered in 1633 and named "Bare Cove", the area was owned by the Native American Tribe Wampanoag. Hingham was settled and established by Reverend Peter Hobart and his followers in 1635; they renamed the area "Hingham", referencing Hingham, Norfolk England. It was then incorporated into the Massachusetts Bay Colony as the 12th town and decades later it was purchased officially from the local natives on July 4, 1655. |
| 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 its westernmost settlement, 85 miles (137 km) west of Boston Founded as Agawam Plantation by William Pynchon. |
| 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 Quebec City |
| 1638 | Swedesboro | New Jersey | United States | Nucleus of the New Sweden colony 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 |
| Before 1639 | St. Marks | Florida | United States | |
| 1639 | Guilford | Connecticut | United States | The Quinnipiac village of Menunkatuck predated English settlement. |
| 1639 | Stratford | Connecticut | United States | |
| 1639 | Milford | Connecticut | United States | |
| 1639 | Newport | Rhode Island | United States | |
| 1639 | Sudbury | Massachusetts | United States | |
| 1640 | Southampton | New York | United States | |
| 1640 | Farmington | Connecticut | United States | Founded as Tunxis |
| 1640 | Braintree | Massachusetts | United States | 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 in 1641. |
| 1642 | Maspeth | New York | United States | |
| 1642 | Ville-Marie (Montréal) | Quebec | Canada | |
| 1642 | Lexington | Massachusetts | United States | |
| 1642 | Sorel | Quebec | Canada | Present-day 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 | Hull | Massachusetts | United States | |
| 1644 | Longmeadow | Massachusetts | United States | Incorporated October 17, 1783. |
| 1644 | Branford | Connecticut | United States | Originally Brentford |
| 1644 | Salvatierra | Guanajuato | Mexico | |
| 1645 | Vlissingen | New York | United States | Present-day Flushing |
| 1646 | Andover | Massachusetts | United States | The original Andover, founded by Simon and Anne Bradstreet and the Barker, Osgood, Stevens, Woodbridge and other families, split into two towns on 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 | Founded 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 | |
| 1651 | New Castle | Delaware | United States | Site of Tomakonck, a former native village. Settled by the Dutch as Fort Casimir; renamed New Amstel in 1654. |
| 1651 | Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré | Quebec | Canada | |
| 1652 | Natick | Massachusetts | United States | Founded by John Eliot; its name derives from a Massachusett word meaning "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 9,000 acres (14 sq mi) from the Siwanoy tribe 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. |
| 1655 | Groton | Massachusetts | United States | |
| 1655 | Billerica | Massachusetts | United States | |
| 1657 | Longueuil | Quebec | Canada | |
| 1658 | Harlem | New York | United States | |
| 1659 | Norwichtown | Connecticut | United States | Consolidated with the city of Norwich in 1952. |
| 1659 | Assonet | Massachusetts | United States | Incorporated 1683 |
| 1659 | Hadley | Massachusetts | United States | Founded by a group led by John Russell and Nathaniel Dickinson. |
| 1659 | Ciudad Juárez | Chihuahua | Mexico | |
| 1660 | Bergen | New Jersey | United States | first chartered settlement in New Jersey, at Bergen Square, now part of Jersey City |
| 1660 | Placentia | Newfoundland Colony | Canada | French capital until 1713, originally known as Plaisance |
| 1660 | Rye | New York | United States | |
| 1660 | Wrentham | Massachusetts | United States | Separated from Dedham 1660. Incorporated 1673 |
| 1661 | Schenectady | New York | United States | |
| 1662 | Uxbridge | Massachusetts | United States | |
| 1664 | L'Ange-Gardien | Quebec | Canada | |
| 1664 | Middletown | New Jersey | United States | |
| 1664 | Woodbridge | New Jersey | United States | Settled in 1664 and granted a royal charter on June 1, 1669, by King Charles II of England. |
| 1665 | Chambly | Quebec | Canada | |
| 1665 | Port-de-Paix | Nord-Ouest | Haiti | |
| 1666 | Charlesbourg | Quebec | Canada | Became a borough of Quebec City in 2002. |
| 1666 | Newark | New Jersey | United States | |
| 1666 | Piscatawaytown | New Jersey | United States | The village within the Township of Piscataway, now part of Edison |
| 1666 | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | Quebec | Canada | Expanded 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 Lévis in 2002. |
| 1668 | Sault Ste. Marie | Ontario | Canada | In 1668, French Jesuit missionaries renamed it as Sault Sainte-Marie, and established a mission settlement (present-day Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan) on the river's south bank. Later, a fur trading post was established and the settlement expanded to include both sides of the river. Sault Ste. Marie is one of the oldest French settlements in North America. |
| 1668 | Sault Ste. Marie | Michigan | United States | Oldest city in Michigan |
| 1668 | Elizabethtown | New Jersey | United States | designated the first capital of New Jersey by the British |
| 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 | |
| 1671 | St. Ignace | Michigan | United States | Founded by Jacques Marquette as the St.Ignace Mission. Second oldest city in Michigan. |
| 1672 | Varennes | Quebec | Canada | |
| 1672 | Verchères | Quebec | Canada | |
| 1673 | L'Ancienne-Lorette | Quebec | Canada | |
| 1673 | Worcester, Massachusetts | Massachusetts | United States | Incorporated as a city in 1848. |
| 1673 | Prairie du Chien | Wisconsin | United States | Founded on June 17, 1673, by French Pioneers. |
| 1674 | Pointe-aux-Trembles | Quebec | Canada | Now part of Montreal. |
| 1674 | Waterbury | Connecticut | United States | |
| 1674 | Deerfield | Massachusetts | United States | |
| 1675 | Lachine | Quebec | Canada | Merged into Montreal in 2002. |
| 1675 | Lavaltrie | Quebec | Canada | |
| 1676 | Contrecoeur | Quebec | Canada | |
| 1676 | Loretteville | Quebec | Canada | Merged with Quebec City 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 | Expanded 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 | Quebec | Canada | Integrated into Laval 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, Lachenaie merged with Terrebonne. |
| 1682 | Rivière-du-Loup | Quebec | Canada | |
| 1684 | Bécancour | Quebec | Canada | |
| 1686 | Arkansas Post | Arkansas | United States | |
| 1687 | New Britain | Connecticut | United States | |
| 1687 | Rivière-des-Prairies | Quebec | Canada | Now part of the Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles borough of Montreal. |
| 1690 | Oka | Quebec | Canada | |
| 1693 | Glastonbury | Connecticut | United States | Settled 1636; incorporated in 1693 as Glassenbury. Known as Glastenbury from about 1785 to 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 | Now part of the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough of Montreal |
| 1698 | Pensacola | Florida | United States | Founded by Don Tristán de Luna y Arellano in 1559; abandoned in 1561. Permanently established in 1698. |
| 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 | Land purchased in 1680. |
| 1710 | New Bern | North Carolina | United States | Settled by German-Swiss immigrants. |
| 1711 | Mobile | Alabama | United States | Le Moyne relocated 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 known as Monmouth Courthouse, the site of the Battle of Monmouth |
| 1715 (prior to) | Kekionga | Indiana | United States | Capital of the Miami people |
| 1715 | Les Cèdres | Quebec | Canada | |
| 1716 | Kahnawake | Quebec | Canada | Homeland of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha (1656–1680). |
| 1716 | Nacogdoches | Texas | United States | Spanish mission established in an older Caddo village. |
| 1716 | Natchez | Mississippi | United States | Dates to the founding of Fort Rosalie by the French. |
| 1716 | Georgetown | Maine | United States | Originally the present-day West Bath, Bath, Phippsburg, Arrowsic, Georgetown and part of Woolwich |
| 1717 | L'Assomption | Quebec | Canada | Settled 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 | |
| 1720 | Saint-Laurent | Quebec | Canada | Merged with Montreal in 2002. |
| 1720 | Biloxi | Mississippi | United States | Founded as Fort Louis by France |
| 1721 | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | United States | |
| 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 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | United States | |
| 1729 | Pabos | Quebec | Canada | Now part of Chandler. |
| 1729 | Georgetown | South Carolina | United States | |
| 1730 | New Brunswick | New Jersey | United States | |
| 1732 | Lanoraie | Quebec | Canada | |
| 1732 | Vincennes | Indiana | United States | |
| 1732 | Camden | South Carolina | United States | |
| 1732 | Kingstree | South Carolina | United States | |
| 1733 | Richmond | Virginia | United States | |
| 1733 | Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | Quebec | Canada | Integrated into Laval in 1965. |
| 1733 | Savannah | Georgia | United States | |
| 1733 | Wilmington | North Carolina | United States | Founded as "New Carthage" in 1733, renamed Wilmington in 1740 |
| 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 | |
| 1736 | Darien | Georgia | United States | |
| 1736 | Fort Frederica | Georgia | United States | Built by the British, abandoned about 1774 |
| 1738 | Pointe-du-Lac | Quebec | Canada | Merged with Trois-Rivières in 2002. |
| 1738 | Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce | Quebec | Canada | |
| 1739 | Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu | Quebec | Canada | |
| 1739 | Fort Assumption | Tennessee | United States | Built by France in 1739 and abandoned in 1740 |
| 1740 | Belén | New Mexico | United States | |
| 1740 | L'Île-Perrot and Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot | Quebec | Canada | |
| 1740 | Cheraw | South Carolina | United States | |
| 1741 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | United States | |
| 1741 | Sainte-Geneviève and Pierrrefonds | Quebec | Canada | Merged with Montreal in 2002. |
| 1742 | Les Écureuils | Quebec | Canada | Now Donnacona |
| 1745 | Sainte-Marie | Quebec | Canada | |
| 1745 | Sainte-Rose | Quebec | Canada | Integrated into Laval in 1965. |
| 1746 | Saint-Henri | Quebec | Canada | |
| 1746 | Merrimack | New Hampshire | United States | |
| 1748 | Petersburg | Virginia | United States | |
| 1749 | Alexandria | Virginia | United States | |
| 1749 | Goliad | Texas | United States | Expanded from Presidio La Bahía |
| 1749 | Port-au-Prince | Ouest | Haiti | |
| 1749 | Halifax | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
| 1750 | Erie | Pennsylvania | United States | Expanded from the French Fort Presque Isle. |
| 1750 | Rock Island | Illinois | United States | Originally the Native American Saukenuk |
| 1751 | Carlisle | Pennsylvania | United States | |
| 1751 | Georgetown | Maryland | United States | Became part of the District of Columbia when the district was incorporated in 1801. Georgetown and its government were incorporated into the district's government in 1871. |
| 1751 | Las Trampas | New Mexico | United States | |
| 1752 | Portsmouth | Virginia | 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 | Expanded from the French Fort Duquesne; replaced by the British Fort Pitt in 1758. |
| 1755 | Laredo | Texas | United States | |
| 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 | Oldest American City West of the Mississippi River |
| 1763 | Burlington | Vermont | United States | |
| 1764 | Amherst | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
| 1764 | Charlottetown | Prince Edward Island | Canada | |
| 1764 | Opelousas | Louisiana | United States | |
| 1765 | Saint-Martinville | Louisiana | United States | |
| 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 | Merged with Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in 2001. |
| 1768 | New Smyrna Beach | Florida | United States | A Scottish entrepreneur established a colony of 1,225 immigrants in the largest colonization attempt in the US. |
| 1768 | Saint-Eustache | Quebec | Canada | |
| 1769 | San Diego | California | United States | Expanded from the Presidio of San Diego. |
| 1769 | Ninety Six | South Carolina | United States | |
| 1770 | Monterey | California | United States | Expanded from Presidio of Monterey; original capital of California |
| 1770 | San Blas | Nayarit | Mexico | Spanish Naval Department headquarters |
| 1771 | Brunswick | Georgia | United States | |
| 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 on the Aleutian Islands, dating to the 1760s. Permanent trading post established in 1774. |
| 1774 | Orizaba | Veracruz | Mexico | |
| 1775 | Tucson | Arizona | United States | Date of Spanish presidio |
| 1775 | Lexington | Kentucky | United States | |
| 1775 | Boonesborough | Kentucky | United States | Expanded from Fort Boonesborough, built by Daniel Boone. |
| 1776 | San Francisco | California | United States | |
| 1776 | Fort Watauga | Tennessee | United States | Abandoned in 1780 |
| 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 became Alta California). |
| 1778 | Louisville | Kentucky | United States | Expanded from Fort Nelson, established by George Rogers Clark. |
| 1778 | West Point | New York | United States | Expanded from Fort Clinton. |
| 1779 | Jonesborough | Tennessee | United States | First capital of the State of Franklin, in 1784 |
| 1779 | Nashville | Tennessee | United States | Expanded from Fort Nashborough. |
| 1781 | Montpelier | Vermont | United States | |
| 1781 | Los Angeles | California | United States | |
| 1783 | Clarksville | Indiana | United States | |
| 1783 | Kingston | Ontario | Canada | Formerly known as Fort Frontenac. In 1673, the original fort was built and called Fort Cataraqui. It was later renamed Fort Frontenac. It was abandoned and razed in 1689, then rebuilt in 1695. Due to the various periods of abandonment, Windsor, Ontario, where pre-settlement occurred after Kingston, remains known as the oldest continually inhabited European-founded settlement in Canada west of Montreal. In 1783, to settlement for displaced British colonists, or Loyalists, the British Crown entered into an agreement with the Mississaugas to purchase land east of the Bay of Quinte. |
| 1784 | Cornwall | Ontario | Canada | Founded by a group of United Empire Loyalists led by Lieutenant-Colonel John Johnson. |
| 1784 | Frenchtown | Michigan | United States | Fourth French settlement in Michigan. |
| 1785 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | United States | |
| 1785 | Asheville | North Carolina | United States | |
| 1785 | Dubuque | Iowa | United States | Oldest city in Iowa, and one of the oldest European settlements west of the Mississippi River. |
| 1785 | Fredericton | New Brunswick | Canada | |
| 1785 | Sydney | Nova Scotia | Canada | Former capital of the Colony of Cape Breton |
| 1786 | Columbia | South Carolina | United States | |
| 1786 | Florissant | Missouri | United States | Originally known as St. Ferdinand. |
| 1786 | Frankfort | Kentucky | United States | |
| 1786 | Lynchburg | Virginia | United States | |
| 1786 | Portland | Maine | United States | |
| 1786 | Steubenville | Ohio | United States | |
| 1787 | Spartanburg | South Carolina | 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 | Expanded from Fort Lee |
| 1789 | Santa Cruz de Nuca | British Columbia | Canada | First European settlement in British Columbia; only Spanish settlement in Canada |
| 1790 | Hamilton | Bermuda | United Kingdom | |
| 1790 | Washington | District of Columbia | United States | |
| 1790 | Vicksburg | Mississippi | United States | Expanded from the Spanish Fort Nogales. |
| 1791 | Georgetown | Delaware | United States | |
| 1791 | Santa Cruz | California | United States | |
| 1791 | Monroe | Louisiana | United States | Originally known as Fort Miro |
| 1791 | Kenai | Alaska | United States | Expanded from the Russian-American Company's Fort St. Nicholas. |
| 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 Three Saints Bay, founded in 1784. |
| 1792 | Raleigh | North Carolina | United States | |
| 1793 | Toronto | Ontario | Canada | Formerly known as Fort Toronto. In 1750, Fort Toronto was the second French trading post established in the Humber River area. Fort Toronto, also known as Fort Portneuf, was a French trading post that was located near the mouth of the Humber River in what is now Toronto, Ontario. The first one (known as Magasin Royal or Fort Douville) had been built in 1720 near today's Baby Point, north of the mouth of the Humber River (then known as the Tanaovate River). The French abandoned Magasin Royal by the end of the 1720s, and they did not establish another trading post in the area until the construction of Fort Toronto. Fort Toronto's immediate success in attracting First Nations traders led to the establishment of nearby Fort Rouillé in 1751 until it was destroyed in 1759. |
| 1793 | Ancaster | Ontario | Canada | Founded as a town in 1793, it immediately developed itself into one of the first significant and influential early British Upper Canada communities established during the late 18th century eventually amalgamating with the city of Hamilton in 2001. |
| 1794 | Fort Wayne | Indiana | United States | |
| 1796 | Chillicothe | Ohio | United States | |
| 1796 | Cleveland | Ohio | United States | |
| 1796 | Dayton | Ohio | United States | |
| 1796 | Youngstown | Ohio | United States | |
| 1797 | Windsor | Ontario | Canada | In 1749, a French agricultural settlement was established at the site of Windsor, Ontario. The area was first named la Petite Côte ("Little Coast"—as opposed to the longer coastline on the Detroit side of the river). Later it was called La Côte de Misère ("Poverty Coast") because of the sandy soils near LaSalle. In 1797, after the American Revolution, the settlement of "Sandwich" was established. Windsor was incorporated as a village in 1854, then became a town in 1858, and gained city status in 1892. It is the oldest continually inhabited European-founded settlement in Canada west of Montreal, despite being settled after other areas in the country. |
| 1797 | Athens, Ohio | Ohio | United States | |
| 1797 | Franklinton | Ohio | United States | Absorbed by Columbus. |
| 1797 | Mentor | Ohio | United States | |
| 1797 | Zanesville | Ohio | United States | |
| 1797 | Greenville | South Carolina | United States | |
| 1798 | Bowling Green | Kentucky | United States | |
| 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 | |
| 1799 | Elizabethton | Tennessee | United States | Expanded from Fort Watauga which was abandoned |
| 1799 | Ravenna | Ohio | United States | |
| 1799 | Aurora | Ohio | United States | |
| 1799 | Sitka | Alaska | United States | Original capital of Alaska; destroyed in 1802, reestablished in 1804. |
| 1800 | Binghamton | New York | United States | Formerly known as Chenango Point; expanded from rural settlements into a planned city |
| 1800 | Buffalo | New York | United States | Expanded from four log cabins. |
| 1800 | Hull | Quebec | Canada | Formerly known as Wright's Town |
| 1801 | Athens | Georgia | United States | Named after Athens, Greece. |
| 1801 | Burrville/Clinton | Tennessee | United States | Renamed Clinton in 1809 |
| 1803 | Ashtabula | Ohio | United States | |
| 1803 | Chicago | Illinois | United States | Expanded from Fort Dearborn. |
| 1804 | Stow | Ohio | United States | |
| 1804 | Milledgeville | Georgia | United States | |
| 1805 | Huntsville | Alabama | United States | |
| 1807 | Prince George | British Columbia | Canada | Expanded from the fur-trading post of Fort George, established by the North West Company. |
| 1810 | Manchester | New Hampshire | United States | |
| 1810 | San Bernardino | California | United States | |
| 1811 | Astoria | Oregon | United States | Expanded from Fort Astoria, founded by the Pacific Fur Company. |
| 1811 | Murfreesboro | Tennessee | United States | Originally named Cannonsburgh; state capital from 1818 to 1826. |
| 1812 | Columbus | Ohio | United States | |
| 1812 | Kamloops | British Columbia | Canada | Expanded from the fur-trading posts of Fort Cumcloups (Fort Kamloops) and Fort She-whaps (Shuswap), founded by the Pacific Fur and North West Companies. |
| 1815 | Hamilton | Ontario | Canada | George Hamilton, a settler and local politician, established a town site in the northern portion Barton Township after the war in 1815. |
| 1815 | Pickerington | Ohio | United States | |
| 1815 | Jonesboro | Arkansas | United States | |
| 1816 | Chattanooga | Tennessee | United States | Originally named Ross's Landing. |
| 1816 | Cambridge | Ontario | Canada | Originally named Shades Mill; renamed Galt in 1827. Galt merged with the towns of Preston and Hespeler, the village of Blair and parts of Waterloo township to form Cambridge in 1973. Oldest settled area in the Waterloo Regional Municipality |
| 1816 | Saginaw | Michigan | United States | |
| 1817 | Fort Smith | Arkansas | United States | |
| 1817 | Milan | Ohio | United States | |
| 1818 | Pontiac | Michigan | United States | Arrival of first settlers in Michigan's first inland settlement; recognized by the state legislature in 1837, and incorporated as a city in 1861. |
| 1818 | Medina | Ohio | United States | |
| 1818 | Columbia | Missouri | United States | |
| 1818 | Jim Thorpe | Pennsylvania | United States | Formerly known as Mauch Chunk and burial place of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe |
| 1819 | Memphis | Tennessee | United States | Expanded from the 1739 French Fort de l'Assomption which was not resettled for 79 years |
| 1819 | Chapel Hill | North Carolina | United States | |
| 1819 | Montgomery | Alabama | United States | Expanded 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; established as a trading post and a military detachment from Fort Snelling. |
| 1821 | Alexandria | British Columbia | Canada | Expended from the fur-trading post of Fort Alexandria, founded by the North West Company. |
| 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 | Expanded from Fort Brooke. |
| 1824 | Ann Arbor | Michigan | United States | |
| 1824 | Tallahassee | Florida | United States | |
| 1824 | Victoria | Texas | United States | |
| 1825 | Akron | Ohio | United States | |
| 1825 | Vancouver | Washington | United States | Expanded from Fort Vancouver. |
| 1825 | Grand Rapids | Michigan | United States | |
| 1825 | Irapuato | Guanajuato | Mexico | |
| 1826 | London | Ontario | Canada | |
| 1826 | Ottawa | Ontario | Canada | Originally known as Bytown. |
| 1826 | Wabasha | Minnesota | United States | Oldest city in Minnesota |
| 1827 | Gonzales | Texas | United States | Founded in 1825, abandoned shortly after, refounded in 1827 |
| 1827 | Mineral Point | Wisconsin | United States | Third-oldest city in Wisconsin |
| 1827 | Guelph | Ontario | Canada | |
| 1827 | Oakville | Ontario | Canada | |
| 1827 | St. Andrews | Florida | United States | Now part of Panama City |
| 1827 | Langley | British Columbia | Canada | |
| 1828 | Key West | Florida | United States | |
| 1828 | Columbus | Georgia | United States | |
| 1829 | Oregon City | Oregon | United States | |
| 1829 | Bainbridge | Georgia | United States | |
| 1833 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | United States | |
| 1833 | Kitchener | Ontario | Canada | Formerly Berlin; renamed in 1916. |
| 1835 | Austin | Texas | United States | |
| 1835 | Kenosha | Wisconsin | United States | Originally named Southport; renamed in 1850. |
| 1836 | Shreveport | Louisiana | United States | |
| 1836 | Madison | Wisconsin | United States | |
| 1836 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | 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 | |
| 1843 | Des Moines | Iowa | United States | |
| 1843 | Victoria | British Columbia | Canada | 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 | Expanded from Fort Utah. |
| 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 | |
| 1852 | Roanoke | Virginia | United States | founded in 1852 as Big Lick, renamed Roanoke in 1884 |
| 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 known as Isbister's Settlement. |
| 1864 | Salinas | California | United States | |
| 1865 | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | United States | Expanded from Fort Dakota. |
| 1867 | Cheyenne | Wyoming | United States | |
| 1867 | Minneapolis | Minnesota | United States | |
| 1867 | Vancouver | British Columbia | Canada | Originally known as Gastown. |
| 1868 | Phoenix | Arizona | United States | |
| 1870 | Wichita | Kansas | United States | |
| 1871 | Birmingham | Alabama | United States | |
| 1871 | Longmont | Colorado | United States | Originally formed as the Chicago-Colorado Colony. |
| 1871 | Colorado Springs | Colorado | United States | Originally named Fountain Colony. |
| 1871 | Fargo | North Dakota | United States | Originally named Centralia. |
| 1872 | Anniston | Alabama | United States | |
| 1873 | Winnipeg | Manitoba | Canada | Formerly known as Fort Rouge. In 1738, Fort Rouge was built on the Assiniboine River in Manitoba, Canada, on the site of what is now the city of Winnipeg. Its exact location is unknown. Its name in English means "red fort". The fort seems to have had a primary purpose as a depot and was abandoned by 1749. |
| 1874 | Pasadena | California | United States | |
| 1875 | Orlando | Florida | United States | |
| 1877 | Billings | Montana | United States | |
| 1881 | Brandon | Manitoba | Canada | |
| 1882 | Regina | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
| 1883 | Saskatoon | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
| 1884 | Calgary | Alberta | Canada | Formerly known as Fort Calgary. In 1875, Fort Brisebois was established, after the outpost's first commander. It was renamed Fort Calgary in June 1876. |
| 1885 | Ruston | Louisiana | United States | |
| 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 Tiwan ("by the sea") |
| 1890 | Lethbridge | Alberta | Canada | Formerly known as Fort Whoop-Up. In 1869, Fort Hamilton was first built near what is now Lethbridge, Alberta. A second, more secure fort was built, which was later nicknamed Fort Whoop-Up. |
| 1892 | Edmonton | Alberta | Canada | Formerly known as Fort Edmonton. In 1795, Fort Edmonton was established on the river's north bank as a major trading post for the HBC, near the mouth of the Sturgeon River close to present-day Fort Saskatchewan. Fort Edmonton was the name of a series of trading posts of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) from 1795 to 1914. The fifth and final Fort Edmonton, 1830–1914, was the one that evolved into present-day Edmonton. |
| 1892 | Grottoes | Virginia | United States | |
| 1893 | Kamloops | British Columbia | Canada | From the Shuswap Tk'emlups ("meeting of the waters") |
| 1894 | Yorkton | Saskatchewan | Canada | In 1882, a group of businessmen and investors formed the York Farmers Colonization Company. |
| 1894 | Palo Alto | California | United States | |
| 1894 | Tempe | Arizona | United States | |
| 1896 | Dawson City | Yukon | Canada | Capital of the Yukon Territory until 1952 |
| 1896 | Miami | Florida | United States | |
| 1896 | State College | Pennsylvania | United States | |
| 1899 | Estevan | Saskatchewan | Canada | In 1892, the first settlers arrived in what was to become Estevan. It was incorporated as a village in 1899, and later became a town in 1906. |
| 1905 | Cranbrook | British Columbia | Canada | |
| 1903 | Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | Canada | In 1882, settlement began there and the city was incorporated in 1903. |
| 1903 | Swift Current | Saskatchewan | Canada | In 1883, the settlement of Swift Current was established. On September 21, 1903, the Hamlet of Swift Current became a village and on March 15, 1907, Swift Current became a town when the population reached 550 people. |
| 1905 | Las Vegas | Nevada | United States | |
| 1906 | Virginia Beach | Virginia | United States | |
| 1906 | North Battleford | Saskatchewan | Canada | In 1875, permanent European settlement started in the area centred around the town of Battleford, and located on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River. |
| 1911 | The Pas | Manitoba | Canada | Expanded from Fort Paskoyac. |
| 1914 | Anchorage | Alaska | United States | |
| 1915 | Prince George | British Columbia | Canada | Expanded from Fort George. |
| 1916 | Truth Or Consequences | New Mexico | United States | Originally named Hot Springs. |
| 1934 | Yellowknife | Northwest Territories | Canada | |
| 1942 | Iqaluit | Nunavut | Canada | |
| 1950 | Alert | Nunavut | Canada | World's northernmost permanently-inhabited place |
| 1956 | Corner Brook | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | |
| 1970 | Cancún | Quintana Roo | Mexico | Planned balneario |
| 2002 | Gatineau | Quebec | Canada | Formed by merging five cities, including Hull. |