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List of North American settlements by year of foundation

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This is a list of settlements in North America by founding year, historical entity and present-day country.

YearSettlementHistorical entitySubdivisionCountryNotes
1500 BCTepoztlánMorelosMexico
1500 BCSan José MogoteOaxacaMexico
1500 BCChalcatzingoMorelosMexico
1500 BCCalixtlahuacaMexicoMexico
1500 BCKaminaljuyuGuatemalaGuatemala
1400 BCTeopantecuanitlanGuerreroMexico
1400 BCNakbePeténGuatemala
1200 BCSan Lorenzo TenochtitlánVeracruzMexico
1200 BCLa VentaVeracruzMexico
1150 BCEtlatongoOaxacaMexico
1000 BCXochitecatlTlaxcalaMexico
1000 BCCuicuilcoTlalpanMexico
1000 BCTres ZapotesVeracruzMexico
950 BCTakalik AbajRetalhuleuGuatemala
950 BCEl MiradorPeténGuatemala
950 BCUaxactunPeténGuatemala
800 BCZazacatlaMorelosMexico
700 BCTiculYucatánMexico
600 BCTikalPeténGuatemala
500 BCMonte AlbánOaxacaMexico
500 BCCholulaPueblaMexicoPossibly the oldest continuously inhabited settlement in the Americas
400 BCTulaHidalgoMexico
300 BCTeotihuacanMéxicoMexicoIn the Valley of Mexico
200MitlaOaxacaMexico
600CantonaPueblaMexico
650CahokiaIllinoisUnited States
874ReykjavíkNorwayCapital RegionIcelandFirst 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 SettlementNorwayGreenlandDenmarkNorse explorer Erik the Red established this settlement, followed by the Western Settlement c. 985.
1000L'Anse aux Meadows[[File:Flag of The Icelandic Commonwealth.svg21x21px]] Icelandic CommonwealthNewfoundland and LabradorCanadaFirst European settlement in the New World. Norse explorer Leif Ericson established a settlement on this site in 1003.
1050MotulYucatánMexico
1054Antiguo CuscatlanLa LibertadEl Salvador
1100OraibiArizonaUnited States
1144Acoma PuebloNew MexicoUnited StatesOldest continuously occupied community in the US, known today as Sky City
1325TenochtitlanDistrito FederalMexicoPresent-day Mexico City
1450Taos PuebloSpainNew MexicoUnited StatesOne of the oldest continuously inhabited Native American settlements in the United States
1493La IsabelaSpainPuerto PlataDominican RepublicFirst European settlement in the New World during the Age of Discovery. Abandoned by 1500.
1494Concepción de la VegaSpainLa VegaDominican RepublicFounded by Christopher Columbus in 1494 as a gold town, and abandoned by 1562 after an earthquake destroyed the settlement.
1496Santo DomingoSpainDistrito NacionalDominican RepublicOldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the Americas. Present-day capital of the Dominican Republic.
1497St. John'sUnited KingdomNewfoundland and LabradorCanadaPaul O'Neill]], The Oldest City: The Story of St. John's, Newfoundland, 2003, . seasonal until c. 1630
1508CaparraSpainPuerto RicoUnited States
1509Sevilla la NuevaSpainSeville, St. Ann's BayJamaicaEstablished by Juan de Esquivel, the first Spanish governor of Jamaica, St Ann's Bay was the third capital established by Spain in the Americas.
1510Nombre de DiosSpainColónPanamaOldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Panama and the continental Americas
1511BaracoaSpainGuantánamoCubaOldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Cuba, and its former capital
1513BayamoSpainGranmaCubaCapital of Cuba in 1513
1514SantiagoSpainSantiagoCuba
1515HavanaSpainHavanaCubaPresent-day capital of Cuba
1519La Villa Rica de la Vera CruzSpainVeracruzMexicoOldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Mexico
1519Panama CitySpainPanamáPanamaFirst European city on the Pacific coast of the Americas
1521San JuanSpainPuerto RicoUnited StatesOldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the contiguous United States or U.S. territories
1524QuetzaltenangoSpainGuatemalaGuatemala
1525San SalvadorSpainSan Salvador DepartmentEl SalvadorDiego 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).
1524GranadaSpainGranadaNicaraguaOldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Nicaragua
1526AcámbaroSpainGuanajuatoMexico
1526San Miguel de GualdapeSpainSouth Carolina, then GeorgiaUnited StatesFirst European settlement in the contiguous U.S., abandoned after three months
1531MazatlánSpainSinaloaMexico
1531Puebla CitySpainPueblaMexico
1531CuliacánSpainSinaloaMexico
1531Querétaro CitySpainQuerétaroMexico
1532OaxacaSpainOaxacaMexico
1534Villa de la VegaSpainSaint Catherine ParishJamaicaAfter 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.
1536San Pedro SulaSpainCortésHonduras
1539Zuni PuebloSpainNew MexicoUnited StatesFerguson, T.J. (1985). A Zuni Atlas. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press
1540CompostelaSpainNayaritMexicoKnown as Capital de la Nueva Galicia Compostela (1548–1560)
1540ChildersburgAlabamaUnited StatesPossibly the oldest still-occupied village in eastern North America, established by Native Americans
1540CampecheSpainCampecheMexico
1541MoreliaSpainMichoacánMexicoKnown as Valladolid until 1828
1541Charlesbourg-RoyalNew FranceQuebecCanadaFirst French settlement; short-lived
1542YuririaSpainGuanajuatoMexico
1542MéridaSpainYucatánMexicoFounded by Francisco de Montejo on the ruins of the Maya city of T'ho
1542GuadalajaraSpainJaliscoMexico
1542San Miguel de AllendeSpainGuanajuatoMexico
1543Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala (Antigua Guatemala)SpainGuatemalaGuatemala
1544EjutlaSpainJaliscoMexico
1550AcapulcoSpainGuerreroMexicoDiscovered by Cortés in 1531; settled in 1550.
1559PensacolaSpainFloridaUnited StatesSpanish explorer Tristán de Luna founded a short-lived settlement in 1559.
1560Port of SpainSpainPort of SpainTrinidad And TobagoA Spanish garrison was posted near the foot of the Laventille Hills, which today form the city's eastern boundary.
1563CartagoSpainCartagoCosta RicaOldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Costa Rica
1563Villa de DurangoSpainDurangoMexicoCapital of the Nueva Vizcaya province of Villa New Spain
1564Fort CarolineNew FranceFloridaUnited StatesA permanent settlement of 200 soldiers and artisans led by René Goulaine de Laudonnière, 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 of France.
1564Villa Hermosa de San Juan BautistaSpainTabascoMéxicoFounded on June 24, 1564 (the feast of San Juan Bautista, hence its original name) by Diego de Quijada
1565Saint AugustineSpainFloridaUnited StatesOldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the contiguous U.S. San Agustín/St. Augustine was founded by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.
1566Saint MarysSpainGeorgiaUnited StatesSecond-oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the contiguous U.S.; on the St. Mary's River
1573San GermánSpainPuerto RicoUnited States
1575SaltilloSpainCoahuilaMexicoOldest post-conquest settlement in northern Mexico
1575AguascalientesSpainAguascalientesMexico
1576LeónSpainGuanajuatoMexico
1583url=http://www.hrgrace.ca/history.htmltitle=History of Harbour Graceaccess-date=March 31, 2010archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904072342/http://www.hrgrace.ca/history.htmlarchive-date=September 4, 2009 }}United KingdomNewfoundland and LabradorCanadaFirst permanent English settlement in North America
1585Roanoke ColonyUnited KingdomNorth CarolinaUnited Statesurl=http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/lane/lane.htmltitle=The Account by Ralph Lane. An account of the particularities of the imployments of the English men left in Virginia by Richard Greenevill under the charge of Master Ralph Lane Generall of the same, from the 17. of August 1585. until the 18. of June 1586. at which time they departed the Countrey; sent and directed to Sir Walter Ralegh.access-date=April 7, 2011author=Lane, Ralphauthor-link=Ralph Lanework=Old South Leaflets (General Series); No. 119publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill}}
1587-1623Mantle SiteUnited KingdomOntarioCanadaMassive late Woodland Huron-Wendat village site, with trade links reaching as far as Newfoundland.
1596MonterreySpainNuevo LeónMexico
1597PortobeloSpainColónPanama
1598ParrasSpainCoahuilaMexico
1598EspañolaSpainNew MexicoUnited StatesFirst European-founded capital of the "New World" in the United States, established by Juan de Oñate.
1598San Juan de los CaballerosSpainNew MexicoUnited StatesWith Española, the oldest European-founded settlement in the southwestern United States
1599TadoussacNew FranceQuebecCanadaOldest continuously inhabited French-established settlement in the Americas, and the oldest European-established settlement in Quebec
1603SalamancaSpainGuanajuatoMexico
1604Saint JohnNew FranceNew BrunswickCanadaFounded as Saint-Jean in 1604 by the French explorer Samuel de Champlain.
1604CansoNew FranceNova ScotiaCanadaFounded in 1604 by the French as Canseau, 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.
1604L'Île-aux-MarinsNew FranceSaint Pierre and MiquelonFranceSettled in 1604 by French fishermen. Today, the island is still French and is only inhabited during the summer.
1604Saint Croix IslandNew FranceMaineUnited StatesEstablished 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.
1605Port RoyalNew FranceNova ScotiaCanadaEstablished in the summer of 1605 by French colonizing explorers Pierre Dugua de Monts and Samuel de Champlain, who established Quebec City in 1608.
1607JamestownUnited KingdomVirginiaUnited StatesOldest permanent European settlement in the Thirteen Colonies
1607Popham ColonyUnited KingdomMaineUnited StatesShort-lived settlement, a Plymouth Company project
1607Santa FeSpainNew MexicoUnited StatesOldest continuously inhabited state capital in the US
1608QuébecNew FranceQuebecCanadaOriginally 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
1610CupidsUnited KingdomNewfoundland and LabradorCanadaOldest continuously occupied English settlement in Canada
1610HamptonUnited KingdomVirginiaUnited StatesOldest continuously occupied English settlement in the United States
1610KecoughtanUnited KingdomVirginiaUnited States
1611HenricusUnited KingdomVirginiaUnited States
1612St. George'sUnited KingdomSt. GeorgeBermudaOldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Bermuda
1613Newport News, VirginiaUnited KingdomVirginiaUnited States
1614AlbanyNew NetherlandNew YorkUnited StatesOldest European settlement in New York State, founded as Fort Nassau and renamed Fort Orange in 1623. First Dutch settlement in North America
1615TaosSpainNew MexicoUnited States
1620PlymouthUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesOldest town in New England and Massachusetts. Settled by Pilgrims from the Mayflower.
1622WeymouthUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesThe Wessagusset Colony, resettled and renamed in 1623
1623DoverUnited KingdomNew HampshireUnited StatesOldest settlement in New Hampshire.
1623GloucesterUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesAbandoned in 1629, but quickly resettled.
1623EliotUnited KingdomMaineUnited StatesPart of Kittery until 1810
1624ChelseaUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1624Fort WilhelmusNew NetherlandNew JerseyUnited StatesShort-lived factorij on what is now Burlington Island in Delaware River
1624Fort OrangeNew NetherlandNew YorkUnited StatesDutch factorij which grew to become the Capital District around Albany
1624New AmsterdamNew NetherlandNew YorkUnited StatesPresent-day New York City. First settled 1624 on Governors Island, followed by Manhattan the following year.
1625MerrymountUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesNow Quincy, Massachusetts
1626SalemUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1626SocorroUnited KingdomNew MexicoUnited StatesOriginally founded as Nuestra Señora de Perpetuo Socorro; abandoned in 1680 after the Pueblo Revolt, and resettled in 1815.
1626Fort NassauNew NetherlandNew JerseyUnited StatesA Dutch factorij on Big Timber Creek near what is now Gloucester City
1627DuxburyUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1627ScituateUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1627BasseterreKingdom of FranceSaint KittsSaint Kitts and Nevis
1628BridgetownUnited KingdomSaint MichaelBarbados
1629MarbleheadUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesFirst naval stronghold of the colonies
1629LynnUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesFounded as Saugus, but different from Saugus, Massachusetts.
1629CharlestownUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesNow a neighborhood in Boston
1630PortsmouthUnited KingdomNew HampshireUnited StatesFirst known as Strawbery Banke.
1630PavoniaNew NetherlandNew JerseyUnited StatesFirst Dutch patroonship in New Jersey, now part of Jersey City
1630MedfordUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1630WatertownUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1630DorchesterUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesNow a neighborhood in Boston
1630BostonUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1630RoxburyUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesLater annexed by Boston in 1868
1631Kent IslandUnited KingdomMarylandUnited StatesSettled 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.
1631SacoUnited KingdomMaineUnited StatesSettled as Winter Harbor.
1631South BerwickUnited KingdomMaineUnited StatesSettled by sailors from the Pied Cow who landed at the confluence of the Salmon Falls and Great Works Rivers
1631LewesUnited KingdomDelawareUnited StatesPurchased 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."
1631CambridgeUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1632WilliamsburgUnited KingdomVirginiaUnited States
1633IpswichUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1632St. John'sUnited KingdomAntiguaAntigua and Barbuda
1633HartfordUnited KingdomConnecticutUnited States
1633WindsorUnited KingdomConnecticutUnited StatesFirst English settlement in Connecticut. Founded as Dorchester, renamed in 1637.
1634BeauportNew FranceQuebecCanadaborough of Quebec City]] in January 2002.
1634WethersfieldUnited KingdomConnecticutUnited StatesFounded as Watertown, renamed in 1637.
1634Green BayUnited KingdomWisconsinUnited States
1634St. Mary's CityUnited KingdomMarylandUnited StatesThe original settlement was the fourth oldest permanent English settlement in the United States.
1634Trois-RivièresNew FranceQuebecCanada
1634WillemstadNetherlandsCuraçaoKingdom of the NetherlandsFormerly part of the Netherlands Antilles, now a country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
1635HinghamUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesFirst 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.
1635ConcordUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1635NewburyUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1636SpringfieldUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesThe Massachusetts Bay Colony's first Connecticut River port and its westernmost settlement, 85 mi west of Boston Founded as Agawam Plantation by William Pynchon.
1636ProvidenceUnited KingdomRhode IslandUnited StatesOldest settlement in Rhode Island, founded by Roger Williams.
1637TauntonUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1637SandwichUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesOldest town on Cape Cod
1638RowleyUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1638PortsmouthUnited KingdomRhode IslandUnited StatesFounded by Anne Hutchinson
1638ExeterUnited KingdomNew HampshireUnited StatesOne 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.
1638HamptonUnited KingdomNew HampshireUnited StatesFounded by Stephen Bachiler; first known as Winnicunnet.
1638SilleryNew FranceQuebecCanadaurl=http://www.genealogie.umontreal.ca/fr/ListeParoissesSuivantNomUsuel.asptitle=Liste des paroisses suivant le nom usuel - PRDH-IGDwebsite=www.genealogie.umontreal.ca}} Now part of Quebec City
1638SwedesboroUnited KingdomNew JerseyUnited StatesNucleus of the New Sweden colony along the Delaware River into Pennsylvania and Delaware
1638New HavenUnited KingdomConnecticutUnited States
1638Sainte-FoyNew FranceQuebecCanadaQuébec]] in 2002.
1638WilmingtonUnited KingdomDelawareUnited StatesGrew from Fort Christina, part of the New Sweden colony; originally called Willington
Before 1639St. MarksSpainFloridaUnited StatesFounded by the Viceroyalty of New Spain as San Marcos de Apalache.
1639GuilfordUnited KingdomConnecticutUnited StatesThe Quinnipiac village of Menunkatuck predated English settlement.
1639StratfordUnited KingdomConnecticutUnited Statesurl=http://www.cslib.org/cttownsy.htmtitle=Connecticut Towns by Year Establishedaccess-date=August 1, 2011archive-date=November 6, 2011archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106075201/http://www.cslib.org/cttownsy.htm }}
1639MilfordUnited KingdomConnecticutUnited States
1639NewportUnited KingdomRhode IslandUnited States
1639SudburyUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1640SouthamptonUnited KingdomNew YorkUnited States
1640FarmingtonUnited KingdomConnecticutUnited StatesFounded as Tunxis
1640BraintreeUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesFirst settled in 1625 as Merrymount, resettled and incorporated in 1640.
1640WoburnUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesFirst settled in 1640, incorporated in 1642.
1641HaverhillUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesFirst settled in 1640, incorporated in 1641.
1642MaspethNew NetherlandNew YorkUnited States
1642Ville-Marie (Montréal)New FranceQuebecCanada
1642LexingtonUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1642SorelNew FranceQuebecCanadaPresent-day Sorel-Tracy
1642WarwickUnited KingdomRhode IslandUnited States
1643Basse-TerreKingdom of FranceGuadeloupeFranceTerritorial capital
1643Dolores HidalgoSpainGuanajuatoMexico
1643GuilfordUnited KingdomConnecticutUnited States
1643RehobothUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesSettled 1636, incorporated 1643
1644HullUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1644LongmeadowUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesIncorporated October 17, 1783.
1644BranfordUnited KingdomConnecticutUnited StatesOriginally Brentford
1644SalvatierraSpainGuanajuatoMexico
1645VlissingenNew NetherlandNew YorkUnited StatesPresent-day Flushing
1646AndoverUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesThe 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.
1646Château-RicherNew FranceQuebecCanadaurl=http://www.chateauricher.qc.ca/pages/presentation-de-la-municipalitetitle=Historical overviewwebsite=chateauricher.qc.ca}}
1646New LondonUnited KingdomConnecticutUnited StatesFounded as Faire Harbour
1647KitteryUnited KingdomMaineUnited StatesOldest incorporated town in Maine
1647La PrairieNew FranceQuebecCanadaJesuits]] in 1647. The first parish was founded in 1667.
1647Spanish WellsUnited KingdomEleutheraBahamas
1649AnnapolisUnited KingdomMarylandUnited States
1650Saint-OursNew FranceQuebecCanada
1650KingstonNew NetherlandNew YorkUnited StatesSettled by the Dutch as Esopus, renamed in 1664 by the English.
1651Cap-de-la-MadeleineNew FranceQuebecCanada
1651MedfieldUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1651New CastleNew NetherlandDelawareUnited StatesSite of Tomakonck, a former native village. Settled by the Dutch as Fort Casimir; renamed New Amstel in 1654.
1651Sainte-Anne-de-BeaupréNew FranceQuebecCanada
1652NatickUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesFounded by John Eliot; its name derives from a Massachusett word meaning "place of hills".
1653LancasterUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1654NorthamptonUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesFounded by a group led by William Houlton and John King.
1654PelhamUnited KingdomNew YorkUnited StatesFounded by Thomas Pell, who purchased 9000 acre from the Siwanoy tribe and received a land grant from the English crown.
1655Cap-Saint-IgnaceNew FranceQuebecCanada
1655ChelmsfordUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesFounded by settlers from Concord.
1655GrotonUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1655BillericaUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1657LongueuilNew FranceQuebecCanada
1658HarlemUnited KingdomNew YorkUnited States
1659NorwichtownUnited KingdomConnecticutUnited StatesConsolidated with the city of Norwich in 1952.
1659AssonetUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesIncorporated 1683
1659HadleyUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesFounded by a group led by John Russell and Nathaniel Dickinson.
1659Ciudad JuárezSpainChihuahuaMexico
1660BergenUnited KingdomNew JerseyUnited StatesFirst chartered settlement in New Jersey, at Bergen Square, now part of Jersey City
1660PlacentiaNew FranceNewfoundland and LabradorCanadaFrench capital until 1713, originally known as Plaisance
1660RyeUnited KingdomNew YorkUnited States
1660WrenthamUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesSeparated from Dedham 1660. Incorporated 1673
1661SchenectadyUnited KingdomNew YorkUnited States
1662UxbridgeUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1664L'Ange-GardienNew FranceQuebecCanada
1664MiddletownUnited KingdomNew JerseyUnited States
1664WoodbridgeUnited KingdomNew JerseyUnited StatesSettled in 1664 and granted a royal charter on June 1, 1669, by King Charles II of England.
1665ChamblyNew FranceQuebecCanada
1665Port-de-PaixKingdom of FranceNord-OuestHaiti
1666CharlesbourgNew FranceQuebecCanadaBecame a borough of Quebec City in 2002.
1666NewarkUnited KingdomNew JerseyUnited States
1666PiscatawaytownUnited KingdomNew JerseyUnited StatesThe village within the Township of Piscataway, now part of Edison
1666Saint-Jean-sur-RichelieuNew FranceQuebecCanadaFort Saint-Jean]].
1667BouchervilleNew FranceQuebecCanada
1667MendonUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesNetmocke Plantation, 1662
1668AmesburyUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1668Saint-NicolasNew FranceQuebecCanadaLévis]] in 2002.
1668Sault Ste. MarieNew FranceOntarioCanadaIn 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.
1668Sault Ste. MarieNew FranceMichiganUnited StatesOldest city in Michigan
1668ElizabethtownUnited KingdomNew JerseyUnited Statesdesignated the first capital of New Jersey by the British
1669NeuvilleNew FranceQuebecCanada
1669WestfieldUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1669MiddleboroughUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1670CharlestonUnited KingdomSouth CarolinaUnited States
1670RepentignyNew FranceQuebecCanada
1670WallingfordUnited KingdomConnecticutUnited States
1670HatfieldUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1670St. PierreNew FranceSaint Pierre and MiquelonFranceaccess-date=13 February 2025author=Meghann Livingstonauthor2=Catherine Losierdate=2021language=enperiodical=Northeast Historical Archaeologyvolume=50title='From the Sea, Work': Investigating Historical French Landscapes and Lifeways at Anse à Bertrand, Saint-Pierre et Miquelonurl=https://www.arche-musee-et-archives.net/files/file/Archives/Arch%C3%A9o%20Anse%20%C3%A0%20Bertrand/1556_Livingston_Losier_compressed.pdf }}
1670MiquelonNew FranceSaint Pierre and MiquelonFrance
1671St. IgnaceNew FranceMichiganUnited StatesFounded by Jacques Marquette as the St. Ignace Mission. Second oldest city in Michigan.
1672VarennesNew FranceQuebecCanada
1672VerchèresNew FranceQuebecCanada
1673L'Ancienne-LoretteNew FranceQuebecCanada
1673Worcester, MassachusettsUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited StatesIncorporated as a city in 1848.
1673Prairie du ChienNew FranceWisconsinUnited StatesFounded on June 17, 1673, by French Pioneers.
1674Pointe-aux-TremblesNew FranceQuebecCanadaNow part of Montreal.
1674WaterburyUnited KingdomConnecticutUnited States
1674DeerfieldUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1675LachineNew FranceQuebecCanadaMerged into Montreal in 2002.
1675LavaltrieNew FranceQuebecCanada
1676ContrecoeurNew FranceQuebecCanada
1676LorettevilleNew FranceQuebecCanadaMerged with Quebec City in 2002.
1677Sainte-Anne-de-BellevueNew FranceQuebecCanada
1677CrosswicksUnited KingdomNew JerseyUnited StatesSettled by Quakers
1678La PocatièreNew FranceQuebecCanada
1678MontmagnyNew FranceQuebecCanada
1679LévisNew FranceQuebecCanadaLauzon]], which merged with Lévis in 1989.
1679L'IsletNew FranceQuebecCanada
1679Saint-Augustin-de-DesmauresNew FranceQuebecCanada
1680YsletaSpainTexasUnited States
1680South OrangeUnited KingdomNew JerseyUnited StatesExpanded from Newark (later Orange)
1680Creve CoeurNew FranceIllinoisUnited Statesurl=http://www.peoriahistoricalsociety.org/!/History-Of-Peoria/First-European-Settlement-In-Illtitle=The First European Settlement in Illinoiswebsite=www.peoriahistoricalsociety.orgaccess-date=October 1, 2012archive-date=July 15, 2015archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715022357/http://www.peoriahistoricalsociety.org/!/History-Of-Peoria/First-European-Settlement-In-Ill}} Originally Fort Crevecoeur, later Fort Clark (1813).
1681Baie-Saint-PaulNew FranceQuebecCanada
1681BerthiervilleNew FranceQuebecCanada
1681Cockburn TownUnited KingdomTurks and Caicos IslandsUnited Kingdom
1681Bridgewater TownshipUnited KingdomNew JerseyUnited States
1681Saint-FrançoisNew FranceQuebecCanadaLaval]] in 1965.
1682MoorestownUnited KingdomNew JerseyUnited States
1682PhiladelphiaUnited KingdomPennsylvaniaUnited States
1682NorfolkUnited KingdomVirginiaUnited States
1683DoverUnited KingdomDelawareUnited States
1683LachenaieNew FranceQuebecCanadaTerrebonne]].
1682Rivière-du-LoupNew FranceQuebecCanada
1684BécancourNew FranceQuebecCanada
1686Arkansas PostUnited KingdomArkansasUnited States
1687New BritainUnited KingdomConnecticutUnited States
1687Rivière-des-PrairiesNew FranceQuebecCanadaNow part of the Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles borough of Montreal.
1690OkaNew FranceQuebecCanada
1693GlastonburyUnited KingdomConnecticutUnited StatesSettled 1636; incorporated in 1693 as Glassenbury. Known as Glastenbury from about 1785 to 1870.)
1693KingstonUnited KingdomKingstonJamaica
1694NewarkUnited KingdomDelawareUnited States
1694Santa CruzSpainNew MexicoUnited States
1695NassauUnited KingdomNew ProvidenceBahamas
1696RimouskiNew FranceQuebecCanada
1696Sault-au-RécolletNew FranceQuebecCanadaNow part of the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough of Montreal
1698PensacolaSpainFloridaUnited StatesFounded by Don Tristán de Luna y Arellano in 1559; abandoned in 1561. Permanently established in 1698.
1700MascoucheNew FranceQuebecCanada
1701DetroitNew FranceMichiganUnited StatesFounded in 1701 as Fort Détroit by the French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
1701DracutUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1701NicoletNew FranceQuebecCanada
1702Le MoyneNew FranceAlabamaUnited StatesFounded as Fort Louis de la Louisiane by France; abandoned in 1711.
1703AmherstUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1703KaskaskiaNew FranceIllinoisUnited States
1703Saint-SulpiceNew FranceQuebecCanada
1705BathUnited KingdomNorth CarolinaUnited StatesOldest incorporated town in North Carolina
1706AlbuquerqueSpainNew MexicoUnited States
1709ChihuahuaSpainChihuahuaMexico
1710ChathamUnited KingdomNew JerseyUnited StatesLand purchased in 1680.
1710New BernUnited KingdomNorth CarolinaUnited StatesSettled by German-Swiss immigrants.
1711MobileNew FranceAlabamaUnited StatesLe Moyne relocated to Mobile. From 1702 to 1711, it was the French colonial capital of La Louisiane.
1711NeedhamUnited KingdomMassachusettsUnited States
1711Pointe-ClaireNew FranceQuebecCanada
1711BeaufortUnited KingdomSouth CarolinaUnited States
1714NatchitochesNew FranceLouisianaUnited StatesOldest settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
1714FreeholdUnited KingdomNew JerseyUnited StatesOriginally known as Monmouth Courthouse, the site of the Battle of Monmouth
1715 (prior to)KekiongaUnited KingdomIndianaUnited StatesCapital of the Miami people
1715Les CèdresNew FranceQuebecCanada
1716KahnawakeNew FranceQuebecCanadaSaint Kateri Tekakwitha]] (1656–1680).
1716NacogdochesSpainTexasUnited StatesSpanish mission established in an older Caddo village.
1716NatchezNew FranceMississippiUnited StatesDates to the founding of Fort Rosalie by the French.
1716GeorgetownUnited KingdomMaineUnited StatesOriginally the present-day West Bath, Bath, Phippsburg, Arrowsic, Georgetown and part of Woolwich
1717L'AssomptionNew FranceQuebecCanadaSettled 1647
1717OuiatenonNew FranceIndianaUnited States
1718New OrleansNew FranceLouisianaUnited States
1718San AntonioSpainTexasUnited States
1719Longue-PointeNew FranceQuebecCanadaNow part of Montreal
1719TrentonUnited KingdomNew JerseyUnited States
1720Saint-LaurentNew FranceQuebecCanadaMerged with Montreal in 2002.
1720BiloxiNew FranceMississippiUnited StatesFounded as Fort Louis by France.
1721Baton RougeNew FranceLouisianaUnited States
1721CortazarSpainGuanajuatoMexico
1721Saint-Jean-Port-JoliNew FranceQuebecCanada
1722Prairie Du RocherNew FranceIllinoisUnited States
1722LouisevilleNew FranceQuebecCanada
1723BeaufortUnited KingdomNorth CarolinaUnited States
1723TerrebonneNew FranceQuebecCanada
1725ConcordUnited KingdomNew HampshireUnited States
1728FredericksburgUnited KingdomVirginiaUnited States
1728NuukDenmark-NorwaySermersooqGreenland
1729BaltimoreUnited KingdomMarylandUnited States
1729LancasterUnited KingdomPennsylvaniaUnited States
1729PabosNew FranceQuebecCanadaChandler]].
1729GeorgetownUnited KingdomSouth CarolinaUnited States
1730New BrunswickUnited KingdomNew JerseyUnited States
1732LanoraieNew FranceQuebecCanada
1732VincennesNew FranceIndianaUnited States
1732CamdenUnited KingdomSouth CarolinaUnited States
1732KingstreeUnited KingdomSouth CarolinaUnited States
1733RichmondUnited KingdomVirginiaUnited States
1733Saint-Vincent-de-PaulNew FranceQuebecCanadaLaval]] in 1965.
1733SavannahUnited KingdomGeorgiaUnited States
1733WilmingtonUnited KingdomNorth CarolinaUnited StatesFounded as "New Carthage" in 1733, renamed Wilmington in 1740
1735Ste. GenevieveNew FranceMissouriUnited StatesFrench colonial settlement; oldest continually-inhabited settlement in Missouri
1736ChâteauguayNew FranceQuebecCanada
1736GorhamUnited KingdomMaineUnited States
1736AugustaUnited KingdomGeorgiaUnited States
1736DarienUnited KingdomGeorgiaUnited States
1736Fort FredericaUnited KingdomGeorgiaUnited StatesBuilt by the British, abandoned about 1774
1738Pointe-du-LacNew FranceQuebecCanadaMerged with Trois-Rivières in 2002.
1738Saint-Joseph-de-BeauceNew FranceQuebecCanada
1739Saint-Mathias-sur-RichelieuNew FranceQuebecCanada
1739Fort AssumptionNew FranceTennesseeUnited StatesBuilt by France in 1739 and abandoned in 1740
1740BelénSpainNew MexicoUnited States
1740L'Île-Perrot and Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-PerrotNew FranceQuebecCanada
1740CherawUnited KingdomSouth CarolinaUnited States
1741BethlehemUnited KingdomPennsylvaniaUnited States
1741Sainte-Geneviève and PierrrefondsNew FranceQuebecCanadaMerged with Montreal in 2002.
1742Les ÉcureuilsNew FranceQuebecCanadaDonnacona]]
1745Sainte-MarieNew FranceQuebecCanada
1745Sainte-RoseNew FranceQuebecCanadaIntegrated into Laval in 1965.
1746Saint-HenriNew FranceQuebecCanada
1746MerrimackUnited KingdomNew HampshireUnited States
1748PetersburgUnited KingdomVirginiaUnited States
1749AlexandriaUnited KingdomVirginiaUnited States
1749GoliadSpainTexasUnited StatesExpanded from Presidio La Bahía
1749Port-au-PrinceFrench West IndiesOuestHaiti
1749HalifaxUnited KingdomNova ScotiaCanada
1750ErieNew FrancePennsylvaniaUnited StatesExpanded from the French Fort Presque Isle.
1750Rock IslandUnited KingdomIllinoisUnited StatesOriginally the Native American Saukenuk
1751CarlisleUnited KingdomPennsylvaniaUnited States
1751GeorgetownUnited KingdomMarylandUnited StatesBecame 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.
1751Las TrampasSpainNew MexicoUnited States
1752PortsmouthUnited KingdomVirginiaUnited States
1752AkwesasneNew FranceNew York, Ontario, QuebecCanada, United StatesFirst known as Saint-Régis.
1752Saint-ConstantNew FranceQuebecCanada
1753Saint-PhilippeNew FranceQuebecCanada
1754AugustaUnited KingdomMaineUnited States
1754PittsburghNew FrancePennsylvaniaUnited StatesExpanded from the French Fort Duquesne; replaced by the British Fort Pitt in 1758.
1755LaredoSpainTexasUnited States
1755CharlotteUnited KingdomNorth CarolinaUnited States
1757Saint-HyacintheNew FranceQuebecCanada
1761CharlottesvilleUnited KingdomVirginiaUnited States
1762ShepherdstownUnited KingdomWest VirginiaUnited StatesOriginally known as Mecklenburg.
1762AllentownUnited KingdomPennsylvaniaUnited StatesIncorporated as Northamptontown.
1763St. LouisNew FranceMissouriUnited StatesOldest American City West of the Mississippi River
1763BurlingtonUnited KingdomVermontUnited States
1764AmherstUnited KingdomNova ScotiaCanada
1764CharlottetownUnited KingdomPrince Edward IslandCanada
1764OpelousasNew FranceLouisianaUnited States
1765Saint-MartinvilleNew FranceLouisianaUnited States
1765St. CharlesNew FranceMissouriUnited States
1766MonctonNew FranceNew BrunswickCanada
1766VergennesUnited KingdomVermontUnited States
1768BeloeilNew FranceQuebecCanada
1768L'AcadieNew FranceQuebecCanadaMerged with Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in 2001.
1768New Smyrna BeachUnited KingdomFloridaUnited Statesurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920072449/http://cityofnsb.com/index.aspx?NID=198date=September 20, 2010 }}
1768Saint-EustacheNew FranceQuebecCanada
1769San DiegoSpainCaliforniaUnited StatesExpanded from the Presidio of San Diego.
1769Ninety SixUnited KingdomSouth CarolinaUnited States
1770MontereySpainCaliforniaUnited StatesExpanded from Presidio of Monterey; original capital of California
1770San BlasSpainNayaritMexicoSpanish Naval Department headquarters
1771BrunswickUnited KingdomGeorgiaUnited States
1772Ellicott CityUnited KingdomMarylandUnited States
1772MorgantownUnited KingdomWest VirginiaUnited States
1773Guatemala CitySpainGuatemalaGuatemala
1774UnalaskaUnited KingdomAlaskaUnited StatesNOAA]]
1774OrizabaSpainVeracruzMexico
1775TucsonSpainArizonaUnited StatesDate of Spanish presidio
1775LexingtonUnited KingdomKentuckyUnited States
1775BoonesboroughUnited KingdomKentuckyUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Boonesborough, built by Daniel Boone.
1776San FranciscoSpainCaliforniaUnited States
1776Fort WataugaUnited KingdomTennesseeUnited StatesAbandoned in 1780
1777San JoseSpainCaliforniaUnited StatesOriginally known as El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, the first town in the Spanish colony of Nueva California (which became Alta California).
1778LouisvilleUnited StatesKentuckyUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Nelson, established by George Rogers Clark.
1778West PointUnited StatesNew YorkUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Clinton.
1779JonesboroughUnited StatesTennesseeUnited StatesFirst capital of the State of Franklin, in 1784
1779NashvilleUnited StatesTennesseeUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Nashborough.
1781MontpelierUnited StatesVermontUnited States
1781Los AngelesSpainCaliforniaUnited States
1783ClarksvilleUnited ColoniesIndianaUnited States
1783KingstonNew FranceOntarioCanadaFormerly 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.
1784CornwallUnited KingdomOntarioCanadaFounded by a group of United Empire Loyalists led by Lieutenant-Colonel John Johnson.
1784FrenchtownNew FranceMichiganUnited StatesFourth French settlement in Michigan.
1785HarrisburgUnited StatesPennsylvaniaUnited States
1785AshevilleUnited StatesNorth CarolinaUnited States
1785DubuqueNew FranceIowaUnited StatesOldest city in Iowa, and one of the oldest European settlements west of the Mississippi River.
1785FrederictonNew FranceNew BrunswickCanada
1785SydneyUnited KingdomNova ScotiaCanadaFormer capital of the Colony of Cape Breton
1786ColumbiaUnited StatesSouth CarolinaUnited States
1786FlorissantUnited StatesMissouriUnited StatesOriginally known as St. Ferdinand.
1786FrankfortUnited StatesKentuckyUnited States
1786LynchburgUnited StatesVirginiaUnited States
1786PortlandUnited StatesMaineUnited States
1786SteubenvilleUnited StatesOhioUnited States
1787SpartanburgUnited StatesSouth CarolinaUnited States
1788MariettaUnited StatesOhioUnited StatesFirst permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory
1788CincinnatiUnited StatesOhioUnited States
1788CharlestonUnited StatesWest VirginiaUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Lee
1789Santa Cruz de NucaSpainBritish ColumbiaCanadaFirst European settlement in British Columbia; only Spanish settlement in Canada
1790HamiltonUnited KingdomBermudaUnited Kingdom
1790WashingtonUnited StatesDistrict of ColumbiaUnited States
1790VicksburgSpainMississippiUnited StatesExpanded from the Spanish Fort Nogales.
1791GeorgetownUnited StatesDelawareUnited States
1791Santa CruzSpainCaliforniaUnited States
1791MonroeSpainLouisianaUnited StatesOriginally known as Fort Miro
1791KenaiRussian EmpireAlaskaUnited StatesExpanded from the Russian-American Company's Fort St. Nicholas.
1791KnoxvilleUnited StatesTennesseeUnited States
1791BangorUnited StatesMaineUnited States
1792KodiakRussian EmpireAlaskaUnited StatesFounded in 1792 by Alexander Baranov as the new site for Three Saints Bay, founded in 1784.
1792RaleighUnited StatesNorth CarolinaUnited States
1793TorontoUnited KingdomOntarioCanadaFormerly 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.
1793AncasterUnited KingdomOntarioCanadaFounded 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.
1794Fort WayneUnited StatesIndianaUnited States
1796ChillicotheUnited StatesOhioUnited States
1796ClevelandUnited StatesOhioUnited States
1796DaytonUnited StatesOhioUnited States
1796YoungstownUnited StatesOhioUnited States
1797WindsorUnited KingdomOntarioCanadaIn 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.
1797Athens, OhioUnited StatesOhioUnited States
1797FranklintonUnited StatesOhioUnited StatesAbsorbed by Columbus.
1797MentorUnited StatesOhioUnited States
1797ZanesvilleUnited StatesOhioUnited States
1797GreenvilleUnited StatesSouth CarolinaUnited States
1798Bowling GreenUnited StatesKentuckyUnited States
1798WarrenUnited StatesOhioUnited States
1798Bethel, OhioUnited StatesOhioUnited StatesFormerly known as Denham Town, founded by Obed Denham.
1799HudsonUnited StatesOhioUnited States
1799PotosiUnited StatesMissouriUnited States
1799ElizabethtonUnited StatesTennesseeUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Watauga which was abandoned
1799RavennaUnited StatesOhioUnited States
1799AuroraUnited StatesOhioUnited States
1799SitkaRussian EmpireAlaskaUnited StatesOriginal capital of Alaska; destroyed in 1802, reestablished in 1804.
1800BinghamtonUnited StatesNew YorkUnited StatesFormerly known as Chenango Point; expanded from rural settlements into a planned city
1800BuffaloUnited StatesNew YorkUnited StatesExpanded from four log cabins.
1800HullUnited KingdomQuebecCanadaFormerly known as Wright's Town
1801AthensUnited StatesGeorgiaUnited StatesNamed after Athens, Greece.
1801Burrville/ClintonUnited StatesTennesseeUnited StatesRenamed Clinton in 1809
1803AshtabulaUnited StatesOhioUnited States
1803ChicagoUnited StatesIllinoisUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Dearborn.
1804StowUnited StatesOhioUnited States
1804MilledgevilleUnited StatesGeorgiaUnited States
1805HuntsvilleUnited StatesAlabamaUnited States
1807Prince GeorgeUnited KingdomBritish ColumbiaCanadaExpanded from the fur-trading post of Fort George, established by the North West Company.
1810ManchesterUnited StatesNew HampshireUnited States
1810San BernardinoSpainCaliforniaUnited States
1811AstoriaUnited StatesOregonUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Astoria, founded by the Pacific Fur Company.
1811MurfreesboroUnited StatesTennesseeUnited StatesOriginally named Cannonsburgh; state capital from 1818 to 1826.
1812ColumbusUnited StatesOhioUnited States
1812KamloopsUnited KingdomBritish ColumbiaCanadaExpanded from the fur-trading posts of Fort Cumcloups (Fort Kamloops) and Fort She-whaps (Shuswap), founded by the Pacific Fur and North West Companies.
1815HamiltonUnited KingdomOntarioCanadaGeorge Hamilton, a settler and local politician, established a town site in the northern portion Barton Township after the war in 1815.
1815PickeringtonUnited StatesOhioUnited States
1815JonesboroUnited StatesArkansas
1816ChattanoogaUnited StatesTennesseeUnited StatesOriginally named Ross's Landing.
1816CambridgeUnited KingdomOntarioCanadaOriginally 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
1816SaginawUnited StatesMichiganUnited States
1817Fort SmithUnited StatesArkansasUnited States
1817MilanUnited StatesOhioUnited States
1818PontiacUnited StatesMichiganUnited StatesArrival of first settlers in Michigan's first inland settlement; recognized by the state legislature in 1837, and incorporated as a city in 1861.
1818MedinaUnited StatesOhioUnited States
1818ColumbiaUnited StatesMissouriUnited States
1818Jim ThorpeUnited StatesPennsylvaniaUnited StatesFormerly known as Mauch Chunk and burial place of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe
1819MemphisUnited StatesTennesseeUnited StatesExpanded from the 1739 French Fort de l'Assomption which was not resettled for 79 years
1819Chapel HillUnited StatesNorth CarolinaUnited States
1819MontgomeryUnited StatesAlabamaUnited StatesExpanded from the 1540 French settlement, Fort Toulouse.
1819SpringfieldUnited StatesIllinoisUnited States
1819TuscaloosaUnited StatesAlabamaUnited States
1820South BendUnited StatesIndianaUnited StatesFormerly named Big St. Joseph Station.
1820Oliver's GroveUnited StatesMinnesotaUnited StatesNear the confluence of the Mississippi, St. Croix, and Vermillion Rivers; established as a trading post and a military detachment from Fort Snelling.
1821AlexandriaUnited KingdomBritish ColumbiaCanadaExpended from the fur-trading post of Fort Alexandria, founded by the North West Company.
1821BridgeportUnited StatesConnecticutUnited States
1821Little RockUnited StatesArkansasUnited States
1821IndianapolisUnited StatesIndianaUnited States
1822JacksonvilleUnited StatesFloridaUnited States
1822JacksonUnited StatesMississippiUnited States
1823PeoriaUnited StatesIllinoisUnited StatesFounded as Peoria in 1823.
1823TampaUnited StatesFloridaUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Brooke.
1824Ann ArborUnited StatesMichiganUnited States
1824TallahasseeUnited StatesFloridaUnited States
1824VictoriaFirst Mexican RepublicTexasUnited States
1825AkronUnited StatesOhioUnited States
1825VancouverUnited StatesWashingtonUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Vancouver.
1825Grand RapidsUnited StatesMichiganUnited States
1825IrapuatoFirst Mexican RepublicGuanajuatoMexico
1826LondonUnited KingdomOntarioCanada
1826OttawaUnited KingdomOntarioCanadaOriginally known as Bytown.
1826WabashaUnited StatesMinnesotaUnited StatesOldest city in Minnesota
1827GonzalesUnited StatesTexasUnited StatesFounded in 1825, abandoned shortly after, refounded in 1827
1827Mineral PointUnited StatesWisconsinUnited StatesThird-oldest city in Wisconsin
1827GuelphUnited KingdomOntarioCanada
1827OakvilleUnited KingdomOntarioCanada
1827St. AndrewsUnited StatesFloridaUnited StatesNow part of Panama City
1827LangleyUnited KingdomBritish ColumbiaCanada
1828Key WestUnited StatesFloridaUnited States
1828ColumbusUnited StatesGeorgiaUnited States
1829Oregon CityUnited StatesOregonUnited States
1829BainbridgeUnited StatesGeorgiaUnited States
1833MilwaukeeUnited StatesWisconsinUnited States
1833KitchenerUnited KingdomOntarioCanadaFormerly Berlin; renamed in 1916.
1835AustinCentralist Republic of MexicoTexasUnited States
1835KenoshaUnited StatesWisconsinUnited StatesOriginally named Southport; renamed in 1850.
1836ShreveportUnited StatesLouisianaUnited States
1836MadisonUnited StatesWisconsinUnited States
1836TulsaUnited StatesOklahomaUnited States
1837LansingUnited StatesMichiganUnited States
1837HoustonRepublic of TexasTexasUnited States
1837OxfordUnited StatesMississippiUnited States
1837ToledoUnited StatesOhioUnited States
1839SacramentoMexicoCaliforniaUnited States
1841DallasRepublic of TexasTexasUnited States
1841RacineUnited StatesWisconsinUnited States
1843AtlantaUnited StatesGeorgiaUnited States
1843Des MoinesUnited StatesIowaUnited States
1843VictoriaUnited KingdomBritish ColumbiaCanadaIncorporated in 1862.
1844Chagrin FallsUnited StatesOhioUnited States
1845PortlandUnited StatesOregonUnited States
1847BrantfordUnited StatesOntarioCanadaOriginally known as Brant's Ford.
1847Salt Lake CityUnited StatesUtahUnited StatesOriginally known as Great Salt Lake City.
1847HarrisburgUnited StatesIllinoisUnited States
1848MesillaMexicoNew MexicoUnited States
1849Las CrucesMexicoNew MexicoUnited States
1849ProvoUnited StatesUtahUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Utah.
1850Kansas CityUnited StatesMissouriUnited StatesOriginally named Kansas.
1850PhoenixUnited StatesOregonUnited States
1851La CrosseUnited StatesWisconsinUnited States
1851SeattleUnited StatesWashingtonUnited States
1852OaklandUnited StatesCaliforniaUnited States
1852RoanokeUnited StatesVirginiaUnited Statesfounded in 1852 as Big Lick, renamed Roanoke in 1884
1854GainesvilleUnited StatesFloridaUnited States
1854OmahaUnited StatesNebraskaUnited States
1854Saint PaulUnited StatesMinnesotaUnited States
1854TopekaUnited StatesKansasUnited States
1854VersaillesUnited StatesMissouriUnited States
1855ChampaignUnited StatesIllinoisUnited StatesOriginally named West Urbana.
1856College ParkUnited StatesMarylandUnited States
1856LincolnUnited StatesNebraskaUnited StatesOriginally named Lancaster.
1856O'FallonUnited StatesMissouriUnited States
1857AppletonUnited StatesWisconsinUnited States
1858Carson CityUnited StatesNevadaUnited States
1858DenverUnited StatesColoradoUnited States
1858New WestminsterUnited KingdomBritish ColumbiaCanada
1859OlympiaUnited StatesWashingtonUnited States
1862BoiseUnited StatesIdahoUnited States
1862Prince AlbertUnited KingdomSaskatchewanCanadaOriginally known as Isbister's Settlement.
1864SalinasUnited StatesCaliforniaUnited States
1865Sioux FallsUnited StatesSouth DakotaUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Dakota.
1867CheyenneUnited StatesWyomingUnited States
1867MinneapolisUnited StatesMinnesotaUnited States
1867VancouverUnited KingdomBritish ColumbiaCanadaOriginally known as Gastown.
1868PhoenixUnited StatesArizonaUnited States
1870WichitaUnited StatesKansasUnited States
1871BirminghamUnited StatesAlabamaUnited States
1871LongmontUnited StatesColoradoUnited StatesOriginally formed as the Chicago-Colorado Colony.
1871Colorado SpringsUnited StatesColoradoUnited StatesOriginally named Fountain Colony.
1871FargoUnited StatesNorth DakotaUnited StatesOriginally named Centralia.
1872AnnistonUnited StatesAlabamaUnited States
1873WinnipegCanadaManitobaCanadaFormerly 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.
1874PasadenaUnited StatesCaliforniaUnited States
1875OrlandoUnited StatesFloridaUnited States
1877BillingsUnited StatesMontanaUnited States
1881BrandonCanadaManitobaCanada
1882ReginaUnited KingdomSaskatchewanCanada
1883SaskatoonUnited KingdomSaskatchewanCanada
1884CalgaryUnited KingdomAlbertaCanadaFormerly known as Fort Calgary. In 1875, Fort Brisebois was established, after the outpost's first commander. It was renamed Fort Calgary in June 1876.
1885RustonUnited StatesLouisianaUnited States
1886NelsonCanadaBritish ColumbiaCanada
1886Takoma ParkUnited StatesMarylandUnited States
1887GulfportUnited StatesMississippiUnited States
1889ClemsonUnited StatesSouth CarolinaUnited StatesOriginally known as Calhoun.
1889NormanUnited StatesOklahomaUnited States
1889Oklahoma CityUnited StatesOklahomaUnited States
1889TijuanaMexicoBaja CaliforniaMexicoTijuana derives from the Kumeyaay Tiwan ("by the sea")
1890LethbridgeUnited KingdomAlbertaCanadaFormerly 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.
1892EdmontonUnited KingdomAlbertaCanadaFormerly 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.
1892GrottoesUnited StatesVirginiaUnited States
1893KamloopsCanadaBritish ColumbiaCanadaFrom the Shuswap Tk'emlups ("meeting of the waters")
1894YorktonUnited KingdomSaskatchewanCanadaIn 1882, a group of businessmen and investors formed the York Farmers Colonization Company.
1894Palo AltoUnited StatesCaliforniaUnited States
1894TempeUnited StatesArizonaUnited States
1896Dawson CityUnited KingdomYukonCanadaCapital of the Yukon Territory until 1952
1896MiamiUnited StatesFloridaUnited States
1896State CollegeUnited StatesPennsylvaniaUnited States
1899EstevanUnited KingdomSaskatchewanCanadaIn 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.
1905CranbrookCanadaBritish ColumbiaCanada
1903Moose JawUnited KingdomSaskatchewanCanadaIn 1882, settlement began there and the city was incorporated in 1903.
1903Swift CurrentUnited KingdomSaskatchewanCanadaIn 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.
1905Las VegasUnited StatesNevadaUnited States
1906Virginia BeachUnited StatesVirginiaUnited States
1906North BattlefordCanadaSaskatchewanCanadaIn 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.
1911The PasCanadaManitobaCanadaExpanded from Fort Paskoyac.
1914AnchorageUnited StatesAlaskaUnited States
1915Prince GeorgeCanadaBritish ColumbiaCanadaExpanded from Fort George.
1916Truth Or ConsequencesUnited StatesNew MexicoUnited StatesOriginally named Hot Springs.
1934YellowknifeCanadaNorthwest TerritoriesCanada
1942IqaluitCanadaNunavutCanada
1950AlertCanadaNunavutCanadaWorld's northernmost permanently-inhabited place
1956Corner BrookCanadaNewfoundland and LabradorCanada
1970CancúnMexicoQuintana RooMexicoPlanned balneario
2002GatineauCanadaQuebecCanadaFormed by merging five cities, including Hull.

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