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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.

Year Settlement Historical entity 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 Preclassic Maya Guatemala Guatemala
1400 BC Teopantecuanitlan Guerrero Mexico
1400 BC Nakbe Preclassic Maya Petén Guatemala
1200 BC San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán Olmecs Veracruz Mexico
1200 BC La Venta Olmecs Veracruz Mexico
1150 BC Etlatongo Oaxaca Mexico
1000 BC Xochitecatl Tlaxcala Mexico
1000 BC Cuicuilco Tlalpan Mexico
1000 BC Tres Zapotes Olmecs Veracruz Mexico
950 BC Takalik Abaj Preclassic Maya/Olmecs Retalhuleu Guatemala
950 BC El Mirador Preclassic Maya Petén Guatemala
950 BC Uaxactun Preclassic Maya Petén Guatemala
800 BC Zazacatla Olmecs Morelos Mexico
700 BC Ticul Preclassic Maya Yucatán Mexico
600 BC Tikal Preclassic Maya Petén Guatemala
500 BC Monte Albán Zapotec civilization Oaxaca Mexico
500 BC Cholula Puebla Mexico Possibly the oldest continuously inhabited settlement in the Americas[1]
400 BC Tula Hidalgo Mexico
300 BC Teotihuacan México Mexico In the Valley of Mexico
200 Mitla Zapotec civilization Oaxaca Mexico
600 Cantona Puebla Mexico
650 Cahokia Illinois United States
874 Reykjavík Norway Capital Region Iceland First European settlement in the Americas. Founding is given as 874 CE by Ingólfr Arnarson in the Landnámabók.[2] Reykjavík is located west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge on the American plate.[3]
985? Eastern Settlement Norway Greenland Denmark Norse explorer Erik the Red established this settlement, followed by the Western Settlement c. 985.
1000 L'Anse aux Meadows Icelandic Commonwealth 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 League of Mayapan Yucatán Mexico
1054 Antiguo Cuscatlan Toltec Empire La Libertad El Salvador
1100 Oraibi Pueblo II period Arizona United States [4]
1144 Acoma Pueblo Pueblo III period New Mexico United States Oldest continuously occupied community in the US,[5] known today as Sky City
1325 Tenochtitlan Aztec Empire Distrito Federal Mexico Present-day Mexico City
1493 La Isabela Viceroyalty of the Indies Puerto Plata Dominican Republic First European settlement in the New World during the Age of Discovery. Abandoned by 1500.
1494 Concepción de la Vega Viceroyalty of the Indies 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 Viceroyalty of the Indies Distrito Nacional Dominican Republic Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the Americas. Present-day capital of the Dominican Republic.
1497 St. John's[6] British America Newfoundland and Labrador Canada Oldest English-founded city in North America,[7] seasonal until c. 1630
1508 Caparra Viceroyalty of the Indies Puerto Rico United States
1509 Sevilla la Nueva Viceroyalty of the Indies 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 Viceroyalty of the Indies Colón Panama Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Panama and the continental Americas
1511 Baracoa Viceroyalty of the Indies Guantánamo Cuba Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Cuba, and its former capital
1513 Bayamo Viceroyalty of the Indies Granma Cuba Capital of Cuba in 1513
1514 Santiago Viceroyalty of the Indies Santiago Cuba
1515 Havana Viceroyalty of the Indies Havana Cuba Present-day capital of Cuba
1519 La Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz Viceroyalty of the Indies Veracruz Mexico Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Mexico
1519 Panama City Viceroyalty of the Indies Panamá Panama First European city on the Pacific coast of the Americas[8]
1521 San Juan Viceroyalty of the Indies Puerto Rico United States Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the contiguous United States or U.S. territories
1524Quetzaltenango Viceroyalty of the IndiesGuatemalaGuatemala
1525 San Salvador Viceroyalty of the Indies 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 Viceroyalty of the Indies Granada Nicaragua Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Nicaragua
1526Acámbaro Viceroyalty of the IndiesGuanajuatoMexico
1526 San Miguel de Gualdape Viceroyalty of the Indies South Carolina, then Georgia United States First European settlement in the contiguous U.S., abandoned after three months
1531Mazatlán Viceroyalty of the IndiesSinaloaMexico
1531Puebla City Viceroyalty of the IndiesPueblaMexico
1531Culiacán Viceroyalty of the IndiesSinaloaMexico
1531Querétaro City Viceroyalty of the IndiesQuerétaroMexico
1532 Oaxaca Viceroyalty of the Indies Oaxaca Mexico
1534 Villa de la Vega Viceroyalty of the Indies 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 New Spain Cortés Honduras
1539 Zuni Pueblo New Spain New Mexico United States Ferguson, T.J. (1985). A Zuni Atlas. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press
1540 Compostela New Spain 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,[9] established by Native Americans
1540 Campeche New Spain Campeche Mexico 1540 Taos Pueblo Viceroyalty of the Indies New Mexico United States One of the oldest continuously inhabited Native American settlements in the United States[citation needed]
1541 Morelia New Spain Michoacán Mexico Known as Valladolid until 1828
1541 Charlesbourg-Royal New France Quebec Canada First French settlement; short-lived
1542Yuriria New SpainGuanajuatoMexico
1542Mérida New SpainYucatánMexicoFounded by Francisco de Montejo on the ruins of the Maya city of T'ho
1542 Guadalajara New Spain Jalisco Mexico
1542 San Miguel de Allende New Spain Guanajuato Mexico
1543 Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala (Antigua Guatemala) New Spain Guatemala Guatemala
1544 Ejutla New Spain Jalisco Mexico
1550 Acapulco New Spain Guerrero Mexico Discovered by Cortés in 1531; settled in 1550.[10]
1559 Pensacola New Spain Florida United States Spanish explorer Tristán de Luna founded a short-lived settlement in 1559.
1560 Port of Spain New 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 New Spain Cartago Costa Rica Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Costa Rica
1563 Villa de Durango New Spain Durango Mexico Capital of the Nueva Vizcaya province of Villa New Spain
1564 Fort Caroline New France Florida United States A 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.
1564 Villa Hermosa de San Juan Bautista New Spain Tabasco México Founded on June 24, 1564 (the feast of San Juan Bautista, hence its original name) by Diego de Quijada
1565 Saint Augustine New Spain 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 New Spain Georgia United States Second-oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the contiguous U.S.; on the St. Mary's River
1573San Germán New SpainPuerto RicoUnited States
1575Saltillo New SpainCoahuilaMexicoOldest post-conquest settlement in northern Mexico[11]
1575Aguascalientes New SpainAguascalientesMexico
1576León New SpainGuanajuatoMexico
1583 Harbour Grace[12] British America Newfoundland and Labrador Canada First permanent English settlement in North America
1585Roanoke Colony British AmericaNorth CarolinaUnited StatesSettlers were left on the island on August 17, 1585.[13]
1587-1623 Mantle Site British America Ontario Canada Massive late Woodland Huron-Wendat village site, with trade links reaching as far as Newfoundland.
1596 Monterrey New Spain Nuevo León Mexico
1597 Portobelo New Spain Colón Panama
1598 Parras New Spain Coahuila Mexico
1598 Española New Spain 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 Spain New Mexico United States With Española, the oldest European-founded settlement in the southwestern United States
1599 Tadoussac New France Quebec Canada Oldest continuously inhabited French-established settlement in the Americas, and the oldest European-established settlement in Quebec
1603Salamanca New SpainGuanajuatoMexico
1604 Saint John New France New Brunswick Canada Founded as Saint-Jean in 1604 by the French explorer Samuel de Champlain.
1604 Canso New France Nova Scotia Canada Founded 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-Marins New FranceSaint Pierre and MiquelonFranceSettled in 1604 by French fishermen. Today, the island is still French and is only inhabited during the summer.[14]
1604 Saint Croix Island New France 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.[15]
1605 Port Royal New France Nova Scotia Canada Established in the summer of 1605 by French colonizing explorers Pierre Dugua de Monts and Samuel de Champlain, who established Quebec City in 1608.
1607 Jamestown British America Virginia United States Oldest permanent European settlement in the Thirteen Colonies
1607 Popham Colony British America Maine United States Short-lived settlement, a Plymouth Company project
1607Santa Fe New SpainNew MexicoUnited StatesOldest continuously inhabited state capital in the US
1608Québec New FranceQuebecCanada 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
1610Cupids British AmericaNewfoundland and LabradorCanadaOldest continuously occupied English settlement in Canada
1610Hampton British AmericaVirginiaUnited StatesOldest continuously occupied English settlement in the United States
1610Kecoughtan British AmericaVirginiaUnited States
1611Henricus British AmericaVirginiaUnited States
1612St. George's British AmericaSt. GeorgeBermudaOldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Bermuda
1613Newport News, Virginia British AmericaVirginiaUnited States
1614Albany New 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
1615Taos New SpainNew MexicoUnited States
1620Plymouth British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesOldest town in New England and Massachusetts. Settled by Pilgrims from the Mayflower.
1622Weymouth British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesThe Wessagusset Colony, resettled and renamed in 1623
1623Dover British AmericaNew HampshireUnited StatesOldest settlement in New Hampshire.
1623Gloucester British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesAbandoned in 1629, but quickly resettled.
1623Eliot British AmericaMaineUnited StatesPart of Kittery until 1810
1624Chelsea British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States
1624Fort Wilhelmus New NetherlandNew JerseyUnited StatesShort-lived factorij on what is now Burlington Island in Delaware River
1624Fort Orange New NetherlandNew YorkUnited StatesDutch factorij which grew to become the Capital District around Albany
1624New Amsterdam New NetherlandNew YorkUnited StatesPresent-day New York City. First settled 1624 on Governors Island, followed by Manhattan the following year.
1625Merrymount British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesNow Quincy, Massachusetts
1626Salem British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States
1626Socorro British AmericaNew MexicoUnited StatesOriginally founded as Nuestra Señora de Perpetuo Socorro; abandoned in 1680 after the Pueblo Revolt, and resettled in 1815.
1626Fort Nassau New NetherlandNew JerseyUnited StatesA Dutch factorij on Big Timber Creek near what is now Gloucester City
1627Duxbury British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States
1627Scituate British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States
1627Basseterre French West IndiesSaint KittsSaint Kitts and Nevis
1628Bridgetown British AmericaSaint MichaelBarbados
1629Marblehead British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesFirst naval stronghold of the colonies
1629Lynn British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesFounded as Saugus, but different from Saugus, Massachusetts.
1629Charlestown British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesNow a neighborhood in Boston
1630Portsmouth British AmericaNew HampshireUnited StatesFirst known as Strawbery Banke.
1630Pavonia New NetherlandNew JerseyUnited StatesFirst Dutch patroonship in New Jersey, now part of Jersey City
1630Medford British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States
1630Watertown British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States
1630Dorchester British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesNow a neighborhood in Boston
1630Boston British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States
1630Roxbury British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesLater annexed by Boston in 1868
1631 Kent Island British America 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.[16]
1631Saco British AmericaMaineUnited StatesSettled as Winter Harbor.
1631South Berwick British AmericaMaineUnited StatesSettled by sailors from the Pied Cow who landed at the confluence of the Salmon Falls and Great Works Rivers
1631Lewes British AmericaDelawareUnited 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."[citation needed]
1631Cambridge British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States[17]
1632Williamsburg British AmericaVirginiaUnited States
1633Ipswich British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States
1632St. John's British AmericaAntiguaAntigua and Barbuda
1633Hartford British AmericaConnecticutUnited States

Founded as Fort Hoop by the Dutch, renamed by Thomas Hooker in 1637

1633Windsor British AmericaConnecticutUnited StatesFirst English settlement in Connecticut.[18] Founded as Dorchester, renamed in 1637.
1634Beauport New FranceQuebecCanada[19] Became a borough of Quebec City in January 2002.
1634Wethersfield British AmericaConnecticutUnited StatesFounded as Watertown, renamed in 1637.
1634Green Bay British AmericaWisconsinUnited States
1634St. Mary's City British AmericaMarylandUnited StatesThe original settlement was the fourth oldest permanent English settlement in the United States.
1634Trois-Rivières New FranceQuebecCanada
1634Willemstad NetherlandsCuraçaoKingdom of the NetherlandsFormerly part of the Netherlands Antilles, now a country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
1635 Hingham British America Massachusetts United States First discovered in 1633 and named "Bare Cove", the area was owned by the Native American Tribe Wampanoag.[citation needed] Hingham was settled and established by Reverend Peter Hobart and his followers in 1635; they renamed the area "Hingham", referencing Hingham, Norfolk England.[20] It was then incorporated into the Massachusetts Bay Colony as the 12th town[20] and decades later it was purchased officially from the local natives on July 4, 1655.[citation needed]
1635Concord British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States
1635Newbury British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States
1636Springfield British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesThe Massachusetts Bay Colony's first Connecticut River port and its westernmost settlement, 85 miles (137 km) west of Boston[21] Founded as Agawam Plantation by William Pynchon.
1636Providence British AmericaRhode IslandUnited StatesOldest settlement in Rhode Island, founded by Roger Williams.
1637Taunton British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States

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1637Sandwich British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesOldest town on Cape Cod[23]
1638Rowley British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States

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1638Portsmouth British AmericaRhode IslandUnited StatesFounded by Anne Hutchinson
1638Exeter British AmericaNew 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.
1638Hampton British AmericaNew HampshireUnited StatesFounded by Stephen Bachiler; first known as Winnicunnet.
1638Sillery New FranceQuebecCanada[25] Now part of Quebec City
1638Swedesboro British AmericaNew JerseyUnited StatesNucleus of the New Sweden colony along the Delaware River into Pennsylvania and Delaware
1638New Haven British AmericaConnecticutUnited States

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1638Sainte-Foy New FranceQuebecCanada[19] Merged with the City of Québec in 2002.
1638Wilmington British AmericaDelawareUnited StatesGrew from Fort Christina, part of the New Sweden colony; originally called Willington
Before 1639St. Marks New SpainFloridaUnited StatesFounded by the Viceroyalty of New Spain as San Marcos de Apalache.[27]
1639Guilford British AmericaConnecticutUnited StatesThe Quinnipiac village of Menunkatuck predated English settlement.
1639Stratford British AmericaConnecticutUnited States[28]
1639Milford British AmericaConnecticutUnited States
1639Newport British AmericaRhode IslandUnited States
1639Sudbury British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States
1640 Southampton British America New York United States
1640Farmington British AmericaConnecticutUnited StatesFounded as Tunxis
1640Braintree British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesFirst settled in 1625 as Merrymount, resettled and incorporated in 1640.[29]
1640Woburn British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesFirst settled in 1640, incorporated in 1642.[30]
1641Haverhill British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesFirst settled in 1640, incorporated in 1641.
1642Maspeth New NetherlandNew YorkUnited States
1642Ville-Marie (Montréal) New FranceQuebecCanada
1642Lexington British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States[31]
1642Sorel New FranceQuebecCanada[19][25] Present-day Sorel-Tracy
1642Warwick British AmericaRhode IslandUnited States
1643Basse-Terre French West IndiesGuadeloupeFranceTerritorial capital
1643Dolores Hidalgo New SpainGuanajuatoMexico
1643Guilford British AmericaConnecticutUnited States[28]
1643Rehoboth British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesSettled 1636, incorporated 1643
1644Hull British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States[32]
1644Longmeadow British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesIncorporated October 17, 1783.
1644Branford British AmericaConnecticutUnited StatesOriginally Brentford
1644Salvatierra New SpainGuanajuatoMexico
1645Vlissingen New NetherlandNew YorkUnited StatesPresent-day Flushing
1646Andover British AmericaMassachusettsUnited 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-Richer New FranceQuebecCanada[33]
1646New London British AmericaConnecticutUnited StatesFounded as Faire Harbour
1647Kittery British AmericaMaineUnited StatesOldest incorporated town in Maine[34]
1647La Prairie New FranceQuebecCanada[19] Founded as a mission by the Jesuits in 1647. The first parish was founded in 1667.
1647Spanish Wells British AmericaEleutheraBahamas
1649Annapolis British AmericaMarylandUnited States
1650Saint-Ours New FranceQuebecCanada[19]
1650Kingston New NetherlandNew YorkUnited StatesSettled by the Dutch as Esopus, renamed in 1664 by the English.
1651Cap-de-la-Madeleine New FranceQuebecCanada

[25] Became a borough of Trois-Rivières in January 2002.

1651Medfield British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States[35]
1651New Castle New NetherlandDelawareUnited StatesSite of Tomakonck, a former native village. Settled by the Dutch as Fort Casimir; renamed New Amstel in 1654.
1651Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré New FranceQuebecCanada[19][25]
1652 Natick British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesFounded by John Eliot; its name derives from a Massachusett word meaning "place of hills".
1653Lancaster British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States
1654Northampton British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesFounded by a group led by William Houlton and John King.
1654Pelham British AmericaNew YorkUnited StatesFounded by Thomas Pell, who purchased 9,000 acres (14 sq mi) from the Siwanoy tribe and received a land grant from the English crown.
1655Cap-Saint-Ignace New FranceQuebecCanada[25]
1655Chelmsford British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesFounded by settlers from Concord.
1655Groton British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States
1655Billerica British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States
1657Longueuil New FranceQuebecCanada[19]
1658Harlem British AmericaNew YorkUnited States
1659Norwichtown British AmericaConnecticutUnited StatesConsolidated with the city of Norwich in 1952.
1659Assonet British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesIncorporated 1683
1659Hadley British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesFounded by a group led by John Russell and Nathaniel Dickinson.
1659Ciudad Juárez New SpainChihuahuaMexico
1660Bergen British AmericaNew JerseyUnited StatesFirst chartered settlement in New Jersey, at Bergen Square, now part of Jersey City
1660Placentia New FranceNewfoundland and LabradorCanadaFrench capital until 1713, originally known as Plaisance
1660Rye British AmericaNew YorkUnited States
1660Wrentham British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesSeparated from Dedham 1660. Incorporated 1673
1661Schenectady British AmericaNew YorkUnited States
1662Uxbridge British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States
1664L'Ange-Gardien New FranceQuebecCanada[19]
1664 Middletown British America New Jersey United States
1664 Woodbridge British America New Jersey United States Settled in 1664 and granted a royal charter on June 1, 1669, by King Charles II of England.[36]
1665Chambly New FranceQuebecCanada[19]
1665Port-de-Paix French West IndiesNord-OuestHaiti
1666Charlesbourg New FranceQuebecCanada[19][25] Became a borough of Quebec City in 2002.
1666Newark British AmericaNew JerseyUnited States
1666Piscatawaytown British AmericaNew JerseyUnited StatesThe village within the Township of Piscataway, now part of Edison
1666Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu New FranceQuebecCanada[19][25] Expanded from Fort Saint-Jean.
1667Boucherville New FranceQuebecCanada

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1667Mendon British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesNetmocke Plantation, 1662
1668Amesbury British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States
1668Saint-Nicolas New FranceQuebecCanada[19] Merged with Lévis in 2002.
1668Sault Ste. Marie New 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. Marie New FranceMichiganUnited States[37] Oldest city in Michigan
1668Elizabethtown British AmericaNew JerseyUnited Statesdesignated the first capital of New Jersey by the British[38]
1669Neuville New FranceQuebecCanada[25]
1669Westfield British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States[39]
1669Middleborough British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States[40]
1670Charleston British AmericaSouth CarolinaUnited States
1670Repentigny New FranceQuebecCanada[19]
1670Wallingford British AmericaConnecticutUnited States [41]
1670Hatfield British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States
1670 St. Pierre New France Saint Pierre and Miquelon France A report written in 1670 by the first intendant of New France, Jean Talon, which mentions the presence of thirteen fishermen and four sedentary inhabitants.[42]
1670 Miquelon New France Saint Pierre and Miquelon France
1671 St. Ignace New France Michigan United States Founded by Jacques Marquette as the St. Ignace Mission. Second oldest city in Michigan.
1672Varennes New FranceQuebecCanada[19]
1672Verchères New FranceQuebecCanada[19]
1673L'Ancienne-Lorette New FranceQuebecCanada[19]
1673Worcester, Massachusetts British AmericaMassachusettsUnited StatesIncorporated as a city in 1848.
1673Prairie du Chien New FranceWisconsinUnited StatesFounded on June 17, 1673, by French Pioneers.[43]
1674Pointe-aux-Trembles New FranceQuebecCanada[25] Now part of Montreal.
1674Waterbury British AmericaConnecticutUnited States
1674Deerfield British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States
1675Lachine New FranceQuebecCanada[19][25] Merged into Montreal in 2002.
1675Lavaltrie New FranceQuebecCanada[19]
1676Contrecoeur New FranceQuebecCanada[25]
1676Loretteville New FranceQuebecCanada[19] Merged with Quebec City in 2002.
1677Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue New FranceQuebecCanada[19][25]
1677Crosswicks British AmericaNew JerseyUnited StatesSettled by Quakers
1678La Pocatière New FranceQuebecCanada[19]
1678Montmagny New FranceQuebecCanada[19][25]
1679Lévis New FranceQuebecCanada[25] The first settlement was formerly known as Lauzon, which merged with Lévis in 1989.
1679L'Islet New FranceQuebecCanada[19][25]
1679Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures New FranceQuebecCanada[19]
1680Ysleta New SpainTexasUnited States
1680South Orange British AmericaNew JerseyUnited StatesExpanded from Newark (later Orange)
1680Creve Coeur New FranceIllinoisUnited States[44] Originally Fort Crevecoeur, later Fort Clark (1813).[45]
1681Baie-Saint-Paul New FranceQuebecCanada[19][25]
1681Berthierville New FranceQuebecCanada

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1681Cockburn Town British AmericaTurks and Caicos IslandsUnited Kingdom
1681Bridgewater Township British AmericaNew JerseyUnited States
1681Saint-François New FranceQuebecCanada[25] Integrated into Laval in 1965.
1682 Moorestown British America New Jersey United States
1682 Philadelphia British America Pennsylvania United States
1682Norfolk British AmericaVirginiaUnited States
1683Dover British AmericaDelawareUnited States
1683Lachenaie New FranceQuebecCanada[19] In 2001, Lachenaie merged with Terrebonne.
1682Rivière-du-Loup New FranceQuebecCanada[19]
1684Bécancour New FranceQuebecCanada

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1686Arkansas Post New FranceArkansasUnited States
1687New Britain British AmericaConnecticutUnited States
1687Rivière-des-Prairies New FranceQuebecCanada[25] Now part of the Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles borough of Montreal.
1690Oka New FranceQuebecCanada[19]
1693Glastonbury British AmericaConnecticutUnited StatesSettled 1636; incorporated in 1693 as Glassenbury. Known as Glastenbury from about 1785 to 1870.)[46]
1693Kingston British AmericaKingstonJamaica
1694Newark British AmericaDelawareUnited States
1694Santa Cruz New SpainNew MexicoUnited States
1695Nassau British AmericaNew ProvidenceBahamas
1696Rimouski New FranceQuebecCanada
1696Sault-au-Récollet New FranceQuebecCanada[19] Now part of the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough of Montreal
1698Pensacola New SpainFloridaUnited StatesFounded by Don Tristán de Luna y Arellano in 1559; abandoned in 1561. Permanently established in 1698.
1700Mascouche New FranceQuebecCanada[25]
1701Detroit New FranceMichiganUnited StatesFounded in 1701 as Fort Détroit by the French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
1701Dracut British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States
1701Nicolet New FranceQuebecCanada[19]
1702Le Moyne New FranceAlabamaUnited StatesFounded as Fort Louis de la Louisiane by France; abandoned in 1711.
1703Amherst British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States
1703Kaskaskia New FranceIllinoisUnited States
1703Saint-Sulpice New FranceQuebecCanada[25]
1705Bath British AmericaNorth CarolinaUnited StatesOldest incorporated town in North Carolina
1706Albuquerque New SpainNew MexicoUnited States
1709Chihuahua New SpainChihuahuaMexico
1710Chatham British AmericaNew JerseyUnited StatesLand purchased in 1680.
1710New Bern British AmericaNorth CarolinaUnited StatesSettled by German-Swiss immigrants.
1711Mobile New FranceAlabamaUnited StatesLe Moyne relocated to Mobile. From 1702 to 1711, it was the French colonial capital of La Louisiane.[47]
1711Needham British AmericaMassachusettsUnited States
1711Pointe-Claire New FranceQuebecCanada[25]
1711Beaufort British AmericaSouth CarolinaUnited States
1714Natchitoches New FranceLouisianaUnited StatesOldest settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
1714Freehold British AmericaNew JerseyUnited StatesOriginally known as Monmouth Courthouse, the site of the Battle of Monmouth
1715 (prior to)Kekionga British AmericaIndianaUnited StatesCapital of the Miami people
1715Les Cèdres New FranceQuebecCanada[19]
1716Kahnawake New FranceQuebecCanada[19][25] Homeland of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha (1656–1680).
1716Nacogdoches New SpainTexasUnited StatesSpanish mission established in an older Caddo village.[48]
1716Natchez New FranceMississippiUnited StatesDates to the founding of Fort Rosalie by the French.[49]
1716Georgetown British AmericaMaineUnited StatesOriginally the present-day West Bath, Bath, Phippsburg, Arrowsic, Georgetown and part of Woolwich
1717L'Assomption New FranceQuebecCanada[19] Settled 1647
1717Ouiatenon New FranceIndianaUnited States
1718New Orleans New FranceLouisianaUnited States
1718San Antonio New SpainTexasUnited States
1719Longue-Pointe New FranceQuebecCanada[19] Now part of Montreal
1719Trenton British AmericaNew JerseyUnited States
1720Saint-Laurent New FranceQuebecCanada[19][25] Merged with Montreal in 2002.
1720Biloxi New FranceMississippiUnited StatesFounded as Fort Louis by France.
1721Baton Rouge New FranceLouisianaUnited States
1721Cortazar New SpainGuanajuatoMexico
1721Saint-Jean-Port-Joli New FranceQuebecCanada[19]
1722Prairie Du Rocher New FranceIllinoisUnited States
1722Louiseville New FranceQuebecCanada[19]
1723Beaufort British AmericaNorth CarolinaUnited States
1723Terrebonne New FranceQuebecCanada[19]
1725Concord British AmericaNew HampshireUnited States
1728Fredericksburg British AmericaVirginiaUnited States
1728Nuuk Denmark-NorwaySermersooqGreenland
1729Baltimore British AmericaMarylandUnited States
1729 Lancaster British America Pennsylvania United States
1729Pabos New FranceQuebecCanada[19] Now part of Chandler.
1729Georgetown British AmericaSouth CarolinaUnited States
1730New Brunswick British AmericaNew JerseyUnited States
1732Lanoraie New FranceQuebecCanada[19]
1732Vincennes New FranceIndianaUnited States
1732Camden British AmericaSouth CarolinaUnited States
1732Kingstree British AmericaSouth CarolinaUnited States
1733Richmond British AmericaVirginiaUnited States[50]
1733Saint-Vincent-de-Paul New FranceQuebecCanada[25] Integrated into Laval in 1965.
1733Savannah British AmericaGeorgiaUnited States
1733Wilmington British AmericaNorth CarolinaUnited StatesFounded as "New Carthage" in 1733, renamed Wilmington in 1740
1735Ste. Genevieve New FranceMissouriUnited StatesFrench colonial settlement; oldest continually-inhabited settlement in Missouri
1736Châteauguay New FranceQuebecCanada[25]
1736Gorham British AmericaMaineUnited States
1736Augusta British AmericaGeorgiaUnited States[51][52]
1736Darien British AmericaGeorgiaUnited States
1736Fort Frederica British AmericaGeorgiaUnited StatesBuilt by the British, abandoned about 1774
1738Pointe-du-Lac New FranceQuebecCanada[25] Merged with Trois-Rivières in 2002.
1738Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce New FranceQuebecCanada[19][25]
1739Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu New FranceQuebecCanada[19][25]
1739Fort Assumption New FranceTennesseeUnited StatesBuilt by France in 1739 and abandoned in 1740
1740Belén New SpainNew MexicoUnited States
1740L'Île-Perrot and Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot New FranceQuebecCanada[19]
1740Cheraw British AmericaSouth CarolinaUnited States
1741Bethlehem British AmericaPennsylvaniaUnited States
1741Sainte-Geneviève and Pierrrefonds New FranceQuebecCanada[19][25] Merged with Montreal in 2002.
1742Les Écureuils New FranceQuebecCanada[19][25] Now Donnacona
1745Sainte-Marie New FranceQuebecCanada[25]
1745Sainte-Rose New FranceQuebecCanada[25] Integrated into Laval in 1965.
1746Saint-Henri New FranceQuebecCanada[19]
1746Merrimack British AmericaNew HampshireUnited States
1748Petersburg British AmericaVirginiaUnited States
1749Alexandria British AmericaVirginiaUnited States
1749Goliad New SpainTexasUnited StatesExpanded from Presidio La Bahía
1749Port-au-Prince French West IndiesOuestHaiti
1749Halifax British AmericaNova ScotiaCanada
1750Erie New FrancePennsylvaniaUnited StatesExpanded from the French Fort Presque Isle.
1750Rock Island British AmericaIllinoisUnited StatesOriginally the Native American Saukenuk[53]
1751Carlisle British AmericaPennsylvaniaUnited States
1751Georgetown British AmericaMarylandUnited 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 Trampas New SpainNew MexicoUnited States
1752Portsmouth British AmericaVirginiaUnited States
1752Akwesasne New FranceNew York, Ontario, QuebecCanada, United States[19] First known as Saint-Régis.
1752Saint-Constant New FranceQuebecCanada[19][25]
1753Saint-Philippe New FranceQuebecCanada[25]
1754Augusta British AmericaMaineUnited States
1754Pittsburgh New FrancePennsylvaniaUnited StatesExpanded from the French Fort Duquesne; replaced by the British Fort Pitt in 1758.
1755Laredo New SpainTexasUnited States
1755Charlotte British AmericaNorth CarolinaUnited States
1757Saint-Hyacinthe New FranceQuebecCanada[19]
1761Charlottesville British AmericaVirginiaUnited States
1762Shepherdstown British AmericaWest VirginiaUnited StatesOriginally known as Mecklenburg.
1762Allentown British AmericaPennsylvaniaUnited StatesIncorporated as Northamptontown.
1763St. Louis New FranceMissouriUnited StatesOldest American City West of the Mississippi River [citation needed]
1763Burlington British AmericaVermontUnited States
1764Amherst British AmericaNova ScotiaCanada
1764Charlottetown British AmericaPrince Edward IslandCanada
1764 Opelousas New France Louisiana United States
1765Saint-Martinville New FranceLouisianaUnited States[54][full citation needed]
1765St. Charles New FranceMissouriUnited States
1766Moncton British AmericaNew BrunswickCanada
1766Vergennes British AmericaVermontUnited States
1768Beloeil British AmericaQuebecCanada[25]
1768L'Acadie British AmericaQuebecCanada[19] Merged with Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in 2001.
1768New Smyrna Beach British AmericaFloridaUnited StatesA Scottish entrepreneur established a colony of 1,225 immigrants in the largest colonization attempt in the US.[55]
1768Saint-Eustache British AmericaQuebecCanada[19][25]
1769San Diego New SpainCaliforniaUnited StatesExpanded from the Presidio of San Diego.
1769Ninety Six British AmericaSouth CarolinaUnited States
1770Monterey New SpainCaliforniaUnited StatesExpanded from Presidio of Monterey; original capital of California[56]
1770San Blas New SpainNayaritMexicoSpanish Naval Department headquarters[57]
1771Brunswick British AmericaGeorgiaUnited States
1772 Ellicott City British America Maryland United States
1772Morgantown British AmericaWest VirginiaUnited States
1773 Guatemala City New Spain Guatemala Guatemala
1774Unalaska British AmericaAlaskaUnited StatesOldest Russian settlement on the Aleutian Islands, dating to the 1760s.[58] Permanent trading post established in 1774.[59]
1774Orizaba New SpainVeracruzMexico
1775Tucson New SpainArizonaUnited StatesDate of Spanish presidio
1775Lexington British AmericaKentuckyUnited States
1775Boonesborough British AmericaKentuckyUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Boonesborough, built by Daniel Boone.
1776San Francisco New SpainCaliforniaUnited States
1776Fort Watauga British AmericaTennesseeUnited StatesAbandoned in 1780
1777San Jose New SpainCaliforniaUnited StatesOriginally known as El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, the first town in the Spanish colony of Nueva California (which became Alta California).
1778Louisville United StatesKentuckyUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Nelson, established by George Rogers Clark.
1778West Point United StatesNew YorkUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Clinton.
1779Jonesborough United StatesTennesseeUnited StatesFirst capital of the State of Franklin, in 1784
1779Nashville United StatesTennesseeUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Nashborough.
1781Montpelier United StatesVermontUnited States
1781Los Angeles New SpainCaliforniaUnited States
1783Clarksville United ColoniesIndianaUnited States
1783Kingston British AmericaOntarioCanadaFormerly 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.
1784Cornwall British North AmericaOntarioCanadaFounded by a group of United Empire Loyalists led by Lieutenant-Colonel John Johnson.[60]
1784Frenchtown New FranceMichiganUnited StatesFourth French settlement in Michigan.
1785Harrisburg United StatesPennsylvaniaUnited States
1785Asheville United StatesNorth CarolinaUnited States
1785Dubuque New FranceIowaUnited StatesOldest city in Iowa, and one of the oldest European settlements west of the Mississippi River.[61]
1785Fredericton British AmericaNew BrunswickCanada
1785Sydney British North AmericaNova ScotiaCanadaFormer capital of the Colony of Cape Breton
1786Columbia United StatesSouth CarolinaUnited States
1786Florissant United StatesMissouriUnited StatesOriginally known as St. Ferdinand.
1786Frankfort United StatesKentuckyUnited States
1786Lynchburg United StatesVirginiaUnited States
1786Portland United StatesMaineUnited States
1786Steubenville United StatesOhioUnited States
1787Spartanburg United StatesSouth CarolinaUnited States
1788Marietta United StatesOhioUnited StatesFirst permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory
1788Cincinnati United StatesOhioUnited States
1788Charleston United StatesWest VirginiaUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Lee[62]
1789 Santa Cruz de Nuca New Spain British Columbia Canada First European settlement in British Columbia; only Spanish settlement in Canada
1790Hamilton British North AmericaBermudaUnited Kingdom
1790Washington United StatesDistrict of ColumbiaUnited States
1790Vicksburg New SpainMississippiUnited StatesExpanded from the Spanish Fort Nogales.
1791Georgetown United StatesDelawareUnited States
1791Santa Cruz New SpainCaliforniaUnited States
1791Monroe New SpainLouisianaUnited StatesOriginally known as Fort Miro[63]
1791Kenai Russian AmericaAlaskaUnited StatesExpanded from the Russian-American Company's Fort St. Nicholas.[64]
1791Knoxville United StatesTennesseeUnited States
1791Bangor United StatesMaineUnited States
1792Kodiak Russian AmericaAlaskaUnited StatesFounded in 1792 by Alexander Baranov as the new site for Three Saints Bay, founded in 1784.[65]
1792Raleigh United StatesNorth CarolinaUnited States
1793Toronto British North AmericaOntarioCanadaFormerly 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.
1793Ancaster British North AmericaOntarioCanadaFounded 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 Wayne United StatesIndianaUnited States
1796Chillicothe United StatesOhioUnited States
1796Cleveland United StatesOhioUnited States
1796Dayton United StatesOhioUnited States
1796Youngstown United StatesOhioUnited States
1797Windsor British North AmericaOntarioCanadaIn 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, Ohio United StatesOhioUnited States
1797Franklinton United StatesOhioUnited StatesAbsorbed by Columbus.
1797Mentor United StatesOhioUnited States
1797Zanesville United StatesOhioUnited States
1797Greenville United StatesSouth CarolinaUnited States
1798Bowling Green United StatesKentuckyUnited States
1798Warren United StatesOhioUnited States
1798Bethel, Ohio United StatesOhioUnited StatesFormerly known as Denham Town, founded by Obed Denham.
1799Hudson United StatesOhioUnited States
1799Potosi United StatesMissouriUnited States
1799Elizabethton United StatesTennesseeUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Watauga which was abandoned
1799Ravenna United StatesOhioUnited States
1799Aurora United StatesOhioUnited States
1799Sitka Russian AmericaAlaskaUnited StatesOriginal capital of Alaska; destroyed in 1802, reestablished in 1804.[66]
1800Binghamton United StatesNew YorkUnited StatesFormerly known as Chenango Point; expanded from rural settlements into a planned city[67][68]
1800Buffalo United StatesNew YorkUnited StatesExpanded from four log cabins.[69]
1800Hull British North AmericaQuebecCanadaFormerly known as Wright's Town
1801Athens United StatesGeorgiaUnited StatesNamed after Athens, Greece.
1801Burrville/Clinton United StatesTennesseeUnited StatesRenamed Clinton in 1809
1803Ashtabula United StatesOhioUnited States
1803Chicago United StatesIllinoisUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Dearborn.
1804Stow United StatesOhioUnited States
1804Milledgeville United StatesGeorgiaUnited States
1805Huntsville United StatesAlabamaUnited States
1807Prince George British North AmericaBritish ColumbiaCanadaExpanded from the fur-trading post of Fort George, established by the North West Company.[70]
1810Manchester United StatesNew HampshireUnited States
1810San Bernardino New SpainCaliforniaUnited States
1811Astoria United StatesOregonUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Astoria, founded by the Pacific Fur Company.[71]
1811Murfreesboro United StatesTennesseeUnited StatesOriginally named Cannonsburgh; state capital from 1818 to 1826.
1812Columbus United StatesOhioUnited States
1812Kamloops British North AmericaBritish 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.[72]
1815Hamilton British North AmericaOntarioCanadaGeorge Hamilton, a settler and local politician, established a town site in the northern portion Barton Township after the war in 1815.
1815Pickerington United StatesOhioUnited States
1815Jonesboro United StatesArkansas

United States
1816Chattanooga United StatesTennesseeUnited StatesOriginally named Ross's Landing.
1816Cambridge British North AmericaOntarioCanadaOriginally 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
1816Saginaw United StatesMichiganUnited States
1817Fort Smith United StatesArkansasUnited States
1817Milan United StatesOhioUnited States
1818Pontiac United 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.
1818Medina United StatesOhioUnited States
1818Columbia United StatesMissouriUnited States
1818 Jim Thorpe United States Pennsylvania United States Formerly known as Mauch Chunk and burial place of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe
1819Memphis United StatesTennesseeUnited StatesExpanded from the 1739 French Fort de l'Assomption which was not resettled for 79 years
1819Chapel Hill United StatesNorth CarolinaUnited States
1819Montgomery United StatesAlabamaUnited StatesExpanded from the 1540 French settlement, Fort Toulouse.
1819Springfield United StatesIllinoisUnited States
1819Tuscaloosa United StatesAlabamaUnited States
1820South Bend United StatesIndianaUnited StatesFormerly named Big St. Joseph Station.
1820Oliver's Grove United StatesMinnesotaUnited StatesNear the confluence of the Mississippi, St. Croix, and Vermillion Rivers; established as a trading post and a military detachment from Fort Snelling.
1821Alexandria British North AmericaBritish ColumbiaCanadaExpended from the fur-trading post of Fort Alexandria, founded by the North West Company.[73]
1821Bridgeport United StatesConnecticutUnited States
1821Little Rock United StatesArkansasUnited States
1821Indianapolis United StatesIndianaUnited States
1822 Jacksonville United States Florida United States
1822Jackson United StatesMississippiUnited States
1823Peoria United StatesIllinoisUnited States[44] Founded as Peoria in 1823.[45]
1823Tampa United StatesFloridaUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Brooke.
1824Ann Arbor United StatesMichiganUnited States
1824Tallahassee United StatesFloridaUnited States
1824Victoria First Mexican RepublicTexasUnited States
1825Akron United StatesOhioUnited States
1825Vancouver United StatesWashingtonUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Vancouver.[74]
1825Grand Rapids United StatesMichiganUnited States
1825Irapuato First Mexican RepublicGuanajuatoMexico
1826London British North AmericaOntarioCanada
1826Ottawa British North AmericaOntarioCanadaOriginally known as Bytown.
1826Wabasha United StatesMinnesotaUnited StatesOldest city in Minnesota
1827Gonzales United StatesTexasUnited StatesFounded in 1825, abandoned shortly after, refounded in 1827
1827Mineral Point United StatesWisconsinUnited StatesThird-oldest city in Wisconsin
1827Guelph British North AmericaOntarioCanada
1827Oakville British North AmericaOntarioCanada
1827St. Andrews United StatesFloridaUnited StatesNow part of Panama City
1827Langley British North AmericaBritish ColumbiaCanada
1828Key West United StatesFloridaUnited States
1828Columbus United StatesGeorgiaUnited States
1829Oregon City United StatesOregonUnited States
1829Bainbridge United StatesGeorgiaUnited States
1833Milwaukee United StatesWisconsinUnited States
1833Kitchener British North AmericaOntarioCanadaFormerly Berlin; renamed in 1916.
1835Austin Centralist Republic of MexicoTexasUnited States
1835Kenosha United StatesWisconsinUnited StatesOriginally named Southport; renamed in 1850.
1836Shreveport United StatesLouisianaUnited States
1836Madison United StatesWisconsinUnited States
1836Tulsa United StatesOklahomaUnited States
1837Lansing United StatesMichiganUnited States
1837Houston Republic of TexasTexasUnited States
1837Oxford United StatesMississippiUnited States
1837Toledo United StatesOhioUnited States
1839Sacramento MexicoCaliforniaUnited States
1841Dallas Republic of TexasTexasUnited States
1841Racine United StatesWisconsinUnited States
1843Atlanta United StatesGeorgiaUnited States
1843Des Moines United StatesIowaUnited States
1843Victoria British North AmericaBritish ColumbiaCanadaIncorporated in 1862.
1844Chagrin Falls United StatesOhioUnited States
1845Portland United StatesOregonUnited States
1847Brantford United StatesOntarioCanadaOriginally known as Brant's Ford.
1847Salt Lake City United StatesUtahUnited StatesOriginally known as Great Salt Lake City.
1847Harrisburg United StatesIllinoisUnited States
1848Mesilla MexicoNew MexicoUnited States
1849Las Cruces MexicoNew MexicoUnited States
1849Provo United StatesUtahUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Utah.
1850Kansas City United StatesMissouriUnited StatesOriginally named Kansas.
1850Phoenix United StatesOregonUnited States
1851La Crosse United StatesWisconsinUnited States [75]
1851Seattle United StatesWashingtonUnited States[76]
1852Oakland United StatesCaliforniaUnited States
1852Roanoke United StatesVirginiaUnited Statesfounded in 1852 as Big Lick, renamed Roanoke in 1884
1854Gainesville United StatesFloridaUnited States
1854Omaha United StatesNebraskaUnited States
1854Saint Paul United StatesMinnesotaUnited States
1854Topeka United StatesKansasUnited States
1854Versailles United StatesMissouriUnited States
1855Champaign United StatesIllinoisUnited StatesOriginally named West Urbana.
1856College Park United StatesMarylandUnited States
1856Lincoln United StatesNebraskaUnited StatesOriginally named Lancaster.
1856O'Fallon United StatesMissouriUnited States
1857Appleton United StatesWisconsinUnited States
1858Carson City United StatesNevadaUnited States
1858Denver United StatesColoradoUnited States
1858New Westminster British North AmericaBritish ColumbiaCanada
1859Olympia United StatesWashingtonUnited States
1862Boise United StatesIdahoUnited States
1862Prince Albert British North AmericaSaskatchewanCanadaOriginally known as Isbister's Settlement.
1864Salinas United StatesCaliforniaUnited States[77]
1865Sioux Falls United StatesSouth DakotaUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Dakota.
1867Cheyenne United StatesWyomingUnited States
1867Minneapolis United StatesMinnesotaUnited States
1867Vancouver British North AmericaBritish ColumbiaCanadaOriginally known as Gastown.
1868Phoenix United StatesArizonaUnited States
1870Wichita United StatesKansasUnited States
1871Birmingham United StatesAlabamaUnited States
1871Longmont United StatesColoradoUnited StatesOriginally formed as the Chicago-Colorado Colony.
1871Colorado Springs United StatesColoradoUnited StatesOriginally named Fountain Colony.
1871Fargo United StatesNorth DakotaUnited StatesOriginally named Centralia.
1872Anniston United StatesAlabamaUnited States
1873Winnipeg CanadaManitobaCanadaFormerly 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.
1874Pasadena United StatesCaliforniaUnited States
1875Orlando United StatesFloridaUnited States
1877Billings United StatesMontanaUnited States
1881Brandon CanadaManitobaCanada
1882 Regina British North America Saskatchewan Canada
1883 Saskatoon British North America Saskatchewan Canada
1884Calgary British North AmericaAlbertaCanadaFormerly known as Fort Calgary. In 1875, Fort Brisebois was established, after the outpost's first commander. It was renamed Fort Calgary in June 1876.
1885Ruston United StatesLouisianaUnited States
1886Nelson CanadaBritish ColumbiaCanada
1886Takoma Park United StatesMarylandUnited States
1887Gulfport United StatesMississippiUnited States
1889Clemson United StatesSouth CarolinaUnited StatesOriginally known as Calhoun.
1889Norman United StatesOklahomaUnited States
1889Oklahoma City United StatesOklahomaUnited States
1889Tijuana MexicoBaja CaliforniaMexicoTijuana derives from the Kumeyaay Tiwan ("by the sea")
1890Lethbridge British North AmericaAlbertaCanadaFormerly 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.
1892Edmonton British North AmericaAlbertaCanadaFormerly 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 United States Virginia United States
1893Kamloops CanadaBritish ColumbiaCanadaFrom the Shuswap Tk'emlups ("meeting of the waters")
1894Yorkton British North AmericaSaskatchewanCanadaIn 1882, a group of businessmen and investors formed the York Farmers Colonization Company.
1894Palo Alto United StatesCaliforniaUnited States
1894Tempe United StatesArizonaUnited States
1896Dawson City British North AmericaYukonCanadaCapital of the Yukon Territory until 1952
1896Miami United StatesFloridaUnited States
1896State College United StatesPennsylvaniaUnited States
1899 Estevan British North America 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.
1905Cranbrook CanadaBritish ColumbiaCanada
1903 Moose Jaw British North America Saskatchewan Canada In 1882, settlement began there and the city was incorporated in 1903.
1903 Swift Current British North America 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.
1905Las Vegas United StatesNevadaUnited States
1906Virginia Beach United StatesVirginiaUnited States
1906North Battleford CanadaSaskatchewanCanadaIn 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 Pas CanadaManitobaCanadaExpanded from Fort Paskoyac.
1914Anchorage United StatesAlaskaUnited States
1915Prince George CanadaBritish ColumbiaCanadaExpanded from Fort George.
1916 Truth Or Consequences United States New Mexico United States Originally named Hot Springs.
1934Yellowknife CanadaNorthwest TerritoriesCanada
1942Iqaluit CanadaNunavutCanada
1950Alert CanadaNunavutCanadaWorld's northernmost permanently-inhabited place[78]
1956Corner Brook CanadaNewfoundland and LabradorCanada
1970Cancún MexicoQuintana RooMexicoPlanned balneario
2002Gatineau CanadaQuebecCanadaFormed by merging five cities, including Hull.

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