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 Guatemala Guatemala
1400 BC Teopantecuanitlan Guerrero Mexico
1400 BC Nakbe Petén Guatemala
1200 BC San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán Veracruz Mexico
1200 BC La Venta Veracruz Mexico
1150 BC Etlatongo Oaxaca Mexico
1000 BC Xochitecatl Tlaxcala Mexico
1000 BC Cuicuilco Tlalpan Mexico
1000 BC Tres Zapotes Veracruz Mexico
950 BC Takalik Abaj Retalhuleu Guatemala
950 BC El Mirador Petén Guatemala
950 BC Uaxactun Petén Guatemala
800 BC Zazacatla Morelos Mexico
700 BC Ticul Yucatán Mexico
600 BC Tikal Petén Guatemala
500 BC Monte Albán Oaxaca Mexico
500 BC Cholula Puebla Mexico Possibly the oldest continuously inhabited settlement in the Americas[1]
400 BC Tula Hidalgo Mexico
300 BC Teotihuacan México Mexico In the Valley of Mexico
200 Mitla Oaxaca Mexico
600 Cantona Puebla Mexico
650 Cahokia Illinois United States
874 Reykjavík 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 Yucatán Mexico
1054 Antiguo Cuscatlan La Libertad El Salvador
1100 Oraibi Arizona United States [4]
1144 Acoma Pueblo New Mexico United States Oldest continuously occupied community in the US,[5] known today as Sky City
1325 Tenochtitlan Distrito Federal Mexico Present-day Mexico City
1450 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]
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
1524 Quetzaltenango Viceroyalty of the Indies Guatemala Guatemala
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
1526 Acámbaro Viceroyalty of the Indies Guanajuato Mexico
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
1531 Mazatlán Viceroyalty of the Indies Sinaloa Mexico
1531 Puebla City Viceroyalty of the Indies Puebla Mexico
1531 Culiacán Viceroyalty of the Indies Sinaloa Mexico
1531 Querétaro City Viceroyalty of the Indies Querétaro Mexico
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
1541 Morelia New Spain Michoacán Mexico Known as Valladolid until 1828
1541 Charlesbourg-Royal New France Quebec Canada First French settlement; short-lived
1542 Yuriria New Spain Guanajuato Mexico
1542 Mérida New Spain Yucatán Mexico Founded 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
1573 San Germán New Spain Puerto Rico United States
1575 Saltillo New Spain Coahuila Mexico Oldest post-conquest settlement in northern Mexico[11]
1575 Aguascalientes New Spain Aguascalientes Mexico
1576 León New Spain Guanajuato Mexico
1583 Harbour Grace[12] British America Newfoundland and Labrador Canada First permanent English settlement in North America
1585 Roanoke Colony British America North Carolina United States Settlers 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
1603 Salamanca New Spain Guanajuato Mexico
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.
1604 L'Île-aux-Marins New France Saint Pierre and Miquelon France Settled 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
1607 Santa Fe New Spain New Mexico United States Oldest continuously inhabited state capital in the US
1608 Québec New France Quebec Canada Originally settled by Jacques Cartier in 1535, who abandoned it in 1536. He returned in 1541, but abandoned the site again. Samuel de Champlain established a permanent settlement on July 3–4, 1608. Only completely-garrison-walled city north of Mexico
1610 Cupids British America Newfoundland and Labrador Canada Oldest continuously occupied English settlement in Canada
1610 Hampton British America Virginia United States Oldest continuously occupied English settlement in the United States
1610 Kecoughtan British America Virginia United States
1611 Henricus British America Virginia United States
1612 St. George's British America St. George Bermuda Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Bermuda
1613 Newport News, Virginia British America Virginia United States
1614 Albany New Netherland New York United States Oldest European settlement in New York State, founded as Fort Nassau and renamed Fort Orange in 1623. First Dutch settlement in North America
1615 Taos New Spain New Mexico United States
1620 Plymouth British America Massachusetts United States Oldest town in New England and Massachusetts. Settled by Pilgrims from the Mayflower.
1622 Weymouth British America Massachusetts United States The Wessagusset Colony, resettled and renamed in 1623
1623 Dover British America New Hampshire United States Oldest settlement in New Hampshire.
1623 Gloucester British America Massachusetts United States Abandoned in 1629, but quickly resettled.
1623 Eliot British America Maine United States Part of Kittery until 1810
1624 Chelsea British America Massachusetts United States
1624 Fort Wilhelmus New Netherland New Jersey United States Short-lived factorij on what is now Burlington Island in Delaware River
1624 Fort Orange New Netherland New York United States Dutch factorij which grew to become the Capital District around Albany
1624 New Amsterdam New Netherland New York United States Present-day New York City. First settled 1624 on Governors Island, followed by Manhattan the following year.
1625 Merrymount British America Massachusetts United States Now Quincy, Massachusetts
1626 Salem British America Massachusetts United States
1626 Socorro British America New Mexico United States Originally founded as Nuestra Señora de Perpetuo Socorro; abandoned in 1680 after the Pueblo Revolt, and resettled in 1815.
1626 Fort Nassau New Netherland New Jersey United States A Dutch factorij on Big Timber Creek near what is now Gloucester City
1627 Duxbury British America Massachusetts United States
1627 Scituate British America Massachusetts United States
1627 Basseterre French West Indies Saint Kitts Saint Kitts and Nevis
1628 Bridgetown British America Saint Michael Barbados
1629 Marblehead British America Massachusetts United States First naval stronghold of the colonies
1629 Lynn British America Massachusetts United States Founded as Saugus, but different from Saugus, Massachusetts.
1629 Charlestown British America Massachusetts United States Now a neighborhood in Boston
1630 Portsmouth British America New Hampshire United States First known as Strawbery Banke.
1630 Pavonia New Netherland New Jersey United States First Dutch patroonship in New Jersey, now part of Jersey City
1630 Medford British America Massachusetts United States
1630 Watertown British America Massachusetts United States
1630 Dorchester British America Massachusetts United States Now a neighborhood in Boston
1630 Boston British America Massachusetts United States
1630 Roxbury British America Massachusetts United States Later 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]
1631 Saco British America Maine United States Settled as Winter Harbor.
1631 South Berwick British America Maine United States Settled by sailors from the Pied Cow who landed at the confluence of the Salmon Falls and Great Works Rivers
1631 Lewes British America Delaware United States Purchased in 1629 and settled as the short-lived Dutch Zwaanendael Colony in 1631. Because Lewes was Delaware's first town and because Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution, it is known as "the first town in the first state."[citation needed]
1631 Cambridge British America Massachusetts United States [17]
1632 Williamsburg British America Virginia United States
1633 Ipswich British America Massachusetts United States
1632 St. John's British America Antigua Antigua and Barbuda
1633 Hartford British America Connecticut United States

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

1633 Windsor British America Connecticut United States First English settlement in Connecticut.[18] Founded as Dorchester, renamed in 1637.
1634 Beauport New France Quebec Canada [19] Became a borough of Quebec City in January 2002.
1634 Wethersfield British America Connecticut United States Founded as Watertown, renamed in 1637.
1634 Green Bay British America Wisconsin United States
1634 St. Mary's City British America Maryland United States The original settlement was the fourth oldest permanent English settlement in the United States.
1634 Trois-Rivières New France Quebec Canada
1634 Willemstad Netherlands Curaçao Kingdom of the Netherlands Formerly 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]
1635 Concord British America Massachusetts United States
1635 Newbury British America Massachusetts United States
1636 Springfield British America Massachusetts United States The 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.
1636 Providence British America Rhode Island United States Oldest settlement in Rhode Island, founded by Roger Williams.
1637 Taunton British America Massachusetts United States

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1637 Sandwich British America Massachusetts United States Oldest town on Cape Cod[23]
1638 Rowley British America Massachusetts United States

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1638 Portsmouth British America Rhode Island United States Founded by Anne Hutchinson
1638 Exeter British America New Hampshire United States One of the four original towns of New Hampshire. Revolutionary War capital of New Hampshire, and site of the ratification of the first state constitution in the North American colonies in January 1776.
1638 Hampton British America New Hampshire United States Founded by Stephen Bachiler; first known as Winnicunnet.
1638 Sillery New France Quebec Canada [25] Now part of Quebec City
1638 Swedesboro British America New Jersey United States Nucleus of the New Sweden colony along the Delaware River into Pennsylvania and Delaware
1638 New Haven British America Connecticut United States

[26]

1638 Sainte-Foy New France Quebec Canada [19] Merged with the City of Québec in 2002.
1638 Wilmington British America Delaware United States Grew from Fort Christina, part of the New Sweden colony; originally called Willington
Before 1639 St. Marks New Spain Florida United States Founded by the Viceroyalty of New Spain as San Marcos de Apalache.[27]
1639 Guilford British America Connecticut United States The Quinnipiac village of Menunkatuck predated English settlement.
1639 Stratford British America Connecticut United States [28]
1639 Milford British America Connecticut United States
1639 Newport British America Rhode Island United States
1639 Sudbury British America Massachusetts United States
1640 Southampton British America New York United States
1640 Farmington British America Connecticut United States Founded as Tunxis
1640 Braintree British America Massachusetts United States First settled in 1625 as Merrymount, resettled and incorporated in 1640.[29]
1640 Woburn British America Massachusetts United States First settled in 1640, incorporated in 1642.[30]
1641 Haverhill British America Massachusetts United States First settled in 1640, incorporated in 1641.
1642 Maspeth New Netherland New York United States
1642 Ville-Marie (Montréal) New France Quebec Canada
1642 Lexington British America Massachusetts United States [31]
1642 Sorel New France Quebec Canada [19][25] Present-day Sorel-Tracy
1642 Warwick British America Rhode Island United States
1643 Basse-Terre French West Indies Guadeloupe France Territorial capital
1643 Dolores Hidalgo New Spain Guanajuato Mexico
1643 Guilford British America Connecticut United States [28]
1643 Rehoboth British America Massachusetts United States Settled 1636, incorporated 1643
1644 Hull British America Massachusetts United States [32]
1644 Longmeadow British America Massachusetts United States Incorporated October 17, 1783.
1644 Branford British America Connecticut United States Originally Brentford
1644 Salvatierra New Spain Guanajuato Mexico
1645 Vlissingen New Netherland New York United States Present-day Flushing
1646 Andover British America Massachusetts United States The original Andover, founded by Simon and Anne Bradstreet and the Barker, Osgood, Stevens, Woodbridge and other families, split into two towns on April 7, 1855.
1646 Château-Richer New France Quebec Canada [33]
1646 New London British America Connecticut United States Founded as Faire Harbour
1647 Kittery British America Maine United States Oldest incorporated town in Maine[34]
1647 La Prairie New France Quebec Canada [19] Founded as a mission by the Jesuits in 1647. The first parish was founded in 1667.
1647 Spanish Wells British America Eleuthera Bahamas
1649 Annapolis British America Maryland United States
1650 Saint-Ours New France Quebec Canada [19]
1650 Kingston New Netherland New York United States Settled by the Dutch as Esopus, renamed in 1664 by the English.
1651 Cap-de-la-Madeleine New France Quebec Canada

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

1651 Medfield British America Massachusetts United States [35]
1651 New Castle New Netherland Delaware United States Site of Tomakonck, a former native village. Settled by the Dutch as Fort Casimir; renamed New Amstel in 1654.
1651 Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré New France Quebec Canada [19][25]
1652 Natick British America Massachusetts United States Founded by John Eliot; its name derives from a Massachusett word meaning "place of hills".
1653 Lancaster British America Massachusetts United States
1654 Northampton British America Massachusetts United States Founded by a group led by William Houlton and John King.
1654 Pelham British America New York United States Founded by Thomas Pell, who purchased 9,000 acres (14 sq mi) from the Siwanoy tribe and received a land grant from the English crown.
1655 Cap-Saint-Ignace New France Quebec Canada [25]
1655 Chelmsford British America Massachusetts United States Founded by settlers from Concord.
1655 Groton British America Massachusetts United States
1655 Billerica British America Massachusetts United States
1657 Longueuil New France Quebec Canada [19]
1658 Harlem British America New York United States
1659 Norwichtown British America Connecticut United States Consolidated with the city of Norwich in 1952.
1659 Assonet British America Massachusetts United States Incorporated 1683
1659 Hadley British America Massachusetts United States Founded by a group led by John Russell and Nathaniel Dickinson.
1659 Ciudad Juárez New Spain Chihuahua Mexico
1660 Bergen British America New Jersey United States First chartered settlement in New Jersey, at Bergen Square, now part of Jersey City
1660 Placentia New France Newfoundland and Labrador Canada French capital until 1713, originally known as Plaisance
1660 Rye British America New York United States
1660 Wrentham British America Massachusetts United States Separated from Dedham 1660. Incorporated 1673
1661 Schenectady British America New York United States
1662 Uxbridge British America Massachusetts United States
1664 L'Ange-Gardien New France Quebec Canada [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]
1665 Chambly New France Quebec Canada [19]
1665 Port-de-Paix French West Indies Nord-Ouest Haiti
1666 Charlesbourg New France Quebec Canada [19][25] Became a borough of Quebec City in 2002.
1666 Newark British America New Jersey United States
1666 Piscatawaytown British America New Jersey United States The village within the Township of Piscataway, now part of Edison
1666 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu New France Quebec Canada [19][25] Expanded from Fort Saint-Jean.
1667 Boucherville New France Quebec Canada

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1667 Mendon British America Massachusetts United States Netmocke Plantation, 1662
1668 Amesbury British America Massachusetts United States
1668 Saint-Nicolas New France Quebec Canada [19] Merged with Lévis in 2002.
1668 Sault Ste. Marie New France Ontario Canada In 1668, French Jesuit missionaries renamed it as Sault Sainte-Marie, and established a mission settlement (present-day Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan) on the river's south bank. Later, a fur trading post was established and the settlement expanded to include both sides of the river. Sault Ste. Marie is one of the oldest French settlements in North America.
1668 Sault Ste. Marie New France Michigan United States [37] Oldest city in Michigan
1668 Elizabethtown British America New Jersey United States designated the first capital of New Jersey by the British[38]
1669 Neuville New France Quebec Canada [25]
1669 Westfield British America Massachusetts United States [39]
1669 Middleborough British America Massachusetts United States [40]
1670 Charleston British America South Carolina United States
1670 Repentigny New France Quebec Canada [19]
1670 Wallingford British America Connecticut United States [41]
1670 Hatfield British America Massachusetts United 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.
1672 Varennes New France Quebec Canada [19]
1672 Verchères New France Quebec Canada [19]
1673 L'Ancienne-Lorette New France Quebec Canada [19]
1673 Worcester, Massachusetts British America Massachusetts United States Incorporated as a city in 1848.
1673 Prairie du Chien New France Wisconsin United States Founded on June 17, 1673, by French Pioneers.[43]
1674 Pointe-aux-Trembles New France Quebec Canada [25] Now part of Montreal.
1674 Waterbury British America Connecticut United States
1674 Deerfield British America Massachusetts United States
1675 Lachine New France Quebec Canada [19][25] Merged into Montreal in 2002.
1675 Lavaltrie New France Quebec Canada [19]
1676 Contrecoeur New France Quebec Canada [25]
1676 Loretteville New France Quebec Canada [19] Merged with Quebec City in 2002.
1677 Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue New France Quebec Canada [19][25]
1677 Crosswicks British America New Jersey United States Settled by Quakers
1678 La Pocatière New France Quebec Canada [19]
1678 Montmagny New France Quebec Canada [19][25]
1679 Lévis New France Quebec Canada [25] The first settlement was formerly known as Lauzon, which merged with Lévis in 1989.
1679 L'Islet New France Quebec Canada [19][25]
1679 Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures New France Quebec Canada [19]
1680 Ysleta New Spain Texas United States
1680 South Orange British America New Jersey United States Expanded from Newark (later Orange)
1680 Creve Coeur New France Illinois United States [44] Originally Fort Crevecoeur, later Fort Clark (1813).[45]
1681 Baie-Saint-Paul New France Quebec Canada [19][25]
1681 Berthierville New France Quebec Canada

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1681 Cockburn Town British America Turks and Caicos Islands United Kingdom
1681 Bridgewater Township British America New Jersey United States
1681 Saint-François New France Quebec Canada [25] Integrated into Laval in 1965.
1682 Moorestown British America New Jersey United States
1682 Philadelphia British America Pennsylvania United States
1682 Norfolk British America Virginia United States
1683 Dover British America Delaware United States
1683 Lachenaie New France Quebec Canada [19] In 2001, Lachenaie merged with Terrebonne.
1682 Rivière-du-Loup New France Quebec Canada [19]
1684 Bécancour New France Quebec Canada

[25]

1686 Arkansas Post British America Arkansas United States
1687 New Britain British America Connecticut United States
1687 Rivière-des-Prairies New France Quebec Canada [25] Now part of the Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles borough of Montreal.
1690 Oka New France Quebec Canada [19]
1693 Glastonbury British America Connecticut United States Settled 1636; incorporated in 1693 as Glassenbury. Known as Glastenbury from about 1785 to 1870.)[46]
1693 Kingston British America Kingston Jamaica
1694 Newark British America Delaware United States
1694 Santa Cruz New Spain New Mexico United States
1695 Nassau British America New Providence Bahamas
1696 Rimouski New France Quebec Canada
1696 Sault-au-Récollet New France Quebec Canada [19] Now part of the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough of Montreal
1698 Pensacola New Spain Florida United States Founded by Don Tristán de Luna y Arellano in 1559; abandoned in 1561. Permanently established in 1698.
1700 Mascouche New France Quebec Canada [25]
1701 Detroit New France Michigan United States Founded in 1701 as Fort Détroit by the French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
1701 Dracut British America Massachusetts United States
1701 Nicolet New France Quebec Canada [19]
1702 Le Moyne New France Alabama United States Founded as Fort Louis de la Louisiane by France; abandoned in 1711.
1703 Amherst British America Massachusetts United States
1703 Kaskaskia New France Illinois United States
1703 Saint-Sulpice New France Quebec Canada [25]
1705 Bath British America North Carolina United States Oldest incorporated town in North Carolina
1706 Albuquerque New Spain New Mexico United States
1709 Chihuahua New Spain Chihuahua Mexico
1710 Chatham British America New Jersey United States Land purchased in 1680.
1710 New Bern British America North Carolina United States Settled by German-Swiss immigrants.
1711 Mobile New France Alabama United States Le Moyne relocated to Mobile. From 1702 to 1711, it was the French colonial capital of La Louisiane.[47]
1711 Needham British America Massachusetts United States
1711 Pointe-Claire New France Quebec Canada [25]
1711 Beaufort British America South Carolina United States
1714 Natchitoches New France Louisiana United States Oldest settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
1714 Freehold British America New Jersey United States Originally known as Monmouth Courthouse, the site of the Battle of Monmouth
1715 (prior to) Kekionga British America Indiana United States Capital of the Miami people
1715 Les Cèdres New France Quebec Canada [19]
1716 Kahnawake New France Quebec Canada [19][25] Homeland of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha (1656–1680).
1716 Nacogdoches New Spain Texas United States Spanish mission established in an older Caddo village.[48]
1716 Natchez New France Mississippi United States Dates to the founding of Fort Rosalie by the French.[49]
1716 Georgetown British America Maine United States Originally the present-day West Bath, Bath, Phippsburg, Arrowsic, Georgetown and part of Woolwich
1717 L'Assomption New France Quebec Canada [19] Settled 1647
1717 Ouiatenon New France Indiana United States
1718 New Orleans New France Louisiana United States
1718 San Antonio New Spain Texas United States
1719 Longue-Pointe New France Quebec Canada [19] Now part of Montreal
1719 Trenton British America New Jersey United States
1720 Saint-Laurent New France Quebec Canada [19][25] Merged with Montreal in 2002.
1720 Biloxi New France Mississippi United States Founded as Fort Louis by France.
1721 Baton Rouge New France Louisiana United States
1721 Cortazar New Spain Guanajuato Mexico
1721 Saint-Jean-Port-Joli New France Quebec Canada [19]
1722 Prairie Du Rocher New France Illinois United States
1722 Louiseville New France Quebec Canada [19]
1723 Beaufort British America North Carolina United States
1723 Terrebonne New France Quebec Canada [19]
1725 Concord British America New Hampshire United States
1728 Fredericksburg British America Virginia United States
1728 Nuuk Denmark-Norway Sermersooq Greenland
1729 Baltimore British America Maryland United States
1729 Lancaster British America Pennsylvania United States
1729 Pabos New France Quebec Canada [19] Now part of Chandler.
1729 Georgetown British America South Carolina United States
1730 New Brunswick British America New Jersey United States
1732 Lanoraie New France Quebec Canada [19]
1732 Vincennes New France Indiana United States
1732 Camden British America South Carolina United States
1732 Kingstree British America South Carolina United States
1733 Richmond British America Virginia United States [50]
1733 Saint-Vincent-de-Paul New France Quebec Canada [25] Integrated into Laval in 1965.
1733 Savannah British America Georgia United States
1733 Wilmington British America North Carolina United States Founded as "New Carthage" in 1733, renamed Wilmington in 1740
1735 Ste. Genevieve New France Missouri United States French colonial settlement; oldest continually-inhabited settlement in Missouri
1736 Châteauguay New France Quebec Canada [25]
1736 Gorham British America Maine United States
1736 Augusta British America Georgia United States [51][52]
1736 Darien British America Georgia United States
1736 Fort Frederica British America Georgia United States Built by the British, abandoned about 1774
1738 Pointe-du-Lac New France Quebec Canada [25] Merged with Trois-Rivières in 2002.
1738 Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce New France Quebec Canada [19][25]
1739 Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu New France Quebec Canada [19][25]
1739 Fort Assumption New France Tennessee United States Built by France in 1739 and abandoned in 1740
1740 Belén New Spain New Mexico United States
1740 L'Île-Perrot and Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot New France Quebec Canada [19]
1740 Cheraw British America South Carolina United States
1741 Bethlehem British America Pennsylvania United States
1741 Sainte-Geneviève and Pierrrefonds New France Quebec Canada [19][25] Merged with Montreal in 2002.
1742 Les Écureuils New France Quebec Canada [19][25] Now Donnacona
1745 Sainte-Marie New France Quebec Canada [25]
1745 Sainte-Rose New France Quebec Canada [25] Integrated into Laval in 1965.
1746 Saint-Henri New France Quebec Canada [19]
1746 Merrimack British America New Hampshire United States
1748 Petersburg British America Virginia United States
1749 Alexandria British America Virginia United States
1749 Goliad New Spain Texas United States Expanded from Presidio La Bahía
1749 Port-au-Prince French West Indies Ouest Haiti
1749 Halifax British America Nova Scotia Canada
1750 Erie New France Pennsylvania United States Expanded from the French Fort Presque Isle.
1750 Rock Island British America Illinois United States Originally the Native American Saukenuk[53]
1751 Carlisle British America Pennsylvania United States
1751 Georgetown British America Maryland United States Became part of the District of Columbia when the district was incorporated in 1801. Georgetown and its government were incorporated into the district's government in 1871.
1751 Las Trampas New Spain New Mexico United States
1752 Portsmouth British America Virginia United States
1752 Akwesasne New France New York, Ontario, Quebec Canada, United States [19] First known as Saint-Régis.
1752 Saint-Constant New France Quebec Canada [19][25]
1753 Saint-Philippe New France Quebec Canada [25]
1754 Augusta British America Maine United States
1754 Pittsburgh New France Pennsylvania United States Expanded from the French Fort Duquesne; replaced by the British Fort Pitt in 1758.
1755 Laredo New Spain Texas United States
1755 Charlotte British America North Carolina United States
1757 Saint-Hyacinthe New France Quebec Canada [19]
1761 Charlottesville British America Virginia United States
1762 Shepherdstown British America West Virginia United States Originally known as Mecklenburg.
1762 Allentown British America Pennsylvania United States Incorporated as Northamptontown.
1763 St. Louis New France Missouri United States Oldest American City West of the Mississippi River [citation needed]
1763 Burlington British America Vermont United States
1764 Amherst British America Nova Scotia Canada
1764 Charlottetown British America Prince Edward Island Canada
1764 Opelousas New France Louisiana United States
1765 Saint-Martinville New France Louisiana United States [54][full citation needed]
1765 St. Charles New France Missouri United States
1766 Moncton New France New Brunswick Canada
1766 Vergennes British America Vermont United States
1768 Beloeil New France Quebec Canada [25]
1768 L'Acadie New France Quebec Canada [19] Merged with Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in 2001.
1768 New Smyrna Beach British America Florida United States A Scottish entrepreneur established a colony of 1,225 immigrants in the largest colonization attempt in the US.[55]
1768 Saint-Eustache New France Quebec Canada [19][25]
1769 San Diego New Spain California United States Expanded from the Presidio of San Diego.
1769 Ninety Six British America South Carolina United States
1770 Monterey New Spain California United States Expanded from Presidio of Monterey; original capital of California[56]
1770 San Blas New Spain Nayarit Mexico Spanish Naval Department headquarters[57]
1771 Brunswick British America Georgia United States
1772 Ellicott City British America Maryland United States
1772 Morgantown British America West Virginia United States
1773 Guatemala City New Spain Guatemala Guatemala
1774 Unalaska British America Alaska United States Oldest Russian settlement on the Aleutian Islands, dating to the 1760s.[58] Permanent trading post established in 1774.[59]
1774 Orizaba New Spain Veracruz Mexico
1775 Tucson New Spain Arizona United States Date of Spanish presidio
1775 Lexington British America Kentucky United States
1775 Boonesborough British America Kentucky United States Expanded from Fort Boonesborough, built by Daniel Boone.
1776 San Francisco New Spain California United States
1776 Fort Watauga British America Tennessee United States Abandoned in 1780
1777 San Jose New Spain California United States Originally known as El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, the first town in the Spanish colony of Nueva California (which became Alta California).
1778 Louisville United States Kentucky United States Expanded from Fort Nelson, established by George Rogers Clark.
1778 West Point United States New York United States Expanded from Fort Clinton.
1779 Jonesborough United States Tennessee United States First capital of the State of Franklin, in 1784
1779 Nashville United States Tennessee United States Expanded from Fort Nashborough.
1781 Montpelier United States Vermont United States
1781 Los Angeles New Spain California United States
1783 Clarksville United Colonies Indiana United States
1783 Kingston New France Ontario Canada Formerly known as Fort Frontenac. In 1673, the original fort was built and called Fort Cataraqui. It was later renamed Fort Frontenac. It was abandoned and razed in 1689, then rebuilt in 1695. Due to the various periods of abandonment, Windsor, Ontario, where pre-settlement occurred after Kingston, remains known as the oldest continually inhabited European-founded settlement in Canada west of Montreal. In 1783, to settlement for displaced British colonists, or Loyalists, the British Crown entered into an agreement with the Mississaugas to purchase land east of the Bay of Quinte.
1784 Cornwall British North America Ontario Canada Founded by a group of United Empire Loyalists led by Lieutenant-Colonel John Johnson.[60]
1784 Frenchtown New France Michigan United States Fourth French settlement in Michigan.
1785 Harrisburg United States Pennsylvania United States
1785 Asheville United States North Carolina United States
1785 Dubuque New France Iowa United States Oldest city in Iowa, and one of the oldest European settlements west of the Mississippi River.[61]
1785 Fredericton New France New Brunswick Canada
1785 Sydney British North America Nova Scotia Canada Former capital of the Colony of Cape Breton
1786 Columbia United States South Carolina United States
1786 Florissant United States Missouri United States Originally known as St. Ferdinand.
1786 Frankfort United States Kentucky United States
1786 Lynchburg United States Virginia United States
1786 Portland United States Maine United States
1786 Steubenville United States Ohio United States
1787 Spartanburg United States South Carolina United States
1788 Marietta United States Ohio United States First permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory
1788 Cincinnati United States Ohio United States
1788 Charleston United States West Virginia United States Expanded 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
1790 Hamilton British North America Bermuda United Kingdom
1790 Washington United States District of Columbia United States
1790 Vicksburg New Spain Mississippi United States Expanded from the Spanish Fort Nogales.
1791 Georgetown United States Delaware United States
1791 Santa Cruz New Spain California United States
1791 Monroe New Spain Louisiana United States Originally known as Fort Miro[63]
1791 Kenai Russian America Alaska United States Expanded from the Russian-American Company's Fort St. Nicholas.[64]
1791 Knoxville United States Tennessee United States
1791 Bangor United States Maine United States
1792 Kodiak Russian America Alaska United States Founded in 1792 by Alexander Baranov as the new site for Three Saints Bay, founded in 1784.[65]
1792 Raleigh United States North Carolina United States
1793 Toronto British North America Ontario Canada Formerly known as Fort Toronto. In 1750, Fort Toronto was the second French trading post established in the Humber River area. Fort Toronto, also known as Fort Portneuf, was a French trading post that was located near the mouth of the Humber River in what is now Toronto, Ontario. The first one (known as Magasin Royal or Fort Douville) had been built in 1720 near today's Baby Point, north of the mouth of the Humber River (then known as the Tanaovate River). The French abandoned Magasin Royal by the end of the 1720s, and they did not establish another trading post in the area until the construction of Fort Toronto. Fort Toronto's immediate success in attracting First Nations traders led to the establishment of nearby Fort Rouillé in 1751 until it was destroyed in 1759.
1793 Ancaster British North America Ontario Canada Founded as a town in 1793, it immediately developed itself into one of the first significant and influential early British Upper Canada communities established during the late 18th century eventually amalgamating with the city of Hamilton in 2001.
1794 Fort Wayne United States Indiana United States
1796 Chillicothe United States Ohio United States
1796 Cleveland United States Ohio United States
1796 Dayton United States Ohio United States
1796 Youngstown United States Ohio United States
1797 Windsor British North America Ontario Canada In 1749, a French agricultural settlement was established at the site of Windsor, Ontario. The area was first named la Petite Côte ("Little Coast"—as opposed to the longer coastline on the Detroit side of the river). Later it was called La Côte de Misère ("Poverty Coast") because of the sandy soils near LaSalle. In 1797, after the American Revolution, the settlement of "Sandwich" was established. Windsor was incorporated as a village in 1854, then became a town in 1858, and gained city status in 1892. It is the oldest continually inhabited European-founded settlement in Canada west of Montreal, despite being settled after other areas in the country.
1797 Athens, Ohio United States Ohio United States
1797 Franklinton United States Ohio United States Absorbed by Columbus.
1797 Mentor United States Ohio United States
1797 Zanesville United States Ohio United States
1797 Greenville United States South Carolina United States
1798 Bowling Green United States Kentucky United States
1798 Warren United States Ohio United States
1798 Bethel, Ohio United States Ohio United States Formerly known as Denham Town, founded by Obed Denham.
1799 Hudson United States Ohio United States
1799 Potosi United States Missouri United States
1799 Elizabethton United States Tennessee United States Expanded from Fort Watauga which was abandoned
1799 Ravenna United States Ohio United States
1799 Aurora United States Ohio United States
1799 Sitka Russian America Alaska United States Original capital of Alaska; destroyed in 1802, reestablished in 1804.[66]
1800 Binghamton United States New York United States Formerly known as Chenango Point; expanded from rural settlements into a planned city[67][68]
1800 Buffalo United States New York United States Expanded from four log cabins.[69]
1800 Hull British North America Quebec Canada Formerly known as Wright's Town
1801 Athens United States Georgia United States Named after Athens, Greece.
1801 Burrville/Clinton United States Tennessee United States Renamed Clinton in 1809
1803 Ashtabula United States Ohio United States
1803 Chicago United States Illinois United States Expanded from Fort Dearborn.
1804 Stow United States Ohio United States
1804 Milledgeville United States Georgia United States
1805 Huntsville United States Alabama United States
1807 Prince George British North America British Columbia Canada Expanded from the fur-trading post of Fort George, established by the North West Company.[70]
1810 Manchester United States New Hampshire United States
1810 San Bernardino New Spain California United States
1811 Astoria United States Oregon United States Expanded from Fort Astoria, founded by the Pacific Fur Company.[71]
1811 Murfreesboro United States Tennessee United States Originally named Cannonsburgh; state capital from 1818 to 1826.
1812 Columbus United States Ohio United States
1812 Kamloops British North America British Columbia Canada Expanded from the fur-trading posts of Fort Cumcloups (Fort Kamloops) and Fort She-whaps (Shuswap), founded by the Pacific Fur and North West Companies.[72]
1815 Hamilton British North America Ontario Canada George Hamilton, a settler and local politician, established a town site in the northern portion Barton Township after the war in 1815.
1815 Pickerington United States Ohio United States
1815 Jonesboro United States Arkansas

United States

1816 Chattanooga United States Tennessee United States Originally named Ross's Landing.
1816 Cambridge British North America Ontario Canada Originally named Shades Mill; renamed Galt in 1827. Galt merged with the towns of Preston and Hespeler, the village of Blair and parts of Waterloo township to form Cambridge in 1973. Oldest settled area in the Waterloo Regional Municipality
1816 Saginaw United States Michigan United States
1817 Fort Smith United States Arkansas United States
1817 Milan United States Ohio United States
1818 Pontiac United States Michigan United States Arrival of first settlers in Michigan's first inland settlement; recognized by the state legislature in 1837, and incorporated as a city in 1861.
1818 Medina United States Ohio United States
1818 Columbia United States Missouri United States
1818 Jim Thorpe United States Pennsylvania United States Formerly known as Mauch Chunk and burial place of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe
1819 Memphis United States Tennessee United States Expanded from the 1739 French Fort de l'Assomption which was not resettled for 79 years
1819 Chapel Hill United States North Carolina United States
1819 Montgomery United States Alabama United States Expanded from the 1540 French settlement, Fort Toulouse.
1819 Springfield United States Illinois United States
1819 Tuscaloosa United States Alabama United States
1820 South Bend United States Indiana United States Formerly named Big St. Joseph Station.
1820 Oliver's Grove United States Minnesota United States Near the confluence of the Mississippi, St. Croix, and Vermillion Rivers; established as a trading post and a military detachment from Fort Snelling.
1821 Alexandria British North America British Columbia Canada Expended from the fur-trading post of Fort Alexandria, founded by the North West Company.[73]
1821 Bridgeport United States Connecticut United States
1821 Little Rock United States Arkansas United States
1821 Indianapolis United States Indiana United States
1822 Jacksonville United States Florida United States
1822 Jackson United States Mississippi United States
1823 Peoria United States Illinois United States [44] Founded as Peoria in 1823.[45]
1823 Tampa United States Florida United States Expanded from Fort Brooke.
1824 Ann Arbor United States Michigan United States
1824 Tallahassee United States Florida United States
1824 Victoria First Mexican Republic Texas United States
1825 Akron United States Ohio United States
1825 Vancouver United States Washington United States Expanded from Fort Vancouver.[74]
1825 Grand Rapids United States Michigan United States
1825 Irapuato First Mexican Republic Guanajuato Mexico
1826 London British North America Ontario Canada
1826 Ottawa British North America Ontario Canada Originally known as Bytown.
1826 Wabasha United States Minnesota United States Oldest city in Minnesota
1827 Gonzales United States Texas United States Founded in 1825, abandoned shortly after, refounded in 1827
1827 Mineral Point United States Wisconsin United States Third-oldest city in Wisconsin
1827 Guelph British North America Ontario Canada
1827 Oakville British North America Ontario Canada
1827 St. Andrews United States Florida United States Now part of Panama City
1827 Langley British North America British Columbia Canada
1828 Key West United States Florida United States
1828 Columbus United States Georgia United States
1829 Oregon City United States Oregon United States
1829 Bainbridge United States Georgia United States
1833 Milwaukee United States Wisconsin United States
1833 Kitchener British North America Ontario Canada Formerly Berlin; renamed in 1916.
1835 Austin Centralist Republic of Mexico Texas United States
1835 Kenosha United States Wisconsin United States Originally named Southport; renamed in 1850.
1836 Shreveport United States Louisiana United States
1836 Madison United States Wisconsin United States
1836 Tulsa United States Oklahoma United States
1837 Lansing United States Michigan United States
1837 Houston Republic of Texas Texas United States
1837 Oxford United States Mississippi United States
1837 Toledo United States Ohio United States
1839 Sacramento Mexico California United States
1841 Dallas Republic of Texas Texas United States
1841 Racine United States Wisconsin United States
1843 Atlanta United States Georgia United States
1843 Des Moines United States Iowa United States
1843 Victoria British North America British Columbia Canada Incorporated in 1862.
1844 Chagrin Falls United States Ohio United States
1845 Portland United States Oregon United States
1847 Brantford United States Ontario Canada Originally known as Brant's Ford.
1847 Salt Lake City United States Utah United States Originally known as Great Salt Lake City.
1847 Harrisburg United States Illinois United States
1848 Mesilla Mexico New Mexico United States
1849 Las Cruces Mexico New Mexico United States
1849 Provo United States Utah United States Expanded from Fort Utah.
1850 Kansas City United States Missouri United States Originally named Kansas.
1850 Phoenix United States Oregon United States
1851 La Crosse United States Wisconsin United States [75]
1851 Seattle United States Washington United States [76]
1852 Oakland United States California United States
1852 Roanoke United States Virginia United States founded in 1852 as Big Lick, renamed Roanoke in 1884
1854 Gainesville United States Florida United States
1854 Omaha United States Nebraska United States
1854 Saint Paul United States Minnesota United States
1854 Topeka United States Kansas United States
1854 Versailles United States Missouri United States
1855 Champaign United States Illinois United States Originally named West Urbana.
1856 College Park United States Maryland United States
1856 Lincoln United States Nebraska United States Originally named Lancaster.
1856 O'Fallon United States Missouri United States
1857 Appleton United States Wisconsin United States
1858 Carson City United States Nevada United States
1858 Denver United States Colorado United States
1858 New Westminster British North America British Columbia Canada
1859 Olympia United States Washington United States
1862 Boise United States Idaho United States
1862 Prince Albert British North America Saskatchewan Canada Originally known as Isbister's Settlement.
1864 Salinas United States California United States [77]
1865 Sioux Falls United States South Dakota United States Expanded from Fort Dakota.
1867 Cheyenne United States Wyoming United States
1867 Minneapolis United States Minnesota United States
1867 Vancouver British North America British Columbia Canada Originally known as Gastown.
1868 Phoenix United States Arizona United States
1870 Wichita United States Kansas United States
1871 Birmingham United States Alabama United States
1871 Longmont United States Colorado United States Originally formed as the Chicago-Colorado Colony.
1871 Colorado Springs United States Colorado United States Originally named Fountain Colony.
1871 Fargo United States North Dakota United States Originally named Centralia.
1872 Anniston United States Alabama United States
1873 Winnipeg Canada Manitoba Canada Formerly known as Fort Rouge. In 1738, Fort Rouge was built on the Assiniboine River in Manitoba, Canada, on the site of what is now the city of Winnipeg. Its exact location is unknown. Its name in English means "red fort". The fort seems to have had a primary purpose as a depot and was abandoned by 1749.
1874 Pasadena United States California United States
1875 Orlando United States Florida United States
1877 Billings United States Montana United States
1881 Brandon Canada Manitoba Canada
1882 Regina British North America Saskatchewan Canada
1883 Saskatoon British North America Saskatchewan Canada
1884 Calgary British North America Alberta Canada Formerly known as Fort Calgary. In 1875, Fort Brisebois was established, after the outpost's first commander. It was renamed Fort Calgary in June 1876.
1885 Ruston United States Louisiana United States
1886 Nelson Canada British Columbia Canada
1886 Takoma Park United States Maryland United States
1887 Gulfport United States Mississippi United States
1889 Clemson United States South Carolina United States Originally known as Calhoun.
1889 Norman United States Oklahoma United States
1889 Oklahoma City United States Oklahoma United States
1889 Tijuana Mexico Baja California Mexico Tijuana derives from the Kumeyaay Tiwan ("by the sea")
1890 Lethbridge British North America Alberta Canada Formerly known as Fort Whoop-Up. In 1869, Fort Hamilton was first built near what is now Lethbridge, Alberta. A second, more secure fort was built, which was later nicknamed Fort Whoop-Up.
1892 Edmonton British North America Alberta Canada Formerly known as Fort Edmonton. In 1795, Fort Edmonton was established on the river's north bank as a major trading post for the HBC, near the mouth of the Sturgeon River close to present-day Fort Saskatchewan. Fort Edmonton was the name of a series of trading posts of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) from 1795 to 1914. The fifth and final Fort Edmonton, 1830–1914, was the one that evolved into present-day Edmonton.
1892 Grottoes United States Virginia United States
1893 Kamloops Canada British Columbia Canada From the Shuswap Tk'emlups ("meeting of the waters")
1894 Yorkton British North America Saskatchewan Canada In 1882, a group of businessmen and investors formed the York Farmers Colonization Company.
1894 Palo Alto United States California United States
1894 Tempe United States Arizona United States
1896 Dawson City British North America Yukon Canada Capital of the Yukon Territory until 1952
1896 Miami United States Florida United States
1896 State College United States Pennsylvania United 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.
1905 Cranbrook Canada British Columbia Canada
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.
1905 Las Vegas United States Nevada United States
1906 Virginia Beach United States Virginia United States
1906 North Battleford Canada Saskatchewan Canada In 1875, permanent European settlement started in the area centred around the town of Battleford, and located on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River.
1911 The Pas Canada Manitoba Canada Expanded from Fort Paskoyac.
1914 Anchorage United States Alaska United States
1915 Prince George Canada British Columbia Canada Expanded from Fort George.
1916 Truth Or Consequences United States New Mexico United States Originally named Hot Springs.
1934 Yellowknife Canada Northwest Territories Canada
1942 Iqaluit Canada Nunavut Canada
1950 Alert Canada Nunavut Canada World's northernmost permanently-inhabited place[78]
1956 Corner Brook Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
1970 Cancún Mexico Quintana Roo Mexico Planned balneario
2002 Gatineau Canada Quebec Canada Formed by merging five cities, including Hull.

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