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United States Oldest continuously inhabited English settlement in North America. Founded in 1613 as Bermuda City by Thomas Dale. 1614: Albany, New York: New York: United States: Oldest US settlement north of Virginia and second oldest state or territorial capital in the continental United States, incorporated 1686 1614 Sirinhaém: Pernambuco ...
It is one of the oldest major cities of the United States. Boston was a key city in the early American Revolution against the British Empire, eventually becoming the first city free of British rule in the United States. Boston is still one of the wealthiest and most important cities in the United States. St. John's: Newfoundland Canada: c. 1630 AD
Spanish colonists founded Santa Fe in 1610, making it the oldest state capital in the United States. Governor Pedro de Peralta established the city as the capital of the province of Nuevo México ...
United States: Oldest European settlement in New York State, founded as Fort Nassau and renamed Fort Orange in 1623. First Dutch settlement in North America 1615: Taos: New Mexico: United States 1620: Plymouth: Massachusetts: United States: Oldest town in New England and Massachusetts. Settled by Pilgrims from the Mayflower. 1622: Weymouth ...
Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. 1144 A.D. One of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States, Acoma Pueblo rests on a 365-foot mesa about 60 miles west of Albuquerque.
Sault Ste. Marie was settled by mostly French colonists in 1668, making it the oldest city in Michigan. [5] Sault Ste. Marie is located along the St. Marys River, which flows from Lake Superior to Lake Huron and forms part of the United States–Canada border.
The oldest government building in present-day California, and one of the oldest in the western United States. Built by Mexico then won and operated by United States until it was transferred to the State of California in 1901. Fort Leavenworth 'The Rookery' Leavenworth: KS 1829 Military The oldest building in Kansas. [111] Fort Gratiot Light ...
Boston, Massachusetts, has been a capital city since 1630; it is the oldest continuously running capital in the United States. Santa Fe, New Mexico , is the oldest capital city, having become capital in 1610 and interrupted only by the aforementioned Pueblo Revolt.