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 and present-day country.

YearSettlementSubdivisionCountryNotes
1500 BC Tepoztlán Morelos Mexico
1500 BC San José Mogote Oaxaca Mexico
1500 BC Chalcatzingo MorelosMexico
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 VeracruzMexico
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 PeténGuatemala
800 BC Zazacatla Morelos Mexico
700 BC Ticul Yucatán Mexico
600 BC Tikal PeténGuatemala
500 BC Monte Albán Oaxaca Mexico
500 BC Cholula Puebla MexicoPossibly the oldest continuously inhabited settlement in the Americas [1]
400 BC Tula Hidalgo Mexico
300 BC Teotihuacan MéxicoMexicoIn the Valley of Mexico
200 Mitla OaxacaMexico
600 Cantona Puebla Mexico
650 Cahokia Illinois United States
874 Reykjavík Capital Region Iceland First European settlement in the Americas. Founding is given as 874 CE by Ingólfr Arnarson in the Landnámabók. [2] Reykjavík is located west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge on the American plate. [3]
985? Eastern Settlement Greenland Denmark Norse explorer Erik the Red established this settlement, followed by the Western Settlement c. 985.
1000 L'Anse aux Meadows Newfoundland and Labrador Canada First European settlement in the New World. Norse explorer Leif Ericson established a settlement on this site in 1003.
1050 Motul Yucatán Mexico
1054 Antiguo Cuscatlan La Libertad El Salvador
1100 Oraibi Arizona United States [4]
1144 Acoma Pueblo New Mexico United StatesOldest continuously occupied community in the US, [5] known today as Sky City
1325 Tenochtitlan Distrito Federal MexicoPresent-day Mexico City
1450 Taos Pueblo New MexicoUnited StatesOne of the oldest continuously inhabited Native American settlements in the United States[ citation needed ]
1493 La Isabela Puerto Plata Dominican Republic First European settlement in the New World during the Age of Discovery. Abandoned by 1500.
1494 Concepción de la Vega La Vega Dominican RepublicFounded by Christopher Columbus in 1494 as a gold town, and abandoned by 1562 after an earthquake destroyed the settlement.
1496 Santo Domingo Distrito Nacional Dominican Republic Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the Americas. Present-day capital of the Dominican Republic.
1497 St. John's [6] Newfoundland and Labrador Canada Oldest English-founded city in North America, [7] seasonal until c. 1630
1508 Caparra Puerto Rico United States
1509 Sevilla la Nueva Seville, St. Ann's Bay Jamaica Established by Juan de Esquivel, the first Spanish governor of Jamaica, St Ann's Bay was the third capital established by Spain in the Americas.
1510 Nombre de Dios Colón Panama Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Panama and the continental Americas
1511 Baracoa Guantánamo Cuba Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Cuba, and its former capital
1513 Bayamo Granma CubaCapital of Cuba in 1513
1514 Santiago Santiago Cuba
1515 Havana Havana CubaPresent-day capital of Cuba
1519 La Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz Veracruz MexicoOldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Mexico
1519 Panama City Panamá PanamaFirst European city on the Pacific coast of the Americas [8]
1521 San Juan Puerto RicoUnited StatesOldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the contiguous United States or U.S. territories
1524 Quetzaltenango Guatemala Guatemala
1525 San Salvador San Salvador Department El Salvador Diego de Holguín became the first mayor of San Salvador after the town was founded on April 1, 1525. Founded on what is now the archaeological site of Ciudad Vieja, north of the present-day city, it was moved to the Valle de Las Hamacas (Acelhuate Valley).
1524 Granada Granada Nicaragua Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Nicaragua
1526 Acámbaro Guanajuato Mexico
1526 San Miguel de Gualdape South Carolina, then Georgia United StatesFirst European settlement in the contiguous U.S., abandoned after three months
1531 Mazatlán Sinaloa Mexico
1531 Puebla City Puebla Mexico
1531 Culiacán SinaloaMexico
1531 Querétaro City Querétaro Mexico
1532 Oaxaca OaxacaMexico
1534 Villa de la Vega Saint Catherine Parish JamaicaAfter founding Seville in 1509, Spanish settlers moved to a healthier site which they named Villa de la Vega. The English renamed it Spanish Town when they conquered the island in 1655.
1536 San Pedro Sula Cortés Honduras
1539 Zuni Pueblo New Mexico United StatesFerguson, T.J. (1985). A Zuni Atlas. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press
1540 Compostela Nayarit MexicoKnown as Capital de la Nueva Galicia Compostela (1548–1560)
1540 Childersburg Alabama United StatesPossibly the oldest still-occupied village in eastern North America, [9] established by Native Americans
1540 Campeche Campeche Mexico
1541 Morelia Michoacán MexicoKnown as Valladolid until 1828
1541 Charlesbourg-Royal Quebec Canada First French settlement; short-lived
1542 Yuriria Guanajuato Mexico
1542 Mérida Yucatán MexicoFounded by Francisco de Montejo on the ruins of the Maya city of T'ho
1542 Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico
1542 San Miguel de Allende Guanajuato Mexico
1543 Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala (Antigua Guatemala) Guatemala Guatemala
1544 Ejutla Jalisco Mexico
1550 Acapulco Guerrero MexicoDiscovered by Cortés in 1531; settled in 1550. [10]
1559 Pensacola Florida United StatesSpanish explorer Tristán de Luna founded a short-lived settlement in 1559.
1560 Port of Spain Port of Spain Trinidad And Tobago A Spanish garrison was posted near the foot of the Laventille Hills, which today form the city's eastern boundary.
1563 Cartago Cartago Costa Rica Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Costa Rica
1563 Villa de Durango Durango Mexico Capital of the Nueva Vizcaya province of Villa New Spain
1564 Fort Caroline FloridaUnited StatesA permanent settlement of 200 soldiers and artisans led by Rene de Goulaine de Laudonniere, who had accompanied Ribault on a previous expedition. With help from the Timucua Indians, the colonists began building a village and fort on the river's south bank and named the area La Caroline after Charles IX.
1564 Villa Hermosa de San Juan Bautista Tabasco MéxicoFounded on June 24, 1564 (the feast of San Juan Bautista, hence its original name) by Diego de Quijada
1565 Saint Augustine FloridaUnited StatesOldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the contiguous U.S. San Agustín/St. Augustine was founded by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.
1566 Saint Marys GeorgiaUnited StatesSecond-oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the contiguous U.S.; on the St. Mary's River
1573 San Germán Puerto RicoUnited States
1575 Saltillo Coahuila MexicoOldest post-conquest settlement in northern Mexico [11]
1575 Aguascalientes Aguascalientes Mexico
1576 León Guanajuato Mexico
1583 Harbour Grace [12] Newfoundland and LabradorCanadaFirst permanent English settlement in North America
1585 Roanoke Colony North Carolina United StatesSettlers were left on the island on August 17, 1585. [13]
1587-1623 Mantle Site OntarioCanadaMassive late Woodland Huron-Wendat village site, with trade links reaching as far as Newfoundland.
1596 Monterrey Nuevo León Mexico
1597 Portobelo Colón Panama
1598 Parras Coahuila Mexico
1598 Española New MexicoUnited StatesFirst European-founded capital of the "New World" in the United States, established by Juan de Oñate.
1598 San Juan de los Caballeros New MexicoUnited StatesWith Española, the oldest European-founded settlement in the southwestern United States
1599 Tadoussac Quebec CanadaOldest continuously inhabited French-established settlement in the Americas, and the oldest European-established settlement in Quebec
1603 Salamanca Guanajuato Mexico
1604 Saint John New Brunswick Canada
1604 Canso Nova Scotia CanadaFounded in 1604, settled in 1518 by European fur traders and fishermen. Canso and the surrounding islands were involved in the French and English struggles to control the area.
1604 L'Ile-aux-Marins Saint Pierre and Miquelon France
1604 Saint Croix Island Maine United StatesEstablished in the summer of 1604 by a French expedition, led by Pierre Dugua, which included Samuel de Champlain. After the winter of 1604–1605 the survivors relocated and founded Port Royal, Nova Scotia. [14]
1605 Port Royal Nova Scotia CanadaEstablished in the summer of 1605 by French colonizing explorers Pierre du Gua de Monts and Samuel de Champlain, who established Quebec City in 1608.
1607 Jamestown Virginia United StatesOldest permanent European settlement in the Thirteen Colonies
1607 Popham Colony MaineUnited StatesShort-lived settlement, a Plymouth Company project
1607 Santa Fe New MexicoUnited StatesOldest continuously inhabited state capital in the US
1608 Québec QuebecCanadaOriginally settled by Jacques Cartier in 1535, who abandoned it in 1536. He returned in 1541, but abandoned the site again. Samuel de Champlain established a permanent settlement on July 3–4, 1608. Only completely-garrison-walled city north of Mexico
1610 Cupids Newfoundland and LabradorCanadaOldest continuously occupied English settlement in Canada
1610 Hampton VirginiaUnited StatesOldest continuously occupied English settlement in the United States
1610 Kecoughtan VirginiaUnited States
1611 Henricus VirginiaUnited States
1612 St. George's St. George Bermuda Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Bermuda
1613 Newport News, Virginia VirginiaUnited States
1614 Albany New York United StatesOldest 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 MexicoUnited States
1620 Plymouth Massachusetts United StatesOldest town in New England and Massachusetts. Settled by Pilgrims from the Mayflower .
1622 Weymouth MassachusettsUnited StatesThe Wessagusset Colony, resettled and renamed in 1623
1623 Dover New Hampshire United Statesoldest settlement in New Hampshire
1623 Gloucester MassachusettsUnited StatesAbandoned in 1629, but quickly resettled
1623 Eliot MaineUnited StatesPart of Kittery until 1810
1624 Chelsea Massachusetts United States
1624 Fort Wilhelmus New Jersey United StatesShort-lived factorij on what is now Burlington Island in Delaware River
1624 Fort Orange New York United StatesDutch factorij which grew to become the Capital District around Albany
1624 New Amsterdam New York United StatesPresent-day New York City. First settled 1624 on Governors Island, followed by Manhattan the following year.
1625 Merrymount MassachusettsUnited StatesNow Quincy, Massachusetts
1626 Salem MassachusettsUnited States
1626 Socorro New MexicoUnited StatesOriginally founded as Nuestra Señora de Perpetuo Socorro; abandoned in 1680 after the Pueblo Revolt, and resettled in 1815.
1626 Fort Nassau New JerseyUnited StatesA Dutch factorij on Big Timber Creek near what is now Gloucester City
1627 Duxbury MassachusettsUnited States
1627 Scituate MassachusettsUnited States
1627 Basseterre Saint Kitts Saint Kitts and Nevis
1628 Bridgetown Saint Michael Barbados
1629 Marblehead MassachusettsUnited StatesFirst naval stronghold of the colonies
1629 Lynn MassachusettsUnited StatesFounded as Saugus, but different from Saugus, Massachusetts.
1629 Charlestown MassachusettsUnited StatesNow a neighborhood in Boston
1630 Portsmouth New Hampshire United StatesFirst known as Strawbery Banke.
1630 Pavonia New Jersey United StatesFirst Dutch patroonship in New Jersey, now part of Jersey City
1630 Medford MassachusettsUnited States
1630 Watertown MassachusettsUnited States
1630 Dorchester MassachusettsUnited StatesNow a neighborhood in Boston
1630 Boston MassachusettsUnited States
1630 Roxbury MassachusettsUnited StatesLater annexed by Boston in 1868
1631 Saco MaineUnited StatesSettled as Winter Harbor.
1631 South Berwick MaineUnited StatesSettled by sailors from the Pied Cow who landed at the confluence of the Salmon Falls and Great Works Rivers
1631 Lewes Delaware United 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 ]
1631 Cambridge MassachusettsUnited States [15]
1632 Williamsburg VirginiaUnited States
1633 Ipswich MassachusettsUnited States
1632 St. John's Antigua Antigua and Barbuda
1633 Hartford Connecticut United States

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

1633 Windsor Connecticut United StatesFirst English settlement in Connecticut. [16] Founded as Dorchester, renamed in 1637.
1634 Beauport QuebecCanada [17] Became a borough of Quebec City in January 2002.
1634 Wethersfield ConnecticutUnited StatesFounded as Watertown, renamed in 1637.
1634 Green Bay Wisconsin United States
1634 St. Mary's City Maryland United StatesThe original settlement was the fourth oldest permanent English settlement in the United States.
1634 Trois-Rivières QuebecCanada
1634 Willemstad Curaçao Kingdom of the Netherlands Formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles, now a country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
1635 Hingham MassachusettsUnited StatesFirst 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. [18] It was then incorporated into the Massachusetts Bay Colony as the 12th town [18] and decades later it was purchased officially from the local natives on July 4, 1655.[ citation needed ]
1635 Concord MassachusettsUnited States
1635 Newbury MassachusettsUnited States
1636 Springfield MassachusettsUnited StatesThe Massachusetts Bay Colony's first Connecticut River port and its westernmost settlement, 85 miles (137 km) west of Boston [19] Founded as Agawam Plantation by William Pynchon.
1636 Providence Rhode Island United StatesOldest settlement in Rhode Island, founded by Roger Williams.
1637 Taunton MassachusettsUnited States

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1637 Sandwich MassachusettsUnited StatesOldest town on Cape Cod

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1638 Rowley MassachusettsUnited States

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1638 Portsmouth Rhode IslandUnited StatesFounded by Anne Hutchinson
1638 Exeter New Hampshire United 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.
1638 Hampton New HampshireUnited StatesFounded by Stephen Bachiler; first known as Winnicunnet.
1638 Sillery QuebecCanada [23] Now part of Quebec City
1638 Swedesboro New Jersey United StatesNucleus of the New Sweden colony along the Delaware River into Pennsylvania and Delaware
1638 New Haven Connecticut United States

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1638 Sainte-Foy QuebecCanada [17] Merged with the City of Québec in 2002.
1638 Wilmington DelawareUnited StatesGrew from Fort Christina, part of the New Sweden colony; originally called Willington
Before 1639 St. Marks Florida United States [25]
1639 Guilford ConnecticutUnited StatesThe Quinnipiac village of Menunkatuck predated English settlement.
1639 Stratford ConnecticutUnited States [26]
1639 Milford ConnecticutUnited States
1639 Newport Rhode IslandUnited States
1639 Sudbury MassachusettsUnited States
1640 Southampton New YorkUnited States
1640 Farmington ConnecticutUnited StatesFounded as Tunxis
1640 Braintree MassachusettsUnited StatesFirst settled in 1625 as Merrymount, resettled and incorporated in 1640. [27]
1640 Woburn MassachusettsUnited StatesFirst settled in 1640, incorporated in 1642. [28]
1641 Haverhill MassachusettsUnited StatesFirst settled in 1640, incorporated in 1641.
1642 Maspeth New YorkUnited States
1642Ville-Marie (Montréal)QuebecCanada
1642 Lexington MassachusettsUnited States [29]
1642 Sorel QuebecCanada [17] [23] Present-day Sorel-Tracy
1642 Warwick Rhode IslandUnited States
1643 Basse-Terre Guadeloupe France Territorial capital
1643 Dolores Hidalgo Guanajuato Mexico
1643 Guilford ConnecticutUnited States [26]
1643 Rehoboth MassachusettsUnited StatesSettled 1636, incorporated 1643
1644 Hull MassachusettsUnited States [30]
1644 Longmeadow MassachusettsUnited StatesIncorporated October 17, 1783.
1644 Branford ConnecticutUnited StatesOriginally Brentford
1644 Salvatierra Guanajuato Mexico
1645 Vlissingen New YorkUnited StatesPresent-day Flushing
1646 Andover MassachusettsUnited 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.
1646 Château-Richer QuebecCanada [31]
1646 New London ConnecticutUnited StatesFounded as Faire Harbour
1647 Kittery MaineUnited StatesOldest incorporated town in Maine [32]
1647 La Prairie QuebecCanada [17] Founded as a mission by the Jesuits in 1647. The first parish was founded in 1667.
1647 Spanish Wells Eleuthera Bahamas
1649 Annapolis Maryland United States
1650 Saint-Ours QuebecCanada [17]
1650 Kingston New YorkUnited StatesSettled by the Dutch as Esopus, renamed in 1664 by the English.
1651 Cap-de-la-Madeleine QuebecCanada

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

1651 Medfield MassachusettsUnited States [33]
1651 New Castle Delaware United StatesSite of Tomakonck, a former native village. Settled by the Dutch as Fort Casimir; renamed New Amstel in 1654.
1651 Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré QuebecCanada [17] [23]
1652 Natick MassachusettsUnited StatesFounded by John Eliot; its name derives from a Massachusett word meaning "place of hills".
1653 Lancaster MassachusettsUnited States
1654 Northampton MassachusettsUnited StatesFounded by a group led by William Houlton and John King.
1654 Pelham New 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.
1655 Cap-Saint-Ignace QuebecCanada [23]
1655 Chelmsford MassachusettsUnited StatesFounded by settlers from Concord.
1655 Groton MassachusettsUnited States
1655 Billerica MassachusettsUnited States
1657 Longueuil QuebecCanada [17]
1658 Harlem New YorkUnited States
1659 Norwichtown ConnecticutUnited StatesConsolidated with the city of Norwich in 1952.
1659 Assonet MassachusettsUnited StatesIncorporated 1683
1659 Hadley MassachusettsUnited StatesFounded by a group led by John Russell and Nathaniel Dickinson.
1659 Ciudad Juárez Chihuahua Mexico
1660 Bergen New JerseyUnited Statesfirst chartered settlement in New Jersey, at Bergen Square, now part of Jersey City
1660 Placentia Newfoundland Colony CanadaFrench capital until 1713, originally known as Plaisance
1660 Rye New YorkUnited States
1660 Wrentham MassachusettsUnited StatesSeparated from Dedham 1660. Incorporated 1673
1661 Schenectady New YorkUnited States
1662 Uxbridge MassachusettsUnited States
1664 L'Ange-Gardien QuebecCanada [17]
1664 Middletown New Jersey United States
1664 Woodbridge New Jersey United StatesSettled in 1664 and granted a royal charter on June 1, 1669, by King Charles II of England. [34]
1665 Chambly QuebecCanada [17]
1665 Port-de-Paix Nord-Ouest Haiti
1666 Charlesbourg QuebecCanada [17] [23] Became a borough of Quebec City in 2002.
1666 Newark New JerseyUnited States
1666 Piscatawaytown New JerseyUnited StatesThe village within the Township of Piscataway, now part of Edison
1666 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu QuebecCanada [17] [23] Expanded from Fort Saint-Jean.
1667 Boucherville QuebecCanada

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1667 Mendon MassachusettsUnited StatesNetmocke Plantation, 1662
1668 Amesbury MassachusettsUnited States
1668 Saint-Nicolas QuebecCanada [17] Merged with Lévis in 2002.
1668 Sault Ste. Marie Ontario CanadaIn 1668, French Jesuit missionaries renamed it as Sault Sainte-Marie, and established a mission settlement (present-day Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan) on the river's south bank.

Later, a fur trading post was established and the settlement expanded to include both sides of the river. Sault Ste. Marie is one of the oldest French settlements in North America.

1668 Sault Ste. Marie Michigan United States [35] Oldest city in Michigan
1668 Elizabethtown New JerseyUnited Statesdesignated the first capital of New Jersey by the British [36]
1669 Neuville QuebecCanada [23]
1669 Westfield MassachusettsUnited States [37]
1669 Middleborough MassachusettsUnited States [38]
1670 Charleston South Carolina United States
1670 Repentigny QuebecCanada [17]
1670 Wallingford ConnecticutUnited States [39]
1670 Hatfield MassachusettsUnited States
1671 St. Ignace MichiganUnited StatesFounded by Jacques Marquette as the St.Ignace Mission. Second oldest city in Michigan.
1672 Varennes QuebecCanada [17]
1672 Verchères QuebecCanada [17]
1673 L'Ancienne-Lorette QuebecCanada [17]
1673 Worcester, Massachusetts MassachusettsUnited StatesIncorporated as a city in 1848.
1673 Prairie du Chien WisconsinUnited StatesFounded on June 17, 1673, by French Pioneers. [40]
1674 Pointe-aux-Trembles QuebecCanada [23] Now part of Montreal.
1674 Waterbury ConnecticutUnited States
1674 Deerfield MassachusettsUnited States
1675 Lachine QuebecCanada [17] [23] Merged into Montreal in 2002.
1675 Lavaltrie QuebecCanada [17]
1676 Contrecoeur QuebecCanada [23]
1676 Loretteville QuebecCanada [17] Merged with Quebec City in 2002.
1677 Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue QuebecCanada [17] [23]
1677 Crosswicks New JerseyUnited StatesSettled by Quakers
1678 La Pocatière QuebecCanada [17]
1678 Montmagny QuebecCanada [17] [23]
1679 Lévis QuebecCanada [23] The first settlement was formerly known as Lauzon, which merged with Lévis in 1989.
1679 L'Islet QuebecCanada [17] [23]
1679 Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures QuebecCanada [17]
1680 Ysleta Texas United States
1680 South Orange New JerseyUnited StatesExpanded from Newark (later Orange)
1680 Creve Coeur Illinois United States [41] Originally Fort Crevecoeur, later Fort Clark (1813). [42]
1681 Baie-Saint-Paul QuebecCanada [17] [23]
1681 Berthierville QuebecCanada

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1681 Cockburn Town Turks and Caicos Islands United Kingdom
1681 Bridgewater Township New JerseyUnited States
1681 Saint-François QuebecCanada [23] Integrated into Laval in 1965.
1682 Moorestown New JerseyUnited States
1682 Philadelphia PennsylvaniaUnited States
1682 Norfolk Virginia United States
1683 Dover DelawareUnited States
1683 Lachenaie QuebecCanada [17] In 2001, Lachenaie merged with Terrebonne.
1682 Rivière-du-Loup QuebecCanada [17]
1684 Bécancour QuebecCanada

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1686 Arkansas Post Arkansas United States
1687 New Britain ConnecticutUnited States
1687 Rivière-des-Prairies QuebecCanada [23] Now part of the Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles borough of Montreal.
1690 Oka QuebecCanada [17]
1693 Glastonbury ConnecticutUnited StatesSettled 1636; incorporated in 1693 as Glassenbury. Known as Glastenbury from about 1785 to 1870.) [43]
1693 Kingston Kingston Jamaica
1694 Newark DelawareUnited States
1694 Santa Cruz New MexicoUnited States
1695 Nassau New Providence Bahamas
1696 Rimouski QuebecCanada
1696 Sault-au-Récollet QuebecCanada [17] Now part of the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough of Montreal
1698 Pensacola Florida United StatesFounded by Don Tristán de Luna y Arellano in 1559; abandoned in 1561. Permanently established in 1698.
1700 Mascouche QuebecCanada [23]
1701 Detroit Michigan United States
1701 Dracut MassachusettsUnited States
1701 Nicolet QuebecCanada [17]
1702 Le Moyne Alabama United StatesFounded as Fort Louis de la Louisiane by France; abandoned in 1711.
1703 Amherst MassachusettsUnited States
1703 Kaskaskia Illinois United States
1703 Saint-Sulpice QuebecCanada [23]
1705 Bath North Carolina United StatesOldest incorporated town in North Carolina
1706 Albuquerque New MexicoUnited States
1709 Chihuahua Chihuahua Mexico
1710 Chatham New JerseyUnited StatesLand purchased in 1680.
1710 New Bern North CarolinaUnited StatesSettled by German-Swiss immigrants.
1711 Mobile AlabamaUnited States Le Moyne relocated to Mobile.
1711 Needham MassachusettsUnited States
1711 Pointe-Claire QuebecCanada [23]
1711 Beaufort South Carolina United States
1714 Natchitoches Louisiana United StatesOldest settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
1714 Freehold New JerseyUnited StatesOriginally known as Monmouth Courthouse, the site of the Battle of Monmouth
1715 (prior to) Kekionga Indiana United StatesCapital of the Miami people
1715 Les Cèdres QuebecCanada [17]
1716 Kahnawake QuebecCanada [17] [23] Homeland of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha (1656–1680).
1716 Nacogdoches Texas United StatesSpanish mission established in an older Caddo village. [44]
1716 Natchez Mississippi United StatesDates to the founding of Fort Rosalie by the French. [45]
1716 Georgetown MaineUnited StatesOriginally the present-day West Bath, Bath, Phippsburg, Arrowsic, Georgetown and part of Woolwich
1717 L'Assomption QuebecCanada [17] Settled 1647
1717 Ouiatenon IndianaUnited States
1718 New Orleans Louisiana United States
1718 San Antonio Texas United States
1719 Longue-Pointe QuebecCanada [17] Now part of Montreal
1719 Trenton New JerseyUnited States
1720 Saint-Laurent QuebecCanada [17] [23] Merged with Montreal in 2002.
1720 Biloxi MississippiUnited StatesFounded as Fort Louis by France
1721 Baton Rouge LouisianaUnited States
1721 Cortazar GuanajuatoMexico
1721 Saint-Jean-Port-Joli QuebecCanada [17]
1722 Prairie Du Rocher Illinois United States
1722 Louiseville QuebecCanada [17]
1723 Beaufort North CarolinaUnited States
1723 Terrebonne QuebecCanada [17]
1725 Concord New Hampshire United States
1728 Fredericksburg Virginia United States
1728 Nuuk Sermersooq Greenland
1729 Baltimore Maryland United States
1729 Lancaster PennsylvaniaUnited States
1729PabosQuebecCanada [17] Now part of Chandler.
1729 Georgetown South CarolinaUnited States
1730 New Brunswick New JerseyUnited States
1732 Lanoraie QuebecCanada [17]
1732 Vincennes Indiana United States
1732 Camden South CarolinaUnited States
1732 Kingstree South CarolinaUnited States
1733 Richmond Virginia United States [46]
1733 Saint-Vincent-de-Paul QuebecCanada [23] Integrated into Laval in 1965.
1733 Savannah GeorgiaUnited States
1733 Wilmington North Carolina United StatesFounded as "New Carthage" in 1733, renamed Wilmington in 1740
1735 Ste. Genevieve Missouri United StatesFrench colonial settlement; oldest continually-inhabited settlement in Missouri
1736 Châteauguay QuebecCanada [23]
1736 Gorham MaineUnited States
1736 Augusta GeorgiaUnited States [47] [48]
1736 Darien Georgia United States
1736 Fort Frederica Georgia United StatesBuilt by the British, abandoned about 1774
1738 Pointe-du-Lac QuebecCanada [23] Merged with Trois-Rivières in 2002.
1738 Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce QuebecCanada [17] [23]
1739 Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu QuebecCanada [17] [23]
1739 Fort Assumption Tennessee United StatesBuilt by France in 1739 and abandoned in 1740
1740 Belén New MexicoUnited States
1740 L'Île-Perrot and Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot QuebecCanada [17]
1740 Cheraw South CarolinaUnited States
1741 Bethlehem PennsylvaniaUnited States
1741 Sainte-Geneviève and Pierrrefonds QuebecCanada [17] [23] Merged with Montreal in 2002.
1742Les ÉcureuilsQuebecCanada [17] [23] Now Donnacona
1745 Sainte-Marie QuebecCanada [23]
1745 Sainte-Rose QuebecCanada [23] Integrated into Laval in 1965.
1746 Saint-Henri QuebecCanada [17]
1746 Merrimack New HampshireUnited States
1748 Petersburg Virginia United States
1749 Alexandria VirginiaUnited States
1749 Goliad TexasUnited StatesExpanded from Presidio La Bahía
1749 Port-au-Prince Ouest Haiti
1749 Halifax Nova Scotia Canada
1750 Erie PennsylvaniaUnited StatesExpanded from the French Fort Presque Isle.
1750 Rock Island Illinois United StatesOriginally the Native American Saukenuk [49]
1751 Carlisle PennsylvaniaUnited States
1751 Georgetown Maryland United 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.
1751 Las Trampas New MexicoUnited States
1752 Portsmouth Virginia United States
1752 Akwesasne New York, Ontario, QuebecCanada, United States [17] First known as Saint-Régis.
1752 Saint-Constant QuebecCanada [17] [23]
1753 Saint-Philippe QuebecCanada [23]
1754 Augusta MaineUnited States
1754 Pittsburgh PennsylvaniaUnited StatesExpanded from the French Fort Duquesne; replaced by the British Fort Pitt in 1758.
1755 Laredo TexasUnited States
1755 Charlotte North CarolinaUnited States
1757 Saint-Hyacinthe QuebecCanada [17]
1761 Charlottesville VirginiaUnited States
1762 Shepherdstown West Virginia United StatesOriginally known as Mecklenburg.
1762 Allentown PennsylvaniaUnited StatesIncorporated as Northamptontown.
1763 St. Louis Missouri United StatesOldest American City West of the Mississippi River [ citation needed ]
1763 Burlington Vermont United States
1764 Amherst Nova ScotiaCanada
1764 Charlottetown Prince Edward Island Canada
1764 Opelousas LouisianaUnited States
1765 Saint-Martinville LouisianaUnited States [50] [ full citation needed ]
1765 St. Charles MissouriUnited States
1766 Moncton New Brunswick Canada
1766 Vergennes VermontUnited States
1768 Beloeil QuebecCanada [23]
1768 L'Acadie QuebecCanada [17] Merged with Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in 2001.
1768 New Smyrna Beach Florida United StatesA Scottish entrepreneur established a colony of 1,225 immigrants in the largest colonization attempt in the US. [51]
1768 Saint-Eustache QuebecCanada [17] [23]
1769 San Diego California United StatesExpanded from the Presidio of San Diego.
1769 Ninety Six South CarolinaUnited States
1770 Monterey CaliforniaUnited StatesExpanded from Presidio of Monterey; original capital of California [52]
1770 San Blas Nayarit MexicoSpanish Naval Department headquarters [53]
1771 Brunswick GeorgiaUnited States
1772 Ellicott City MarylandUnited States
1772 Morgantown West VirginiaUnited States
1773 Guatemala City Guatemala Guatemala
1774 Unalaska Alaska United StatesOldest Russian settlement on the Aleutian Islands, dating to the 1760s. [54] Permanent trading post established in 1774. [55]
1774 Orizaba Veracruz Mexico
1775 Tucson Arizona United StatesDate of Spanish presidio
1775 Lexington Kentucky United States
1775 Boonesborough KentuckyUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Boonesborough, built by Daniel Boone.
1776 San Francisco CaliforniaUnited States
1776 Fort Watauga TennesseeUnited StatesAbandoned in 1780
1777 San Jose CaliforniaUnited StatesOriginally 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 KentuckyUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Nelson, established by George Rogers Clark.
1778 West Point New YorkUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Clinton.
1779 Jonesborough Tennessee United StatesFirst capital of the State of Franklin, in 1784
1779 Nashville TennesseeUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Nashborough.
1781 Montpelier VermontUnited States
1781 Los Angeles CaliforniaUnited States
1783 Clarksville IndianaUnited States
1783 Kingston Ontario CanadaFormerly 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 OntarioCanadaFounded by a group of United Empire Loyalists led by Lieutenant-Colonel John Johnson. [56]
1784 Frenchtown MichiganUnited StatesFourth French settlement in Michigan.
1785 Harrisburg PennsylvaniaUnited States
1785 Asheville North CarolinaUnited States
1785 Dubuque Iowa United StatesOldest city in Iowa, and one of the oldest European settlements west of the Mississippi River. [57]
1785 Fredericton New BrunswickCanada
1785 Sydney Nova ScotiaCanadaFormer capital of the Colony of Cape Breton
1786 Columbia South Carolina United States
1786 Florissant MissouriUnited StatesOriginally known as St. Ferdinand.
1786 Frankfort KentuckyUnited States
1786 Lynchburg VirginiaUnited States
1786 Portland MaineUnited States
1786 Steubenville Ohio United States
1787 Spartanburg South Carolina United States
1788 Marietta OhioUnited StatesFirst permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory
1788 Cincinnati OhioUnited States
1788 Charleston West VirginiaUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Lee [58]
1789 Santa Cruz de Nuca British Columbia CanadaFirst European settlement in British Columbia; only Spanish settlement in Canada
1790 Hamilton Bermuda United Kingdom
1790 Washington District of Columbia United States
1790 Vicksburg Mississippi United StatesExpanded from the Spanish Fort Nogales.
1791 Georgetown DelawareUnited States
1791 Santa Cruz CaliforniaUnited States
1791 Monroe Louisiana United StatesOriginally known as Fort Miro [59]
1791 Kenai AlaskaUnited StatesExpanded from the Russian-American Company's Fort St. Nicholas. [60]
1791 Knoxville TennesseeUnited States
1791 Bangor MaineUnited States
1792 Kodiak AlaskaUnited StatesFounded in 1792 by Alexander Baranov as the new site for Three Saints Bay, founded in 1784. [61]
1792 Raleigh North CarolinaUnited States
1793 Toronto OntarioCanadaFormerly 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 OntarioCanadaFounded 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 IndianaUnited States
1796 Chillicothe OhioUnited States
1796 Cleveland OhioUnited States
1796 Dayton OhioUnited States
1796 Youngstown OhioUnited States
1797 Windsor Ontario CanadaIn 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 OhioUnited States
1797 Franklinton OhioUnited StatesAbsorbed by Columbus.
1797 Mentor OhioUnited States
1797 Zanesville OhioUnited States
1797 Greenville South Carolina United States
1798 Bowling Green KentuckyUnited States
1798 Warren OhioUnited States
1798 Bethel, Ohio OhioUnited StatesFormerly known as Denham Town, founded by Obed Denham.
1799 Hudson OhioUnited States
1799 Potosi MissouriUnited States
1799 Elizabethton TennesseeUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Watauga which was abandoned
1799 Ravenna OhioUnited States
1799 Aurora OhioUnited States
1799 Sitka AlaskaUnited StatesOriginal capital of Alaska; destroyed in 1802, reestablished in 1804. [62]
1800 Binghamton New YorkUnited StatesFormerly known as Chenango Point; expanded from rural settlements into a planned city [63] [64]
1800 Buffalo New YorkUnited StatesExpanded from four log cabins. [65]
1800 Hull QuebecCanadaFormerly known as Wright's Town
1801 Athens GeorgiaUnited StatesNamed after Athens, Greece.
1801 Burrville/Clinton TennesseeUnited StatesRenamed Clinton in 1809
1803 Ashtabula OhioUnited States
1803 Chicago Illinois United StatesExpanded from Fort Dearborn.
1804 Stow OhioUnited States
1804 Milledgeville GeorgiaUnited States
1805 Huntsville Alabama United States
1807 Prince George British ColumbiaCanadaExpanded from the fur-trading post of Fort George, established by the North West Company. [66]
1810 Manchester New Hampshire United States
1810 San Bernardino CaliforniaUnited States
1811 Astoria Oregon United StatesExpanded from Fort Astoria, founded by the Pacific Fur Company. [67]
1811 Murfreesboro TennesseeUnited StatesOriginally named Cannonsburgh; state capital from 1818 to 1826.
1812 Columbus OhioUnited States
1812 Kamloops British 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. [68]
1815 Hamilton OntarioCanadaGeorge Hamilton, a settler and local politician, established a town site in the northern portion Barton Township after the war in 1815.
1815 Pickerington OhioUnited States
1815 Jonesboro Arkansas

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1816 Chattanooga TennesseeUnited StatesOriginally named Ross's Landing.
1816 Cambridge OntarioCanadaOriginally 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 MichiganUnited States
1817 Fort Smith ArkansasUnited States
1817 Milan OhioUnited States
1818 Pontiac MichiganUnited StatesArrival 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 OhioUnited States
1818 Columbia MissouriUnited States
1818 Jim Thorpe PennsylvaniaUnited StatesFormerly known as Mauch Chunk and burial place of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe
1819 Memphis Tennessee United StatesExpanded from the 1739 French Fort de l'Assomption which was not resettled for 79 years
1819 Chapel Hill North CarolinaUnited States
1819 Montgomery AlabamaUnited StatesExpanded from the 1540 French settlement, Fort Toulouse.
1819 Springfield IllinoisUnited States
1819 Tuscaloosa AlabamaUnited States
1820 South Bend IndianaUnited StatesFormerly named Big St. Joseph Station.
1820 Oliver's Grove Minnesota United StatesNear 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 ColumbiaCanadaExpended from the fur-trading post of Fort Alexandria, founded by the North West Company. [69]
1821 Bridgeport ConnecticutUnited States
1821 Little Rock ArkansasUnited States
1821 Indianapolis IndianaUnited States
1822 Jacksonville FloridaUnited States
1822 Jackson Mississippi United States
1823 Peoria IllinoisUnited States [41] Founded as Peoria in 1823. [42]
1823 Tampa FloridaUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Brooke.
1824 Ann Arbor MichiganUnited States
1824 Tallahassee FloridaUnited States
1824 Victoria TexasUnited States
1825 Akron OhioUnited States
1825 Vancouver Washington United StatesExpanded from Fort Vancouver. [70]
1825 Grand Rapids MichiganUnited States
1825 Irapuato Guanajuato Mexico
1826 London OntarioCanada
1826 Ottawa OntarioCanadaOriginally known as Bytown.
1826 Wabasha MinnesotaUnited StatesOldest city in Minnesota
1827 Gonzales Texas United StatesFounded in 1825, abandoned shortly after, refounded in 1827
1827 Mineral Point Wisconsin United StatesThird-oldest city in Wisconsin
1827 Guelph OntarioCanada
1827 Oakville OntarioCanada
1827 St. Andrews FloridaUnited StatesNow part of Panama City
1827 Langley British ColumbiaCanada
1828 Key West FloridaUnited States
1828 Columbus GeorgiaUnited States
1829 Oregon City Oregon United States
1829 Bainbridge GeorgiaUnited States
1833 Milwaukee WisconsinUnited States
1833 Kitchener OntarioCanadaFormerly Berlin; renamed in 1916.
1835 Austin Texas United States
1835 Kenosha WisconsinUnited StatesOriginally named Southport; renamed in 1850.
1836 Shreveport Louisiana United States
1836 Madison WisconsinUnited States
1836 Tulsa OklahomaUnited States
1837 Lansing MichiganUnited States
1837 Houston TexasUnited States
1837 Oxford MississippiUnited States
1837 Toledo OhioUnited States
1839 Sacramento CaliforniaUnited States
1841 Dallas TexasUnited States
1841 Racine WisconsinUnited States
1843 Atlanta GeorgiaUnited States
1843 Des Moines IowaUnited States
1843 Victoria British ColumbiaCanadaIncorporated in 1862.
1844 Chagrin Falls OhioUnited States
1845 Portland OregonUnited States
1847 Brantford OntarioCanadaOriginally known as Brant's Ford.
1847 Salt Lake City Utah United StatesOriginally known as Great Salt Lake City.
1847 Harrisburg IllinoisUnited States
1848 Mesilla New MexicoUnited States
1849 Las Cruces New MexicoUnited States
1849 Provo UtahUnited StatesExpanded from Fort Utah.
1850 Kansas City MissouriUnited StatesOriginally named Kansas.
1850 Phoenix OregonUnited States
1851 La Crosse WisconsinUnited States [71]
1851 Seattle WashingtonUnited States [72]
1852 Oakland CaliforniaUnited States
1852 Roanoke Virginia United Statesfounded in 1852 as Big Lick, renamed Roanoke in 1884
1854 Gainesville FloridaUnited States
1854 Omaha Nebraska United States
1854 Saint Paul MinnesotaUnited States
1854 Topeka Kansas United States
1854 Versailles MissouriUnited States
1855 Champaign IllinoisUnited StatesOriginally named West Urbana.
1856 College Park MarylandUnited States
1856 Lincoln NebraskaUnited StatesOriginally named Lancaster.
1856 O'Fallon MissouriUnited States
1857 Appleton WisconsinUnited States
1858 Carson City Nevada United States
1858 Denver Colorado United States
1858 New Westminster British ColumbiaCanada
1859 Olympia WashingtonUnited States
1862 Boise Idaho United States
1862 Prince Albert Saskatchewan CanadaOriginally known as Isbister's Settlement.
1864 Salinas CaliforniaUnited States [73]
1865 Sioux Falls South Dakota United StatesExpanded from Fort Dakota.
1867 Cheyenne Wyoming United States
1867 Minneapolis MinnesotaUnited States
1867 Vancouver British ColumbiaCanadaOriginally known as Gastown.
1868 Phoenix Arizona United States
1870 Wichita KansasUnited States
1871 Birmingham AlabamaUnited States
1871 Longmont ColoradoUnited StatesOriginally formed as the Chicago-Colorado Colony.
1871 Colorado Springs ColoradoUnited StatesOriginally named Fountain Colony.
1871 Fargo North Dakota United StatesOriginally named Centralia.
1872 Anniston AlabamaUnited States
1873 Winnipeg Manitoba CanadaFormerly 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 CaliforniaUnited States
1875 Orlando FloridaUnited States
1877 Billings Montana United States
1881 Brandon Manitoba Canada
1882 Regina Saskatchewan Canada
1883 Saskatoon SaskatchewanCanada
1884 Calgary AlbertaCanadaFormerly 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 LouisianaUnited States
1886 Nelson British ColumbiaCanada
1886 Takoma Park MarylandUnited States
1887 Gulfport MississippiUnited States
1889 Clemson South Carolina United StatesOriginally known as Calhoun.
1889 Norman Oklahoma United States
1889 Oklahoma City OklahomaUnited States
1889 Tijuana Baja California Mexico Tijuana derives from the Kumeyaay Tiwan ("by the sea")
1890 Lethbridge Alberta CanadaFormerly known as Fort Whoop-Up. In 1869, Fort Hamilton was first built near what is now Lethbridge, Alberta. A second, more secure fort was built, which was later nicknamed Fort Whoop-Up.
1892 Edmonton Alberta CanadaFormerly known as Fort Edmonton. In 1795, Fort Edmonton was established on the river's north bank as a major trading post for the HBC, near the mouth of the Sturgeon River close to present-day Fort Saskatchewan. Fort Edmonton was the name of a series of trading posts of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) from 1795 to 1914. The fifth and final Fort Edmonton, 1830–1914, was the one that evolved into present-day Edmonton.
1892 Grottoes Virginia United States
1893 Kamloops British ColumbiaCanadaFrom the Shuswap Tk'emlups ("meeting of the waters")
1894 Yorkton SaskatchewanCanadaIn 1882, a group of businessmen and investors formed the York Farmers Colonization Company.
1894 Palo Alto CaliforniaUnited States
1894 Tempe ArizonaUnited States
1896 Dawson City Yukon CanadaCapital of the Yukon Territory until 1952
1896 Miami FloridaUnited States
1896 State College PennsylvaniaUnited States
1899 Estevan SaskatchewanCanadaIn 1892, the first settlers arrived in what was to become Estevan. It was incorporated as a village in 1899, and later became a town in 1906.
1905 Cranbrook British ColumbiaCanada
1903 Moose Jaw SaskatchewanCanadaIn 1882, settlement began there and the city was incorporated in 1903.
1903 Swift Current SaskatchewanCanadaIn 1883, the settlement of Swift Current was established. On September 21, 1903, the Hamlet of Swift Current became a village and on March 15, 1907, Swift Current became a town when the population reached 550 people.
1905 Las Vegas Nevada United States
1906 Virginia Beach VirginiaUnited States
1906 North Battleford SaskatchewanCanadaIn 1875, permanent European settlement started in the area centred around the town of Battleford, and located on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River.
1911 The Pas Manitoba CanadaExpanded from Fort Paskoyac.
1914 Anchorage AlaskaUnited States
1915 Prince George British ColumbiaCanadaExpanded from Fort George.
1916 Truth Or Consequences New MexicoUnited StatesOriginally named Hot Springs.
1934 Yellowknife Northwest Territories Canada
1942 Iqaluit Nunavut Canada
1950 Alert NunavutCanadaWorld's northernmost permanently-inhabited place [74]
1956 Corner Brook Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
1970 Cancún Quintana Roo MexicoPlanned balneario
2002 Gatineau QuebecCanadaFormed by merging five cities, including Hull.

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