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Oldest continuously inhabited European-founded city of the current 50 U.S. states. Santa Fe: New Spain United States: 1607 AD Oldest continuously inhabited state or territorial capital in the continental United States. Quebec City: New France Canada: 1608 AD Oldest city in Canada and oldest French-speaking city in the Americas. Hopewell ...
Oldest continuously inhabited state or territorial capital in the continental United States. [35] 1610: Harbour Grace: Newfoundland and Labrador: Canada 1611 Marechal Deodoro: Alagoas: Brazil 1612 São Luís: Maranhão: Brazil Capital of Maranhão. 1612: St. George's: Bermuda: Oldest continuously inhabited English established settlement in the ...
Visalia, California, commonly known in the 1850s as Four Creeks, [1] is the oldest continuously inhabited inland European settlement between Stockton and Los Angeles. [2] The city played an important role in the American colonization of the San Joaquin Valley as the county seat of Old Tulare County, an expansive region comprising most if not all of modern-day Fresno, Kings, and Kern counties.
Oldest covered bridge in California & longest wooden covered bridge in the world. [136] Menlo Park station: Menlo Park: 1867 Train station: Oldest train station in California. [137] San Buenaventura Pier: Ventura: 1870 Pier: Oldest pier in California. Weaverville Joss House: Weaverville: 1874 Taoist temple: Oldest continuously-operating Taoist ...
The State Mining Bureau was renamed the Division of Mines and Geology in 1862. Its pseudonym, the California Geologic Survey, was established in January 2002. [15] In 1869, George Davidson, an assistant coast surveyor, compiled the book Pacific Coast: Coast Pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington Territory. The 262-page volume is complete ...
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Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Mexico 1519 Panama City: Panamá: Panama First European city on the Pacific coast of the Americas [8] 1521 San Juan: Puerto Rico United States Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the contiguous United States or U.S. territories: 1524: Quetzaltenango ...
American period: An enlargeable map of the United States after the Compromise of 1850. American period: The Nataqua Territory extension into California (light yellow), and Nevada's Roop County claim (light yellow area plus area outlined in green). American period: An enlargeable map of the United States as it has been since 1959.