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First city founded by Europeans on the continent of South America. 1510 Nombre de Dios: Colon: Panama Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Panama. 1511 Baracoa: Guantánamo: Cuba Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Cuba, former capital of Cuba. 1513 Bayamo: Granma: Cuba 1514 Sancti ...
Second-oldest continuously inhabited European-settled capital city in South America. The oldest being Quito. Vila Velha, Espírito Santo: Governorate General of Brazil Brazil: 1535 AD Second-oldest continuously inhabited Portuguese-settled village in South America. The oldest being São Vicente. Cali: New Granada Colombia: 1536 AD
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 [36] Oldest city in Michigan 1668: Elizabethtown: New Jersey: United States: designated the first capital of New ...
Long before the U.S. declared its independence on July 4, 1776, many European explorers had already founded lasting settlements. These are 10 of the oldest inhabited cities in the U.S. that you ...
Founded in 1565 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin in the contiguous United States. [11] [12] It is the second-oldest continuously inhabited city of European origin in a United States territory, after San Juan, Puerto Rico (founded in 1521). [13]
The city also has one of the oldest alligator farms in the United States, opened on May 20, 1893. Today the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park is at the center of alligator and crocodile education and environmental awareness in the United States. As of 2012, this was the only place where one can see every species of alligator ...
Oldest house in New York City. [22] Brooke Place Manor: Calvert County: MD 1652 Residential Oldest building in Maryland. [23] Loomis Homestead: Windsor: CT 1653 Residential One of the oldest timber-frame houses in America. The oldest part of the house was built between 1640 and 1653 by Joseph Loomis, who came to Connecticut Colony from England ...
1. Cody, Wyoming. As its name suggests, Cody was founded by "Buffalo Bill" Cody himself. The discovery of oil fields and the founding of nearby Yellowstone National Park have ensured the town has ...