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Followed by Jersey City, New Jersey (Communipaw) in 1617 and New York City (as New Amsterdam) in 1624. (Note: While there was an abandonment in 1617 or 1618 of the Albany settlement, it was re-established within a few years; also, the Jersey City settlement was a factorij or trading post in the 1610s and did not become a "homestead" ( bouwerij ...
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: Brazil
Kansas City, Missouri: ca. 1824 Residence The oldest house in Kansas City, Missouri. The house was originally built as a log cabin by the Poage family while the Arnold family built the brick portion of the house circa 1860. [11] It is a Kansas City Landmark. Private residence Old Cathedral: St. Louis, Missouri: ca. 1831–1834 Church The oldest ...
It is likely the oldest standing European American structure in the state of Utah, dating to the year of the Mexican Cession of the Alta California region to the United States following the Mexican–American War: Fort Laramie 'Old Bedlam' Building Torrington: WY 1849 Military Oldest documented building still standing in Wyoming. It served as a ...
Syracuse is a city in Morgan County, Missouri, United States. The population was 151 at the 2020 census. [3] In the middle of the 19th century, the city was the western terminus of the Pacific Railway that reached 108 miles from St. Louis. [5] The current mayor of Syracuse is Duane A. Doyle.
New York is a ghost town in Scott County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [ 1 ] The first settlement at New York was made in the 1840s by a colony of Germans who immigrated via New York City , hence the name.
Ste. Genevieve is located along the west bank of the Mississippi River near the Illinois state line along Interstate 55, U.S. Route 61, and Missouri Route 32, approximately 46 mi (74 km) south-southeast of St. Louis and 196 mi (315 km) north-northwest of Memphis, Tennessee.
Potosi is also home to the oldest standing Presbyterian church west of the Mississippi River. It is located on West Breton Street, also home to the graveyard that contains the tomb of Moses Austin and his wife Maria Brown Austin. [12] The Potosi Correctional Center, which opened in 1989, housed Missouri's death row until 2005.