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  2. List of cities in the Americas by year of foundation - Wikipedia

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    First European settlement in the New World during the Age of Discovery. Abandoned by 1500. 1494: Concepción de la Vega: La Vega: Dominican Republic: Founded by Christopher Columbus in 1494 as a gold town, and abandoned by 1562 after an earthquake destroyed the settlement. 1498: Santo Domingo: Distrito Nacional: Dominican Republic Capital of ...

  3. List of North American settlements by year of foundation

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    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: Massachusetts: United States [15] 1632: Williamsburg: Virginia: United States: 1633: Ipswich: Massachusetts: United States: 1632: St. John's: Antigua ...

  4. History of cities - Wikipedia

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    Towns and cities have a long history, although opinions vary on which ancient settlements are truly cities. The benefits of dense settlement included reduced transport costs, exchange of ideas, sharing of natural resources, large local markets, wider selection of potential mates, and in some cases amenities such as running water and sewerage .

  5. Small American Towns That Changed the Course of Our History - AOL

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    Port Townsend, Washington. Population: 9,710 Founded: 1851 Nearest city: Seattle (41 miles; 112 miles by road) In the late 19th century, Port Townsend was a boomtown, as people expected the town ...

  6. Timeline of the American Old West - Wikipedia

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    The James–Younger Gang commits the first train robbery in the history of the West by derailing a locomotive of the Rock Island Line west of Adair, Iowa and stealing $3,000 from the express safe and passengers on board. [149] Dec "My Western Home", a poem by Dr. Brewster M. Higley, is first published in an issue of the Smith County Pioneer.

  7. List of oldest continuously inhabited cities - Wikipedia

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    The origin of Lahore can be traced back somewhere between 1st and 7th centuries A.D. [137] One of the oldest cities of South Asia. The first document that mentions Lahore by name is the Hudud al-'Alam ("The Regions of the World"), written by an unknown author in 982 AD. Kathmandu-Lalitpur, Nepal: Nepal Nepal: 2nd century AD

  8. List of largest cities throughout history - Wikipedia

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    This article lists the largest human settlements in the world (by population) over time, as estimated by historians, from 7000 BC when the largest human settlement was a proto-city in the ancient Near East with a population of about 1,000–2,000 people, to the year 2000 when the largest human settlement was Tokyo with 26 million.

  9. American urban history - Wikipedia

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    America's Urban History (2014); University textbook; see website; Detailed bibliography online it pages 351-78; Bridenbaugh, Carl. Cities in the Wilderness: The First Century of Urban Life in America, 1625-1742 (1938) Bridenbaugh, Carl. Cities in Revolt: Urban Life in America, 1743-1776 (1955) Brownell, Blaine A. and Goldfield, David R.