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Fourth-oldest continuously inhabited European-founded city in the United States [64] New York City: New Amsterdam United States: 1624 AD Founded in 1624 as New Amsterdam. Was renamed New York City in 1667. Is the 12th oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in the continental United States [65] Boston: Massachusetts Bay Colony
United States Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Puerto Rico, and in the United States. Oldest continuously inhabited state or territorial capital in the United States. 1524 Granada: Granada: Nicaragua Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Nicaragua. 1524 Quetzaltenango: Quetzaltenango ...
United States Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the contiguous U.S. San Agustín/St. Augustine was founded by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. 1566 Saint Marys: Georgia United States Second-oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the contiguous U.S.; on the St. Mary's River 1573: San Germán ...
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 ...
Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. 1144 A.D. One of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States, Acoma Pueblo rests on a 365-foot mesa about 60 miles west of Albuquerque.
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]
Wisconsinites can still visit some of the towns and cities that date back to the state's founding. Here's a list.
Said to be the oldest continuously inhabited houses still occupied. Buildings have been within the United States since the Mexican Cession of 1848. [2] Acoma Pueblo: On top of a 367-foot (112 m) sandstone mesa in Cibola County: NM 1000 – Built between 1000 and 1200 Residential Said to be the oldest continuously inhabited site in the United ...