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Spanish-sounding place names are classified into four categories: Colonial: Spanish names that were given during the Spanish colonial period, or adaptations of names originally given in the colonial period to the same place or to nearby related places. (Ex: Los Angeles, Salamanca, or California)
Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee. In the 16th century, three Spanish expeditions passed through what is now Tennessee. [12] The Hernando de Soto expedition entered the Tennessee Valley via the Nolichucky River in June 1540, rested for several weeks at the village of Chiaha (near the modern Douglas Dam), and proceeded southward to the Coosa chiefdom in northern ...
Largest pre-Columbian city in the Americas, later called Mexico City. 1450 Etzanoa: Kansas United States [4] 1450 Zuni Pueblo: New Mexico: United States [5] 1470: Iximche: Chimaltenango: Guatemala: 1493: La Isabela: Puerto Plata: Dominican Republic: First European settlement in the New World during the Age of Discovery. Abandoned by 1500. 1494 ...
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 ...
Oldest English-founded city in North America, [7] seasonal until c. 1630 1508 Caparra: Puerto Rico: United States 1509 Sevilla la Nueva: Seville, St. Ann's Bay: Jamaica: Established by Juan de Esquivel, the first Spanish governor of Jamaica, St Ann's Bay was the third capital established by Spain in the Americas. 1510 Nombre de Dios: Colón: Panama
Pueblo de Los Ángeles in Los Angeles County, California, founded in 1781; land patented August 4, 1875, to the City of Los Angeles; containing 17,172.37 acres. [2] Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe in Santa Clara County, California, [6] founded November 27, [7] 1777; patented July 4, 1884, to the City of San Jose; containing 55,891.77 acres [2]
Fellow small-town enthusiast Leigh Crandall and I put in hours upon hours of research, including chatting up locals and hitting the road, to bring you the top 10 standout small towns across ...
This is a list of properties and historic districts in Tennessee that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are over 2,000 in total. Of these, 29 are National Historic Landmarks. Each of Tennessee's 95 counties has at least one listing.