This is a list of cities in the Americas (South, Central and North) by founding year and present-day country.
Year | City | State, province, dept., etc. | Country | Notes | |
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4000 BC | Puerto Hormiga Culture | Cartagena | Colombia | ||
3710 BC | Aspero | Norte Chico | Peru | ||
2627 BC | Caral | Norte Chico | Peru | ||
700 BC | Ticul | Yucatán | Mexico | ||
500 BC | Cholula | Puebla | Mexico | ||
300 BC | Teotihuacan | México | Mexico | In the Valley of Mexico | |
200 | Mitla | Oaxaca | Mexico | ||
524 | Ejutla | Oaxaca | Mexico | [1] | |
500 | Cuenca | Azuay | Ecuador | ||
650 | Cahokia | Illinois | United States | ||
1000 | Acoma Pueblo and Taos Pueblo | New Mexico | United States | ||
1050 | Motul | Yucatán | Mexico | ||
1100 | Oraibi | Arizona | United States (Hopi Reservation) | [2] | |
1200 | Ojinaga | Chihuahua | Mexico | ||
1325 | Tenochtitlan | Distrito Federal | Mexico | Later called Mexico City | |
1450 | Zuni Pueblo | New Mexico | United States | [3] | |
1470 | Iximche | Chimaltenango | Guatemala | ||
1493 | La Isabela | Puerto Plata | Dominican Republic | ||
1498 | Santo Domingo | Distrito Nacional | Dominican Republic | Capital of the Dominican Republic. Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in the Americas. | |
1502 | Santa Cruz del Seibo | El Seibo | Dominican Republic | ||
1504 | Azua de Compostela | Azua | Dominican Republic | ||
1504 | Santiago de los Caballeros | Santiago | Dominican Republic | ||
1505 | Cotuí | Sánchez Ramírez | Dominican Republic | ||
1506 | Salvaleón de Higüey | La Altagracia | Dominican Republic | ||
1508 | Bonao | Monseñor Nouel | Dominican Republic | ||
1508 | Caparra | Puerto Rico | United States | Abandoned in 1521 with the removal of the capital to San Juan. | |
1510 | Santa Maria la Antigua del Darien | Urabá | Colombia | First city founded by Europeans on the continent of the Americas. | |
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. | |
1514 | Santiago | Santiago | Cuba | ||
1515 | Havana | Havana | Cuba | ||
1519 | La Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz, (Veracruz) | Veracruz | Mexico | Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Mexico. | |
1519 | Panama City | Panama | Panama | First European established city on the Pacific Coast of the Americas | |
1520 | Hato Mayor del Rey | Hato Mayor | Dominican Republic | ||
1521 | Cumaná | Sucre | Venezuela | Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Venezuela. | |
1521 | San Juan | Puerto Rico | 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 | Tecpán Guatemala | Chimaltenango | Guatemala | First capital of Guatemala and oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Guatemala. | |
1524 | Trujillo | Colón | Honduras | Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Honduras. | |
1525 | Santa Marta | Magdalena | Colombia | Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Colombia. | |
1525 | Acapulco | Guerrero | Mexico | [4] | |
1525 | San Salvador | San Salvador | El Salvador | Founded in 1525, rebuilt and changed locations twice afterwards (1528 and 1545) and oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in El Salvador. | |
1526 | Acámbaro | Guanajuato | Mexico | ||
1526 | Chimaltenango | Chimaltenango | Guatemala | ||
1529 | Maracaibo | Zulia | Venezuela | ||
1530 | San Blas | Nayarit | Mexico | By Nuño Beltrán [5] | |
1531 | Puebla | Puebla | Mexico | by Fr. Toribio de Benavente ("Motolinía") on 16 April [6] | |
1532 | Oaxaca | Oaxaca | Mexico | ||
1532 | São Vicente | São Paulo | Brazil | Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Brazil, oldest Portuguese established settlement in the New World. | |
1532 | Tepic | Nayarit | Mexico | As capital of Nueva Galicia [7] | |
1533 | Cartagena de Indias | Bolívar | Colombia | ||
1534 | Otavalo | Imbabura | Ecuador | ||
1534 | Quito | Pichincha | Ecuador | Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Ecuador. | |
1534 | Spanish Town | Saint Catherine | Jamaica | Founded by the Spanish as Santiago de la Vega or St. Jago de la Vega. Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Jamaica. | |
1534 | Trujillo | La Libertad | Peru | Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Peru. | |
1535 | Lima | Lima | Peru | ||
1535 | Igarassu | Pernambuco | Brazil | Site of first European settlement in Brazil, the feitoria of Igarassu, in 1516.[1] | |
1535 | Olinda | Pernambuco | Brazil | One of the best-preserved colonial cities in Brazil.[2] | |
1535 | Vila Velha | Espírito Santo | Brazil | ||
1535 | Paria | Oruro | Bolivia | ||
1536 | Santiago de Cali | Valle del Cauca | Colombia | ||
1536 | Popayán | Cauca | Colombia | ||
1536 | San Pedro Sula | Cortés | Honduras | ||
1536 | Tupiza | Potosí | Bolivia | ||
1537 | Asunción | Paraguay | Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Paraguay. | ||
1537 | Recife | Pernambuco | Brazil | Capital of the state of Pernambuco. It is the oldest city among Brazil's current state capitals.[3] | |
1538 | Bogotá | Cundinamarca | Colombia | ||
1538 | Guayaquil | Guayas | Ecuador | ||
1538 | Iguape | São Paulo | Brazil | ||
1538 | Sucre | Chuquisaca | Bolivia | Originally called Ciudad de la Plata de la Nueva Toledo and the oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Bolivia. | |
1540 | Arequipa | Arequipa | Peru | ||
1540 | Ayacucho | Ayacucho | Peru | ||
1540 | Campeche | Campeche | Mexico | ||
1540 | Yuriria | Guanajuato | Mexico | ||
1541 | Huánuco | Huánuco | Peru | ||
1541 | Moquegua | Moquegua | Peru | ||
1497 | St. John's | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Canada, oldest British established settlement in the Americas | |
1541 | Santiago | Santiago | Chile | Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Chile. | |
1542 | Guadalajara | Jalisco | Mexico | ||
1542 | Genaro Codina | Zacatecas | Mexico | [4] | |
1542 | San Miguel de Allende | Guanajuato | Mexico | ||
1543 | Antigua Guatemala | Sacatepéquez | Guatemala | ||
1543 | Cobán | Alta Verapaz | Guatemala | ||
1543 | Santa Cruz Verapaz | Alta Verapaz | Guatemala | ||
1545 | Potosí | Potosí | Bolivia | ||
1546 | Neyba | Bahoruco | Dominican Republic | ||
1546 | Tepezalá | Aguascalientes | Mexico | [5] | |
1548 | Asientos | Aguascalientes | Mexico | [6] | |
1548 | La Paz | La Paz | Bolivia | ||
1548 | Pánuco | Zacatecas | Mexico | [7] | |
1548 | Zacatecas | Zacatecas | Mexico | [8] | |
1549 | Salvador | Bahia | Brazil | ||
1550 | Concepción | Concepción | Chile | ||
1551 | Vitória | Espírito Santo | Brazil | ||
1542 | San Luis de la Paz | Guanajuato | Mexico | ||
1552 | Sonsonate | Sonsonate | El Salvador | ||
1553 | Santiago del Estero | Santiago del Estero | Argentina | Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Argentina. | |
1553 | São Bernardo do Campo | São Paulo | Brazil | ||
1554 | Embu | São Paulo | Brazil | ||
1554 | São Paulo | São Paulo | Brazil | ||
1555 | Saín Alto | Zacatecas | Mexico | [9] | |
1556 | Chalchihuites | Zacatecas | Mexico | [10] | |
1557 | Santo Amaro | Bahia | Brazil | ||
1558 | Mérida | Mérida | Venezuela | ||
1560 | Ipojuca | Pernambuco | Brazil | ||
1561 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | Santa Cruz | Bolivia | ||
1561 | San Cristobal | Táchira | Venezuela | ||
1562 | San Juan | San Juan | Argentina | ||
1562 | Río Grande | Zacatecas | Mexico | [11] | |
1562 | Susticacán | Zacatecas | Mexico | [12] | |
1563 | Cartago | Cartago | Costa Rica | Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Costa Rica. | |
1564 | São Mateus | Espírito Santo | Brazil | ||
1565 | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | ||
1565 | Saint Augustine | Florida | United States | Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in the continental United States. Preceded by Puerto Rican colonies, Pensacola, Florida, which was destroyed in 1559, and Fort Caroline, destroyed in 1565. | |
1565 | Tucumán | Tucumán | Argentina | ||
1567 | Caracas | Capital District | Venezuela | ||
1568 | Mazapil | Zacatecas | Mexico | [13] | |
1568 | Goiana | Pernambuco | Brazil | Declared vila in 1685; cidade in 1840.[14] | |
1568 | Valaparaíso | Zacatecas | Mexico | [15] | |
1569 | Santa Ana | Santa Ana | El Salvador | Built over Mayan city of Sihuatehuacán. | |
1570 | Jerez | Zacatecas | Mexico | [16] | |
1570 | Sombrerete | Zacatecas | Mexico | [17] | |
1571 | Cochabamba | Cochabamba | Bolivia | ||
1572 | Huancavelica | Huancavelica | Peru | ||
1573 | San German | Puerto Rico | United States | Second oldest European settlement in Puerto Rico [18] | |
1573 | Córdoba | Córdoba | Argentina | ||
1573 | Santa Fé | Santa Fé | Argentina | ||
1574 | Huaraz | Ancash | Peru | ||
1574 | Tarija | Tarija Department | Bolivia | ||
1575 | Aguascalientes | Aguascalientes | Mexico | [19] | |
1576 | León | Guanajuato | Mexico | ||
1577 | Juayúa | Sonsonate | El Salvador | ||
1578 | Fort-Liberté | Nord-Est | Haiti | Originally called Bayaha by the Spanish. Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Haiti. | |
1578 | Tegucigalpa | Francisco Morazán | Honduras | ||
1579 | Coamo | Puerto Rico | United States | Third oldest European settlement in Puerto Rico. In the same area where the Tainos had had their village of Guayama. Coamo became officially a town in 1616, and given the title of villa by Spanish Royal Decree in 1778.[20] | |
1580 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | |||
1580 | Santo Domingo Xenacoj | Sacatepéquez | Guatemala | ||
1582 | Salta | Salta | Argentina | ||
1585 | João Pessoa | Paraíba | Brazil | ||
1587 | Concepción del Oro | Zacatecas | Mexico | [21] | |
1588 | Corrientes | Corrientes | Argentina | ||
1590 | São Cristóvão | Sergipe | Brazil | First capital of Sergipe. Formerly known as Sergipe d'El Rei | |
1591 | Jiménez del Teul | Zacatecas | Mexico | [22] | |
1591 | Juan Aldama | Zacatecas | Mexico | [23] | |
1591 | Paudalho | Pernambuco | Brazil | ||
1593 | San Salvador de Jujuy | Jujuy | Argentina | ||
1594 | Pinos | Zacatecas | Mexico | [24] | |
1594 | San Luis | San Luis | Argentina | ||
1596 | Monterrey | Nuevo León | Mexico | ||
1597 | Portobelo | Colón | Panama | ||
1598 | Parras | Coahuila | Mexico | ||
1599 | Natal | Rio Grande do Norte | Brazil | ||
1599 | Tadoussac | Quebec | Canada | Oldest continuously inhabited French established settlement in the Americas, oldest European established settlement in Quebec. | |
1602 | David | Chiriquí Province | Panama | ||
1603 | Salamanca | Guanajuato | Mexico | ||
1604 | Port Royal | Nova Scotia | Canada | Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Nova Scotia. | |
1606 | Bayaguana | Monte Plata | Dominican Republic | ||
1606 | Ibarra | Imbabura | Ecuador | ||
1606 | Oruro | Oruro | Bolivia | ||
1607 | Jamestown | Virginia | United States | First permanent English established settlement in the Americas. | |
1608 | Quebec City | Quebec | Canada | ||
1609 | Fortaleza | Ceará | Brazil | ||
1610 | Kecoughtan | Virginia | United States | ||
1610 | León | León | Nicaragua | ||
1610 | Santa Fe | New Mexico | United States | Oldest continuously inhabited state or territorial capital in the continental United States. [8] | |
1610 | Harbour Grace | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | ||
1611 | Marechal Deodoro | Alagoas | Brazil | ||
1612 | São Luís | Maranhão | Brazil | Capital of Maranhão. | |
1612 | St. George's | Bermuda | Oldest continuously inhabited English established settlement in the Americas. | ||
1613 | Penedo | Alagoas | Brazil | ||
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 | |
1614 | Sirinhaém | Pernambuco | Brazil | Declared vila in 1627; cidade in 1892.[25] | |
1615 | Cabo Frio | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | ||
1615 | Posadas | Misiones | Argentina | ||
1615 | Taos | New Mexico | United States | ||
1616 | Belém | Pará | Brazil | Capital of Pará. | |
1616 | Medellín | Antioquia | Colombia | Founded by Francisco de Herrera y Campuzano | |
1616 | Arecibo | Puerto Rico | United States | ||
1617 | Jersey City, New Jersey | New Jersey | United States | Pavonia, New Netherland | |
1618 | Cabo de Santo Agostinho | Pernambuco | Brazil | Declared vila in 1811; cidade in 1877. | |
1620 | Ojocaliente | Zacatecas | Mexico | [26] | |
1620 | Plymouth | Massachusetts | United States | ||
1623 | Dover | New Hampshire | United States | ||
1623 | Gloucester | Massachusetts | United States | ||
1624 | Old Road | Saint Christopher | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Oldest continuously inhabited British established settlement in the Caribbean, First successful 'non-Spanish' established settlement in the Caribbean. | |
1624 | Villa Soriano | Soriano | Uruguay | Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Uruguay. | |
1625 | New Amsterdam | New York | United States | Now New York City. | |
1626 | Salem | Massachusetts | United States | ||
1626 | Vitória de Santo Antão | Pernambuco | Brazil | Declared vila in 1811; cidade in 1843.[27] | |
1627 | Basseterre | Saint Christopher | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Oldest continuously inhabited French established settlement in the Caribbean. | |
1628 | Bridgetown | Saint Michael | Barbados | Second oldest continuously inhabited English established settlement in the Caribbean. | |
1630 | Boston | Massachusetts | United States | ||
1630 | Paramaribo | Paramaribo | Suriname | Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Suriname. | |
1630 | Speightstown | Saint Peter | Barbados | ||
1631 | Biddeford | Maine | United States | ||
1631 | Hidalgo del Parral | Chihuahua | Mexico | ||
1631 | Saint John | New Brunswick | Canada | ||
1632 | Batopilas | Chihuahua | Mexico | ||
1632 | Williamsburg | Virginia | United States | ||
1632 | St. John's | Antigua | Antigua and Barbuda | ||
1634 | Green Bay | Wisconsin | United States | Oldest continuously inhabited French established settlement in the United States. | |
1634 | St. Mary's City | Maryland | United States | ||
1634 | Trois-Rivières | Quebec | Canada | ||
1634 | Willemstad | Curaçao | Netherlands Antilles | Oldest continuously inhabited Dutch established settlement in the Caribbean. | |
1635 | Concord | Massachusetts | United States | ||
1635 | Old Saybrook | Connecticut | United States | Original Dutch settlement called Kievits Hoek. | |
1636 | Springfield | Massachusetts | United States | ||
1636 | Providence | Rhode Island | United States | ||
1637 | Hartford | Connecticut | United States | ||
1638 | Belize City | Belize | Belize | Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Belize. Original Mayan city called Holzuz. | |
1638 | Fort-de-France | Martinique | Originally called Fort Saint Louis. | ||
1638 | New Haven | Connecticut | United States | ||
1638 | Wilmington | Delaware | United States | Grew from Fort Christina, part of the New Sweden colony. Oldest continuously inhabited Swedish established settlement in the Americas. | |
1638 | Cambridge | Massachusetts | United States | ||
1639 | Rincón de Romos | Aguascalientes | Mexico | [28] | |
1639 (prior to) | St. Marks | Florida | United States | [11] | |
1639 | Bridgeport | Connecticut | United States | ||
1639 | Newport | Rhode Island | United States | ||
1642 | Montreal | Quebec | Canada | ||
1642 | Lexington | Massachusetts | United States | [12] | |
1642 | Warwick | Rhode Island | United States | ||
1643 | Basse-Terre | Guadeloupe | Territorial capital. | ||
1643 | Dolores Hidalgo | Guanajuato | Mexico | ||
1644 | Salvatierra | Guanajuato | Mexico | ||
1646 | New London | Connecticut | United States | ||
1648 | Alcântara | Maranhão | Brazil | [29] | |
1648 | Paranaguá | Paraná | Brazil | ||
1649 | Annapolis | Maryland | United States | ||
1650 | Castries | Castries | Saint Lucia | ||
1650 | Saint George's | Saint George | Grenada | ||
1654 | Vieux Fort | Vieux Fort | Saint Lucia | ||
1659 | Ciudad Juárez | Chihuahua | Mexico | ||
1659 | El Paso | Texas | United States | ||
1660 | Charlestown | Nevis | St Kitts & Nevis | ||
1660 | Placentia | Newfoundland | Canada | French Capital unil 1713, originally called Plaisance | |
1660 | Rye | New York | United States | ||
1664 | Albany | New York | United States | ||
1664 | Cayenne | French Guiana | Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in French Guiana. | ||
1665 | Port-de-Paix | Nord-Ouest Department | Haiti | ||
1666 | Codrington | Barbuda | Antigua and Barbuda | ||
1666 | Newark | New Jersey | United States | ||
1667 | Paraty | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | ||
1668 | Sault Ste. Marie | Michigan | United States | [13], oldest city in Michigan. | |
1670 | Boqueirão | Paraíba | Brazil | [30] | |
1670 | Cap-Haïtien | Nord | Haiti | Originally called "Cap-Français" | |
1670 | Charleston | South Carolina | United States | ||
1672 | Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas | U.S. Virgin Islands | United States | Oldest permanent European settlement in Saint Thomas island.[31] Oldest continuously inhabited Danish established settlement in the Americas. | |
1673 | Kingston | Ontario | Canada | Grew from Fort Frontenac. | |
1673 | San José de Gracia | Aguascalientes | Mexico | [32] | |
1673 | Worcester | Massachusetts | United States | ||
1674 | Cachoeira | Bahia | Brazil | ||
1674 | Waterbury | Connecticut | United States | ||
1680 | South Orange | New Jersey | United States | Grew from Newark (later Orange). | |
1680 | Colonia del Sacramento | Colonia | Uruguay | ||
1681 | Cockburn Town | Turks and Caicos Islands | |||
1682 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | United States | ||
1682 | Norfolk | Virginia | United States | ||
1682 | São Borja | Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | ||
1683 | Dover | Delaware | United States | ||
1685 | Escada | Pernambuco | Brazil | ||
1686 | Trinidad | Beni Department | Bolivia | ||
1687 | New Britain | Connecticut | United States | ||
1687 | São Luiz Gonzaga | Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | ||
1687 | São Miguel das Missões | Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | ||
1687 | São Nicolau | Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | ||
1689 | Marigot | Saint Martin | |||
1690 | Port of Spain | Trinidad | Trinidad and Tobago | ||
1690 | São Lourenço das Missões | Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | ||
1692 | Villanueva | Zacatecas | Mexico | [33] | |
1693 | Bom Jesus da Lapa | Bahia | Brazil | ||
1693 | Burlington | New Jersey | United States | ||
1693 | Cachoeira | Bahia | Brazil | ||
1693 | Curitiba | Paraná | Brazil | ||
1693 | Kingston | St Andrew | Jamaica | ||
1695 | Nassau | New Providence | Bahamas | ||
1695 | Saint-Marc | Artibonite | Haiti | ||
1696 | Assú | Rio Grande do Norte | Brazil | Declared vila in 1766; cidade in 1845.[34] | |
1696 | Rimouski | Quebec | Canada | ||
1698 | Ambato | Tungurahua | Ecuador | ||
1698 | Pensacola | Florida | United States | ||
1699 | Biloxi | Mississippi | United States | ||
1699 | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | United States | ||
1700 | Barreiras | Bahia | Brazil | ||
1701 | Detroit | Michigan | United States | ||
1701 | São João del Rei | Minas Gerais | Brazil | ||
1702 | Jesús María | Aguascalientes | Mexico | [35] | |
1702 | Mobile | Alabama | United States | ||
1703 | Kaskaskia | Illinois | United States | ||
1705 | Bath | North Carolina | United States | ||
1706 | Albuquerque | New Mexico | United States | ||
1706 | Santo Ângelo | Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | ||
1709 | Chihuahua | Chihuahua | Mexico | ||
1710 | Chatham | New Jersey | United States | On land purchased in 1680. | |
1711 | Beaufort | South Carolina | United States | ||
1711 | Ouro Preto | Minas Gerais | Brazil | ||
1714 | Natchitoches | Louisiana | United States | Oldest settlement in the Louisiana Purchase | |
1714 | Antonina | Paraná | Brazil | ||
1714 | Laguna | Santa Catarina | Brazil | ||
1714 | Serro | Minas Gerais | Brazil | ||
1715 (prior to) | Kekionga | Indiana | United States | Capital of the Miami tribe. | |
1716 | Natchez | Mississippi | United States | Dates to the founding of Fort Rosalie by the French.[14] | |
1717 | Brejo do Cruz | Paraíba | Brazil | [36] | |
1717 | Zacatecas | Zacatecas | Mexico | [37] | |
1717 | Westborough | Massachusetts | United States | One Hundredth Town in Massachusetts | |
1718 | New Orleans | Louisiana | United States | ||
1718 | Rio de Contas | Bahia | Brazil | ||
1718 | San Antonio | Texas | United States | ||
1718 | Tiradentes | Minas Gerais | Brazil | ||
1719 | Trenton | New Jersey | United States | ||
1721 | Cortazar | Guanajuato | Mexico | ||
1722 | Edenton | North Carolina | United States | ||
1723 | Guaynabo | Puerto Rico | United States | Declared pueblo in 1723; municipio in 1768.[38] | |
1724 | Brattleboro | Vermont | United States | Grew out of Fort Dummer. | |
1725 | Concord | New Hampshire | United States | ||
1726 | Florianópolis | Santa Catarina | Brazil | ||
1726 | Montevideo | Montevideo | Uruguay | ||
1727 | Cuiabá | Mato Grosso | Brazil | ||
1727 | Goiás | Goiás | Brazil | ||
1727 | Pirenópolis | Goiás | Brazil | [39] | |
1728 | Fredericksburg | Virginia | United States | ||
1728 | Inhambupe | Bahia | Brazil | ||
1728 | Nuuk | Greenland | Norse colony was originally called Godthab. Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Greenland. | ||
1729 | Baltimore | Maryland | United States | ||
1730 | Roseau | Saint George | Dominica | ||
1732 | Fredericton | New Brunswick | Canada | Originally called Ste. Anne's Point. | |
1732 | Vincennes | Indiana | United States | ||
1733 | Morretes | Paraná | Brazil | ||
1733 | Pau dos Ferros | Rio Grande do Norte | Brazil | [40] | |
1733 | Richmond | Virginia | United States | [15] | |
1733 | Savannah | Georgia | United States | ||
1736 | Augusta | Georgia | United States | ||
1737 | Rio Grande | Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | ||
1738 | Fort Rouge | Manitoba | Canada | Now Winnipeg, Manitoba. | |
1738 | San José | San José | Costa Rica | ||
1740 | Santa Rosalía de Camargo | Chihuahua | Mexico | ||
1740 | Portalegre | Rio Grande do Norte | Brazil | ||
1740 | San Felipe de Puerto Plata | Puerto Plata | Dominican Republic | ||
1741 | Viamão | Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | ||
1743 | Canguaretama | Rio Grande do Norte | Brazil | Declared vila in 1858; cidade in 1885. | |
1748 | Caicó | Rio Grande do Norte | Brazil | Declared vila in 1788; cidade in 1868. | |
1749 | Alexandria | Virginia | United States | ||
1749 | San Ignacio de Velasco | Santa Cruz Department | Bolivia | ||
1749 | Port-au-Prince | Ouest Department | Haiti | ||
1749 | Halifax | Nova Scotia | Canada | ||
1749 | Windsor | Ontario | Canada | Oldest continually-inhabited settlement in Canada west of Montreal | |
1752 | Buíque | Pernambuco | Brazil | ||
1752 | Patos | Paraíba | Brazil | Declared vila in 1832; cidade in 1903. | |
1752 | Tubac | Arizona | United States | ||
1754 | Augusta | Maine | United States | ||
1755 | Charlotte | North Carolina | United States | ||
1756 | Salto | Salto | Uruguay | ||
1756 | Santa Bárbara de Samaná | Samaná | Dominican Republic | ||
1756 | Yauco | Puerto Rico | United States | [41] | |
1757 | Estância | Sergipe | Brazil | ||
1758 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | United States | ||
1758 | Macapá | Amapá | Brazil | ||
1760 | Arês | Rio Grande do Norte | Brazil | ||
1760 | Sabana de la Mar | Hato Mayor | Dominican Republic | ||
1761 | Sacaba | Cochabamba Department | Bolivia | ||
1762 | Kingstown | St Vincent | Saint Vincent & The Grenadines | ||
1762 | Parnaíba | Piauí | Brazil | [42] | |
1762 | Shepherdstown | West Virginia | United States | Originally known as Mecklenburg. | |
1762 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | United States | Incorporated as Northamptontown. | |
1762 | Baía da Traição | Paraíba | Brazil | [43] | |
1763 | Burlington | Vermont | United States | ||
1763 | Pánfilo Natera | Zacatecas | Mexico | [44] | |
1763 | Philipsburg | Sint Maarten | Netherlands Antilles | ||
1763 | St. Louis | Missouri | United States | ||
1764 | Charlottetown | Prince Edward Island | Canada | ||
1764 | Pointe-à-Pitre | Grand Terre | Guadeloupe | ||
1765 | Port Elizabeth | Grenadines | Saint Vincent & The Grenadines | ||
1765 | Portsmouth | Saint John | Dominica | ||
1767 | Ceará-Mirim | Rio Grande do Norte | Brazil | ||
1767 | Araioses | Maranhão | Brazil | [45] | |
1769 | Elizabethton | Tennessee | United States | ||
1769 | Falmouth | Trelawny | Jamaica | ||
1769 | San Diego | California | United States | Grew from Presidio of San Diego | |
1769 | Lapa | Paraná | Brazil | ||
1770 | Monterey | California | United States | Grew from Presidio of Monterey. Original capital of California [16] | |
1770 | Araxá | Minas Gerais | Brazil | ||
1771 | Calvillo | Aguascalientes | Mexico | [46] | |
1772 | Porto Alegre | Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | ||
1775 | Tucson | Arizona | United States | ||
1774 | Castro | Paraná | Brazil | ||
1775 | Lexington | Kentucky | United States | ||
1775 | Boonesborough | Kentucky | United States | Grew from Fort Boonesborough, built by pioneer Daniel Boone.
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1775 | São Lourenço da Mata | Pernambuco | Brazil | District status in 1775; village status in 1884; municipality status in 1890 | |
1776 | San Francisco | California | United States | ||
1777 | San Jose | California | United States | Originally known as El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, the first town in the Spanish colony of Nueva California, which later became Alta California. | |
1778 | Corumbá | Mato Grosso do Sul | Brazil | ||
1778 | Louisville | Kentucky | United States | Grew from Fort Nelson, established by explorer George Rogers Clark. | |
1778 | San Francisco de Macorís | Duarte | Dominican Republic | ||
1779 | Jonesborough | Tennessee | United States | Later organized as the lost State of Franklin with Jonesborough as capital 1784.[47] | |
1779 | Nashville | Tennessee | United States | Grew from Fort Nashborough | |
1780 | Codó | Maranhão | Brazil | Declared vila in 1833; cidade in 1896.[48] | |
1780 | Las Matas de Farfán | San Juan | Dominican Republic | ||
1781 | Montpelier | Vermont | United States | ||
1781 | Los Angeles | California | United States | ||
1782 | Catu | Bahia | Brazil | ||
1782 | Georgetown | Demerara-Mahaica | Guyana | Originally called La Nouvelle Ville. | |
1783 | Vitória da Conquista | Bahia | Brazil | ||
1784 | San Fernando | Trinidad | Trinidad and Tobago | ||
1785 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | United States | ||
1785 | North Battleford | Saskatchewan | Canada | 1785 fur trading post. 1877 Battleford is capital of the North West Territories. North Battleford incorporated as a city (population 5000+) 1913.[49] | |
1785 | Asheville | North Carolina | United States | ||
1785 | Gustavia | Saint Barthélemy | |||
1785 | Huntington | West Virginia | United States | ||
1785 | Sydney | Nova Scotia | Canada | ||
1786 | Columbia | South Carolina | United States | ||
1786 | Escada | Pernambuco | Brazil | Declared vila in 1854; cidade in 1873.[50] | |
1786 | Florissant | Missouri | United States | Originally known as St. Ferdinand. | |
1786 | Frankfort | Kentucky | United States | ||
1786 | Portland | Maine | United States | ||
1787 | Boa Ventura | Paraíba | Brazil | [51] | |
1788 | Marietta | Ohio | United States | ||
1788 | Cincinnati | Ohio | United States | ||
1788 | Charleston | West Virginia | United States | Grew from Fort Lee. [17] | |
1788 | Mercedes | Soriano | Uruguay | ||
1789 | Buffalo | New York | United States | ||
1789 | Itambé | Pernambuco | Brazil | Declared vila in 1867; cidade in 1879.[52] | |
1790 | Hamilton | Bermuda | |||
1790 | Washington | District of Columbia | United States | ||
1791 | Jacksonville | Florida | United States | Known as "Cowford". | |
1791 | Knoxville | Tennessee | United States | ||
1791 | Bangor | Maine | United States | ||
1792 | Raleigh | North Carolina | United States | ||
1793 | Sherbrooke | Quebec | Canada | ||
1793 | Toronto | Ontario | Canada | ||
1794 | Fort Wayne | Indiana | United States | ||
1795 | Edmonton | Alberta | Canada | Grew from Fort Edmonton. | |
1795 | Erie | Pennsylvania | United States | Grew from the French Fort Presque Isle. | |
1795 | Maryville | Tennessee | United States | Grew from the American Fort Craig. | |
1796 | Cleveland | Ohio | United States | ||
1796 | Oranjestad | Aruba | Netherlands | ||
1797 | Chaguanas | Trinidad | Trinidad and Tobago | ||
1797 | Franklinton | Ohio | United States | Eventually absorbed by Columbus, Ohio. | |
1799 | Araruama | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | ||
1800 | Hull | Quebec | Canada | Formerly known as Wrightville. | |
1802 | Chapadinha | Maranhão | Brazil | [53] | |
1802 | Santa Cruz de Barahona | Barahona | Dominican Republic | ||
1803 | Chicago | Illinois | United States | Grew from Fort Dearborn. | |
1805 | Huntsville | Alabama | United States | ||
1807 | Hot Springs | Arkansas | United States | ||
1809 | Água Preta | Pernambuco | Brazil | Declared vila in 1846; cidade in 1895.[54] | |
1810 | Guarapuava | Paraná | Brazil | ||
1810 | Manchester | New Hampshire | United States | ||
1810 | Pilão Arcado | Bahia | Brazil | ||
1810 | San Bernardino | California | United States | ||
1811 | Garanhuns | Pernambuco | Brazil | ||
1812 | Columbus | Ohio | United States | ||
1812 | Pelotas | Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | Declared vila in 1832; cidade in 1835.[55] | |
1813 | Capela | Sergipe | Brazil | ||
1813 | Chisec | Alta Verapaz | Guatemala | ||
1815 | Areia | Paraíba | Brazil | [56] | |
1815 | Hamilton | Ontario | Canada | ||
1816 | Alagoinhas | Bahia | Brazil | ||
1816 | Chattanooga | Tennessee | United States | Originally named Ross's Landing. | |
1816 | Saginaw | Michigan | United States | ||
1816 | Savaneta | Aruba | Netherlands | ||
1817 | Fort Smith | Arkansas | United States | ||
1818 | Itaguaí | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | ||
1818 | Papeete | Tahiti | French Polynesia | ||
1819 | Montgomery | Alabama | United States | State capital, grew from the 1540 French settlement Fort Toulouse. | |
1819 | Springfield | Illinois | United States | ||
1819 | Managua | Managua | Nicaragua | ||
1819 | Memphis | Tennessee | United States | Near the site of the earlier French Fort Prudhomme. | |
1819 | Palmeira | Paraná | Brazil | ||
1819 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | United States | Former state capital, grew from former Native American settlements beginning in 1580. [18] | |
1820 | Cotegipe | Bahia | Brazil | ||
1821 | Little Rock | Arkansas | United States | ||
1821 | Indianapolis | Indiana | United States | ||
1821 | Jefferson City | Missouri | United States | ||
1821 | Decatur | Alabama | United States | ||
1822 | Ponta Grossa | Paraná | Brazil | ||
1822 | Jackson | Mississippi | United States | ||
1823 | Tampa | Florida | United States | Grew from earlier military post Fort Brooke. | |
1824 | Vancouver | Washington | United States | ||
1824 | Tallahassee | Florida | United States | ||
1825 | Vicksburg | Mississippi | United States | ||
1825 | Grand Rapids | Michigan | United States | ||
1825 | Syracuse | New York | United States | incorporated as village; received city charter in 1847 | |
1826 | Ipiranga | Paraná | Brazil | ||
1826 | London | Ontario | Canada | ||
1827 | Fort Leavenworth | Kansas | United States | ||
1827 | St. Andrews | Florida | United States | Now part of Panama City | |
1831 | Greenville | South Carolina | United States | ||
1831 | Piracanjuba | Goiás | Brazil | [57] | |
1832 | Goianinha | Rio Grande do Norte | Brazil | ||
1828 | Key West | Florida | United States | ||
1832 | Touros | Rio Grande do Norte | Brazil | ||
1762 | Bananeiras | Paraíba | Brazil | [58] | |
1833 | Juazeiro | Bahia | Brazil | ||
1833 | Kitchener | Ontario | Canada | Originally called Berlin. | |
1833 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | United States | ||
1833 | Nazaré da Mata | Pernambuco | Brazil | Declared vila in 1833; cidade in 1850.[59] | |
1833 | Rio Formoso | Pernambuco | Brazil | Declared vila in 1833; cidade in 1850.[60] | |
1833 | Vassouras | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | ||
1835 | Austin | Texas | United States | ||
1835 | Barra do Corda | Maranhão | Brazil | [61] | |
1835 | Curupuru | Maranhão | Brazil | Declared vila in 1841; cidade in 1920.[62] | |
1836 | Chicago | Illinois | United States | ||
1836 | Davenport | Iowa | United States | ||
1836 | Oshawa | Ontario | Canada | ||
1836 | Shreveport | Louisiana | United States | ||
1836 | Madison | Wisconsin | United States | ||
1837 | Glória do Goitá | Pernambuco | Brazil | Declared vila in 1877; cidade in 1884.[63] | |
1837 | Lansing | Michigan | United States | ||
1837 | Houston | Texas | United States | ||
1838 | Divina Pastora | Sergipe | Brazil | ||
1838 | Kansas City | Missouri | United States | ||
1838 | St Paul | Minnesota | United States | ||
1839 | Santa Rita | Paraíba | Brazil | Declared vila in 1890; cidade in 1924. | |
1840 | Summerside | Prince Edward Island | Canada | ||
1841 | Cedar Rapids | Iowa | United States | ||
1841 | Dallas | Texas | United States | ||
1842 | Piatã | Bahia | Brazil | ||
1842 | Salem | Oregon | United States | ||
1843 | Atlanta | Georgia | United States | Originally known as Marthasville, Georgia. | |
1843 | Des Moines | Iowa | United States | ||
1843 | Portland | Oregon | United States | ||
1843 | Stanley | East Falkland | Falkland Islands | ||
1843 | Uruguaiana | Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | Declared vila in 1846; cidade in 1874.[64] | |
1843 | Victoria | British Columbia | Canada | ||
1844 | Lençóis | Bahia | Brazil | ||
1845 | Araruna | Paraíba | Brazil | [65] | |
1847 | Alagoa Grande | Paraíba | Brazil | Declared vila in 1865; cidade in 1908. | |
1847 | Salt Lake City | Utah | United States | Originally known as Great Salt Lake City. | |
1848 | Caruaru | Pernambuco | Brazil | First municipality in the [Agreste] region of Pernambuco state, Brazil.[66] | |
1848 | Rio Verde | Goiás | Brazil | [67] | |
1848 | Sacramento | California | United States | ||
1849 | Provo | Utah | United States | ||
1850 | Bytown | Ontario | Canada | Now Ottawa, Ontario. | |
1851 | San Luis | Colorado | United States | ||
1851 | Seattle | Washington | United States | ||
1852 | Mossoró | Rio Grande do Norte | Brazil | ||
1852 | São José dos Pinhais | Paraná | Brazil | ||
1853 | Olympia | Washington | United States | ||
1854 | Omaha | Nebraska | United States | ||
1854 | Anajatuba | Maranhão | Brazil | [68] | |
1854 | Topeka | Kansas | United States | ||
1855 | Aracaju | Sergipe | Brazil | ||
1856 | Lincoln | Nebraska | United States | Originally called Lancaster. | |
1856 | O'Fallon | Missouri | United States | ||
1856 | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | United States | ||
1857 | Boquim | Sergipe | Brazil | ||
1858 | Carson City | Nevada | United States | ||
1858 | Denver | Colorado | United States | ||
1859 | Yankton | South Dakota | United States | ||
1863 | Boise | Idaho | United States | ||
1863 | Wichita | Kansas | United States | ||
1864 | Casper | Wyoming | United States | Originally called Platte Bridge Station. | |
1864 | Helena | Montana | United States | ||
1864 | Salinas | California | United States. | [19] | |
1866 | Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | Canada | Settled by Rev. James Nisbet. Incorporated as city (population 5000+) October 8, 1904 [69] | |
1867 | Cheyenne | Wyoming | United States | ||
1867 | Gameleira | Pernambuco | Brazil | ||
1867 | Minneapolis | Minnesota | United States | ||
1868 | Colinas | Maranhão | Brazil | Declared vila in 1870; cidade in 1891.[70] | |
1868 | Phoenix | Arizona | United States | ||
1870 | Afogados da Ingazeira | Pernambuco | Brazil | ||
1870 | Campo Largo | Paraná | Brazil | ||
1870 | Puerto Limon | Limon | Costa Rica | ||
1871 | Águas Belas | Pernambuco | Brazil | ||
1871 | Alto Parnaíba | Maranhão | Brazil | [71] | |
1871 | Birmingham | Alabama | United States | ||
1871 | Colorado Springs | Colorado | United States | ||
1871 | Fargo | North Dakota | United States | ||
1871 | Imbituva | Paraná | Brazil | ||
1871 | São João do Triunfo | Paraná | Brazil | ||
1872 | Anniston | Alabama | United States | ||
1872 | Bismarck | North Dakota | United States | ||
1872 | Tibagi | Paraná | Brazil | ||
1873 | Jaboatão dos Guararapes | Pernambuco | Brazil | First settlement in 1593; village status in 1873; city status in 1884 | |
1873 | Timbaúba | Pernambuco | Brazil | Declared vila in 1879; cidade in 1884.[72] | |
1875 | Orlando | Florida | United States | ||
1875 | Calgary | Alberta | Canada | Grew from Fort Calgary | |
1875 | Humboldt | Saskatchewan | Canada | Incorporated as a city (population 5000+) November 7, 2000[73] | |
1876 | Boa Vista | Paraíba | Brazil | [74] | |
1876 | Cajapió | Maranhão | Brazil | [75] | |
1876 | Rapid City | South Dakota | United States | ||
1877 | Billings | Montana | United States | ||
1877 | Jaquimeyes | Barahona | Dominican Republic | ||
1878 | Coeur d'Alene | Idaho | United States | ||
1878 | Colombo | Paraná | Brazil | ||
1879 | Vicência | Pernambuco | Brazil | Declared vila in 1891; cidade in 1928.[76] | |
1880 | Pierre | South Dakota | United States | ||
1881 | Juneau | Alaska | United States | ||
1881 | Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | Canada | Incorporated as a city (population 5000+) November, 1903.[77] | |
1882 | Brandon | Manitoba | Canada | ||
1882 | Mao | Valverde | Dominican Republic | ||
1882 | Restauración | Dajabón | Dominican Republic | ||
1882 | Yorkton | Saskatchewan | Canada | The York Farmers’ Colonization Company Limited settlement May 12, 1882. City (population 5000+) incorporated February 1, 1928.[78] | |
1882 | Swift Current | Saskatchewan | Canada | Canadian Pacific Railway arrival December 10, 1882. City (population 5000+) incorporated January 15, 1914.[79] | |
1882 | Regina | Saskatchewan | Canada | Settlement first named Pile O' Bones, and renamed Regina. Capital city of SK. Incorporated as a city (population 5000+) June 19, 1903[80] | |
1882 | Rio Branco | Acre | Brazil | ||
1883 | Saskatoon | Saskatchewan | Canada | Temperance Colony founded at Nutana. Riversdale, Nutana, and Saskatoon incorporated as a city (population 5000+) in 1906.[81] | |
1884 | Melfort | Saskatchewan | Canada | Stoney Creek Settlement began in 1884. Incorporated as a city (population 5000+) on July 1, 1907.[82] | |
1886 | Vancouver | British Columbia | Canada | ||
1886 | Nelson | British Columbia | Canada | ||
1887 | Gulfport | Mississippi | United States | [20] | |
1888 | Virginia Beach | Virginia | United States | Grew from Seatack community. | |
1889 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | United States | ||
1890 | Ijuí | Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | ||
1892 | Água Preta | Pernambuco | Brazil | ||
1892 | Aliança | Pernambuco | Brazil | Declared vila in 1909; cidade in 1928.[83] | |
1892 | Catende | Pernambuco | Brazil | Created in 1892 as a district of Palmares. Autonomous municipality in 1909. | |
1892 | Estevan | Saskatchewan | Canada | CPR arrives 1893. Incorporated as city (population 5000+) March 1, 1957[84] | |
1892 | Guayaramerín | Beni | Bolivia | ||
1892 | Restauración | Dajabón | Dominican Republic | ||
1893 | Araripina | Pernambuco | Brazil | Created in 1893 as a district of Ouricuri. Autonomous municipality in 1928. | |
1893 | Catuípe | Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | ||
1894 | Riberalta | Beni | Bolivia | ||
1895 | Traverse City | Michigan | United States | ||
1896 | Condado | Pernambuco | Brazil | Declared cidade in 1958.[85] | |
1896 | Inhumas | Goiás | Brazil | [86] | |
1896 | Miami | Florida | United States | ||
1896 | Santa Catalina la Tinta | Alta Verapaz | Guatemala | ||
1897 | Jequié | Bahia | Brazil | ||
1898 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | United States | ||
1898 | Weyburn | Saskatchewan | Canada | Signal Hill settlement. Weyburn incorporated as a city (population 5000+) 1913.[87] | |
1899 | Porto Acre | Acre | Brazil | ||
1900 | Afrânio | Pernambuco | Brazil | Created in 1900 as a district of Petrolina. Autonomous municipality in 1963. | |
1903 | Lloydminster | Saskatchewan | Canada | Brittania colony settled by Rev. Exton Lloyd and Rev. Isaac Barr. Incorporated as a city (population 5000+) in 1958.[88] | |
1904 | Cruzeiro do Sul | Acre | Brazil | ||
1904 | Grytviken | South Georgia | |||
1904 | Sena Madureira | Acre | Brazil | ||
1904 | Xapuri | Acre | Brazil | ||
1906 | Cobija | Pando | Bolivia | ||
1906 | Feijó | Acre | Brazil | ||
1907 | Melville | Saskatchewan | Canada | Incorporated as a city (population 5000+) August 1, 1960[89] | |
1907 | Tarauacá | Acre | Brazil | ||
1908 | São Mateus do Sul | Paraná | Brazil | ||
1909 | Estreito | Maranhão | Brazil | [90] | |
1910 | Brasiléia | Acre | Brazil | ||
1910 | Porto Walter | Acre | Brazil | ||
1910 | Villazón | Potosí | Bolivia | ||
1911 | Las Vegas | Nevada | United States | ||
1914 | Anchorage | Alaska | United States | ||
1929 | Pabellón de Arteaga | Aguascalientes | Mexico | [91] | |
1931 | Loreto | Zacatecas | Mexico | [92] | |
1935 | Yellowknife | Northwest Territories | Canada | ||
1942 | Iqaluit | Nunavut | Canada | Originally called Frobisher Bay. | |
1955 | Freeport | Grand Bahama | Bahamas | ||
1956 | Brasilia | Distrito Federal | Brazil | Created in 1956 as the national capital. | |
1957 | Ciudad del Este | Alto Paraná | Paraguay | Originally called Puerto Flor de Lis. | |
1957 | Rankin Inlet | Nunavut | Canada | ||
1970 | Belmopan | Cayo | Belize | ||
1970 | Linden | Upper Demerara-Berbice | Guyana | City formed by combining the towns of Christianburg, MacKenzie, and Wismar. | |
1970 | Cancun | Quintana Roo | Mexico |