Year
|
City
|
State, province, dept., etc
|
Country
|
Notes
|
700 BC
|
Ticul
|
Yucatán
|
Mexico
|
500 BC
|
Cholula
|
Puebla
|
Mexico
|
300 BC
|
Teotihuacan
|
México
|
Mexico
|
In the Valley of Mexico, North America's largest Pre-Columbian city. [1]
|
200
|
Mitla
|
Oaxaca
|
Mexico
|
524
|
Ejutla
|
Oaxaca
|
Mexico
|
[2]
|
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)
|
[3]
|
1200
|
Ojinaga
|
Chihuahua
|
Mexico
|
1325
|
Tenochtitlan
|
Distrito Federal
|
Mexico
|
Later called Mexico City
|
1450
|
Zuni Pueblo
|
New Mexico
|
United States
|
[4]
|
1470
|
Iximche
|
Chimaltenango
|
Guatemala
|
|
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
|
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
|
Guaynabo
|
Puerto Rico
|
Abandoned in 1521 with the removal of the capital to San Juan.
|
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
|
Current Capital of Cuba
|
1519
|
La Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz, (Veracruz)
|
Veracruz
|
Mexico
|
Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Mexico.
|
1519
|
Panama City
|
|
Panama
|
First European city on the Pacific coast of the Americas
|
1520
|
Hato Mayor del Rey
|
Hato Mayor
|
Dominican Republic
|
1521
|
Cumaná
|
Sucre
|
Venezuela
|
1521
|
San Juan
|
San Juan
|
Puerto Rico
|
Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Puerto Rico, and 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.
|
1525 |
Acapulco |
Guerrero |
Mexico
|
[5]
|
1525 |
San Salvador |
San Salvador |
El Salvador
|
Founded in 1525, rebuilt and changed locations twice afterwards (1528 and 1545).
|
1526 |
Acámbaro |
Guanajuato |
Mexico
|
1526
|
Chimaltenango
|
Chimaltenango
|
Guatemala
|
|
1530 |
San Blas |
Nayarit |
Mexico
|
By Nuño Beltrán [6]
|
1531 |
Puebla |
Puebla |
Mexico |
by Fr. Toribio de Benavente ("Motolinía") on 16 April [7]
|
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 [8]
|
1533
|
Cartagena de Indias
|
Bolívar
|
Colombia
|
1534
|
Otavalo
|
Imbabura
|
Ecuador
|
1534
|
Quito
|
Pichincha
|
Ecuador
|
1534
|
Trujillo
|
La Libertad
|
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
|
|
1536
|
San Pedro Sula
|
Cortés
|
Honduras
|
1537
|
Asunción
|
|
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
|
1540
|
Arequipa
|
Arequipa
|
Peru
|
1540
|
Ayacucho
|
Ayacucho
|
Peru
|
1540
|
Campeche
|
Campeche
|
Mexico
|
1540 |
Yuriria |
Guanajuato |
Mexico
|
1541
|
Huánuco
|
Huánuco
|
Peru
|
1541
|
Moquegua
|
Moquegua
|
Peru
|
1541
|
St. John's
|
Newfoundland and Labrador
|
Canada
|
Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Canada, oldest English established settlement in the Americas
|
1541
|
Santiago
|
Santiago
|
Chile
|
1542
|
Guadalajara
|
Jalisco
|
Mexico
|
1542 |
San Miguel de Allende |
Guanajuato |
Mexico
|
1543
|
Antigua Guatemala
|
Sacatepéquez
|
Guatemala
|
|
1543
|
Cobán, Cobán
|
Alta Verapaz
|
Guatemala
|
|
1543
|
Santa Cruz Verapaz
|
Alta Verapaz
|
Guatemala
|
|
1546
|
Neyba
|
Bahoruco
|
Dominican Republic
|
1546
|
Potosí
|
Potosí
|
Bolivia
|
1548
|
La Paz
|
La Paz
|
Bolivia
|
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
|
São Bernardo do Campo
|
São Paulo
|
Brazil
|
|
1554
|
Embu
|
São Paulo
|
Brazil
|
1554
|
São Paulo
|
São Paulo
|
Brazil
|
|
1557 |
Santo Amaro |
Bahia |
Brazil
|
1558
|
Mérida
|
Merida
|
Venezuela
|
|
1560
|
Ipojuca
|
Pernambuco
|
Brazil
|
|
1562
|
San Juan, Argentina
|
San Juan
|
Argentina
|
1561
|
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
|
Santa Cruz
|
Bolivia
|
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
|
Goiana
|
Pernambuco
|
Brazil
|
Declared vila in 1685; cidade in 1840.[4]
|
1571
|
Cochabamba
|
Cochabamba
|
Bolivia
|
1573
|
San German
|
San German
|
Puerto Rico
|
Second oldest European settlement in Puerto Rico [5]
|
1573
|
Córdoba
|
Córdoba
|
Argentina
|
1573
|
Santa Fé
|
Santa Fé
|
Argentina
|
1574
|
Huaraz
|
Ancash
|
Peru
|
1576 |
León |
Guanajuato |
Mexico
|
1577
|
Juayúa
|
Sonsonate
|
El Salvador
|
1579
|
Coamo
|
Coamo
|
Puerto Rico
|
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.[6]
|
1580
|
Buenos Aires
|
|
Argentina
|
1580
|
Santo_Domingo_Xenacoj
|
Sacatepéquez
|
Guatemala
|
|
1582
|
Salta
|
Salta
|
Argentina
|
1585
|
João Pessoa
|
Paraíba
|
Brazil
|
1588
|
Corrientes
|
Corrientes
|
Argentina
|
1590
|
São Cristóvão
|
Sergipe
|
Brazil
|
First capital of Sergipe. Formerly known as Sergipe d'El Rei
|
1591
|
Paudalho
|
Pernambuco
|
Brazil
|
1593
|
San Salvador de Jujuy
|
Jujuy
|
Argentina
|
1594
|
San Luis, Argentina
|
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.
|
1603 |
Salamanca |
Guanajuato |
Mexico
|
1604
|
Port Royal
|
Nova Scotia
|
Canada
|
1606
|
Bayaguana
|
Monte Plata
|
Dominican Republic
|
1606
|
Ibarra
|
Imbabura
|
Ecuador
|
1607
|
Jamestown
|
Virginia
|
United States
|
1608 |
Quebec City |
Quebec |
Canada
|
1609 |
Fortaleza |
Ceará |
Brazil
|
1610 |
Kecoughtan |
Virginia |
United States
|
1610 |
Santa Fe |
New Mexico |
United States |
Oldest continuously inhabited state capitol in the US. [9]
|
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 European established settlement in Bermuda.
|
1613
|
Penedo
|
Alagoas
|
Brazil
|
1614
|
Sirinhaém
|
Pernambuco
|
Brazil
|
Declared vila in 1627; cidade in 1892. [7]
|
1615 |
Cabo Frio |
Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil
|
1615 |
Posadas |
Misiones |
Argentina
|
1616
|
Belém
|
Pará
|
Brazil
|
Capital of Pará.
|
1616
|
Arecibo
|
Arecibo
|
Puerto Rico
|
|
1618 |
Cabo de Santo Agostinho |
Pernambuco |
Brazil |
Declared vila in 1811; cidade in 1877.
|
1620 |
Plymouth |
Massachusetts |
United States
|
1623 |
Portsmouth |
New Hampshire |
United States
|
1623 |
New Castle |
New Hampshire |
United States
|
1623 |
Rye |
New Hampshire |
United States |
[10]
|
1623 |
Gloucester |
Massachusetts |
United States
|
1624 |
Villa Soriano |
Soriano |
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. [8]
|
1627 |
Basseterre |
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
1628 |
Bridgetown |
Saint Michael |
Barbados
|
1630 |
Boston |
Massachusetts |
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 and Barbuda
|
1634 |
Green Bay |
Wisconsin |
United States
|
1634 |
St. Mary's City |
Maryland |
United States
|
1634 |
Trois-Rivières |
Quebec |
Canada
|
1634 |
Willemstad |
Curaçao |
Netherlands Antilles
|
1635 |
Concord |
Massachusetts |
United States
|
1636 |
Springfield |
Massachusetts |
United States
|
1636 |
Providence |
Rhode Island |
United States
|
1637 |
Hartford |
Connecticut |
United States |
[11]
|
1638 |
Belize |
|
Belize
|
1638 |
Hampton |
New Hampshire |
United States |
|
1638 |
New Haven |
Connecticut |
United States |
[12]
|
1638 |
Wilmington |
Delaware |
United States |
Grew from Fort Christina, part of the New Sweden colony.
|
1638 |
Cambridge |
Massachusetts |
United States
|
1639 (prior to) |
St. Marks |
Florida |
United States |
[13]
|
1639 |
Bridgeport |
Connecticut |
United States
|
1640
|
Balleza
|
Chihuahua
|
Mexico
|
1639 |
Newport |
Rhode Island |
United States
|
1642 |
Montreal |
Quebec |
Canada
|
1642 |
Lexington |
Massachusetts |
United States |
[14]
|
1643 |
Basse-Terre |
|
Guadeloupe |
Territorial capital.
|
1643 |
Dolores Hidalgo |
Guanajuato |
Mexico
|
1644 |
Salvatierra |
Guanajuato |
Mexico
|
1646 |
New London |
Connecticut |
United States
|
1648 |
Paranaguá |
Paraná |
Brazil
|
1649 |
Annapolis |
Maryland |
United States
|
1650 |
Castries |
Castries |
Saint Lucia
|
1650 |
Saint George's |
Saint George |
Grenada
|
1659 |
Ciudad Juárez |
Chihuahua |
Mexico
|
1659 |
Jamestown |
|
Saint Helena
|
1660 |
Placentia |
Newfoundland |
Canada |
French Capital unil 1713, originally called Plaisance
|
1660 |
Rye |
New York |
United States
|
1664 |
Albany |
New York |
United States
|
1665 |
Port-de-Paix |
Nord-Ouest Department |
Haiti
|
1666 |
Newark |
New Jersey |
United States
|
1667 |
Paraty |
Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil
|
1668 |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Michigan |
United States |
[15], oldest city in Michigan.
|
1670 |
Charleston |
South Carolina |
United States
|
1672
|
Charlotte Amalie
|
Saint Thomas
|
U.S. Virgin Islands
|
Oldest permanent European settlement in Saint Thomas island. [9]
|
1673 |
Kingston |
Ontario |
Canada |
Grew from Fort Frontenac.
|
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
|
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
|
1690 |
São Lourenço das Missões |
Rio Grande do Sul |
Brazil
|
1693 |
Bom Jesus da Lapa |
Bahia |
Brazil
|
1693 |
Cachoeira |
Bahia |
Brazil
|
1693 |
Curitiba |
Paraná |
Brazil
|
1693 |
Kingston |
|
Jamaica
|
1695 |
Nassau |
|
Bahamas
|
1696 |
Assú |
Rio Grande do Norte |
Brazil
|
Declared vila in 1766; cidade in 1845.[10]
|
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 |
Mobile |
Alabama |
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 |
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.[16]
|
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
|
1723
|
Guaynabo
|
Guaynabo
|
Puerto Rico
|
Declared pueblo in 1723; municipio in 1768. [11]
|
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
|
[12]
|
1728 |
Fredericksburg |
Virginia |
United States
|
1728 |
Ihambupe |
Bahia |
Brazil
|
1729 |
Baltimore |
Maryland |
United States
|
1732 |
Fredericton |
New Brunswick |
Canada |
Originally called Ste. Anne's Point.
|
1733 |
Morretes |
Paraná |
Brazil
|
1733 |
Richmond |
Virginia |
United States |
[17]
|
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 Jose |
|
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 |
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.
|
1754 |
Augusta |
Maine |
United States
|
1755 |
Charlotte |
North Carolina |
United States
|
1756
|
Santa Bárbara de Samaná
|
Samaná
|
Dominican Republic
|
1756
|
Yauco
|
Yauco
|
Puerto Rico
|
[13]
|
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 |
Charlottesville |
Virginia |
United States
|
1762 |
Parnaíba |
Piauí |
Brazil
|
[14]
|
1762 |
Shepherdstown |
West Virginia |
United States |
Originally known as Mecklenburg.
|
1762 |
Allentown |
Pennsylvania |
United States |
Incorporated as Northamptontown.
|
1763 |
St. Louis |
Missouri |
United States
|
1764 |
Charlottetown |
Prince Edward Island |
Canada
|
1767 |
Ceará-Mirim |
Rio Grande do Norte |
Brazil
|
1763 |
Burlington |
Vermont |
United States
|
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 [18]
|
1770 |
Araxá |
Minas Gerais |
Brazil
|
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.
-
|
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. [19]
|
1779 |
Nashville |
Tennessee |
United States |
Grew from Fort Nashborough
|
1780
|
Las Matas de Farfán
|
San Juan
|
Dominican Republic
|
1781 |
Montpelier |
Vermont |
United States
|
1781 |
Los Angeles |
California |
United States
|
1782 |
Catu |
Bahia |
Brazil
|
1783 |
Vitória da Conquista |
Bahia |
Brazil
|
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.[15]
|
1785 |
Asheville |
North Carolina |
United States
|
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. [16]
|
1786 |
Florissant |
Missouri |
United States |
Originally known as St. Ferdinand.
|
1786 |
Tallahassee |
Florida |
United States
|
1786 |
Frankfort |
Kentucky |
United States
|
1786 |
Portland |
Maine |
United States
|
1788 |
Cincinnati |
Ohio |
United States
|
1788 |
Charleston |
West Virginia |
United States |
Grew from Fort Lee. [20]
|
1788 |
Mercedes |
Soriano |
Uruguay
|
1789 |
Buffalo |
New York |
United States
|
1789
|
Itambé
|
Pernambuco
|
Brazil
|
Declared vila in 1867; cidade in 1879.[17]
|
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.
|
1796 |
Cleveland |
Ohio |
United States
|
1796 |
Oranjestad |
Aruba |
Netherlands
|
1797 |
Franklinton |
Ohio |
United States |
Eventually absorbed by Columbus, Ohio.
|
1799 |
Araruama |
Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil
|
1800 |
Hull |
Quebec |
Canada |
Formerly known as Wrightville.
|
1803 |
Chicago |
Illinois |
United States |
Grew from Fort Dearborn.
|
1805 |
Huntsville |
Alabama |
United States
|
1809
|
Água Preta
|
Pernambuco
|
Brazil
|
Declared vila in 1846; cidade in 1895. [18]
|
1810 |
Guarapuava |
Paraná |
Brazil
|
1810 |
Manchester |
New Hampshire |
United States
|
1810 |
Pilão Arcado |
Bahia |
Brazil
|
1811 |
Garanhuns |
Pernambuco |
Brazil
|
1812 |
Columbus |
Ohio |
United States
|
1812 |
Pelotas |
Rio Grande do Sul |
Brazil
|
Declared vila in 1832; cidade in 1835. [19]
|
1813
|
Capela
|
Sergipe
|
Brazil
|
|
1813
|
Chisec
|
Alta Verapaz
|
Guatemala
|
|
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
|
1819 |
Montgomery |
Alabama |
United States |
State capital, grew from the 1540 French settlement Fort Toulouse.
|
1819 |
Springfield |
Illinois |
United States
|
1819 |
Memphis |
Tennessee |
United States |
Near the site of the earlier French Fort Prudhomme.
|
1819 |
Palmeira |
Paraná |
Brazil
|
1820 |
Cotegipe |
Bahia |
Brazil
|
1821 |
Little Rock |
Arkansas |
United States
|
1821 |
Indianapolis |
Indiana |
United States
|
1821 |
Jefferson City |
Missouri |
United States
|
1822 |
Ponta Grossa |
Paraná |
Brazil
|
1822 |
Jackson |
Mississippi |
United States
|
1823 |
Tampa |
Florida |
United States |
Grew from earlier military post Fort Brooke.
|
1825 |
Vicksburg |
Mississippi |
United States
|
1825 |
Grand Rapids |
Michigan |
United States
|
1826 |
Ipiranga |
Paraná |
Brazil
|
1826 |
London |
Ontario |
Canada
|
1827 |
St. Andrews |
Florida |
United States |
Now part of Panama City
|
1831
|
Piracanjuba
|
Goiás
|
Brazil
|
[20]
|
1832 |
Goianinha |
Rio Grande do Norte |
Brazil
|
1828 |
Key West |
Florida |
United States
|
1832 |
Touros |
Rio Grande do Norte |
Brazil
|
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. [21]
|
1833
|
Rio Formoso
|
Pernambuco
|
Brazil
|
Declared vila in 1833; cidade in 1850. [22]
|
1833 |
Vassouras |
Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil
|
1835 |
Austin |
Texas |
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. [23]
|
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.
|
1841 |
Cedar Rapids |
Iowa |
United States
|
1841 |
Dallas |
Texas |
United States
|
1842 |
Piatã |
Bahia |
Brazil
|
1843 |
Atlanta |
Georgia |
United States |
Originally known as Marthasville, Georgia.
|
1843 |
Des Moines |
Iowa |
United States
|
1843 |
Uruguaiana |
Rio Grande do Sul |
Brazil
|
Declared vila in 1846; cidade in 1874. [24]
|
1843 |
Victoria |
British Columbia |
Canada
|
1844 |
Lençóis |
Bahia |
Brazil
|
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.[25]
|
1848
|
Rio Verde
|
Goiás
|
Brazil
|
[26]
|
1848 |
Sacramento |
California |
United States
|
1849 |
Provo |
Utah |
United States
|
1850 |
Bytown |
Ontario |
Canada |
Now Ottawa, Ontario.
|
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 |
Topeka |
Kansas |
United States
|
1855 |
Aracaju |
Sergipe |
Brazil |
|
1856 |
Lincoln |
Nebraska |
United States |
Originally called Lancaster.
|
1856 |
O'Fallon |
Missouri |
United States
|
1857
|
Boquim
|
Sergipe
|
Brazil
|
|
1858 |
Carson City |
Nevada |
United States
|
1858 |
Denver |
Colorado |
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. |
[21]
|
1866 |
Prince Albert |
Saskatchewan |
Canada |
Settled by Rev. James Nisbet. Incorporated as city (population 5000+) October 8, 1904 [27]
|
1867 |
Cheyenne |
Wyoming |
United States
|
1867 |
Gameleira |
Pernambuco |
Brazil
|
1867 |
Minneapolis |
Minnesota |
United States
|
1868 |
Phoenix |
Arizona |
United States
|
1870 |
Afogados da Ingazeira |
Pernambuco |
Brazil
|
1870 |
Campo Largo |
Paraná |
Brazil
|
1871 |
Águas Belas |
Pernambuco |
Brazil
|
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. [28]
|
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[29]
|
1877 |
Billings |
Montana |
United States
|
1878 |
Coeur d'Alene |
Idaho |
United States
|
1878 |
Colombo |
Paraná |
Brazil
|
1879
|
Vicência
|
Pernambuco
|
Brazil
|
Declared vila in 1891; cidade in 1928. [30]
|
1881 |
Moose Jaw |
Saskatchewan |
Canada |
Incorporated as a city (population 5000+) November, 1903.[31]
|
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.[32]
|
1882 |
Swift Current |
Saskatchewan |
Canada |
Canadian Pacific Railway arrival December 10, 1882. City (population 5000+) incorporated January 15, 1914.[33]
|
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[34]
|
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.[35]
|
1884 |
Melfort |
Saskatchewan |
Canada |
Stoney Creek Settlement began in 1884. Incorporated as a city (population 5000+) in July 1, 1907.[36]
|
1886 |
Vancouver |
British Columbia |
Canada
|
1886 |
Nelson |
British Columbia |
Canada
|
1887 |
Gulfport |
Mississippi |
United States |
[22]
|
1888 |
Virginia Beach |
Virginia |
United States |
Grew from Seatack community.
|
1890 |
Ijuí |
Rio Grande do Sul |
Brazil
|
1892 |
Água Preta |
Pernambuco |
Brazil
|
1892
|
Aliança
|
Pernambuco
|
Brazil
|
Declared vila in 1909; cidade in 1928. [37]
|
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[38]
|
1893 |
Araripina |
Pernambuco |
Brazil |
Created in 1893 as a district of Ouricuri. Autonomous municipality in 1928.
|
1893 |
Catuípe |
Rio Grande do Sul |
Brazil
|
1896
|
Condado
|
Pernambuco
|
Brazil
|
Declared cidade in 1958.[39]
|
1896
|
Inhumas
|
Goiás
|
Brazil
|
[40]
|
1896 |
Miami |
Florida |
United States
|
1896
|
Santa Catalina la Tinta
|
Alta Verapaz
|
Guatemala
|
|
1897 |
Jequié |
Bahia |
Brazil
|
1898 |
Weyburn |
Saskatchewan |
Canada |
Signal Hill settlement. Weyburn incorporated as a city (population 5000+) 1913.[41]
|
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.[42]
|
1904 |
Cruzeiro do Sul |
Acre |
Brazil
|
1904 |
Sena Madureira |
Acre |
Brazil
|
1904 |
Xapuri |
Acre |
Brazil
|
1906 |
Feijó |
Acre |
Brazil
|
1907 |
Melville |
Saskatchewan |
Canada |
Incorporated as a city (population 5000+) August 1, 1960[43]
|
1907 |
Tarauacá |
Acre |
Brazil
|
1908 |
São Mateus do Sul |
Paraná |
Brazil
|
1910 |
Brasiléia |
Acre |
Brazil
|
1910 |
Porto Walter |
Acre |
Brazil
|
1911 |
Las Vegas |
Nevada |
United States
|
1956 |
Brasilia |
Distrito Federal |
Brazil |
Created in 1956 as the national capital.
|
1970 |
Belmopan |
|
Belize
|