Year |
City |
State, province, dept., etc. |
Country |
Notes |
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 |
|
600 |
Cahokia |
Illinois |
United States |
|
1000 |
L'Anse aux Meadows |
Newfoundland |
Canada |
|
Oldest known European (Norse) settlement in the Americas. |
1000 |
Acoma Pueblo and Taos Pueblo |
New Mexico |
United States |
|
1050 |
Motul |
Yucatán |
Mexico |
1100 |
Cusco |
Cusco Province |
Peru |
|
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 |
|
1492 |
La Navidad |
Nord-Est |
Haiti |
|
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 South America. |
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 |
Panamá |
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 |
|
1528 |
San Cristóbal de las Casas |
Chiapas |
Mexico |
Originally called Villa Real de Chiapa. |
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 |
Piura |
Piura |
Peru |
|
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 |
Cananéia |
São Paulo |
Brazil |
Second Oldest City in Brazil |
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 |
|
1540 |
Campeche |
Campeche |
Mexico |
Founded on the site of Mayan village Kimpech. |
1541 |
Huánuco |
Huánuco |
Peru |
|
1541 |
Moquegua |
Moquegua |
Peru |
|
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 |
|
1542 |
Mérida |
Yucatan |
Mexico |
Built on the site of Mayan city T'ho. |
1542 |
San Luis de la Paz |
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 |
|
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 Taínos 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 |
|
1596 |
Villahermosa |
Tabasco |
Mexico |
Originally called Villa Felipe II. |
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 |
1613 |
Hopewell |
Virginia |
United States |
Oldest continuously inhabited English settlement in North America. Founded in 1613 as Bermuda City by Thomas Dale. |
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 |
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 |
[9]
|
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 |
[10]
|
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 |
|
1651 |
Norwalk |
Connecticut |
United States |
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 |
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. |
1710 |
New Bern |
North Carolina |
United States |
Birthplace of Pepsi |
[36] |
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 |
[37] |
1717 |
Zacatecas |
Zacatecas |
Mexico |
[38] |
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.[39] |
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 |
[40] |
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 |
[41] |
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 |
[42] |
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 |
[43] |
1762 |
Shepherdstown |
West Virginia |
United States |
Originally known as Mecklenburg. |
1762 |
Allentown |
Pennsylvania |
United States |
Incorporated as Northamptontown. |
1762 |
Baía da Traição |
Paraíba |
Brazil |
[44] |
1763 |
Burlington |
Vermont |
United States |
1763 |
Pánfilo Natera |
Zacatecas |
Mexico |
[45] |
1763 |
Philipsburg |
Sint Maarten |
Netherlands |
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 |
[46] |
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 |
[47] |
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.[48] |
1779 |
Nashville |
Tennessee |
United States |
Grew from Fort Nashborough |
1780 |
Codó |
Maranhão |
Brazil |
Declared vila in 1833; cidade in 1896.[49] |
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.[50] |
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.[51] |
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 |
[52] |
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.[53] |
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 |
[54] |
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.[55] |
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 |
|
1811 |
Astoria |
Oregon |
United States |
|
1812 |
Columbus |
Ohio |
United States |
|
1812 |
Pelotas |
Rio Grande do Sul |
Brazil |
Declared vila in 1832; cidade in 1835.[56] |
1813 |
Capela |
Sergipe |
Brazil |
|
1813 |
Chisec |
Alta Verapaz |
Guatemala |
|
1815 |
Areia |
Paraíba |
Brazil |
[57] |
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 |
Near the site of the earlier French 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 |
[58] |
1832 |
Goianinha |
Rio Grande do Norte |
Brazil |
1828 |
Key West |
Florida |
United States |
1832 |
Touros |
Rio Grande do Norte |
Brazil |
1833 |
Bananeiras |
Paraíba |
Brazil |
[59] |
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.[60] |
1833 |
Rio Formoso |
Pernambuco |
Brazil |
Declared vila in 1833; cidade in 1850.[61] |
1833 |
Vassouras |
Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil |
|
1835 |
Austin |
Texas |
United States |
|
1835 |
Barra do Corda |
Maranhão |
Brazil |
[62] |
1835 |
Curupuru |
Maranhão |
Brazil |
Declared vila in 1841; cidade in 1920.[63] |
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.[64] |
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 |
Stanley |
East Falkland |
Falkland Islands |
|
1843 |
Uruguaiana |
Rio Grande do Sul |
Brazil |
Declared vila in 1846; cidade in 1874.[65] |
1843 |
Victoria |
British Columbia |
Canada |
|
1844 |
Lençóis |
Bahia |
Brazil |
|
1845 |
Araruna |
Paraíba |
Brazil |
[66] |
1845 |
Portland |
Oregon |
United States |
|
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.[67] |
1848 |
Rio Verde |
Goiás |
Brazil |
[68] |
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 |
[69] |
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 |
|
1860 |
Chico |
California |
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 [70] |
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.[71] |
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 |
[72] |
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.[73] |
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[74] |
1876 |
Boa Vista |
Paraíba |
Brazil |
[75] |
1876 |
Cajapió |
Maranhão |
Brazil |
[76] |
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.[77] |
1880 |
Pierre |
South Dakota |
United States |
|
1881 |
Juneau |
Alaska |
United States |
|
1881 |
Moose Jaw |
Saskatchewan |
Canada |
Incorporated as a city (population 5000+) November 1903.[78] |
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.[79] |
1882 |
Swift Current |
Saskatchewan |
Canada |
Canadian Pacific Railway arrival December 10, 1882. City (population 5000+) incorporated January 15, 1914.[80] |
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[81] |
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.[82] |
1884 |
Melfort |
Saskatchewan |
Canada |
Stoney Creek Settlement began in 1884. Incorporated as a city (population 5000+) on July 1, 1907.[83] |
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 |
Aliança |
Pernambuco |
Brazil |
Declared vila in 1909; cidade in 1928.[84] |
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[85] |
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.[86] |
1896 |
Inhumas |
Goiás |
Brazil |
[87] |
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.[88] |
1898 |
Chetumal |
Quintana Roo |
Mexico |
Originally called Payo Obispo. |
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.[89] |
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[90] |
1907 |
Tarauacá |
Acre |
Brazil |
1908 |
São Mateus do Sul |
Paraná |
Brazil |
1909 |
Estreito |
Maranhão |
Brazil |
[91] |
1910 |
Brasiléia |
Acre |
Brazil |
1910 |
Kindersley |
Saskatchewan |
Canada |
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 |
[92] |
1931 |
Loreto |
Zacatecas |
Mexico |
[93] |
1935 |
Yellowknife |
Northwest Territories |
Canada |
|
1942 |
Iqaluit |
Nunavut |
Canada |
Originally called Frobisher Bay. |
1955 |
Freeport |
Grand Bahama |
Bahamas |
|
1957 |
Ciudad del Este |
Alto Paraná |
Paraguay |
Originally called Puerto Flor de Lis. |
1957 |
Rankin Inlet |
Nunavut |
Canada |
|
1960 |
Brasília |
Distrito Federal |
Brazil |
Created in 1960 as the national capital. |
1970 |
Belmopan |
Cayo |
Belize |
|
1970 |
Linden |
Upper Demerara-Berbice |
Guyana |
City formed by combining the towns of Christianburg, MacKenzie, and Wismar. |
1970 |
Cancún |
Quintana Roo |
Mexico |
|
1989 |
Palmas |
Tocantins |
Brazil |
Was founded 1 year after the creation of the State of Tocantins. It's the newest and smallest Brazilian capital city. |