Year City State, province, dept., etc. Country Notes 7500 BC Tlapacoya Ixtapaluca Mexico 4000 BC Puerto Hormiga Culture Cartagena Colombia 3710 BC Aspero Norte Chico Peru 2627 BC Caral Norte Chico Peru 1500 BC Kaminaljuyu Guatemala city Guatemala 800 BC Cuicuilco Mexico City Mexico 700 BC Ticul Yucatán Mexico 500 BC Cholula Puebla Mexico 300 BC Teotihuacan México Mexico In the Valley of Mexico 200 Mitla Oaxaca Mexico 200 Acanceh Yucatan Mexico 500 Cuenca Azuay Ecuador 524 Ejutla Oaxaca Mexico (1) 550 Izamal Yucatan Mexico 600 Cahokia Illinois United States 713 Tula Hidalgo Mexico 1001 L'Anse aux Meadows Newfoundland and Labrador Canada Oldest known European (Norse) settlement in the Americas. Possibly founded by Leif Erikson, as part of Vinland, in 1001 AD. 1000 Acoma Pueblo and Taos Pueblo New Mexico United States 1050 Motul Yucatán Mexico 1050 Pachuca Hidalgo Mexico 1100 Cusco Cusco Province Peru 1100 Oraibi Arizona United States (Hopi Reservation) (2) 1168 Ecatepec Estado de Mexico Mexico 1259 Chimaulhuacan Mexico State Mexico 1313 Xalapa Veracruz Mexico 1325 Tenochtitlan Mexico City Mexico Largest pre-Columbian city in the Americas, later called Mexico City. 1450 Zuni Pueblo New Mexico United States (3) 1470 Iximche Chimaltenango Guatemala 1492 La Navidad Nord - Est Haiti First European settlement in the New World during the Age of Discovery. 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. Founded in 1498, by Bartholomew Columbus. 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 First city founded by Europeans, although not continuously inhabited, in the 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. 1513 Bayamo Granma Cuba 1514 Sancti Spiritus Santi Spiritus Cuba 1514 Trinidad Santi Spiritus Cuba 1515 Santiago Santiago After Baracoa and before Havana, Santiago was the second capital of Cuba. Cuba 1519 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. Founded in 1519, at the present day ruins of Panama Viejo, it was sacked by the Welsh pirate Henry Morgan in 1671, and resettled to nearby Casco Viejo, in 1673. 1520 Hato Mayor del Rey Hato Mayor Dominican Republic 1515 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 1527 Coro Falcón State Venezuela 1528 Nueva Cádiz Cubagua Venezuela 1528 San Cristóbal de las Casas Chiapas Mexico Originally called Villa Real de Chiapa. 1528 Camagüey Camagüey Province Cuba Founded in 1515 the northern coast of Camagüey as "Puerto del Príncipe '', but moved in 1528 to present location. 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. 1535 Olinda Pernambuco Brazil One of the best - preserved colonial cities in Brazil. 1535 Vila Velha Espírito Santo Brazil 1535 Paria Oruro Bolivia First Spanish settlement in 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. 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. 1539 Tunja Boyacá Colombia 1539 Vélez Santander Colombia 1539 Pasto Nariño Colombia 1540 Arequipa Arequipa Peru 1540 Ayacucho Ayacucho Peru 1540 Campeche Campeche Mexico 1540 Yuriria Guanajuato Mexico 1540 Mompox Bolivar Colombia 1540 Supía Caldas Colombia 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. 1541 Santafé de Antioquia Antioquia Colombia 1542 Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico 1542 Genaro Codina Zacatecas Mexico 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 1545 San Juan de los Remedios Villa Clara Province Cuba Remedios has the most uncertain foundation date in Cuba, 1545 has been accepted because it is when the village erected its town hall, but its origin has been studied and documented back to 1513. 1545 Riohacha La Guajira Colombia 1546 Santos São Paulo Brazil 1546 Neyba Bahoruco Dominican Republic 1546 Tepezalá Aguascalientes Mexico 1548 Asientos Aguascalientes Mexico 1548 La Paz La Paz Bolivia 1548 Pánuco Zacatecas Mexico 1548 Zacatecas Zacatecas Mexico 1549 Salvador Bahia Brazil 1550 Concepción Concepción Chile 1550 Valledupar Cesar Colombia 1550 Ibagué Tolima Colombia 1551 Vitória Espírito Santo Brazil 1551 Mocoa Putumayo 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 1556 Chalchihuites Zacatecas Mexico 1557 Cuenca (Santa Ana de los Cuatro Rios de Cuenca) Azuay Ecuador 1557 Santo Amaro Bahia Brazil 1558 Mérida Mérida Venezuela 1558 Londres Catamarca Argentina Second oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Argentina, though refunded and relocated several times. 1560 Mogi das Cruzes São Paulo Brazil 1560 Ipojuca Pernambuco Brazil 1561 Santa Cruz de la Sierra Santa Cruz Bolivia 1561 Mendoza Mendoza Argentina 1561 San Cristobal Táchira Venezuela 1561 Itanhaém São Paulo Brasil 1562 San Juan San Juan Argentina 1562 Río Grande Zacatecas Mexico 1562 Susticacán Zacatecas Mexico 1563 Cartago Cartago Costa Rica Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Costa Rica. Mexico 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 1568 Goiana Pernambuco Brazil Declared vila in 1685; cidade in 1840. 1568 Valaparaíso Zacatecas Mexico 1569 Santa Ana Santa Ana El Salvador Built over Mayan city of Sihuatehuacán. 1570 Jerez Zacatecas Mexico 1570 Sombrerete Zacatecas Mexico 1571 Cochabamba Cochabamba Bolivia 1572 Huancavelica Huancavelica Peru 1573 San German Puerto Rico United States Second oldest European settlement in Puerto Rico 1573 Córdoba Córdoba Argentina 1573 Santa Fé Santa Fé Argentina 1573 Buga Valle del Cauca Colombia 1574 Huaraz Ancash Peru 1574 Tarija Tarija Department Bolivia 1575 Aguascalientes Aguascalientes Mexico 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. 1580 Buenos Aires Argentina 1580 Santana de Parnaíba São Paulo Brasil 1580 Santo Domingo Xenacoj Sacatepéquez Guatemala 1582 Salta Salta Argentina 1583 St John 's Newfoundland and Labrador Canada Oldest continuously inhabited British settlement in the Americas. 1584 Roanoke North Carolina United States 1585 João Pessoa Paraíba Brazil 1587 Concepción del Oro Zacatecas Mexico 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 1591 Juan Aldama Zacatecas Mexico 1591 Paudalho Pernambuco Brazil 1591 La Rioja La Rioja Argentina 1593 San Salvador de Jujuy Jujuy Argentina 1594 Pinos Zacatecas Mexico 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. 1600 Facatativá Cundinamarca Colombia 1600 Zipaquirá Cundinamarca Colombia 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 1524 León León Nicaragua Original location (now known as the ruins of Leon Viejo) on the south - western shore of Lago Managua founded in 1524, but destroyed by earthquakes, and resettled 20 miles west, in 1610, to its present - day location at Leon. 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 Alagoas Brazil 1612 São Luís Maranhão Brazil Capital of Maranhão. 1612 St. George 's Bermuda Oldest continuously inhabited English established settlement in the Americas. 1612 Neiva Huila Colombia 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, incorporated 1686 1614 Sirinhaém Pernambuco Brazil Declared vila in 1627; cidade in 1892. 1615 Cabo Frio Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1615 Taos New Mexico United States 1615 Ipiales Nariño Colombia 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 1620 Plymouth Massachusetts United States 1622 Bucaramanga Santander Colombia 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. 1625 Quincy Massachusetts United States 1626 Salem Massachusetts United States 1626 Vitória de Santo Antão Pernambuco Brazil Declared vila in 1811; cidade in 1843. 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 1639 (prior to) St. Marks Florida United States (11) 1639 Barnstable Massachusetts United States Second - oldest municipality and only city on Cape Cod 1639 Bridgeport Connecticut United States 1639 Guilford Connecticut United States Location of the Henry Whitfield House, the oldest house in Connecticut and the oldest stone house in New England 1639 Milford Connecticut United States 1639 Newport Rhode Island United States 1640 Tumaco Nariño Colombia 1642 Montreal Quebec Canada 1642 Lexington Massachusetts United States (12) 1642 Warwick Rhode Island United States 1643 Basse - Terre Guadeloupe France Territorial capital. 1643 Dolores Hidalgo Guanajuato Mexico 1644 Salvatierra Guanajuato Mexico 1646 New London Connecticut United States 1648 Alcântara Maranhão Brazil 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 and Labrador Canada French Capital until 1713, originally called Plaisance 1660 Rye New York United States 1664 Cayenne French Guiana France Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in French Guiana. 1664 Quibdó Chocó Colombia 1665 Port - de-Paix Nord - Ouest 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 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. Oldest continuously inhabited Danish established settlement in the Americas. 1673 Kingston Ontario Canada Grew from Fort Frontenac. Continuously inhabited since 1784. 1673 San José de Gracia Aguascalientes Mexico 1673 Worcester Massachusetts United States 1674 Cachoeira Bahia Brazil 1674 Waterbury Connecticut United States 1677 Crosswicks New Jersey United States Quaker settlement. Continuously inhabited since founding. 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 1681 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 1689 San Gil Santander Colombia 1690 Port of Spain Trinidad Trinidad and Tobago 1690 São Lourenço das Missões Rio Grande do Sul Brazil 1690 Santa Rosa de Viterbo Boyacá Colombia 1692 Villanueva Zacatecas Mexico 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. 1696 Rimouski Quebec Canada 1698 Ambato Tungurahua Ecuador 1698 Pensacola Florida United States Known for being the first European settlement in North America. 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 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 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 1717 Zacatecas Zacatecas Mexico 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. 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 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 1733 Richmond Virginia United States (15) 1733 Savannah Georgia United States 1733 Cúcuta Norte de Santander Colombia 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 Haiti 1749 Halifax Nova Scotia Canada 1749 Windsor Ontario Canada Oldest continually - inhabited settlement in Canada west of Montreal 1751 Manchester New Hampshire United States Former American textile capital - Named after Manchester, England 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 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 and the Grenadines 1762 Parnaíba Piauí Brazil 1762 Shepherdstown West Virginia United States Originally known as Mecklenburg. 1762 Allentown Pennsylvania United States Incorporated as Northamptontown. 1762 Baía da Traição Paraíba Brazil 1763 Burlington Vermont United States 1763 Pánfilo Natera Zacatecas Mexico 1763 Ellsworth Maine United States 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 and the Grenadines 1765 Portsmouth Saint John Dominica 1767 Ceará - Mirim Rio Grande do Norte Brazil 1767 Araioses Maranhão Brazil 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 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 1776 Sincelejo Sucre Colombia 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. 1777 Montería Cordoba Colombia 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. 1779 Nashville Tennessee United States Grew from Fort Nashborough 1780 Codó Maranhão Brazil Declared vila in 1833; cidade in 1896. 1780 Las Matas de Farfán San Juan Dominican Republic 1780 Arauca Arauca Colombia 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. 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. 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 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. 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. 1800 Sonsón Antioquia Colombia 1802 Chapadinha Maranhão Brazil 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. 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. 1813 Capela Sergipe Brazil 1813 Chisec Alta Verapaz Guatemala 1813 Barranquilla Atlántico Colombia 1815 Areia Paraíba Brazil 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 1826 Bytown Ontario Canada Now Ottawa, Ontario. 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 1832 Goianinha Rio Grande do Norte Brazil 1828 Key West Florida United States 1832 Touros Rio Grande do Norte Brazil 1833 Bananeiras Paraíba 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. 1833 Rio Formoso Pernambuco Brazil Declared vila in 1833; cidade in 1850. 1833 Vassouras Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1835 Austin Texas United States 1835 Barra do Corda Maranhão Brazil 1835 Curupuru Maranhão Brazil Declared vila in 1841; cidade in 1920. 1836 Davenport Iowa United States 1836 Oshawa Ontario Canada 1836 Shreveport Louisiana United States 1836 Madison Wisconsin United States 1836 Tulsa Oklahoma United States The Lochapoka named their new settlement "Tulasi, '' meaning "old town '' 1837 Glória do Goitá Pernambuco Brazil Declared vila in 1877; cidade in 1884. 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 1840 Villavicencio Meta Colombia 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 Terminus, later renamed Marthasville. Acquired the name Atlanta in 1847. 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. 1843 Victoria British Columbia Canada 1844 Lençóis Bahia Brazil 1845 Araruna Paraíba Brazil 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. 1848 Rio Verde Goiás Brazil 1848 Sacramento California United States 1849 Provo Utah United States 1849 Manizales Caldas Colombia 1851 San Luis Colorado United States 1851 Seattle Washington United States 1851 Jericó Antioquia Colombia 1852 Mossoró Rio Grande do Norte Brazil 1852 São José dos Pinhais Paraná Brazil 1852 Colón Colón Panama 1853 Olympia Washington United States 1854 Omaha Nebraska United States 1854 Anajatuba Maranhão Brazil 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 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. 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 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. 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 1876 Boa Vista Paraíba Brazil 1876 Cajapió Maranhão Brazil 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. 1880 Pierre South Dakota United States 1881 Juneau Alaska United States 1881 Moose Jaw Saskatchewan Canada Incorporated as a city (population 5000 +) November 1903. 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. 1882 Swift Current Saskatchewan Canada Canadian Pacific Railway arrival December 10, 1882. City (population 5000 +) incorporated January 15, 1914. 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 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. 1884 Melfort Saskatchewan Canada Stoney Creek Settlement began in 1884. Incorporated as a city (population 5000 +) on July 1, 1907. 1886 Vancouver 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 1889 Whiting Indiana United States 1890 Ijuí Rio Grande do Sul Brazil 1892 Aliança Pernambuco Brazil Declared vila in 1909; cidade in 1928. 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 1892 Guayaramerín Beni Bolivia 1892 Restauración Dajabón Dominican Republic 1892 Vernon British Columbia Canada 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. 1896 Inhumas Goiás Brazil 1896 Miami Florida United States 1896 Santa Catalina la Tinta Alta Verapaz Guatemala 1897 Jequié Bahia Brazil 1897 Nelson British Columbia Canada 1898 Weyburn Saskatchewan Canada Signal Hill settlement. Weyburn incorporated as a city (population 5000 +) 1913. 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. 1901 Fairbanks Alaska United States 1902 Florencia Caquetá Colombia 1903 Lloydminster Saskatchewan Canada Brittania colony settled by Rev. Exton Lloyd and Rev. Isaac Barr. Incorporated as a city (population 5000 +) in 1958. 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 1907 Tarauacá Acre Brazil 1908 São Mateus do Sul Paraná Brazil 1909 Estreito Maranhão Brazil 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 1915 Yopal Casanare Colombia 1928 Leticia Amazonas Colombia 1929 Pabellón de Arteaga Aguascalientes Mexico 1930 Puerto Carreño Vichada Colombia 1931 Loreto Zacatecas Mexico 1935 Yellowknife Northwest Territories Canada 1935 Mitú Vaupés Colombia 1938 San José del Guaviare Guaviare Colombia 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 Inírida Guainía Colombia Palmas Tocantins Brazil Was founded 1 year after the creation of the State of Tocantins. It 's the newest and smallest Brazilian capital city.
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