What Is The Oldest City In Each US State?

[@General.Knowledge]

*I myself am a little skeptical about some of the ones on this list, but according to its makers it's correct! Do you notice any mistakes / have any corrections? Let me know!*

[@Morisek_PL]

Idk about this stuff too much as a Pole, but I'm very glad that I was guessing whether Idaho or Wyoming from the beginning

[@UserHorologium]

Omaha is not the capital of Nebraska. And while you are good with the original French and Spanish pronunciations (because, duh, Portuguese) a lot of them have been Anglicized (Manglicized?) by the residents over the years. Moh BEEL, duh BYOOK, and SOO saint ma REE are examples. And you definitely get a pass on NAK uh tish and STEL la cum. Those are unintuitive in ANY Indo European language.

[@XVYQ_EY]

You meant "In Each OUR State"?

[@nicolasrenaud6875]

On my part, I'm just wondering why, for example : -In Maine, Castine (founded by the French) is not considered the oldest city there ; -In Mississippi, Ocean Springs aka Old Biloxi aka Fort Maurepas (still by the French) is not considered the oldest city there ; -In Minnesota, Grand Portage or Grand Marais (founded by you guessed who) are neither considered ... From my quick researches, these examples appeared as older permanent continuous settlements than the ones mentionned in your video 🤨

[@Siansonea]

You are showing a picture of John Jacob Astor IV, rather than John Jacob Astor I.

[@tothemax2175]

It's a slight thing but something I want to point out. Mobile, Alabama isn't pronounced mobile, as movement. But it is pronounced "Mo-beel"

[@Silverado138]

I am glad that you mentioned this. I was coming here to do the same thing. I always laugh how it is pronounced wrong.

[@spinkid2000]

Lots of mispronunciations but those are tough. There are SO many places that you don't learn the correct way until you travel there or meet someone from there. Bexar (Bear) county in Texas. As a teacher, Des Moines is a fun one to explain as well as Kansas vs Arkansas@@Silverado138

[@NiKiMa023]

I wonder if it ever was said how it’s spelt. Like did the accent change the way the word is said or something else

[@jenniferferguson1517]

He butchered a lot of these cities names. Great information but probably should look at the pronunciation of these cities. Still a great video!!!

[@lynnhubbard844]

@@jenniferferguson1517 I listed all his funny mispronunciations...couldn't help myself. I am an English teacher

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Not a European settlement, but in NM the Acoma Pueblo located nearly 100 km west of Albuquerque is one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the US as the Acoma built the Acoma Pueblo around 1144! The Taos Pueblo also in NM was built around 1450! Both New Mexico's current and original capitol buildings in Santa Fe are unique too! Its original capitol building is the Palace of the Governors which was built in 1610 for the then capital of the Spanish province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México. The Palace changed hands as the territory of New Mexico did, seeing the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, the Spanish return from 1693 to 1694, Mexican independence in 1821, and American territorial status in 1848. It remained the New Mexico seat of government until 1901! NM was granted statehood in 1912. The current capitol building was built in the 1960s and is unique in that it's the only circular capitol building and one of the only ones without a dome! New Mexico's capitol was designed to resemble the Zia sun symbol on the NM flag when viewed from above. The Zia sun symbol is sacred to the Zia people. It's painted on ceremonial vases, drawn on the ground around campfires, and used to introduce newborns to the Sun. Four is the sacred number of the Zia and can be found repeated in the four points radiating from the circle. According to Zia belief, the number four is embodied in the four points of the compass, the four seasons, the four periods of each day, the four seasons of life (childhood, youth, middle years, and old age), and the four sacred obligations one must develop (a strong body, a clear mind, a pure spirit, and a devotion to the welfare of others).

[@ericscavetta2311]

I came to ask the same question. But I only knew about Taos. Thanks for sharing more info!

[@markanquoe2612]

Thank you. The video title doesn't say oldest EUROPEAN city in each state! It just says oldest city! Now, depending on who you talk to, both Taos and Sky City are pushing 1000 years old and they have been never been abandoned, conquered or otherwise uninhabited since their founding. The fact that the creator of this video either doesn't consider them valid to be counted as first is just one tiny sign of the racism and ignorance that are still a part of Native people's lives in the 21st century. Who cares what European was the first to see or live in a particular place? You don't see us keeping careful lists of the Native people that were the first to visit London or Paris as the people that "discovered" those places. The arrogance is unbelievable.

[@fan8281xx]

The clue is in the names of the tribes/nations: PUEBLO

[@goliath6619]

Thanks supreme leader Kim Jong Un

[@Taleri]

Tucson, AZ has also been continuously inhabited since around 1300 AD. First by the Hohokam/Tohono O'odam and later by the Spanish.

[@jontoddkoenig5677]

Presidio, Texas was founded in 1535, and still exists today, which is 181 years before Nacogdoches was founded.

[@SweetTexasGal]

I just looked it up and 3 different websites gave me 3 different answers... El Paso, Nacogdoches and Presidio

[@WhodatLucy]

Presidio wasn’t called presidio until 1830 Nacogdoches was always called Nacogdoches by DeSoto in 1525 even tho the mission was built until later the Indians called it a Nacogdoches long before the white man came.. across from Natchitoches oldest city in in Louisiana also a Native American crossroad.. Caddo Indians used to travel all over La and Texas they were the descendants from the mound builders do you know the ones from 10,000 bc

[@bird-war]

​​@@SweetTexasGalyeah personally I remember being taught El Paso being the oldest (Corpus Christi de la Isleta Mission being established 1682)

[@cr33d4]

Actually, The area has been continuously inhabited since 1200 c.e. by the La Junta Indians.

[@alexandbelle3469]

@@cr33d4 If we used that logic, many of these would be extremely hard to count. Also, I believe he’s only talking about 100% confirmed oldest citites and ones who were actually incorporated at the date which he spoke of.

[@isaac_aren]

Acoma Pueblo is the oldest continuously inhabited settlement in USA, having been inhabited by the Pueblo since around the 11th or 13th century. That and many other native settlements deserve a mention

[@greasher926]

And many of them are much larger than some settlements on this list. Acoma Pueblo has a population of 4,989 and Taos Pueblo has a population of 4,500.

[@lbec9487]

Presidio Texas has been continuously farmed since 1500 BC. Native settlements should not be discounted in a list like this.

[@isaac_aren]

@@lbec9487 Farming wasn't taken up in the area until 1200 CE and it was still the Pueblo either way

[@durwoodcanham8311]

Old Oraibi across the border makes the same claim.

[@isaac_aren]

@@durwoodcanham8311 Either way, they are still older than any European settlements

[@douglasgriffin694]

Just a heads up that Hampton, Virginia claims to have been founded in 1610 and have been permanently settled since that time. Things seem to stack up here as the town is still very much a going concern. This would put VA #3!

[@awakely45]

Jamestown, VA was initially established in 1607. There was a very brief abandonment of the settlement in 1610 after which the settlement at Jamestown was permanent.

[@Daniel5150You]

​@@awakely451548, it was initially a Spanish settlement, the only survivor was my ancestor Alonso de Olmos.

[@BoydDurham]

Cheyenne maybe the oldest "city" in Wyoming because we don't really have cities. The oldest settlement in Wyoming is fort Laramie. It was a fur trapping post first long. Long before anything else in Wyoming.

[@stevecooper7883]

Exactly. I was going to say Laramie Wyoming was older if we take into consideration the Oregon Trail period

[@jrmckim]

I am from Louisiana and live on the border of Texas. I can help with the pronunciation of Natchitoches and Nacogdoches. As many people where I'm from often get these 2 towns confused. Natchitoches: Nac-ah-tish (Tish as in dish) Nacogdoches: Nac-ah-doe-sh-is Hope this helps 😊

[@PurelyCoincidental]

Tbh, as someone who's half Cajun (but grew up in the northeast), Southern Louisiana and nearby areas have some of the most mystifying pronunciations in the entire country, to people who aren't from there. I expect people to mispronounce them. It's like the area is one giant shibboleth.

[@loganleutwyler]

As someone who lives in Nacogdoches, it's "ch" not "sh"

[@Andrew-nb6pe]

Most of these places are mispronounced but i'm assuming this guy isn't american

[@phantomplayz7952]

@@Andrew-nb6peyeah he’s Portuguese, i was expecting the mispronunciation of Natchitoches. I wanna see him try some other Louisiana towns like Gueydan (Gay-dohn) or Delcambre (Del-cum)

[@dreanthony2867]

Nag ah dish is better I'm from there that's how we pronounce it

[@gcb345]

Hi. G.K. I'm ANOTHER RESIDENT OF HAMPTON VIRGINIA that you left off the list that was established in 1610! Jamestown est. 1607 didn't last long and is now an archeology site. you missed that one too!

[@thomaswayneward]

You mean the mayflower wasn't first. Yankees are good liars.

[@gcb345]

Its not that we're good liars. Its that we're bad historians.@@thomaswayneward

[@A.Ann-one]

For Delaware, it is pronounced "LOO - IS", like Lewis the name. A lot of people mistakenly call it "Lous", It's a great way to tell the tourists from NJ lol.

[@rogerwilco2]

Or anyone with a passing knowledge of Welsh.

[@dougadkins7006]

Is Delaware even a state or a rest stop between Maryland and Pennsylvania?

[@oleonard7319]

@@dougadkins7006 it's Pennsylvania's lost sea access

[@johng4093]

Delaware was created by the credit card companies to incorporate in. It has no other reason to exist.

[@fan8281xx]

LEWES is pronounced Lewes; if only in the Kent's coast

[@Dreded100]

Omaha isn't the state capitol of Nebraska, Lincoln is. Also Bellevue is essentially a suburb of Omaha now. Its one of a group of towns around the city that are part of the "Metro".

[@somesetere]

Omaha was the territorial capital, that's what Bellevue wanted initially but it became Lincoln with statehood

[@SkepticalRaptor]

Sault Sté. Marie is pronounced in American English as Sue Saint Marie.

[@nathanbeard3561]

This should be retitled "The Oldest Cities settled by Europeans in Each US State." I think it's notable to mention that there were many cities and permanent settlements in what is today the US that existed in prehistoric times up until the upheaval of the Columbian exchange. ie, Cahokia

[@eljanrimsa5843]

In Arizona and New Mexico some of these settlements still exist and are inhabited to this day. He ignores native settlements.

[@CarolinaBeanies]

Wanted to add something about Bath, North Carolina. Pirate Blackbeard used to dock and live in Bath for years until finally dying right near Ocracoke.

[@mantra24]

The photo used for John Jacob Astor was the one who died on the Titanic, one hundred years after Astoria Oregon was founded. It was named after his ancestor

[@SC-bs7jd]

The Taos settlement in Northern New Mexico has been continuously inhabited for a 1000 years and it still is. Curious why it is not Number 1.

[@archstanton6102]

Am heading there in March

[@miguelruelas8967]

Taos wasn't named because this list focuses on documented European settlements. This is the same reason that Nacogdoches, TX and Hilo, HI weren't listed as older towns. In much the same way, many towns with names ending in "field" (ex: Springfield, MA) are based on Native American towns that were either taken by force or found abandoned after smallpox wiped out the original population.

[@chrisriverata1917]

I'm from New Mexico and Taos isn't number one because it was founded in 1615, the "Taos Pueblo" is the part that's been inhabited by the red willow people for 1000 years but it got assimilated into Taos when the initial conquistadors colonized the area and the Settlers managed to keep relations amicable enough for them to integrate until 1640 when the encomienda system caused a revolt from the pueblo people so they fled and didn't come back until 1661 when the local governor promised to cut back on some of the more harsher laws the system had emplaced. So Tldr Taos and the red willow people are two separate entities and Penasco is older.

[@archstanton6102]

@@chrisriverata1917 Thanks for the detailed information. I am really looking forward to visiting

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

​@@chrisriverata1917 The pueblo revolt that drove the Spanish out of the territory of New Mexico was in 1680. Some 400 Spanish were killed in the raid. And it wasn't until 1693 that the Spanish returned with promises to reduce their worst tendencies. I am a resident of NM as well and lived in Santa Fe for ten years.

[@Aydin-Adam]

A couple of things. Lewes, Delaware - It’s pronounced with 2 syllables. Like “Lewis.” Other thing, I get a little laugh when the General pronounces these Spanish names like Portuguese. I mean, I know he’s Portuguese, but an easy cheat for American name pronunciation is that it wasn’t settled by Portuguese.All British, French, Spanish, and to a lesser extent Dutch and Scandinavian, If it looks similar to Portuguese, it’s probably got a Spanish pronunciation.😊

[@johnmarasigan5238]

Came to comments to point out some inaccuracies (and there are several) and possible alternatives depending on semantics and definitions but looks like a lot of them are already mentioned in the other comments. Good Job folks!!!!

[@Sims3MovieNetwork]

depending on how you look at it, pensacola is older than st augustine, if you consider the fact it was destroyed and abandoned before later being rebuilt

[@puppychick08]

Mobile is Mo-bill Biloxi/Ocean Springs, Mississippi were founded in 1699.

[@WestlehSeyweld]

Moe-beel is a better transliteration

[@jacktion1546]

@@WestlehSeyweld Moe-BEEL if you want to add the accent in.

[@josephharrison5639]

20:39 steilacoom (pronounced stil-a-come) is named after its native tribe which to this day is not recognized federally despite several treaties. Their museum is a beautiful place and highly worth the visit

[@jrkat]

But it oldest city!

[@jrkat]

Not

[@MarianneKat]

Sault St Marie has many fun things to see, ride thru the Soo Locks, watch the iron ore freighters come thru. Its amazing they can steer these giants in with only a few feet clearance on each side. And watching from the park is free!

[@nunyabizness4306]

For alabama, the city of Mobile is pronounced Moh-beel. The French pronunciation is still used to this day.

[@DarrylWPerry1789]

Childersburg, Alabama has been inhabited since at least 1540 when Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto spent a month with the natives. Mobile, AL (pronounced MO-bill) is the oldest city in Alabama that was established by Europeans

[@6229920905]

"mo-BEEL".

[@sharondaatlagniappe]

Mobile's pronouncation is mo-BEEL.

[@feeberizer]

Santa Fe, New Mexico: In 1598, Juan de Oñate established the area as _Santa Fe de Nuevo México_ as a province of New Spain. Colonial governor Pedro de Peralta renamed the area _La Villa Real de la Santa Fé de San Francisco de Asís_ ("the Royal Town of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of Assisi") which is still the city's legal name, but commonly called Santa Fe.

[@kraigthorne3549]

20:22 Salt Lake City was founded July 24th 1847. The city I live in Pleasant Grove Utah was founded July 19, 1850.

[@jamesorth6460]

correction Lincoln is the capital of Nebraska not Omaha

[@LiableFilm]

Of course it's not the capital of Omaha, Omaha's a city not a state /s

[@montecorbit8280]

At 18:46 Leavenworth, Kansas Fun Fact: Leavenworth is the home of the oldest American army fort west of the Mississippi river....

[@ryanharrison7745]

I'm not sure what the actual oldest is, but Ft. Gibson, Oklahoma is older than Leavenworth. 1824.

[@Ifyoucanreadthisgooglebroke]

Looks like the top two are actually Oraibi, AZ from 1100 and Acoma, NM from 1144. I'm guessing there are others that just don't take the top spots overall but would for their state. Looks like this is a fine list ranking the oldest western established settlements, however there are surviving pre-western colonial settlements that go older.

[@Route66BothLanes]

We LOVE how detailed this video is; this is so interesting!

[@petuniasevan]

12:59 in South Dakota that's Fort Pierre, pronounced PEER, not pea-AIR. Pierre is now the state capitol, but is still a little place, 40 miles from the interstate and a population of about 14,000.

[@mityace]

You neglected to mention Sweden's brief hold over Delaware. Mobile is pronounced as if it were spelled Mobeel not like it is in mobile phone. And, US independence is officially recognized as 1776 not 1775 which is generally when it is considered the Revolutionary War started.

[@weldin]

Sweden’s colony in Delaware, Fort Christina (modern day New Castle) was settled in 1636, so after Lewes. Still a neat fact though!

[@naptime0143]

Didn't Delaware used to be called New Sweden?

[@billwilson-es5yn]

The Dutch in New Amsterdam allowed Swedes to settle along the Delaware Estuary in a colony called New Sweden due to having financial backing by several Dutch merchants in Europe. My father's paternal ancestor was already residing there as a ship's carpenter that repaired the boats of Dutch privateers and probably some infamous pirates. I guess those merchants expected the Swedes to obtain furs and hides from the natives which didn't happen thanks to the Iroquois conducting their Beaver Wars. The colony couldn't turn a profit so New Amsterdam took it over. Then the English took control of the Dutch colonies and began hanging anyone around the Delaware Estuary that had any connections with the privateers and pirates in front of the English merchant shippers that were worried about being attacked by them. My father's ancestor caught wind of that before it happened so loaded up his family and tools in wagons to head north to live with the Iroquois in New York. He changed his name from Johan Welsun to John Wilson along the way.

[@patricksprague257]

You did Sault Ste. Marie a disservice, it’s an important strategic location in the Great Lakes. And has a fascinating early history to boot.

[@DavidLimofLimReport]

7:33 - go pack go

[@CheshirePhrog]

I think this was reasonably well done and reasonably interesting. The counting on some these cities vs another city is always going to be a bit dodgey and the pronunciations are always going to be a bit challenging on some. But I'd say overall interesting. That was a lot to cover in 20 odd minutes

[@jovanweismiller7114]

I might argue on Kansas. Leavenworth was indeed founded as a military post in 1827, but it didn't become a town until 1854 when Kansas was in the process of being settled by Easterners. At least three other towns, Marysville (my hometown), Atchison, and Topeka were all founded in the same year. Which is actually the oldest of the four, I've never been able to determine, though I hope it was one of the three I've lived in, which does not include Leavenworth.

[@257796]

You know what I like about this video, he shows the map right at the beginning if you want to look. Not making you wait if you don't want to. I don't know if that's the most profitable KZbin model, but it's honest and I got much respect for that. I let it play till the last second

[@sharonseal9150]

In Washington State Vancouver WA was established as a fur trade fort in 1824 and has been continuously occupied since then. Walla Walla WA had its beginnings earlier as a fur trade fort in 1818 but had an interlude where it was not occupied by settlers until after the Indian Wars of 1855. There are many MANY towns in Washington State older than Steilacoom.

[@sharondaatlagniappe]

Good job. I'm sure you have lots of corrections here but I have one more. Mississippi's oldest city (European of course because Native Americans also had cities) is Biloxi, which was founded in 1699.

[@blumobean]

Pensacola, Florida was first settled in 1559, older than St. Augustine, FL. There was a break in occupation, so not the oldest continuous occupied city.

[@jimhart4488]

Texas' oldest city is San Antonio, founded as a Spanish mission and colonial outpost in 1718, the city in 1731 became the first chartered civil settlement in what is now present-day Texas. However, the oldest continuous settlement is probably Nacogdoches which was a settled amerind village before the Spanish established a mission in 1717.

[@escmadeira]

Good video

[@General.Knowledge]

Thank you!

[@escmadeira]

@@General.Knowledge de nada

[@andrelang7370]

The people of San Luis, Colorado speak an archaic dialect of Spanish. Similar to old-English for English speakers. Although its fading away sadly.

[@Virginianature7]

Thank You!!! Great channel!!!

[@NormanNunnally]

11th Great Grandfather was sold on the Dock at Boston, Massachusetts Colony in 1635 at the age of 19.

[@anotora9362]

A lot of people in the comments are debating Natchez vs. Ocean Springs (Fort Maurepas / "Old Biloxi") in Mississippi. Fort Maurepas is, without question, the first European settlement in modern day Mississippi, built in 1699. But, "oldest" usually means the settlement that's been continually inhabited the longest. In the video, Williamsburg, VA gets credit in 1633 instead of Jamestown in 1607, because Jamestown was abandoned. Going by the same rules, we need to make sure that Ocean Springs has been constantly lived in since 1715 or earlier, to beat Natchez. We know for a fact that "Biloxi" was the capital city of French Louisiana from 1719 to 1722. Sources seem to agree that the capital was moved initially from Mobile to Fort Maurepas ("Old Biloxi"/Ocean Springs) in 1719, then across the bay to "New Biloxi" (modern Biloxi) again in 1719, then to New Orleans in 1722. This feels like strong evidence that OS would have been inhabited from at least ~1715 onwards. Would Bienville have moved the capital from the well-established settlement at Mobile, back to Ocean Springs, if OS hadn't consistently served as an outpost for some time? That seems doubtful, but maybe it would have been done in these very early colonial times. There are a couple of pieces of evidence that OS was uninhabited for a while. For one, most sources agree that the initial Fort Maurepas structure was burned in 1719-20 when the capital was moved across the bay to (New) Biloxi. The cartographic record on Ocean Springs is also mixed. I looked through a bunch of old maps of New France. Here's what they said: digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-eebb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 - 1719 map shows "Fort of Biloxi" on the east side of the bay (OS) digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-f8df-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 - 1732 map shows Fort of Biloxi on the east side of the bay (OS) (inaccurate?) digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/17b7ad00-34f7-0135-27df-6b39353494b5 - 1732 map shows "Old Biloxi" on east side of bay, specifically cites it as first French settlement, but calls it abandoned(!!!) digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-fd30-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 - 1755 map shows "Old Biloxi" on east side of bay. // As a side note it's interesting that in my research for this tl;dr youtube comment, almost all mainstream sources identified Mobile as the first capital of French Louisiana, beginning 1702. Growing up in Ocean Springs, MS we were usually taught that Ft. Maurepas i.e. "Biloxi" was the first capital of French Louisiana, from 1699-1701. Some sources, specifically about Maurepas, I've found agree with this characterization. Maybe it's a question of whether the first city in a territory is by default a "capital". // Hopefully this gives people some basic background on why this is controversial. Maybe historians with more specific knowledge or ability to access better sources will be able to chime in.

[@tearose26]

I’m curious how you picked these dates. At various times you called these locations, “continuous settlements”, “towns”, and other things. Defining your terms is important. Fort Bridger, Wyoming, for instance, was settled by Europeans in 1841, and it is still a town today. I’m not sure if that is the oldest settlement in Wyoming, but it is for certain twenty years older than the date you shared for Cheyenne, which was the date of its incorporation, which is different than its settlement. I also strongly disagree with counting settlements from their European start - if Portugal can count its oldest cities back to Roman times and before, Hawaii can count settlements that reach back long before American missionaries arrived! (As can Alaska, Arizona, New Mexico, and more.)

[@tiberclanonly]

Now I want to visit each of these cities! I've only been to 4 of them.

[@cwagner4704]

Just a note on Delaware , Lewes is pronounced Lew Ess it’s a two syllable word 👍.

[@CindyMoauro]

You need a tutorial on the pronunciations of some of these state capitals, especially those in the original 13 colonies. A fun video nonetheless!

[@danadnauseam]

Vancouver, Washington was founded as Fort Vancouver, a Hudson's Bay Company trading post ,in 1824.

[@American_West]

As a quick correction, Vincennes, IN is pronounced “Ven-sens”. It makes sense that you used the French pronunciation, but that’s not the one that’s used by locals today. It’s very common in Indiana to have French town names with English pronunciation rules. For example, Terre Haute, IN is pronounced “Ter-a h-oat”. If you said the town name with proper French rules, no one would understand you there. Also, Vincennes has a lot of really cool history. During the Revolutionary War, the British held the fort you mentioned. A group of 100 American soldiers were able to take it even though the British outnumbered them. The whole thing was led by George Rogers Clark, William Clark’s older brother. It’s a national park today.

[@Arauto_Kagnos]

I would love to see a version of this for Brazil.

[@Lucia-sy7le]

Why?

[@Arauto_Kagnos]

@@Lucia-sy7le why not? It'd be interesting.

[@Lucia-sy7le]

@@Arauto_Kagnos Who cares? They're joining BRICS. What has Brazil ever done for the me, personally? I loved Pele and I had a Brazilian friend in Houston. She was nice. Mostly, the women just come here and take our men and that's all. They're a very classist society from what I can tell. I'm not interested.

[@Arauto_Kagnos]

@@Lucia-sy7le as someone who is Brazilian, I care. We've always been a part of BRICS, what do you think the B stands for? And why should Brazil's version of this video's worth be determined for what we've done for you? You're either a troll or a xenophobe, especially with that comment about our women stealing your men and we being a classicist society. Which is hilariously wrong and stereotypical. Do not waste my time any further.

[@paintingdreams290]

think it'd be cool to see it for various different countries, like i'd be interested in 1 for India, Brazil, Australia, Canada, France and a lot more bc i think it's a cool idea

[@Vicapr]

Pensacola Florida is the first American settlement. Don Tristan de Luna established it in 1559. I love history. Thanks for doing these videos.

[@nivcubing]

cool idea

[@mr.originality1005]

For the first time I’m actually proud of being a Floridian resident. Not sure what it is but I find it pretty damn cool I live in the state with the oldest city in all of the US (maybe North America[After European settlement])

[@StevenDietrich-k2w]

Fort Pierre, SD isn't pronounced as Pee-air, but rather as Peer, like in a fishing pier. I see many others have already spoke up about Mobile.

[@froglady7491]

They put Santa Fe at #2, said it was founded in 1607 and was the “only modern city that can trace its founding to the 16th century…” Yet, they put St. Augustine, Florida at #1 with a date of 1565. One of our commenters questioned Nacogdoches as being the oldest in Texas and cited Presidio, Texas in 1535. Others have thrown in San Antonio, Texas as another alternative. Presidio is about the fifth name that place had. In 1535, it was a small village of the La Junta Indians and wasn’t until 1863 that a mission was built there. It wasn’t until 1760 that a fort was built there, so that may be why Nacogdoches beat it out. It really all depends on what constitutes the “founding” of a city.

[@philipb2134]

Sault Sainte Marie literally means: 'Saint Mary's jump' . Modern French lacks the 'l' in ,"Sault".

[@cat-mum-Jules]

That was really interesting. Do you have the same type of video about how each state was formed? I'm from the UK and find this interesting

[@taytsay1]

Eyyyyy my hometown is on here!

[@THE_AETHER]

I live about half an hour away from Fort Gibson, OK, and its a pretty nice town

[@valdar1978]

Nacogdoches pronounced (na-kuh-doh-chiz), is far older than San Augustine, or any other town on this list. It was first settled in Neolithic times, and has been under continuous settlement since at least the 1100s, if not earlier. The year 1779 is just when Spain claimed it as one of their pueblos.

[@jackhames3874]

Astoria, Oregon is actually the first permanent American-founded settlement west of the Rockies!

[@mikegillettify]

I grew up in Leavenworth KS. Nice place.

[@umayagurung1062]

1:40 Florida:St.Augustine 2:32 New Mexico:Santa Fe 3:08 Massachusetts:Plymouth 3:40 Maine:Kittery 5:13 New Hampshire:Dover 5:41 New York:Albany 6:12 Delaware:Lewes 6:46 Virginia:Williamsburg 7:10 Connecticut:Windsor 7:27 Wisconsin:Green Bay 7:46 Rhode Island:Providence (this is taking so long😭😭😭) 8:10 Michigan:Sault Ste. Marie 8:49 Maryland:Annapolis 9:12 New jersey: Jersey City 9:36 South carolina: Charleston 9:53 Illinois:Peoria 10:08 Pennsylvania:Philadelphia 10:22 Alabama: Mobile 10:41 North Carolina:Bath (what are these names😭😭😭😭😭????) Ok soooooo... this is taking too long so I'm not going to finish this. But! I will in the comment section!

[@frankjones5770]

I wanna know how those tribes of the north survived back then. I be struggling with modern heating

[@YFDB669]

Idk what the oldest city in Texas is, but San Antonio was named in 1691, and officially became a city in 1712

[@JacquelineMoleski]

Sault Ste. Marie was misspelled and mispronounced. It's spelled as I said, Sault Sainte Marie, and it was established as a French trading post and mission. It's pronounced SOO Saint MAHree (the l and t are silent in the first word, second word is just Saint, third word is the American pronunciation of Marie). It also has one of the oldest Roman Catholic churches in the US. The reason there are very old communities in the Midwest is the French were there decades before the British or any American travellers or colonists. Michigan still has Native American, French, and British-named towns. There's also 17th century French transliteration of Native words, phrases and names - so it's old French.

[@Walkercolt1]

Jamestowne, Virginia is 170 years older than Albany, NY, so is Roanoke. Plymouth Mass, is also MUCH older than Albany, and Fort Gibson, Indian Territory was established in 1824. (Ever hear of "The Trail of Tears"???) There are 1825 graves in the U. S. Military cemetery where my Uncle is buried (with "Pillow" headstones). Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory was established about 1830. Taos, N.M is Centuries older than Santa Fe. The Hopi had caves there before 1000 AD. The Zuni were in Southern N.M. five hundred years (or more) before that.

[@rwboa22]

10:08 is incorrect. Chester (in neighboring Delaware County; Chester County prior to 1789) is the oldest municipal settlement in Pennsylvania. While Philadelphia was established in 1682, it wasn't officially incorporated (as the first planned city - now known as Center City) until 1701 whereas Chester, original the Swedish village of Uppland (settled in 1641), was incorporated as a borough in 1682, later gaining third-class city status in 1866.

[@americansmark]

Wouldn't New Amsterdam aka New York City be older? Afaik, it was founded months before any other new York City.

[@thomasrinschler6783]

Nope, Albany was first. New Amsterdam was settled the next year, in 1624.

[@SoapBoxMediaTV]

Chester, PA. Penn Landed there first but couldn't afford the land so he sailed further upstream and founded Philadelphia.

[@tomray8765]

In Mississippi its BILOXI in 1699 The first capital of French Louisianna.

[@krisstarring]

The Spanish settled Pensacola in Florida before they settled St. Augustine. Unfortunately, their settlement was wiped out by a hurricane and was abandoned for a while.

[@maureenwhitmore9362]

Jamestown, VA was founded before Plymouth, MA.

[@patricelabelle1386]

This video is about the oldest cities founded by Europeans. There are continuously inhabited Native American settlements in the US that are much older. For example, the Acoma Pueblo was built between 1100 and 1250 CE.

[@DominationCT07]

14:59 That is definitely a way to say it. 😊 It’s ok most people here in Texas have trouble too.

[@aleciaregister162]

Biloxi, MS was established in 1699 by Pierre D'Iberville as part of French Louisiana

[@ferretyluv]

I always learned St. Mary’s City is older than Annapolis, but you might be right. Also, Jersey isn’t a town in England. It’s one of the Channel Islands and is a bailiwick of Great Britain. Savannah is NOT a small town! It’s a huge suburb and famously beautiful. It’s also home to the Savannah College of Art and Design. Shepherdstown is also famous for Shepherd University. It’s a great school for communications. Also, Hawaii hasn’t been inhabited for nearly that long. Polynesians first arrived in 1200 AD. Hawaii is one of the most isolated places on earth.

[@kellz7313]

St. Mary's City est. 1634 is older then Annapolis

[@Hillers62]

At 15:01 ...I'm a Texan...Nacogdoches is pronounced "Nak ah dough chez"...with the accent on "dough"...I hope this helps...

[@MTBOSS09]

22:00, I live in one of those hypothetical 15 towns.

[@mic5228]

Is this based on Incorporation date and not founding date? Because San Antonio Texas was founded in 1718

[@infiniteconcatenate8639]

I love this, really interesting to hear their stories. I'd love to see the commonwealth next!

[@mrkiplingreallywasanexceed8311]

Fascinating!!

[@Sherdelune]

St, Mary's City, the site of the fourth permanent settlement in British North America, was Maryland's first settlement in 1634 and for sixty-one years (until 1695) its colonial capital.

[@jaredh8584]

Biddeford Pool (Winter Harbor) , ME was established in 1616.

[@fouroverseven7799]

Actually, the oldest city (or settlement) in Maryland is St. Mary’s City (not Annapolis), founded in 1634. Lewes, Delaware was founded in 1638-not 1631.

[@Courdorygirl]

Natchitoches, LA is pronounced "Nack-a-tish" unlike it's sister city in TX, Nacogdoches, despite them both being named after the same indigenous people.

[@robertcollins264]

Lewes is pronounced “Lewis,” not “Loos,” and like many place names in Delaware is named after a place in England. Just like Lewes, DE, being in the east of Sussex County, Lewes in England is in East Sussex County.

[@robthetraveler1099]

11:01 Natchitoches = "NACK-uh-tish" 15:00 Nacogdoches = "Nag-uh-DOH-chss" Also Mobile is pronounced "Mo-BEEL," with the stress on the second syllable (like in French).

[@mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150]

Very interesting video.

[@Lanzerath1244]

Dubuque was a settlement starting in 1785.

[@melwhite4662]

Maryland’s oldest city is actually St. Mary’s City, founded in 1634, by Roman Catholics, who were fleeing persecution in England. Maryland was to be a haven for Catholics, but being an English colony, it was made a Protestant colony after the English Civil War and the victory of the Puritans.

[@josephjohnson6849]

Bath is very friendly. The town itself.

[@ThePhl4ever]

Just an FYI, for Lewes is Delaware it is pronounced like Lew-Is just like the name Lewis

[@toddhanzlik1516]

Point of interest, South Dakotans pronounce the name "Peer", regardless of the spelling. Also, historic Fort Pierre and the more modern capital of Pierre are right beside each other, on either side of the Missouri River.

[@Rickywwx]

Ogden, UT in 1851? It's pretty common knowledge that the Mormon pioneers arrived and established Salt Lake City in 1847. Utah's commemorative parade every year is even called the Days of 47 Parade. Ogden was actually established in 1846 and then purchased by Mormon Pioneers in 47. Ogden was indeed the first UT settlement, but the year shown on your map was 1851. Should have been 1846.

[@lindalombardo6448]

You were right it’s a little bit off. This is Showing Nacogdoches Tx ( nah- co -DO-ches ) as being the oldest city founded in 1779. But San Antonio was founded in 1718 . I don’t know, but there may be others that are older.

[@djrich1224]

Pensacola, FL is five years older than St Augustine, Florida