List of cities in the Americas by year of foundation

This is a list of cities in the Americas (South, Central and North) by founding year and present-day country.

Year	City	Region	Country	Notes
13,000 BC	Wyam	Oregon	United States
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
900 BC	Flores	Petén	Guatemala	Formerly Nojpetén, the capital of the Itza kingdom, it has been occupied continuously since prehispanic times. Earliest archaeological traces date back to 900–600 BC, with major expansion of the settlement occurring around 250–400 AD. Ethnohistoric documents claim the founding of Nojpetén in the mid-15th century AD
800 BC	Cholula	Puebla	Mexico	Oldest continually inhabited city in Mexico [1]
800 BC	Cuicuilco	Mexico City	Mexico
700 BC	Ticul	Yucatán	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	[2]
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[3]
1168	Ecatepec	Estado de Mexico	Mexico
1259	Chimalhuacán	Mexico State	Mexico
1313	Xalapa	Veracruz	Mexico
1325	Tenochtitlan	Mexico City	Mexico	Largest pre-Columbian city in the Americas, later called Mexico City.
1450	Etzanoa	Kansas	United States	[4]
1450	Zuni Pueblo	New Mexico	United States	[5]
1470	Iximche	Chimaltenango	Guatemala
1493	La Isabela	Puerto Plata	Dominican Republic	First European settlement in the New World during the Age of Discovery. Abandoned by 1500.
1494	Concepción de la Vega	La Vega	Dominican Republic	Founded by Christopher Columbus in 1494 as a gold town, the original place was abandoned by 1562 after an earthquake destroyed the settlement and refounded 5 kilometers away between 1562-1564. Was destroyed again in 1805 by the Dessalines invasion and by an earthquake in 1843.
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 Puerto Rico. 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	Sancti Spiritus	Cuba
1514	Trinidad	Sancti Spiritus	Cuba
1515	Santiago	Santiago	Cuba	After Baracoa and before Havana, Santiago was the second capital of Cuba.
1515	Cumaná	Sucre	Venezuela	Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Venezuela.
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
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	Quetzaltenango	Quetzaltenango	Guatemala	Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Guatemala.
1524	Tecpán Guatemala	Chimaltenango	Guatemala	First capital of 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	[6]
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[7]
1530	San Miguel	San Miguel	El Salvador
1531	Puebla	Puebla	Mexico	by Fr. Toribio de Benavente ("Motolinía") on 16 April [8]
1531	Mazatlán	Sinaloa	Mexico
1531	Culiacán	Sinaloa	Mexico	Founded as Villa de San Miguel de Culiacán on September 29, 1531 by Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán.
1531	Tepic	Nayarit	Mexico	As capital of Nueva Galicia[9]
1532	Compostela de Indias	Nayarit	Mexico
1532	Oaxaca	Oaxaca	Mexico
1532	Piura	Piura	Peru	Founded by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro the oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Peru.
1532	São Vicente	São Paulo	Brazil	Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Brazil, oldest Portuguese established settlement in the New World.
1532	Itanhaém	São Paulo	Brazil	Second oldest city in Brazil.[10]
1532	Cananéia	São Paulo	Brazil
1533	Cartagena de Indias	Bolívar	Colombia
1534	Porto Seguro	Bahia	Brazil	Known as the first place on the Americas to be discovered by the portuguese in 1500 by Pedro Álvares Cabral. The first church was erected in 1503
1534	Otavalo	Imbabura	Ecuador
1534	Ilheos/Ilhéus	Bahia	Brazil
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
1535	Lima	Lima	Peru
1535	Igarassu	Pernambuco	Brazil	Site of first European settlement in Brazil, the feitoria of Igarassu, in 1516.[11]
1535	Olinda	Pernambuco	Brazil	One of the best-preserved colonial cities in Brazil.[12]
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.[13]
1537	Comayagua	Comayagua	Honduras
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	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	[14]
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
1544	La Serena	Región de Coquimbo	Chile	Originally founded as Villanueva de La Serena, the city was destroyed completely in a native uprising in 1549 and re-founded the same year as San Bartolomé de La Serena; its founding date is for this reason sometimes listed as 1549. Second oldest European city in Chile.
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	[15]
1547	Bertioga	São Paulo	Brazil	Colonization began in 1531 with Martim Afonso de Souza
1548	Asientos	Aguascalientes	Mexico	[16]
1548	La Paz	La Paz	Bolivia
1548	Pánuco	Zacatecas	Mexico	[17]
1548	Zacatecas	Zacatecas	Mexico	[citation needed]
1549	Salvador	Bahia	Brazil	First capital of Brazil
1550	Concepción	Concepción	Chile
1550	Valledupar	Cesar	Colombia
1550	Ibagué	Tolima	Colombia
1551	Vitória	Espírito Santo	Brazil
1551	Mocoa	Putumayo	Colombia
1552	Sonsonate	Sonsonate	El Salvador
1553	Santiago del Estero	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Argentina.
1553	Santo André da Borda dos Campos de Piratininga	São Paulo	Brazil	First not coastal village in Brazil. Was abandoned because of war with natives.
1554	Embu das Artes	São Paulo	Brazil
1554	São Paulo dos Campos de Piratininga/ São Paulo	São Paulo	Brazil	Current São Paulo state capital.
1555	Saín Alto	Zacatecas	Mexico	[18]
1555	Valencia	Carabobo	Venezuela
1556	Chalchihuites	Zacatecas	Mexico	[19]
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 rebuilt and relocated several times.
1560	Mogi das Cruzes	São Paulo	Brazil
1560	Itaquaquecetuba	São Paulo	Brazil
1560	Guarulhos	São Paulo	Brazil
1560	Barueri	São Paulo	Brazil
1560	Ipojuca	Pernambuco	Brazil
1561	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	Santa Cruz	Bolivia
1561	Mendoza	Mendoza	Argentina	[20]
1561	San Cristobal	Táchira	Venezuela
1562	San Juan	San Juan	Argentina
1562	Río Grande	Zacatecas	Mexico	[21]
1562	Susticacán	Zacatecas	Mexico	[22]
1562	Itapecerica da Serra	São Paulo	Brazil
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	Second capital of Brazil and capital of Rio de Janeiro state
1565	Saint Augustine	Florida	United States	Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in the continental United States (not counting Spanish settlements in Puerto Rico). Preceded only by 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	[23]
1568	Goiana	Pernambuco	Brazil	Declared vila in 1685; cidade in 1840.[24]
1568	Valaparaíso	Zacatecas	Mexico	[25]
1569	Santa Ana	Santa Ana	El Salvador	Built over Mayan city of Sihuatehuacán.
1570	Jerez	Zacatecas	Mexico	[26]
1570	Sombrerete	Zacatecas	Mexico	[27]
1571	Cochabamba	Cochabamba	Bolivia
1572	Huancavelica	Huancavelica	Peru
1573	San German	Puerto Rico	United States	Second oldest European settlement in Puerto Rico[28]
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	[29]
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.[30]
1580	Buenos Aires		Argentina
1580	Carapicuíba	São Paulo	Brazil
1580	Santana de Parnaíba	São Paulo	Brazil
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	[31]
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	[32]
1591	Juan Aldama	Zacatecas	Mexico	[33]
1591	Paudalho	Pernambuco	Brazil
1591	La Rioja	La Rioja	Argentina	[20]
1592	San Luis Potosí	San Luis Potosí	Mexico
1593	Angra dos Reys	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	First settlers arrived in 1502
1593	San Salvador de Jujuy	Jujuy	Argentina
1594	Pinos	Zacatecas	Mexico	[34]
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
1605	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	Itu	São Paulo	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.[35]
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.
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.[36]
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
1618	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	Pernambuco	Brazil	Declared vila in 1811; cidade in 1877.
1620	Ojocaliente	Zacatecas	Mexico	[37]
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.
1624	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.[38]
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	Jersey City, New Jersey	New Jersey	United States	Pavonia, New Netherland
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	Dedham	Massachusetts	United States
1635	Newburyport	Massachusetts	United States
1635	Old Saybrook	Connecticut	United States	Original Dutch settlement called Kievits Hoek.
1635	Hartford	Connecticut	United States	Settled by Dutch in 1635. Named Newton by English in 1636, then changed to Hartford in 1637.
1636	Scituate	Massachusetts	United States
1636	Springfield	Massachusetts	United States
1636	Providence	Rhode Island	United States
1638	Belize City	Belize	Belize	Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Belize. Original Mayan city called Holzuz.
1638	Fort-de-France		Martinique	Originally called Fort Saint Louis.
1638	New Haven	Connecticut	United States	[39]
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	[40]
1639 (prior to)	St. Marks	Florida	United States	[41]
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	[42]
1642	Warwick	Rhode Island	United States
1642	Sorel-Tracy	Quebec	Canada
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	[43]
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
1654	Sorocaba	São Paulo (state)	Brazil	Old village of Nossa Senhora do Mont Serrat
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
1664	Woodbridge	New Jersey	United States
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	,[44] oldest city in Michigan.
1669	Manaus	Amazonas	Brazil
1670	Boqueirão	Paraíba	Brazil	[45]
1670	Cap-Haïtien	Nord	Haiti	Originally called "Cap-Français"
1670	Charleston	South Carolina	United States
1670	Mackinac Island	Michigan	United States
1671	St. Ignace	Michigan	United States
1672	Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas	U.S. Virgin Islands	United States	Oldest permanent European settlement in Saint Thomas island.[46] 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	[47]
1673	Worcester	Massachusetts	United States
1674	Cachoeira	Bahia	Brazil
1674	Waterbury	Connecticut	United States
1676	Laguna	Santa Catarina	Brazil
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
1691	Peoria	Illinois	United States
1692	Villanueva	Zacatecas	Mexico	[48]
1693	Bom Jesus da Lapa	Bahia	Brazil
1693	Burlington	New Jersey	United States
1693	Middletown	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.[49]
1696	Rimouski	Quebec	Canada
1697	Wendake	Quebec	Canada
1698	Ambato	Tungurahua	Ecuador
1698	Pensacola	Florida	United States	Known for being the first European settlement in North America.
1698	Jacmel	Sud-Est	Haiti	Known for being the first city with electricity in the Caribbean.
1699	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	United States
1700	Barreiras	Bahia	Brazil
1701	Detroit	Michigan	United States
1702	Jesús María	Aguascalientes	Mexico	[50]
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[51]
1711	Beaufort	South Carolina	United States
1711	Ouro Preto	Minas Gerais	Brazil
1715	Mackinaw City	Michigan	United States	Founded by the French as Fort Michilimackinac.
1714	Natchitoches	Louisiana	United States	Oldest settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
1714	Antonina	Paraná	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.[52]
1717	Brejo do Cruz	Paraíba	Brazil	[45]
1717	Zacatecas	Zacatecas	Mexico	[53]
1673	Dunstable	Massachusetts	United States
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.[54]
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	[55]
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	[56]
1733	Richmond	Virginia	United States	[57]
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	[58]
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	[59]
1762	Shepherdstown	West Virginia	United States	Originally known as Mecklenburg.
1762	Allentown	Pennsylvania	United States	Incorporated as Northamptontown.
1762	Baía da Traição	Paraíba	Brazil	[45]
1763	Burlington	Vermont	United States
1763	Pánfilo Natera	Zacatecas	Mexico	[60]
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	[61]
1768	Toms River	New Jersey	United States
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 [62]
1770	Araxá	Minas Gerais	Brazil
1771	Calvillo	Aguascalientes	Mexico	[63]
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	Founded as a Presidio (military settlement). The first civilian settler, William A. Richardson, arrived in 1822.
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.[64]
1779	Nashville	Tennessee	United States	Grew from Fort Nashborough
1780	Codó	Maranhão	Brazil	Declared vila in 1833; cidade in 1896.[65]
1780	Las Matas de Farfán	San Juan	Dominican Republic
1780	Arauca	Arauca	Colombia
1781	Montpelier	Vermont	United States
1781	Los Angeles	California	United States	Originally known as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles.
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.[66]
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.[67]
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	[45]
1788	Marietta	Ohio	United States
1788	Cincinnati	Ohio	United States
1788	Charleston	West Virginia	United States	Grew from Fort Lee.[68]
1788	Mercedes	Soriano	Uruguay
1789	Buffalo	New York	United States
1789	Itambé	Pernambuco	Brazil	Declared vila in 1867; cidade in 1879.[69]
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	[70]
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.[71]
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.[72]
1813	Capela	Sergipe	Brazil
1813	Chisec	Alta Verapaz	Guatemala
1813	Barranquilla	Atlántico	Colombia
1815	Areia	Paraíba	Brazil	[45]
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	Flint	Michigan	United States
1819	Palmeira	Paraná	Brazil
1819	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	United States	Former state capital, grew from former Native American settlements beginning in 1580.[73]
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	[74]
1832	Goianinha	Rio Grande do Norte	Brazil
1828	Key West	Florida	United States
1832	Touros	Rio Grande do Norte	Brazil
1833	Bananeiras	Paraíba	Brazil	[45]
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.[75]
1833	Rio Formoso	Pernambuco	Brazil	Declared vila in 1833; cidade in 1850.[76]
1833	Vassouras	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
1833	Toledo	Ohio	United States	Named after Toledo, Spain
1835	Austin	Texas	United States
1835	Barra do Corda	Maranhão	Brazil	[77]
1835	Curupuru	Maranhão	Brazil	Declared vila in 1841; cidade in 1920.[78]
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.[79]
1837	Lansing	Michigan	United States
1837	Houston	Texas	United States
1838	Divina Pastora	Sergipe	Brazil
1838	Diamantina	Minas Gerais	Brazil	The original village was established in 1713 and became a city on 6 March 1838[80]
1838	Sabará	Minas Gerais	Brazil	The original village was established in 1675 and became a city on 6 March 1838[80]
1838	São João Del Rey	Minas Gerais	Brazil	The original village was established in 1700[81] and became a city on 6 March 1838[80]
1838	Serro	Minas Gerais	Brazil	The original village was established in 1701 and became a city on 6 March 1838[80][82]
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.[83]
1843	Victoria	British Columbia	Canada
1844	Lençóis	Bahia	Brazil
1845	Araruna	Paraíba	Brazil	[45]
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.[84]
1848	Rio Verde	Goiás	Brazil	[85]
1848	Sacramento	California	United States
1849	Stockton	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	[86]
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	Pereira	Risaralda	Colombia
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	[87]
1866	Prince Albert	Saskatchewan	Canada	Settled by Rev. James Nisbet. Incorporated as city (population 5000+) October 8, 1904[88]
1867	Cheyenne	Wyoming	United States
1867	Gameleira	Pernambuco	Brazil
1867	Minneapolis	Minnesota	United States
1867	Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada	Originally called Gastown.
1868	Colinas	Maranhão	Brazil	Declared vila in 1870; cidade in 1891.[89]
1868	Phoenix	Arizona	United States
1870	Afogados da Ingazeira	Pernambuco	Brazil
1870	Petrolina	Pernambuco	Brazil
1870	Campo Largo	Paraná	Brazil
1870	Puerto Limon	Limon	Costa Rica
1871	Águas Belas	Pernambuco	Brazil
1871	Alto Parnaíba	Maranhão	Brazil	[90]
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.[91]
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[92]
1876	Boa Vista	Paraíba	Brazil	[45]
1876	Cajapió	Maranhão	Brazil	[93]
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.[94]
1880	Pierre	South Dakota	United States
1881	Juneau	Alaska	United States
1881	Moose Jaw	Saskatchewan	Canada	Incorporated as a city (population 5000+) November 1903.[95]
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.[96]
1882	Swift Current	Saskatchewan	Canada	Canadian Pacific Railway arrival December 10, 1882. City (population 5000+) incorporated January 15, 1914.[97]
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[98]
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.[99]
1884	Melfort	Saskatchewan	Canada	Stoney Creek Settlement began in 1884. Incorporated as a city (population 5000+) on July 1, 1907.[100]
1887	Gulfport	Mississippi	United States	[101]
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.[102]
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[103]
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.[104]
1896	Inhumas	Goiás	Brazil	[105]
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.[106]
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.[107]
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[108]
1907	Tarauacá	Acre	Brazil
1908	São Mateus do Sul	Paraná	Brazil
1909	Estreito	Maranhão	Brazil	[109]
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	[110]
1930	Puerto Carreño	Vichada	Colombia
1931	Loreto	Zacatecas	Mexico	[111]
1933	Delicias	Chihuahua	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	Development of the area as a resort was started on April 20, 1970
1974	Inírida	Guainía	Colombia
1989	Palmas	Tocantins	Brazil	Founded one year after the creation of the State of Tocantins.

See also

• European colonization of the Americas
• List of oldest continuously inhabited cities