What is the oldest city in the United States?
2006-12-16 08:46:53 · 6 answers · asked by hollyjean380 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
St Augustine Florida, 1564
2006-12-16 08:50:39 · answer #1 · answered by Jimfix 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
St. Augustine, Florida is the oldest continuously settled city (by Europeans) in the United States. It is located 38 miles southeast of Jacksonville. The Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, in search of the legendary Fountain of Youth, landed there in 1513 and took possession of the territory for Spain.
2006-12-16 08:55:41 · answer #2 · answered by generalsmoketh 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
St. Augustine, FL is the oldest constantly occupied settlement based by Europeans in what's at the instant usa. There are older eu settlements and there have been unquestionably everlasting settlements of community individuals in the past this. Roanoke became based in 1585, yet became quickly abandoned. Jamestown became based in 1607. it extremely is asserted that Sir Francis Drake based a colony in Nova Albion in 1587, at what could be Marin County, CA, yet no one is advantageous. although, Puerto Rico is technically a US commonwealth, and San Juan became based in 1509, so i might say that it is the oldest city interior the U. S., because of the fact it extremely is interior the USA. That makes it virtually 60 years older than St. Augustine.
2016-12-30 12:47:51 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
St. Augustine, Florida, established in 1564 i wanna say it was 64. Yeah I'm pretty sure. Established by Spanish explorers searching for the Fountain of Youth. Or at least named by them. I think it was Coronado, but I'm not sure lemme get back to ya on that, while I look it up.
2006-12-16 12:20:13 · answer #4 · answered by Rick R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ST. Augustine , Florida. You can put the house on that one.
2006-12-16 09:04:44 · answer #5 · answered by jon 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
alledgedly some alaskan city/town as port harbour for asian migration to N.A.
2006-12-16 08:51:07 · answer #6 · answered by justhurryupanddie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋