2007-01-22 07:53:15 · 13 answers · asked by chayzee 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
St. Augustine, Fl
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2007-01-22 07:58:10 · answer #1 · answered by timc_fla 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
St. Augustine, Florida is the oldest city in the United States of America.
2007-01-22 07:57:33 · answer #2 · answered by smoothie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends.
St. Augustine, FL is the oldest city in the US mainland.
But if you are talking about the oldest city in the US as a whole (including Alaska, Hawaii and US territories),
than San Juan in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico is the oldest US city because the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, in search of the legendary Fountain of Youth, landed there in 1508. de Leon founded a settlement there five years before he reached St. Augustine.
But, while Puerto Rico is the oldest city under U.S. jurisdiction, most people consider St. Augustine the country's oldest city.
2007-01-23 04:24:32 · answer #3 · answered by jackieyt2001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live now in Mayport. Florida and I think it is the oldest.I heard that last year from someone and from other people since then.Its near St Augustine by 40 miles.Most say its St Augustiine, but even if this place is small it really is the first place they landed and so its the oldist.I am pretty sure of this, as I have heard it from a number of folks,You come down to see us now you hear?
2007-01-22 07:57:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
St. Augustine FL
2007-01-22 07:57:33 · answer #5 · answered by lovebug12280 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
St Augustine, FL has Jamestown beat
2007-01-22 07:57:31 · answer #6 · answered by tom4bucs 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
St. Augustine was the oldest, but it was later abandoned.
The longest CONTINUOUSLY OCCUPIED city in the US is Santa Fe, New Mexico
2007-01-22 16:22:52 · answer #7 · answered by cambridgebrian 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
St. Augustine, Florida, founded in 1565.
2007-01-22 07:57:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
St. Augustine, FL
2007-01-22 07:56:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Boston, it was the first part of America that was established
2007-01-25 09:41:16 · answer #10 · answered by svollandt1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋