Is it correct Pensacola is the first European settlement in North America?

Answer 1

St. Augustine is the oldest continually populated settlement in what is now the United States. It was first organized on September 8, 1565, by Spanish explorer Pedro Menendez de Aviles. The date was significant because it was the feast day of St. Augustine. Menendez named the day after the saint. He was also the first governor of Florida, the colony originally formed by Juan Ponce de Leon, the seeker of the Fountain of Youth.