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© Education Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images © Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket/Getty Images Originally Even though Fort Orange wasn't founded until the 1620s, Henry Hudson (of Hudson River fame), Marietta holds the distinction of being the first city in the Northwest Territory, when it was Nacogdoches was founded by Don Antonio Gil Y'Barbo Ogden is the oldest continuously settled community in Utah, and was originally called Fort Buenaventura. With that in mind, here are the ten oldest cities in the United States. While other sources credit Childersburg, Alabama, as the Tucson was founded in 1775, though the City of Tucson's official website says it has been continuously settled for over 12,000 years.Arkansas Post was technically the first city in Arkansas, having been established as a trading post by the Explorer Sebastián Vizcaíno renamed San Diego (formerly San Miguel) in 1602, but Spanish explorers dedicated the first California mission, The Dutch first settled in Lewes in 1631, according to its Chamber of Commerce.
Visitors can learn about 450 years of history as they explore a plethora of historic sites, including Fort Matanzas, Castillo de San Marcos (the oldest masonry fort in the US), the … Quincy, Massachusetts – 1625. Nate Hovee/Getty Images Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. Albany, New York Dutch explorer Henry Hudson is credited with exploring the river that bears his name in 1609.