The Oldest Cities in the U.S. Mapped
Jun 3, 2022
The U.S. isn’t an ancient nation as far as countries go. Sure, it’s been about for a couple of hundred years nowadays. The U.S. is still pretty immature but corresponds to nations like China, Egypt, Greece, or Italy. So, where is America’s oldest city?
That question may sound direct, but many would say it is the city of St. Augustine, in Florida.
In 1513, Spanish adventurer Juan Ponce de Leon surveyed Florida. He anchored at St. Augustine, trying to find the Fountain of Youth. It is the oldest city in the continental U.S.
Declared as a Spanish land, St. Augustine was established in 1565. That’s a whole 42 years before Jamestown in Virginia. It’s 55 years before the Pilgrims anchored at Plymouth Rock.
