what is going on everyone welcome back to world according to briggs and look at the oldest
cities and towns in each state this one is very interesting in a couple different ways number one
people don't realize how old some of these cities and towns in their state actually are some of them
predate the united states the other interesting thing is about how many people are wrong about
which city or town in their own state is the oldest i get comments disputing what the oldest
place is in every single state whenever i mention the age of a state or it's the oldest in the state
happens every single time a lot of the argument comes from people claiming that native americans
had cities here long before europeans landed that's true but other than archaeological sites
there really aren't many native american boom towns from 300 bc that are still going this video
focuses on when cities and towns were founded according to the us government we're looking at
cities and towns even though the title of this video just says towns they were towns when they
were founded and have grown into cities alright this is a long video let's take a look going in
alphabetical order we have our first town mobile alabama mobile alabama has been around for quite
some time it was actually home to the original mardi gras here in the united states it was
established in 1702 kodiak alaska this is one of those cities i've always wanted to go to i've been
to ketchikan skagway seldotna homer seward and sitka but i've never been to kodiak in this place
i want to go to soon it used to be the russian capital city of russia and alaska of course they
owned it before we did and it was established in 1792 tucson arizona tucson is another place
that's been around for a very long time and predates the united states by one year it was
established in 1775. georgetown arkansas this is probably the smallest one on this list they have a
population of around 200 250 people and according to one guy, he said that there are only three last
names in this whole town Georgetown sits on the white river northeast of little rock and it was
established in 1789 san Diego California san Diego is the second-largest city in California
most people think it's going to be san Francisco is actually kind of small compared to Los Angeles
and San Diego but san Diego was established in 1769 san Luis colorado now i've heard some people
call this san luis but from what i understand it's called san Luis they have a population of
just around 650 residents just north of the new Mexico border it was established in 1851
windsor Connecticut Windsor builds itself as the first town and kind of models their tourism around
that it was established in 1633. louis Delaware Louis is the first city in the first state and
that's again how they build themselves this is a nice little vacation town north of Rehoboth Beach
and it was established in 1631 st Augustine Florida this is the absolute oldest continuously
occupied city or town in the united states it was established in 1565. 200 years before we became a
country 211 years to be exact savannah georgia georgia's been around a while was actually the
13th colony a lot of people only think that the colonies were like virginia on up into the new
england area no georgia south carolina and north carolina were all colonies states that
weren't colonies that most people think were are maine and vermont they're actually part of
other states and eventually became states but they weren't colonies savannah was established in 1733.
hilo hawaii definitely one of the youngest on this list hilo was established in 1822. franklin idaho
franklin idaho is on the border with utah and if you're driving from let's say logan utah to
poctella idaho you're going to go through franklin and if you sneeze you'll miss it my suggestion
hope for a sneezing fit when you hit the border nothing to see here folks franklin idaho was
established in 1860. peoria illinois peoria is in between galesburg illinois and Bloomington
and it's on a lake that's about it but it's been around for quite some time it was established in
1680 vincennes indiana vincent sits on the wabash river directly across from illinois and it is home
to the red skeleton museum yes the clown comedian whatever i didn't know comedians and clowns got
museums but this dude's got one and it's in vincennes vincenz was established in 1732
dubuque iowa dubuque iowa sits on the mississippi river about three hours west of chicago and it
started off as a lead mining town it has like four universities all with religious affiliations and
it's not that big i don't think it's big enough to really support one but dubuque was established
in 1837 leavenworth kansas leavenworth is where they send you if you did really bad things in
the military not the city they actually have a federal prison there the city of leavenworth
was established in 1827. harrisburg kentucky harrisburg used to be a fort and it was actually
called herod's town back then and daniel boone used to live there it was established in 1774.
nekonish louisiana this one's hard to pronounce and i hope i got it right i tried several times
and i think that's the closest i got it's been around since 1714 and it's out there between
shreveport and alexandria in central louisiana kittery maine kittery has been around for quite
some time since 1647. it is right across the little bay there from portsmouth new hampshire
saint mary's city maryland they have a big thing out in that state with the word mary
i don't know what's up with them anyway saint mary's city was established in 1634. plymouth
massachusetts yes where the pilgrims landed this was established in 1620 sault ste marie
michigan sault ste marie is right across the st mary's river from sault ste marie ontario canada
it's almost like some locals got angry and said oh yeah well we're going to start our own sault ste
marie right across the river and yes we're going to call it that because we lack any originality
and we're devoid of good ideas sault ste marie michigan was established in 1668 wabasha minnesota
wabasha sits on the mississippi river down river from red wing minnesota the amtrak takes you
right through there i went through there in 2020 but this place was established in 1830 natchez
mississippi or natchez whatever you want to call it it's been around a while actually since 1716 st
genevieve missouri here's another mississippi river town this one was established in 1735
stevensville montana this one was established by catholic missionaries in 1841 bellevue nebraska
this town was founded as a trading post for fur trappers back in the day it was established in
1822 genoa nevada this place started off as a trading post for mormons heading out to
the west coast and settling in utah which this area was actually part of utah back in the day
it was established in 1851 dover new hampshire dover is actually the seventh oldest settlement
in the united states it was established in 1623 newark new jersey yeah it's been around that long
it was established in 1666 and by most accounts it's been on a downward spiral since 1667. santa
fe new mexico now a lot of people think taoist was but taos really wasn't a settled town for
the longest time santa fe was actually a settled place santa fe new mexico was established in 1610.
albany new york albany is the state capital for the state of new york and it's its oldest
established city or town it was established in 1624. do you know a lot of states have a city
or town called albany have one here in oregon i know one of the worst places to live in georgia
is albany bath north carolina bass been around a while it was actually established in 1705.
pembina north dakota this is one of the coldest places we have here in the united states it is
right on the border with emerson manitoba canada and it's been here quite some time 1797 i can't
believe it's been here that long and i've never even heard of the place marietta ohio marietta's
not just ohio's first city it's actually the first city that was established west of the ohio river
and that went down in 1788. fort gibson oklahoma fort gibson is another place that's been around
for quite some time it was obviously a fort and sat on the arkansas river it was occupied for
about 25 years then they decided to abandon it and they didn't need anymore civil war broke out
and they opened it back up it was established in 1824 astoria oregon yep right up the road from me
is astoria oregon well about two hours away i've been there quite a few times i like it there's a
giant bridge that crosses over into washington and it'll scare the hell out of you if you don't like
bridges like my wife whenever you go across a big bridge like that or a really high bridge my wife
assumes that position they tell you to take when you're gonna crash the plane you know try and
put your head between your knees that type thing yeah astoria was established in 1811. philadelphia
pennsylvania the city of brotherly love has been dishing out that love for some time now 1681 it
was established providence rhode island of course providence being up there and new england and kind
of the where the whole united states experiment started of course they've been around a while
providence was established in 1636. charleston south carolina one of the most historic cities
in the south and one of those beautiful cities charleston south carolina was established in 1670.
fort pier south dakota fun thing about this place if you call it fort pierre the locals
will climb all up your butt so keep that in mind it's actually like peer like you know that's how
they say it and that's how it sort of sounds like you walk out on a dock that's actually appear
you get it what i'm saying anyway this place been around a while and it was established in 1743
jonesboro tennessee jonesboro is a tourist town was actually once the state capital for a brief
time of tennessee but it was named after a guy named willie jones not william jones willie jones
willie jones helped establish this place in 1779. nacogdoches texas this place i really like it's
probably the most friendly city or town i have ever visited i had a good time here and it wasn't
anything special going on the people were just generally nice and very talkative i learned a lot
about nacogdoches just by talking these people it was established in 1779. if you're looking for it
on a map it is right between dallas texas and lake charles louisiana ogden utah unlike nakadocious i
have never really met nice people in ogden well i mean they've been nice but they haven't been
overly friendly but ogden is a cute town and it was established in 1851 westminster vermont this
place is pretty old it was established in 1734 new taunton i believe that's how it's pronounced
jamestown virginia jamestown is the first permanent english settlement in north america now
saint augustine is the first one in the whole united states but it was actually a spanish
establishment this is the first english settlement still come washington stella gum is a little bit
south of tacoma on the puget sound and it's been there for quite some time especially for a western
state it's been there since 1854. it's a cute little town i've been there shepherdstown and
romney west virginia that's right these are two separate towns and they were established on the
same day in december of 1762 green bay wisconsin green bay has been around for some time it was
established in 1655 the very next year the green bay packers were established and the
season tickets were sold out three days after they went on sale totally kidding green bay packers did
come along a long time ago but it was like 260 some odd years after green bay was established
the season ticket holder thing that's not far from the truth there's a waiting list
for season tickets for the green bay packers and it's like generations before you get a chance to
get your season tickets people actually will like in their will their season tickets to their kids
and number 50 not like i was really counting but the 50th one because we got 50 states
is wyoming and their oldest town is cheyenne it was established in 1867 and it is still there
all right that's today's video hope you guys enjoyed it hope you got
some information out of it now go out have a great day be nice to each other